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Biography
Charles-Marie Vanel was a French actor and director. During his 65-year film career, which began in 1923, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Jacques Feyder, and Henri-Georges Clouzot. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as a desperate truck driver in Clouzot's The Wages of Fear, for which he received a Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953.
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Awards & recognition
- Order of the Francisque
- Silver Shell — Best Actor
Filmography14 titles
The Wages of Fear
1953as Mr. Jo
1953as Mr. Jo
Diabolique
1955as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet
1955as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet
Les Misérables
1934as Inspector Javert
1934as Inspector Javert
La Belle Équipe
1936as Charles dit Charlot
1936as Charles dit Charlot
To Catch a Thief
1955as Bertani
1955as Bertani
The Woman Who Dared
1944as Pierre Gauthier
1944as Pierre Gauthier
Wooden Crosses
1932as Caporal Breval
1932as Caporal Breval
Illustrious Corpses
1976as Procurator Varga
1976as Procurator Varga
Symphony for a Massacre
1963as Paoli
1963as Paoli
Camorra
1972as Don Mimo De Ritis
1972as Don Mimo De Ritis
Death in the Garden
1956as Castin
1956as Castin
Magnet of Doom
1963as Dieudonné Ferchaux
1963as Dieudonné Ferchaux
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
1961as Father Alexandre
1961as Father Alexandre
Alice or The Last Escapade
1977as Henri Vergennes
1977as Henri Vergennes