---
name: "Robert Favart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-favart"
fi1m_id: "robert-favart"
imdb_id: "nm0269376"
tmdb_id: 277526
wikidata_id: "Q3435084"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 February 1911"
died: "26 July 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T16:29:36.153398+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Favart

## Identity

Robert Favart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-favart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-favart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0269376
- **TMDB ID:** 277526
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3435084
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Favart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3435084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269376/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/277526

Actor. Born 19 February 1911 in Alexandria, Egypt. Died 26 July 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 February 1911, Alexandria, Egypt
- **Died:** 26 July 2003
- **Active:** 1967–1973
- **Also known as:** Roberto Favart, Marc Robert Favart
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Favart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3435084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269376/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/277526

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Le Samouraï*](https://film.one/film/le-samourai.md) (88)

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## Biography

Robert Favart was a French actor born on 19 February 1911 in Alexandria, Egypt. He appeared in numerous films and television productions from the 1930s to the 1980s, often in supporting roles.

He is credited as the bartender in Jean-Pierre Melville's *Le Samouraï* (1967). Other film appearances include *Le Cercle Rouge* (1970) as the salesman at Mauboussin, *Max and the Junkmen* (1971) as Loiselle, and *The Day of the Jackal* (1973) as a minister. He also worked as a writer and playwright.

Favart was married to stage costume illustrator Jenny Carré and was the father of director Michel Favart. He wrote the memoir *Revoir Alexandrie*. He died on 26 July 2003 in Nogent-sur-Marne, France.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), Fi1m 84, as Minister — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md)
- *Le Samouraï* (1967), Fi1m 88, as Bartender — [page](https://film.one/film/le-samourai.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *War and Remembrance* (1988), series, as Comte de Chambrun
- *La nuit du coucou* (1987), as L'homme du hall
- *Scarlet Fever* (1983), Actor
- *La Pension des surdoués* (1981), as Le père de la militante
- *Ladies House of Pleasure* (1976), as Father of the feminist
- *Scrambled Eggs* (1976), Actor
- *Catherine & Co.* (1975), Actor
- *Playing with Fire* (1975), as A banker
- *Creezy* (1974), as Member of the PRU
- *The Four Charlots Musketeers 2* (1974), as Tréville
- *The Four Charlots Musketeers* (1974), as Tréville
- *Le bonheur des autres* (1973), Writer
- *The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob* (1973), as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), as Minister — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md)
- *Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman* (1973), Actor
- *The Accursed Kings* (1972), series, as Le Chevalier
- *The Pebbles of Etratat* (1972), as Architect
- *The Widow Couderc* (1971), as le préfet
- *The Lion's Share* (1971), Actor
- *Max and the Junkmen* (1971), as Loiselle
- *Lancelot of the Lake* (1970), as le Roi Pêcheur
- *Le Cercle Rouge* (1970), as Salesman at Mauboussin
- *Only the Cool* (1970), as The Chief Commissioner
- *The Killer Strikes at Dawn* (1970), Actor
- *Last Known Address* (1970), as School's director
- *Kean - Roi de théâtre* (1968), as Elliston
- *Le Samouraï* (1967), as Bartender — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/le-samourai.md)
- *I Killed Rasputin* (1967), Actor
- *The Night of the Generals* (1967), as Employee at Airport (uncredited)
- *Triple Cross* (1966), as General Dalrymple
- *Where Are You Taking That Woman* (1966), as Sergej (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
- *At Theatre Tonight* (1966), series, Author
- *Angelique and the King* (1966), as Le chirurgien
- *The Exterminators* (1965), Actor
- *Operation Diplomatic Passport* (1965), Actor
- *The Majordomo* (1965), as Maître Boissard
- *On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts* (1964), Actor
- *FX 18, Secret Agent* (1964), as Le colonel italien
- *Let's Rob the Bank* (1964), as Italian Bank Customer (uncredited)
- *Tonight the Skirts Fly* (1956), as Le prince Soliman Ben Salah
- *Royal Affairs in Versailles* (1953), as Mr. de Carlène
- *Under the Paris Sky* (1951), as Maximilien
- *Les mousquetaires du roi* (1951), Actor
- *Sextette* (1948), as Dessanges
- *Colonel Durand* (1948), as Bertrand de Lormoy
- *The Devil Who Limped* (1948), as Abbot Dupanloup (uncredited)
- *Strange Fate* (1946), as Philippe · professor's assistant
- *La Malibran* (1944), as The kidnapper
- *Le brigand gentilhomme* (1943), as Don Fernand de Torilhas
- *Des jeunes filles dans la nuit* (1943), Actor
- *Mlle. Desiree* (1942), as Lannes
- *Parade in 7 Nights* (1941), as Raymond (uncredited)
- *Those of the Sky* (1941), as Pilot

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