Paul Bonifas
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938. He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, directed by Pierre Chenal. During World War II he ser...
Known For
Filmography
The Common Man
1975
as Le Maire
Le Père Amable
1975
as Vatinol
Rosebud
1975
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
as le père de François Perrin
Antigone
1974
as le choeur
The Last Train
1973
as Le voisin
La Duchesse d'Avila
1973
as L'aubergiste
Love Me Strangely
1971
as Hotel porter
Cold Sweat
1970
as The doctor
An Artistic Couple
1970
as Henri Faroy
The Horse
1970
as Witness to Car Accident
Maurin des Maures
1970
as Pons
Secret World
1969
as Gustave / servant
The Christmas Tree
1969
as (uncredited)
La Séparation
1968
as Prêtre
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968
as Le vieux Vick
The Sleeping Sentinel
1966
as Lanier
Triple Cross
1966
as Charlie
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966
At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Félix Ducotel
Illusions perdues
1966
as Camusot
Le Naïf amoureux
1965
as 'Tonton Louis'
The Train
1964
as Spinet
Greed in the Sun
1964
as Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
Lucky Jo
1964
as Légiste (uncredited)
Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
1964
as Le notaire
Bayard
1964
as Aymon Terrail
Charade
1963
as Mr. Felix
La parole est au témoin
1963
The Trip to Biarritz
1963
as Bourrély
The Depths
1963
as Mons. Lapeyre
Les Célibataires
1962
as Chandelier
Sundays and Cybele
1962
as Grocer
Fanny
1961
as The Postman
Keep Talking, Baby
1961
Goodbye Again
1961
as Cellarman
Blood on His Sword
1961
as Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI
The Truth
1960
as Un greffier
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
as Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")
The Gigolo
1960
as (uncredited)
The Enemy General
1960
as Mayor
A Woman Like Satan
1958
as Innkeeper
Les Misérables
1958
as Hospital doctor
Sinners of Paris
1958
as L'inspecteur Renaud
A Legitimate Defense
1958
as le président de la cour
Love in the Afternoon
1957
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Mademoiselle and Her Gang
1957
as Marcel, owner of the hotel
The Case of Dr. Laurent
1957
as Guillaumin
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
as Master Lecornu
The Terror with Women
1956
Frou-Frou
1955
as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes
1954
as Prof. von Gaulkins
Their Last Night
1953
as le commissaire principal
Lettre ouverte
1953
as Honoré, the father-in-law
The Green Glove
1952
as Inspector
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952
as Traveler (uncredited)
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952
Ils sont dans les vignes...
1952
as American
Holiday for Henrietta
1952
as The Newsagent (uncredited)
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952
as Monsieur Bleubois
Duel à Dakar
1951
as The Commander
Clara de Montargis
1951
Amazing Monsieur Fabre
1951
as Le ministre Victor Duruy
Pardon My French
1951
as Monsieur Bleubois
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951
as Captain of the cargo ship
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lisbon Story
1946
as Stephan Corelle
Bedelia
1946
as Insurance Manager
The Man from Morocco
1945
as French Mayor
Johnny Frenchman
1945
as Jerome
Dead of Night
1945
as French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
Aventure Malgache
1944
as Michel
Two Fathers
1944
as The Frenchman
Champagne Charlie
1944
as Targetino
English Without Tears
1944
as Monsieur Rolland
Candlelight in Algeria
1944
as French Proprietor
The Foreman Went to France
1942
as Prefect of Rouville
Maxim's Porter
1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede
1939
as Sailor
Crime and Punishment
1935