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name: "Victor Lanoux"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-lanoux"
fi1m_id: "victor-lanoux"
imdb_id: "nm0487022"
tmdb_id: 25180
wikidata_id: "Q1585313"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 June 1936"
died: "4 May 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:18:04.553123+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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# Victor Lanoux

## Identity

Victor Lanoux

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/victor-lanoux
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** victor-lanoux
- **IMDb ID:** nm0487022
- **TMDB ID:** 25180
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1585313
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Lanoux, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25180

Actor. Born 18 June 1936 in Paris, France. Died 4 May 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 June 1936, Paris, France
- **Died:** 4 May 2017
- **Also known as:** Victor Robert Nataf
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Lanoux, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25180

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*National Lampoon's European Vacation*](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md) (40)

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## Biography

Victor Lanoux, born Victor Robert Nataf, was a French actor. He began his career in cabaret, collaborating with Pierre Richard, before making his film debut in *The Shameless Old Lady* (1965).

Lanoux received two César Award nominations in 1976, for his performances in *Cousin, Cousine* and *Adieu poulet*. He appeared in numerous French films, including *Two Men in Town* (1973), *The French Detective* (1975), *Pardon Mon Affaire* (1976) and *We Will All Meet in Paradise* (1977). His best-known role for English-speaking audiences was as the Thief in *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985). He also had a long-running television role in the series *Louis la Brocante*.

Lanoux was born on 18 June 1936 in Paris and died on 4 May 2017 in Vaux-sur-Mer, France.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), Fi1m 40, as Thief — [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *Dommages collatéraux* (2014), as Régis Morel
- *La Femme cachée* (2012), as Marc Delvaux
- *Les Enquêtes du commissaire Laviolette* (2006), series, as Modeste Laviolette, commissaire en retraite
- *Belle grand mère, La Trattoria* (2003), as Grégoire, dit « Pacha »
- *A Hell of a Day* (2001), as Maurice Degombert
- *La Position de l'escargot* (1999), Actor
- *Les Grandes Bouches* (1999), as Armand
- *Belle Grand-Mère* (1998), as Pacha
- *L'Alambic* (1998), as Amédée
- *Louis la Brocante* (1998), series, as Louis Rouman, Louis Roman, brocanteur · Dialogue, Adaptation
- *Les Démons de Jésus* (1997), as Jo
- *Je m'appelle Régine* (1996), as Joseph
- *Lifeline* (1996), as Lucien Basso
- *Maria des Eaux-Vives* (1993), series, as Alexandre
- *Le Bal des casse-pieds* (1992), as Frank Salvage
- *RG Renseignements généraux* (1989), series, as Roger Goupil, dit "R.G."
- *Venetian Red* (1989), as Le grand inquisiteur
- *L'Invité surprise* (1989), as Charles Mazzena
- *Moitié-moitié* (1989), Adaptation
- *Sale Destin* (1987), as François Marboni
- *Scene of the Crime* (1986), as Maurice
- *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), as Thief — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md)
- *La Smala* (1984), as Robert
- *The Cheat* (1984), as Commissaire Michel Verta
- *Thieves After Dark* (1984), as Insp. Farbet
- *Louisiana* (1984), as Charles de Vigors
- *Dog Day* (1984), as Horace
- *Un dimanche de flics* (1983), as Franck
- *Stella* (1983), as Swiss
- *Canicule* (1983), Actor
- *Is There a Frenchman in the House?* (1982), as Horace Tumelat
- *Boulevard des assassins* (1982), as Charles Vallorba
- *La Revanche* (1981), as Alfred Jouvert
- *Une sale affaire* (1981), as Novak
- *Retour en force* (1980), as Adrien Blausac
- *Make Room for Tomorrow* (1979), as Ben Oppenheim · Producer
- *The Dogs* (1979), as Dr Henry Ferret
- *Un si joli village...* (1979), as Stéphane Bertin
- *Out of It* (1978), as Martial Gaulard, Condemned to Death
- *One Wild Moment* (1977), as Jacques
- *We Will All Meet in Paradise* (1977), as Boulifet, aka 'Bouly'
- *Replay* (1977), as François
- *Servant and Mistress* (1977), as Jerome
- *A Woman at Her Window* (1976), as Michel Boutros
- *Pardon Mon Affaire* (1976), as Bouly
- *The French Detective* (1975), as Pierre Lardatte
- *Cousin, Cousine* (1975), as Ludovic
- *Mad Enough to Kill* (1975), as Georges
- *The Common Man* (1975), as le costaud
- *Death of a Guide* (1975), as Maurice Merinchal
- *La Ligne de démarcation* (1973), as Ernest
- *Two Men in Town* (1973), as Marcel
- *I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything* (1973), as Team Worker with Pierre
- *Histoire d'une fille de ferme* (1973), as Jacques
- *The Dominici Affair* (1973), as Gustave Dominici
- *The Suburbs Are Everywhere* (1973), as Georges
- *3000 Million Without an Elevator* (1972), as Gino
- *You Only Love Once* (1968), as René
- *Normal Life* (1966), Actor
- *J'ai les peintres* (1966), as L'autre peintre · Screenplay
- *The Shameless Old Lady* (1965), as pierre
- *Bayard* (1964), series, as Bellabre
- *La Chasse ou l'Amour ravi*, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- César Award for Best Actor 1976: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Cousin Cousine*
- César Award for Best Supporting Actor 1976: César Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *The French Detective*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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