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Acting

Michel Ardan

Career

Active from 1947 to 1973, with a break from 1961 to 1970, busiest in 1960 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Big Risk
The Big Risk
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michel Ardan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    2.7, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    3.4, average 5.3
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Absurdist Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

6 titles · average score 57
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World (1974)

Producer

La Brigade en folie
La Brigade en folie (1973)

Writer, Producer

The Big Shots
The Big Shots (1972)

as René Bazin

Rookies Run Amok
Rookies Run Amok (1971)
GoodWatch score 54

as Man with the traffic ticket (uncredited)

The Great Java
The Great Java (1971)

Writer, Producer

Law Breakers
Law Breakers (1971)
GoodWatch score 60

Producer

1960s

9 titles · average score 68
A Strange Kind of Colonel
A Strange Kind of Colonel (1968)

as Journalist (uncredited)

Les Arnaud
Les Arnaud (1967)

Producer

The Wise Guys
The Wise Guys (1965)
GoodWatch score 74

Producer

Agent 38-24-36
Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer

A Touch of Treason
A Touch of Treason (1962)

Producer

The Big Risk
The Big Risk (1960)
GoodWatch score 82

as Henri Vintran, aka 'Riton'

Recourse in Grace
Recourse in Grace (1960)

as Marcel

Towards Ecstasy
Towards Ecstasy (1960)

as Monsieur Bègue

The Delinquents
The Delinquents (1960)

as Accomplice of the gang

1950s

10 titles · average score 58
Le souffle du désir
Le souffle du désir (1958)

as Daniel Bellanger

In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes
In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes (1956)

as Louis Gamay

No Mercy for the Cellers
No Mercy for the Cellers (1955)

as Charly

Pas de souris dans le business
Pas de souris dans le business (1955)

as Victor

Fire Under Her Skin
Fire Under Her Skin (1954)

as Louis Babou

Nights of Shame
Nights of Shame (1954)

as Fernand Cortedani

Éternel espoir
Éternel espoir (1952)

as Alexandre Valon

The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker (1951)
GoodWatch score 58

as Gangster

Dakota 308
Dakota 308 (1951)

as Chauffeur

L’Atomique monsieur Placido
L’Atomique monsieur Placido (1950)

as Jim

1940s

7 titles · average score 71
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
The Heroic Mr. Boniface (1949)

as Le deuxième gangster

The Inn of Sin
The Inn of Sin (1949)

as Rival

Rapide de nuit
Rapide de nuit (1948)

as One of the two accomplices

Last Refuge
Last Refuge (1947)

as Albert

Panic
Panic (1947)
GoodWatch score 76

as Fernand

Secret Cargo
Secret Cargo (1947)

as S.R 35

Martin Roumagnac
Martin Roumagnac (1946)
GoodWatch score 67

as Le conservateur (uncredited)