Portrait of François Périer

Acting

François Périer

Career

Active from 1938 to 1996, busiest in 1957 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
69
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
François Périer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • Moral Ambiguity 7
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Character Study 6
  • French Cinema 6
  • Post-War Italy 3
  • French Crime Thriller 3
  • Melancholic Atmosphere 3
  • Post-War France 3
  • Melancholy 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Slow-Burn Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

6 titles · average score 62
Mémoires d'un jeune con
Mémoires d'un jeune con (1996)

as Frédéric's father

Voyage à Rome
Voyage à Rome (1992)

as The father

La Pagaille
La Pagaille (1991)

as Gabriel

Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary (1991)
GoodWatch score 63

as Narrateur

Le Gorille
Le Gorille (1990)

TV show · as Berthomieu

The Elegant Criminal
The Elegant Criminal (1990)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lacenaire's father

1980s

9 titles · average score 60
Keep Your Right Up
Keep Your Right Up (1987)
GoodWatch score 39

as Man

Enquête sur une parole donnée : La lettre perdue
Enquête sur une parole donnée : La lettre perdue (1985)

as Jacque Alavarez

Le Tartuffe
Le Tartuffe (1984)

as Orgon

2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure
2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure (1984)
GoodWatch score 65

as Narrator

Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
Jacques the Fatalist and His Master (1984)

as Denis Diderot / Narrator

The Octopus
The Octopus (1984)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Avvocato Terrasini

The Fighter
The Fighter (1983)
GoodWatch score 60

as Gino Ruggieri

Thérèse Humbert
Thérèse Humbert (1983)

TV show · as Moi Dumort

The Telephone Bar
The Telephone Bar (1980)
GoodWatch score 58

as Commissaire Claude Joinville

1970s

20 titles · average score 68
Mazarin
Mazarin (1978)

TV show · as Mazarin

Baxter, Vera Baxter
Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jean Baxter (voice)

A Grin Without a Cat
A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

as Narrator (voice)

Police Python 357
Police Python 357 (1976)
GoodWatch score 73

as Commissaire Ganay

The Spiral
The Spiral (1976)

as Narrator (voice)

Stavisky...
Stavisky... (1974)
GoodWatch score 70

as Albert Borelli

Antoine and Sebastian
Antoine and Sebastian (1974)

as Antoine

Just Before Nightfall
Just Before Nightfall (1971)
GoodWatch score 72

as François Tellier

Max and the Junkmen
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

as Commissioner Rosinsky

The Train Rolls On
The Train Rolls On (1971)

as Narrator

Tumuc Humac
Tumuc Humac (1971)

as The judge

Give Her the Moon
Give Her the Moon (1970)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jean-Jules de Lépine

1960s

20 titles · average score 71
Z
Z (1969)
GoodWatch score 86

as Public Prosecutor

The Child of the High Seas
The Child of the High Seas (1968)

as Dit par

Le Samouraï
Le Samouraï (1967)
GoodWatch score 87

as Superintendant

Le temps des doryphores
Le temps des doryphores (1967)

as Commentator (voice)

Weekend at Dunkirk
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as Alexandre

The Visitor
The Visitor (1963)
GoodWatch score 74

as Adolfo Di Palma

The Bamboo Stroke
The Bamboo Stroke (1963)

as Léon Brissac

The Organizer
The Organizer (1963)
GoodWatch score 85

as Maestro Di Meo

People in Luck
People in Luck (1963)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jérôme Boisselier (segment "Le Vison")

Five Day Lover
Five Day Lover (1961)
GoodWatch score 62

as Georges

Testament of Orpheus
Testament of Orpheus (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

as Heurtebise(non crédité)

Lovers on a Tightrope
Lovers on a Tightrope (1960)

as Daniel

1950s

35 titles · average score 70
Bobosse
Bobosse (1959)

as Tony Varlet / Bobosse / The six jurors / President of the court / Attorney general / Lawyer / Guard

The Magistrate
The Magistrate (1959)

as Luigi Bonelli

Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
GoodWatch score 92

as Oscar D'Onofrio

The Melbourne Rendezvous
The Melbourne Rendezvous (1957)

as Narrator

Anyone Can Kill Me
Anyone Can Kill Me (1957)

as Paul, le directeur de la prison

Demoniac
Demoniac (1957)

as Gervais Larauch / Bernard Pradal

Gervaise
Gervaise (1956)
GoodWatch score 76

as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur

Cadet Rousselle
Cadet Rousselle (1954)
GoodWatch score 50

as Cadet Rousselle

Hello Paris
Hello Paris (1953)

as Narrateur (Voice)

Orpheus
Orpheus (1950)
GoodWatch score 89

as Heurtebise

Au P'tit Zouave
Au P'tit Zouave (1950)

as M. Denis

The Elders of Saint-Loup
The Elders of Saint-Loup (1950)

as Charles Merlin

1940s

19 titles · average score 68
Return to Life
Return to Life (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Antoine (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Jean de la Lune
Jean de la Lune (1949)

as Clotaire, aka Cloclo

The Loves of Colette
The Loves of Colette (1948)

as François Lecoc

A Girl Knew
A Girl Knew (1948)

as 'Coco' Levaison

Silence Is Golden
Silence Is Golden (1947)
GoodWatch score 70

as Jacques Francet

Sylvia and the Ghost
Sylvia and the Ghost (1946)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ramure, thief

A Lover's Return
A Lover's Return (1946)
GoodWatch score 68

as François

The Temptation of Barbizon
The Temptation of Barbizon (1946)

as Ben Atkinson / The Devil

Good Evening Ladies, Good Evening Gentlemen
Good Evening Ladies, Good Evening Gentlemen (1944)

as Dominique Verdelet

The White Truck
The White Truck (1943)

as François Ledru

The Wolf Farm
The Wolf Farm (1943)

as Bastien

Love Letters
Love Letters (1942)

as François de Portal

1930s

5 titles · average score 74
The Fatted Calf
The Fatted Calf (1939)

as Gaston Vachon

The End of the Day
The End of the Day (1939)
GoodWatch score 72

as Journalist

Nightclub Hostess
Nightclub Hostess (1939)

as Jean

Mother Love
Mother Love (1938)

as Batilly

Hôtel du Nord
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
GoodWatch score 77

as Adrien