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Alain Cuny
Actor

Alain Cuny

12 Jul 1908Born
16 May 1994Died
85Age at death
63Credits

Biography

Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor.

He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses

Later in his career he had a role in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974).

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Also in 1974 he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Don't Touch the White Woman!. One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel (1988) as Louis-Prosper Claudel, father of the film's heroine. Cuny worked in both France and Italy, and died in 1994 in Paris.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 2025Emmanuelle in OntarioFilm: Mario (archival footage)
  2. 1995La famiglia RicordiSeries (4 episodes)
  3. 1992The Return of CasanovaFilm: Marquis
  4. 1991The Annunciation of MarieFilm: Anne Vercors, Director, Screenplay
  5. 1991Sweet War, FarewellFilm: Vecchio Crimen
  6. 1990Les chevaliers de la table rondeFilm: Merlin
  7. 1988Camille ClaudelFilm: Louis-Prosper Claudel
  8. 1988Umi e, See YouFilm: Don Macine
  9. 1988La coscienza di ZenoSeries: Alfio Cosini sr. (2 episodes)
  10. 1988Van Gogh à Paris, repéragesFilm: Lecteur des textes d'Artaud
  11. 1987Lucky RaviFilm: Plantation Owner
  12. 1987Chronicle of a Death ForetoldFilm: El Viudo Xius
  13. 1987The Distant LandFilm: Aigner
  14. 1985DetectiveFilm: Old Mafioso
  15. 1984Buio nella ValleFilm: Luigi
  16. 1983The Basileus QuartetFilm: Mario Cantone
  17. 1982Deuil en 24 heuresSeries: Le colonel Carvin (4 episodes)
  18. 1982Time MastersFilm: Xul (voice)
  19. 1982ColombaSeries (2 episodes)
  20. 1981The Games of Countess DolingenFilm
  21. 1979Le JournalSeries: Wilchaint (6 episodes)
  22. 1979RoberteFilm: La voix du pur esprit
  23. 1979Christ Stopped at EboliFilm: Barone Nicola Rotunno
  24. 1978The Song of RolandFilm: Turpin/der Mönch
  25. 1976I prossenetiFilm: Il conte Davide
  26. 1976Illustrious CorpsesFilm: Judge Rasto
  27. 1975Irene, IreneFilm: Guido
  28. 1975Two in the Amsterdam RainFilm
  29. 1974AntigoneFilm: Le Coryphée
  30. 1974EmmanuelleFilm: Mario
  31. 1974Le Roman de RenartSeries: Ysengrin (voice) (15 episodes)
  32. 1974Don't Touch the White Woman!Film: Sitting Bull
  33. 1973La rosa rossaFilm: Count Paolo Balzeri
  34. 1973Valparaiso, ValparaisoFilm: Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt
  35. 1973La divine comédieFilm: Virgile
  36. 1972The Master and MargaritaFilm: Profesor Woland & Satana
  37. 1972The AudienceFilm: teologa Belga
  38. 1971The Big Black SowFilm: Il Padre di Enrico
  39. 1970Many Wars AgoFilm: Gen. Leone
  40. 1969SatyriconFilm: Lica
  41. 1969Safari 5000Film
  42. 1969The Milky WayFilm: Man with cape
  43. 1968La forêt noireFilm: Hans Richter
  44. 1965Mission of FearFilm: Jean de Brébeuf
  45. 1963CorruptionFilm: Leonardo Mattioli
  46. 1963Banana PeelFilm: Hervé Bontemps
  47. 1962Cross of the LivingFilm: Baron Von Eggerth
  48. 1961Scano BoaFilm: Cavarzan
  49. 1960La Dolce VitaFilm: Steiner
  50. 1958The LoversFilm: Henri Tournier
  51. 1956The Hunchback of Notre DameFilm: Claude Frollo
  52. 1953Mina de VanghelFilm: Mr. de Larçay
  53. 1953The Lady Without CameliasFilm: Lodi
  54. 1953Les Crimes de l'amourFilm: Mr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')
  55. 1952The Solitary ConquerorsFilm: Pascal Giroud
  56. 1952Red Shirts - Anita GaribaldiFilm: Bueno
  57. 1951The Forbidden ChristFilm: Antonio
  58. 1946Solita de CordoueFilm: Pierre Desluc
  59. 1943The Phantom BaronFilm: Hervé
  60. 1942The Devil's EnvoysFilm: Gilles, a Minstrel
  61. 1941Stormy WatersFilm: Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)
  62. 1941Madame Sans-GêneFilm: Roustan
  63. 1940My Crimes After Mein KampfFilm: Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)

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