Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1908-07-12
- Day of Death1994-05-16 (85 years)
- Place of BirthSaint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
- Also Known As-
Alain Cuny
Biography
Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor. He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon...Read More
Acting Career
- 1992
The Return of Casanova
As: Marquis
- 1991
The Annunciation of Marie
As: Anne Vercors
- 1991
Sweet War, Farewell
As: Vecchio Crimen
- 1990
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
As: Merlin
- 1988
Camille Claudel
As: Louis-Prosper Claudel
- 1988
To the Sea, See You
As: Don Macine
- 1988
Zeno's Conscience
As: Alfio Cosini sr.
- 1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
As: El Viudo Xius
1987The Distant Land
As: Aigner
1985Detective
As: Old Mafioso
1984Buio nella Valle
As: Luigi
1983The Basileus Quartet
As: Mario Cantone
1982Deuil en 24 heures
As: Le colonel Carvin
- 1982
Time Masters
As: Xul (voice)
1979Le Journal
As: Wilchaint
1979Roberte
As: La voix du pur esprit
1979Christ Stopped at Eboli
As: Barone Nicola Rotunno
1978The Song of Roland
As: Turpin/der Mönch
1976I prosseneti
As: Il conte Davide
1976Illustrious Corpses
As: Judge Rasto
1975Irene, Irene
As: Guido
1974Antigone
As: Le Coryphée
- 1974
Emmanuelle
As: Mario
1974Le Roman de Renart
As: Ysengrin (voice)
1974Don't Touch the White Woman!
As: Sitting Bull
1973La rosa rossa
As: Count Paolo Balzeri
1973Valparaiso, Valparaiso
As: Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt
1973La divine comédie
As: Virgile
1972The Master and Margarita
As: Profesor Woland & Satana
1972The Audience
As: teologa Belga
1971The Big Black Sow
As: Il Padre di Enrico
1970Many Wars Ago...
As: Gen. Leone
- 1969
Fellini Satyricon
As: Lica
- 1969
The Milky Way
As: Man with cape
1968La forêt noire
As: Hans Richter
1965Mission of Fear
As: Jean de Brébeuf
1963Corruption
As: Leonardo Mattioli
1963Banana Peel
As: Hervé Bontemps
1962Cross of the Living
As: baron von Eggerth
1961Scano Boa
As: Cavarzan
- 1960
La Dolce Vita
As: Steiner
1958The Lovers
As: Henri Tournier
1956The Hunchback of Notre Dame
As: Claude Frollo
1953Mina de Vanghel
As: Mr. de Larçay
1953The Lady Without Camelias
As: Lodi
1953Les Crimes de l'amour
As: Mr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')
1952The Solitary Conquerors
As: Pascal Giroud
1952Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
As: Bueno
1951The Forbidden Christ
As: Antonio
1946Solita de Cordoue
As: Pierre Desluc
1943The Phantom Baron
As: Hervé
1942The Devil's Envoys
As: Gilles, a Minstrel
1941Stormy Waters
As: Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)
1941Madame Sans-Gêne
As: Roustan
1940My Crimes After Mein Kampf
As: Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)