Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2007Dombey and Son — Jérémie
• 2001Des croix sur la mer — Napoléon
• 1999Alexina's House — Raffin
• 1999The Freelancers — Le Chatelain
• 1999Tuvalu — Karl
• La Grande Béké — Fifi Zecotte
• 1998Lautrec — Auguste Renoir
• 1998Marceeel!!! — Dédé
• The Count of Monte Cristo — Chanteur Complainte
• Les Allumettes suédoises — l'Araignée
• 1995Krim — Eugène
• 1993Die Wildnis — Peasant
• 1993Le gourou occidental — Serge
• La Comtesse de Charny — Le baron de Taverney
• Le Gerfaut — Le baron von Winkleried
• Catherine — Barnabé
• 1985L'Herbe rouge — Mr. Perle
• 1983A Good Little Devil — Judge
• Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon — 'Black-Fish'
• 1983Salut la puce — Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
• 1982Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ — Herald of the arena
• Frère Martin
• 1981Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx — L'ébéniste
• 1974Shanks — Mr. Barton
• 1974The Three Musketeers — Richelieu
• 1973The Insolent — Dargnac
• 1972Les joyeux lurons — L'abbé Larivière
• 1972Not Dumb, the Bird — Jack Bromfield
• La Brigade des maléfices
• 1971Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! — generale McMaster
• 1970Pour un sourire — Nicolas
• 1967The Hotheads — Prêcheur
• 1966Sale temps pour les mouches — Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
• 1965Ivory Coast Adventure — Renaud Lefranc
• 1962Musketeers of the Sea — Gosselin
• 1961In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! — Jean-Louis Preminger (voice), Vocals
• 1960Lay Off Blondes — L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
• 1960Take Me As I Am — Carlo
• 1959Drôles de phénomènes — The Butler Barns
• 1959The Bureaucrats — Letondu
• 1959The Night of the Hunted — Taretta
• 1959The Road to Shame — Tom
• 1958Bell, Book and Candle — French Singer at the Zodiac Club
• 1958En bordée — Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix
• 1958Toto in Paris — il finto maggiordomo
• 1957Nathalie — Adolphe Faisant
• 1956Life is beautiful — le pasteur
• 1956The Hunchback of Notre Dame — Clopin Trouillefou
• 1955French Cancan — Casimir le Serpentin
• 1952Le Crime du Bouif
• 1950Rome Express — Sleeping car employee

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort — Self (archive footage)
• 20021974, une partie de campagne — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• 30 millions d'amis — Self, Self - Host
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Système 2 — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Cadet Rousselle — Self - Coup de chapeau
• Samedi soir — Self
• À bout portant — Self
• Discorama — Self
• 1957It Happened on the 36 Candles — Self (uncredited)