Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

• 2013Barefoot in the Kitchen — (archive footage)
• 1983Surprise Party — Georges Levesques
• 1982La Balance — Roger Massina
• 1982La Guérilléra — Brutus
• 1982Un matin rouge — Henri
• 1981Beau Pere — Charly
• 1981Sphinx — Yvon Mageot
• 1979Bloodline — Charles Martin
• Orient Express — Rolf Freitag
• Madame le Juge — Charles Bais
• 1977Death of a Corrupt Man — Philippe Dubaye
• 1977Emmenez-moi au Ritz — Philippe Gregor
• 1977Madame Claude — Pierre
• 1976Bartleby — Director
• 1976Golden Night — Nuit d'or
• 1976Oh, mia bella matrigna — Luigi
• 1976Why They Kill Themselves
• 1975The Golden Mass — David
• 1975To the Bitter End — Paul Jordan
• 1974Cry of the Heart — Mathieu
• 1974Night Police Station — Vittorio Cazzaniga
• 1974Only the Wind Knows the Answer — Robert Lucas
• 1974The Marseille Contract — Inspector Briac
• 1973Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman — Piere Gonzague
• 1973Seduction — Giuseppe Lagana
• 1973The Crazy Capo Affair — Diserens
• 1973The Red Room — Jean Gerfaud
• 1973Without Warning — Raoul Maury
• 1972Devil in the Brain — Fabrizio Garces
• 1972Scandal Man — Marc Fontemps
• 1972The Pebbles of Etratat — Kelvo
• 1971A Little, a Lot, Passionately — Didier
• 1971Raphael or the Debauched One — Raphaël de Lorris
• 1971The Deadly Trap — L'homme de l'organisation
• 1970Last Leap — Garal
• 1970Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale — Commissario
• 1970The Modification — Léon Delmont
• 1970The Sensuous Assassin — Serge
• 1969Delphine — Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
• 1969The Scarlet Lady — François
• 1969The Swimming Pool — Harry
• 1969The Unfaithful Wife — Victor Pegala
• 1969The Vixen — Jérôme
• 1968A Devil Under the Pillow — Lotario
• 1968Birds in Peru — Rainier
• 1968How Sweet It Is! — Phillipe
• 1967Garden of Delights — Carlo
• 1967The Champagne Murders — Paul Wagner
• 1967The Road to Corinth — Dex
• 1966Line of Demarcation — Pierre, comte de Damville
• 1966Long March — Doctor Chevalier
• 1966Lost Command — Capain. Boisfeuras
• 1965Amador — Amador
• 1965The Thief of Tibadabo — Nicolas, Director, Screenplay
• 1965Three Rooms in Manhattan — François Combe
• 1964Circle of Love — Henri
• 1964Pariahs of Glory — Ferrier
• 1964The Pit and the Pendulum — Le condamné à mort
• 1964Wherever You Are — Paul Vallier
• 1963Casablanca, Nest of Spies — Maurice Desjardins
• 1963Enough Rope — Walter Saccard
• 1963Scarlet Eye — Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
• 1963The Fire Within — Alain Leroy
• 1963The Victors — French Lieutenant
• 1962Assassin's Check — Gilbert Vitry
• 1962Liberté I — Michel
• 1962Midnight Meeting — Pierre Neyris
• 1962The Immoral Moment — Michel Jussieu
• 1961Time Out for Love — Philippe
• 1960Il peccato degli anni verdi — Paolo Donati
• 1960Mi último tango — Dario Ledesma
• 1960Purple Noon — Philippe Greenleaf
• 1959The Devil Made a Woman — José
• 1959This Desired Body — Henri Messardier
• 1958Carve Her Name with Pride — Jacques
• 1958Elevator to the Gallows — Julien Tavernier
• 1958That Night — Jean Mallet
• 1957He Who Must Die — Michelis
• 1956Missing Persons Section — Juan Milford
• 1956The Blonde Witch — Laurent Brulard
• 1955Pleasures and Vices — 'Gueule d'ange'
• 1955The Aristocrats — Christophe de Conti
• 1954Casta diva — Vincenzo Bellini
• 1954Castles in Spain — Miguel Murillo
• 1954House of Ricordi — Vincenzo Bellini
• 1953Endless Horizons — Marc Caussade
• 1953Lucrèce Borgia — Perotto
• 1953Poison Ivy — Mickey
• 1953The Healer — André Turenne
• 1952Desperate Decision — Jim
• 1952The Seven Deadly Sins — The priest (segment "La Luxure")
• 1951Perfectionist — François
• 1949Rendezvous in July — Roger Moulin

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2021Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Undressing a Legacy — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Mag Bodard, un destin — Self (archive footage)
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• Discorama — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self
• Reflets de Cannes — Self