Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1902-06-03
- Day of Death1975-11-09 (73 years)
- Place of BirthParis, France
- Also Known AsThe Molière PlayersHenri Paul BonifasPaul BonifaceVictor BonifaceBonifasBonifas de la Comédie Française
Paul Bonifas
Biography
Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938. He made his first film appearance in 1935 in...Read More
Acting Career
- 1975
Le père Amable
As: Vatinol
- 1975
The Common Man
As: Le Maire
- 1974
Antigone
As: le choeur
- 1974
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
As: le père de François Perrin
- 1973
The Last Train
As: Le voisin
- 1973
La Duchesse d'Avila
As: L'aubergiste
- 1971
Love Me Strangely
As: Le portier de l'hôtel
- 1970
Cold Sweat
As: The doctor
1970An Artistic Couple
As: Henri Faroy
1970The Horse
As: Witness to car accident
1970Maurin des Maures
As: Pons
1969The Christmas Tree
As: (uncredited)
1969Secret World
As: Gustave / servant
1968La séparation
As: Prêtre
1968Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
As: Le vieux Vick
1966Triple Cross
As: Charlie
1966At Theatre Tonight
As: Félix Ducotel
1966Illusions perdues
As: Camusot
1966The Sleeping Sentinel
As: Lanier
1965Le naïf amoureux
As: 'Tonton Louis'
1964Lucky Jo
As: Légiste (uncredited)
- 1964
The Train
As: Spinet
1964Greed in the Sun
As: Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
1964Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
As: Le notaire
1964Bayard
As: Aymon Terrail
- 1963
Charade
As: Mr. Felix
1963The Depths
As: Mons. Lapeyre
1963The Trip to Biarritz
As: Bourrély
1962Sundays and Cybele
As: Grocer
1961Blood on His Sword
As: Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI
1961Fanny
As: The Postman
1961Goodbye Again
As: Cellarman
1960The Truth
As: Un greffier
1960The Gigolo
As: (uncredited)
1960The Enemy General
As: Mayor
1960Love and the Frenchwoman
As: Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")
1958A Woman Like Satan
As: Innkeeper
1958A Legitimate Defense
As: le président de la cour
1958Les Misérables
As: Hospital doctor
1958Sinners of Paris
As: L'inspecteur Renaud
1957Mademoiselle and Her Gang
As: Marcel, owner of the hotel
- 1957
Love in the Afternoon
As: Police Chief (uncredited)
1957The Case of Dr. Laurent
As: Guillaumin
1956The Hunchback of Notre Dame
As: Master Lecornu
1955Frou-Frou
As: Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited)
1954Sherlock Holmes
As: Prof. von Gaulkins
1953Their Last Night
As: le commissaire principal
1953Lettre ouverte
As: Honoré, the father-in-law
1952Holiday for Henrietta
As: The Newsagent (uncredited)
1952Ils sont dans les vignes...
As: American
1952Dans la vie tout s'arrange
As: Monsieur Bleubois
1952The Green Glove
As: Inspector
1952The Truth About Bebe Donge
As: Traveler (uncredited)
1951Duel à Dakar
As: The Commander
1951Amazing Monsieur Fabre
As: Le ministre Victor Duruy
1951Pardon My French
As: Monsieur Bleubois
1951Juliette, or Key of Dreams
As: Captain of the cargo ship
1946Bedelia
As: Insurance Manager
1946Lisbon Story
As: Stephan Corelle
1945Johnny Frenchman
As: Jerome
- 1945
Dead of Night
As: French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
1945The Man from Morocco
As: French Mayor
1944Champagne Charlie
As: Targetino
1944English Without Tears
As: Monsieur Rolland
1944Candlelight in Algeria
As: French Proprietor
1944Madagascar Landing
As: Michel
1942The Foreman Went to France
As: Prefect of Rouville
1939The Five Cents of Lavarede
As: Sailor