Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009. Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955. Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel. Source: Article "Pierre Vaneck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 2009A.D.A. : L'argent des autres — André Jorgensen
• 2008Love Me No More — le père d'Antoine
• 2006The Science of Sleep — Mr. Pouchet
• 2005No Sky Limit with Africa — Ian Coburn
• Imperium: Nero — Paolo di Tarso
• 2004Nero — Paul of Tarsus
• 2002La Source des Sarrasins — Armand
• Fabien Cosma — André Cosma
• 2000Return to Algiers — Blanville
• 1999Furia — Aaron
• Justice — Gilbert Le Guen
• 1999Retour à Fonteyne — Aurélien Laverzac
• 1998« Art » — Marc
• 1996The Proprietor — Raymond T.K
• 1995Othello — Brabantio
• 1993East Wind — doktor Josef Hoop, premier rządu Liechtensteinu
• 1992As in Heaven — Dr. Charcot
• Les Cœurs brûlés — Marc Leroy
• 1991Les Enfants du vent — Mayor
• 1988La Face de l'Ogre — Ringler
• 1988Paradise Calling — Noah
• 1987Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred — Narrator
• 1987Sweet Country — Father Venegas
• 1986Le collier de velours — Gilbert Piersaint
• The Collectors — Charles Thieron
• 1984Year of the Jellyfish — Pierre Rivaut
• 1981Cinq-Mars — Louis XIII
• La fin du marquisat d'Aurel — Palamède d'Aurel
• 1980Le Soleil en face — Dr. Norbert Bollinger
• 1980Operation Leopard — Colonel Grasser
• L'Homme d'Amsterdam — Pierre Vermeer
• 1975Saint-Just and the Force of Things — Maximilien Robespierre
• 1975The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan — Narateur
• 1974The Irony of Chance — Werner Von Rompsay
• 1974Threshold of the Void — Dr. Liancourt
• 1974Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter — Stam
• 1973Le Reflet dans la mer — Karl de Lincken
• The Apocalypse of the Animals — Narrator
• Aux frontières du possible — Yan Thomas
• 1971Biribi — Ponchard
• Les Cent Livres des Hommes
• 1969Misdeal — Jacques Christens
• 1969Potatoes — German soldier (uncredited)
• 1968Portrait: Orson Welles — Narrator (voice)
• 1968Sin with a Stranger — François
• 1967October Revolution — Narrator (French version) (voice)
• 1966If I Had Four Dromedaries — Récitant (voice)
• 1966Is Paris Burning? — Maj. Roger Gallois
• 1966The Forbidden Volcano — Narrator (voice)
• 1965Enchanted Isles — Abrantes
• 1965The Heat of a Thousand Suns — (voice)
• 1965Tournoi — Narrator (voice)
• 1963Portuguese Vacation — Pierre
• 1962Le Dossier Chelsea Street — George Steward
• 1961A Man Named Rocca — Xavier Adé
• 1961Famous Love Affairs — René de La Roche
• 1961The Season for Love — Sylvain
• 1960Thank You, Natercia — Alain
• 1958A Bullet in the Gun Barrel — Tony
• 1958Thérèse Étienne — Gottfried Muller
• 1958Why Women Sin — Frédéric Martignac, aka Fred
• 1957He Who Must Die — Manolios
• 1956Forgive Our Trespasses — René
• 1956If Paris Were Told to Us — François Villon
• 1955Marianne de ma jeunesse — Vincent Loringer
• L'île au coquelicot

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Discorama — Self