Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Meurisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 1976The Education in Love of Valentin — Julien Blaise
• 1975The Gypsy — Yan Kuq
• 1974The Suspects — Laurent Kirchner
• 1973The Voracious Ones — Inspecteur Martino
• 1971Easy Down There! — Bishop
• 1971Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques — Kruger
• 1969Army of Shadows — Luc Jardie
• 1966Congress of Love — Talleyrand
• 1966Le Deuxième Souffle — Commissaire Blot
• 1965Me and the Forty Year Old Man — Alexandre Dumourier
• 1965The Big Swag — Paul Filippi, gentleman crook
• 1965The Majordomo — Léopold
• 1965When the Pheasants Pass — Alexandre Larsan-Bellac
• 1964The Monocle's Sour Laugh — Commander Théobald Dromard, aka 'Le Monocle'
• 1963Be Careful Ladies — Charles Rouvier
• 1963Chicken Feed for Little Birds — M. Armand, un ancien truand
• 1963Crooks in Clover — commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »
• 1963L'assassin connaît la musique — Lionel Fribourg
• 1962Bells Without Joy — Captain of Lambérieux
• 1962The Eye of the Monocle — Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard
• 1961The Black Monocle — Dromard, "Le Monocle"
• 1961The Game of Truth — Portrant
• 1961The New Aristrocrats — Father Philippe de Maubrun
• 1960Love and the Frenchwoman — Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")
• 1960The Truth — Maître Éparvier
• 1959Guinguette — Viscount Édouard de Villancourt
• 1959Head Against the Wall — Dr. Emery
• 1959Marie-Octobre — François Renaud-Picart
• 1959Picnic on the Grass — Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
• 1958Les Violents — Principal Inspector Malouvier
• 1958Not Delivered — Divisional Commissioner Varzeilles
• 1958Seventh Heaven — Manuel Villa
• 1957The Inspector Likes a Fight — Inspector Morice
• 1957Until the Last One — Fredo Ricioni
• 1955Diabolique — Michel Delassalle
• 1955Fortune carrée — Mordhom
• 1955The Affair of the Poisons — l'abbé Guibourg
• 1954The Contessa's Secret — L'empereur Napoléon III
• 1953Je suis un mouchard — Bob Torquella
• 1952Sergil Among the Girls — l'inspecteur Sergil
• 1951Maria of the End of the World
• 1951My Wife Is Formidable — Lui-même chez le dentiste
• 1951Serenade to the Executioner
• 1950Agnes of Nothing — Carlos
• 1949Last Hour, Special Edition — Dominique Coche
• 1949The Red Angel
• 1948Colonel Durand — Colonel of the Empire Gérard Durand
• 1948Impasse of Two Angels — Jean
• 1948Le Dessous des cartes — Inspector Nansen
• 1948Scandal — Steve Richardson
• 1948Sergil et le dictateur — Inspector Sergil
• 1948The Eleven O'Clock Woman — Stanilas Octave Seminario aka 'SOS', détective
• 1947Bethsabée — Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
• 1947Inspector Sergil — Inspector Pierre Sergil
• 1947Monsieur chasse — Moricet
• 1946Back Streets of Paris — Victor Ménard, Mrs. Rose's former accomplice
• 1946The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic — B.B. / Richard Fernay
• 1945Destitute Mary — Edouard
• 1945Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
• 1943The Wolf Farm — Furet
• 1942Forbidden to Love — Maxime Gavard
• 1942Love Marriage — Robert
• 1941Montmartre on the Seine — Paul Mariol
• 1941Ne bougez plus ! — Hector

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2010Code Name: Melville — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes — Self (archive footage)
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Samedi soir — Self