Michel Auclair

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Michel Auclair (actually Vladimir Vujović ; born September 14, 1922 in Koblenz , † January 7, 1988 in Fayence ) was a French actor .

Life

Michel Auclair was born in Koblenz as the son of a Serb and a French woman. His father, Vojislav Vujović , was a well-known Serbian communist and secretary of the Communist Youth International .

Auclair moved to Paris with his mother at the age of three. He attended the Paris Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and made his stage debut at the Théâtre des Mathurins in 1942 . Jean Cocteau encouraged him early on, so that Auclair appeared in Cocteau's plays at various theaters in Paris. Auclair also took on other roles in plays by Jean Anouilh and Paul Claudel .

Auclair got into film in 1945. As Ludovic, brother of the heroine Josette Day and Jean Marais ' opponent in Cocteau's Once Upon a Time , Auclair became known to a wider film audience in 1946. He subsequently played mostly gallant lovers like Des Grieux in Henri-Georges Clouzot's version of Manon Lescaut (1949). In later years he played roles in dubious characters ( The Avenger from the Coffin , The Jackal , A Thousand Billion Dollars ). Auclair was often seen at the side of Alain Delon, including in The Devil's Weapon , Killers Don't Introduce themselves and Save Your Skin, Killer .

Auclair died in 1988 and was buried in the Saint-Paul-en-Forêt cemetery.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1946: Once upon a time (La Belle et la Bête)
  • 1947: The Boat of the Damned (Les Maudits)
  • 1949: Manon
  • 1949: Singoalla - The Gypsy (Singoalla)
  • 1950: No pity for women (Pas de pitié pour les femmes)
  • 1950: jury court (Justice est faite)
  • 1951: Dreamy Days (L'Aiguille rouge )
  • 1951: angel or sinner? (Le Due Verità)
  • 1952: The Voice of the Other
  • 1952: Anita Garibaldi (Camicie rosse)
  • 1952: On the streets of Paris (La Fête à Henriette)
  • 1953: The daughter of the company
  • 1954: Versailles - Kings and Women (Si Versailles m'était conté)
  • 1954: Hot goods for Marseille (Quai des blondes)
  • 1954: The Second Life (Double destin)
  • 1954: murder on the roof garden (Bonnes à tuer)
  • 1955: Faithful to death (Andrea Chénier)
  • 1956: The rice girl (La risaia)
  • 1957: The Merciless (Les Fanatiques)
  • 1957: Murder on Montmartre (Reproduction interdite)
  • 1957: A cute face (Funny Face)
  • 1957: The Fox of Paris
  • 1959: Maigret knows no mercy (Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre)
  • 1960: A girl for a summer ( Une fille pour l'Été)
  • 1960: Murder at 45 tours (Meurtre en 45 tours)
  • 1961: The Stranger's Face (Le Rendez-vous de minuit)
  • 1962: Apprenticeship in love (L'Éducation sentimentale)
  • 1963: Seven dead a week (Symphonie pour un massacre)
  • 1963: Holidays in Portugal (Les Vacances portugaises)
  • 1964: death, where is your victory? (Mort, où est ta victoire?)
  • 1964: Weird charm and great opportunities (La Chance et l'Amour)
  • 1964: Together in Paris (Paris When It Sizzles)
  • 1966: The Father's Journey (Le Voyage du père)
  • 1968: The avenger from the coffin (Sous le Signe de Monte Cristo)
  • 1970: Le coeur fou
  • 1971: Musketeer with blow and stab (Les Mariés de l'An II)
  • 1972: December (Décembre)
  • 1973: The Jackal (The Day of the Jackal)
  • 1974: The Persecuted (Les Guichets du Louvre)
  • 1974: Memories from France (Souvenirs d'en France)
  • 1974: Quartet Bestial (Sept morts sur ordonnance)
  • 1977: The judge they called Sheriff (Le juge Fayard, dit Le Shériff)
  • 1978: Indictment - Murder (L'Amour en question)
  • 1979: cyclones of life (Le Coup de sirocco)
  • 1979: Devil's Weapon (Le Toubib)
  • 1980: Killers don't introduce themselves (Trois hommes à abattre)
  • 1981: The Devil's Lawyers (Les Avocats du diable)
  • 1981: Save your skin, killer (Pour la Peau d'un flic)
  • 1982: one thousand billion dollars (Mille milliards de dollars)
  • 1982: The craziest 90 minutes before the birth of Christ (Deux heures moins le Quart avant Jésus-Christ)
  • 1982: Lise et Laura
  • 1982: Enigma
  • 1983: El senor presidente
  • 1983: The beautiful prisoner (La Belle captive)
  • 1984: Rue Barbare
  • 1984: Le bon plaisir - A political love affair (Le Bon plaisir)
  • 1985: Christopher Columbus
  • 1988: love is not proof (Preuve d'amour)
  • 1989: Torquemada

literature

  • Auclair, Michel. In: Joachim Reichow, Michael Hanisch (Eds.): Film actors A – Z. 7th edition. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-362-00022-3 , p. 25.

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personal data
SURNAME Auclair, Michel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vujović, Vladimir (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1988
Place of death Faience (Var)