Portrait of Fernand Gravey

Acting

Fernand Gravey

Career

Active from 1913 to 1971, with a break from 1915 to 1929, busiest in 1935 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
53
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Fernand Gravey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Psychological
    4.2, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Showbiz 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Romantic Intrigue 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Vienna 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

6 titles · average score 65
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

The House in the Woods
The House in the Woods (1971)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Le marquis de Fresnoy

The Hideout
The Hideout (1971)

as Labrize

Pas moral pour deux sous
Pas moral pour deux sous (1971)

as Daniel Wilde

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

as Captain Ragot

Promise at Dawn
Promise at Dawn (1970)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jean-Michel Serusier

1960s

6 titles · average score 62
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
GoodWatch score 35

as Police sergeant

Guns for San Sebastian
Guns for San Sebastian (1967)
GoodWatch score 63

as Governor

How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million (1966)
GoodWatch score 89

as Grammont

The Woman from Beirut
The Woman from Beirut (1965)

as Dr. Castello

Harry's Girls
Harry's Girls (1963)

TV show · as Andre Giraud

The Crumblers Are Doing Well
The Crumblers Are Doing Well (1961)

as François Legrand

1950s

16 titles · average score 68
Toto in Paris
Toto in Paris (1958)
GoodWatch score 62

as Il dottor Duclos

Hardboiled Egg Time
Hardboiled Egg Time (1958)

as Raoul Grandvivier

School for Coquettes
School for Coquettes (1958)

as Stanislas de La Ferronière

La Garçonne
La Garçonne (1957)

as Georges Sauvage

Slightly Ahead
Slightly Ahead (1956)

as Olivier Parker, le faux entraîneur hippique, escroc

Mitsou
Mitsou (1956)

as Pierre Duroy-Lelong

Thirteen at the Table
Thirteen at the Table (1955)

as Antoine Villardier

My Husband Is Marvelous
My Husband Is Marvelous (1953)

as Claude Chatel

My Wife Is Formidable
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)

as Raymond Corbier, sculpteur et mari de Sylvia

Gunman in the Streets
Gunman in the Streets (1950)
GoodWatch score 65

as Commissioner Dufresne

La Ronde
La Ronde (1950)
GoodWatch score 79

as Charles Breitkopf, son mari

Le Traqué
Le Traqué (1950)

as Commissioner Dufresne

1940s

10 titles · average score 65
Du Guesclin
Du Guesclin (1949)

as Bertrand du Guesclin

Captain Blomet
Captain Blomet (1947)

as Blomet

Once Is Enough
Once Is Enough (1946)

as Jacques Reval

Paméla
Paméla (1945)

as Paul Barras

La Rabouilleuse
La Rabouilleuse (1944)

as Colonel Philippe Brideau

Captain Fracasse
Captain Fracasse (1943)
GoodWatch score 66

as Baron de Cigognac

Domino
Domino (1943)

as Dominique

Fantastic Night
Fantastic Night (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

as Denis

Threesome Romance
Threesome Romance (1942)

as Charles

Foolish Husbands
Foolish Husbands (1941)

as Gérard Barbier

1930s

29 titles · average score 63
Four Flights to Love
Four Flights to Love (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Pierre Leblan

The Last Turning
The Last Turning (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Frank Maurice

The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz (1938)
GoodWatch score 59

as Johann 'Schani' Strauss II

Fools for Scandal
Fools for Scandal (1938)
GoodWatch score 59

as Rene

The King and the Chorus Girl
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

as Alfred Bruger VII

The Lie of Nina Petrovna
The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)

as Lieutenant Franz Korff

Seven Men, One Woman
Seven Men, One Woman (1936)

as Viscount Brémontier

Mister Flow
Mister Flow (1936)

as Antonin Rose

Fanfare of Love
Fanfare of Love (1935)

as Jean Rameau / Jeanette, piano des " Tulipes Hollandaises "

Varieté
Varieté (1935)

as Pierre

Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet (1933)

as Carl Linden

Court Waltzes
Court Waltzes (1933)

as Franz

1910s

3 titles
La Fille de Delft
La Fille de Delft (1914)

as Jonge Jefke / Young Jefke

Monsieur Beulemeester, Civic Guard
Monsieur Beulemeester, Civic Guard (1913)

as Le petit Paul

Saïda Makes Off with the Manneken Pis
Saïda Makes Off with the Manneken Pis (1913)

as Fernand Mertens