Paul Bonifas
Acting·June 3, 1902·† November 9, 1975 — 73 years old·Paris, France
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 a version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, directed by Pierre Chenal.
Known For
Charade
1963·7.7
The Train
1964·7.6
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974·6.5
Love in the Afternoon
1957·7.0
Dead of Night
1945·7.2
The Truth
1960·7.6
Greed in the Sun
1964·7.1
Les Misérables
1958·7.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956·6.7
Cold Sweat
1970·5.7
Triple Cross
1966·6.1
The Last Train
1973·6.6
Filmography · 80
1975Le Père AmableVatinol1975Rosebud1975The Common ManLe Maire1974Antigonele choeur1974The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoele père de François Perrin1973The Last TrainLe voisin1973La Duchesse d'AvilaTVL'aubergiste1971Love Me StrangelyHotel porter1970Cold SweatThe doctor1970An Artistic CoupleHenri Faroy1970The HorseWitness to Car Accident1970Maurin des MauresTVPons1969The Christmas Tree(uncredited)1969Secret WorldGustave / servant1968La SéparationPrêtre1968Les Dossiers de l'Agence OTVLe vieux Vick1966Triple CrossCharlie1966Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?1966At Theatre TonightTVFélix Ducotel1966Illusions perduesTVCamusot1966The Sleeping SentinelLanier1965Le Naïf amoureux'Tonton Louis'1964Lucky JoLégiste (uncredited)1964The TrainSpinet1964Greed in the SunDoctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon1964Jeff Gordon, Secret AgentLe notaire1964BayardTVAymon Terrail1963CharadeMr. Felix1963La parole est au témoin1963The DepthsMons. Lapeyre1963The Trip to BiarritzBourrély1962Sundays and CybeleGrocer1962Les CélibatairesChandelier1961Keep Talking, Baby1961Blood on His SwordLe chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI1961FannyThe Postman1961Goodbye AgainCellarman1960The TruthUn greffier1960The Gigolo(uncredited)1960The Enemy GeneralMayor1960Love and the FrenchwomanLe père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")1958A Woman Like SatanInnkeeper1958A Legitimate Defensele président de la cour1958Les MisérablesHospital doctor1958Sinners of ParisL'inspecteur Renaud1957Mademoiselle and Her GangMarcel, owner of the hotel1957Love in the AfternoonPolice Chief (uncredited)1957The Case of Dr. LaurentGuillaumin1956The Hunchback of Notre DameMaster Lecornu1956The Terror with Women1955Frou-FrouLe réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited)1954Sherlock HolmesTVProf. von Gaulkins1953Their Last Nightle commissaire principal1953Lettre ouverteHonoré, the father-in-law1952Holiday for HenriettaThe Newsagent (uncredited)1952Ils sont dans les vignes...American1952Piédalu fait des miracles1952Dans la vie tout s'arrangeMonsieur Bleubois1952The Green GloveInspector1952The Truth About Bebe DongeTraveler (uncredited)1951Duel à DakarThe Commander1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTV1951Amazing Monsieur FabreLe ministre Victor Duruy1951Pardon My FrenchMonsieur Bleubois1951Clara de Montargis1951Juliette, or Key of DreamsCaptain of the cargo ship1946BedeliaInsurance Manager1946Lisbon StoryStephan Corelle1945Johnny FrenchmanJerome1945Dead of NightFrench Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)1945The Man from MoroccoFrench Mayor1944Champagne CharlieTargetino1944English Without TearsMonsieur Rolland1944Candlelight in AlgeriaFrench Proprietor1944Two FathersThe Frenchman1944Aventure MalgacheMichel1942The Foreman Went to FrancePrefect of Rouville1939Maxim's Porter1939The Five Cents of LavaredeSailor1935Crime and Punishment