André Pousse
André Pousse (born October 20, 1919 in Paris , † September 9, 2005 in Gassin , Var ) was a French actor and cyclist .
André Pousse was active as a cyclist from 1942 to 1950, preferably on the track , there in six-day races and competitions in two-man team driving . In 1942 he won the renowned Madison Prix Raynaud - Dayen together with Victor Delvoye and in 1946, also together with Delvoye, the Prix Wambst - Lacquehay . His training track was the Vélodrome d'Hiver , where he also raced almost every weekend. One of his fans at the time was Alain Delon .
In 1948 Pousse traveled to the United States to compete in six-day races; Together with his compatriot Francis Grauss , he finished third in the race in Buffalo . He became friends with boxer Marcel Cerdan and his partner Édith Piaf . He is said to have planned to travel on the same plane with Cerdan, but changed his mind at the last minute. The plane with Cerdan on board crashed. In 1949 Pousse returned to Paris and drove there his last six-day race in the Vel d'Hiv , in which he set a track record.
After finishing his cycling career, André Pousse worked for the impresario Loulou Barrier , who looked after Josephine Baker , Eddie Constantine and Johnny Hallyday , among others . He then worked as Artistic Director of the Moulin Rouge for twelve years . At the beginning of this period he had an eight-month affair with the Piaf. He was constantly on the move to look out for spectacular new numbers in variety theaters around the world and became a “mainstay” of Paris nightlife. He presented the radio show La musique à Papa on Europe 1 with music from the 1930s and 1940s and opened an important institution of the Yéyé generation in Pigalle , the La Locomotive disco , where musicians such as Michel Polnareff , Tom Jones and The Who performed until 1965 .
At the age of 44, Pousse starred in a film for the first time, in D'où viens-tu, Johnny? , in which his friend Johnny Hallyday played the title role. In the years to come he got other film offers and played “part-time” mainly villains in crime comedies, comedies and gangster films, with Pousse acting rather than portraying himself.
In 1999 André Pousse shot his last film. In 2005, on the way home - he had since retired to the south of France with his wife - he fell into a ravine in his car after being stung by a wasp while driving . After the accident, he managed to go home despite serious injuries. But four days later he died in a hospital.
Filmography (selection)
- 1964: Where are you from, Johnny? (D'où viens-tu, Johnny?)
- 1966: Take it easy, take dynamite (Ne nous fâchons pas)
- 1967: The Whore and the Fool (Un idiot à Paris)
- 1968: The Bull (Le Pacha)
- 1969: The Clan of Sicilians (Clan des Siciliens)
- 1972: The Boss (Un flic)
- 1973: killers know no mercy (L'Insolent)
- 1975: Beautiful kisses from the Far East (Bons baisers de Hong Kong)
- 1979: Path to Paradise (Les Égouts du paradis)
- 1982: The craziest 90 minutes before the birth of Christ (Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ)
- 1999: A Fish Called Trouble (Comme un poisson hors de l'eau)
Web links
- André Pousse in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- André Pousse in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Années 40: poursuites sur les Falaises de la rue Nélaton. In: andrepousse.free.fr. Retrieved April 7, 2016 .
- ^ André Pousse meurt des suites d'un accident de voiture. In: caradisiac.com. September 6, 2012, accessed April 7, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pousse, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor and cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2005 |
| Place of death | Gassin , Var |