Philippe Clay
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-03-07
Day of death
2007-12-13 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Philippe Clay
Biography
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.
Known For
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Discorama
30 millions d'amis
30 millions d'amis
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Midi trente
Samedi soir
The Count of Monte Cristo
Nathalie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Take Me As I Am
The Insolent
En bordée
À bout portant
It Happened on the 36 Candles
Tuvalu
Système 2
French Cancan
Krim
Rome Express
Bell, Book and Candle
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
The Freelancers
Cadet Rousselle
Shanks
Catherine
Toto in Paris
Lautrec
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
Not Dumb, the Bird
Musketeers of the Sea
Des croix sur la mer
The Hotheads
L'Herbe rouge
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!
A Good Little Devil
Ivory Coast Adventure
Salut la puce
The Three Musketeers
Sale temps pour les mouches
La Comtesse de Charny
1974, une partie de campagne
Les Allumettes suédoises
La Brigade des maléfices
Le Gerfaut
Lay Off Blondes
The Night of the Hunted
La Grande Béké
Dombey and Son
Drôles de phénomènes
The Road to Shame
Le crime du Bouif
Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon
Life is beautiful
Marceeel!!!
Alexina's House
Die Wildnis
Pour un sourire
The Bureaucrats
Le gourou occidental
Les joyeux lurons
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx
