Philippe Clay
Actor
Born March 7, 1927 in Paris, France
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.
Filmography
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
Self (archive footage)
Dombey and Son
Jérémie
1974, une partie de campagne
Self
Des croix sur la mer
Napoléon
Tuvalu
Karl
Alexina's House
Raffin
The Freelancers
Le Chatelain
Vivement dimanche
Self
Lautrec
Auguste Renoir
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chanteur Complainte
Marceeel!!!
Dédé
La Grande Béké
Fifi Zecotte
Les Allumettes suédoises
l'Araignée
Krim
Eugène
Le gourou occidental
Serge
La Comtesse de Charny
Le baron de Taverney
Le Gerfaut
Le baron von Winkleried
Catherine
Barnabé
L'Herbe rouge
Mr. Perle
A Good Little Devil
Judge
Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon
'Black-Fish'
Salut la puce
Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Herald of the arena
Champs-Elysées
Self
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx
L'ébéniste
30 millions d'amis
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Shanks
Mr. Barton
The Three Musketeers
Richelieu
The Insolent
Dargnac
Les joyeux lurons
L'abbé Larivière
Not Dumb, the Bird
Jack Bromfield
Midi trente
Self
Cadet Rousselle
Self - Coup de chapeau
Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!
generale McMaster
La Brigade des maléfices
Pour un sourire
Nicolas
À bout portant
Self
The Hotheads
Prêcheur
Sale temps pour les mouches
Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
Ivory Coast Adventure
Renaud Lefranc
Musketeers of the Sea
Gosselin
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
Lay Off Blondes
L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
Take Me As I Am
Carlo
The Night of the Hunted
Taretta
The Bureaucrats
Letondu
The Road to Shame
Tom
Drôles de phénomènes
The Butler Barns
Discorama
Self
Bell, Book and Candle
French Singer at the Zodiac Club
Toto in Paris
il finto maggiordomo
En bordée
Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix
Nathalie
Adolphe Faisant
It Happened on the 36 Candles
Self (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin Trouillefou
Life is beautiful
le pasteur
French Cancan
Casimir le Serpentin
Le Crime du Bouif
Rome Express
Sleeping car employee