Login
Login

Roger Pierre

{{Short description|French comedian and actor (1923–2010)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Roger Pierre

| image = ROGER PIERRE 2006.jpg

| caption = Roger Pierre in 2006

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 30 August 1923

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = {{death-date and age|23 January 2010|30 August 1923}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| death_cause =

| resting_place =

| resting_place_coordinates =

| nationality =

| other_names =

| known_for =

| education =

| alma mater =

| employer =

| occupation = Comedian, actor

| title =

| term =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| party =

| boards =

| spouse =

| children =

| parents =

| relatives =

}}

Roger Pierre (30 August 1923 – 23 January 2010) was a French comedian and actor.

Early life

Roger Pierre was born on 30 August 1923 in Paris, France.

Career

Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault were one of France's most popular comedy acts. Working regularly throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, Pierre's first film was 1953's "Belle mentalité (Wonderful Mentality). He appeared in such comedies as Mary Mary (1963), Who Is This Woman? (1967), The Sole Heir (1980), Mr Masure (1987), The Night of Barbizon and The Tureen (2001).

In 1973, Pierre and Thibault starred in the 1973 comedic television series {{Interlanguage link multi|Les Maudits Rois fainéants|fr|3=Les Maudits Rois fainéants|lt=Les Maudits Rois fainéants (The Damned Lazy Kings)}}, which parodied the 1972 TV adaptation of Les Rois maudits.

Death

Pierre died in his native Paris, aged 86, from cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.articlejax.com/the-actor-roger-pierre-died/ |title=The actor Roger Pierre died |publisher=ArticleJax.com |date=16 February 2010 |accessdate=5 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174116/http://www.articlejax.com/the-actor-roger-pierre-died/ |archivedate=23 September 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr/article/2010/01/24/1903595_roger-pierre-est-mort-mais-c-etait-qui.html |title=Roger Pierre est mort: son parcours... |work=The Huffington Post |language=French |date=24 January 2010 |accessdate=5 July 2015}}

Partial filmography

{{Div col}}

{{div col end}}

Director and actor

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0682655|name=Roger Pierre}}
  • [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=56787 New York Times on Roger Pierre]
  • {{webarchive |date=2013-01-25 |url=https://archive.today/20130125204053/http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/detail/celeb/1476154 |title=Hollywood.com}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050113104451/http://www.ifrance.com/aubonsketch/pierre.htm iFrance] (in French)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050126084130/http://www.paroles.net/artis/1818 paroles.net] (in French)

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pierre, Roger}}

Category:1923 births

Category:2010 deaths

Category:Deaths from cancer in France

Category:French male film actors

Category:French humorists

Category:French male television actors

Category:Male actors from Paris

Category:French male writers

Category:French male comedians

Category:Comedians from Paris

{{France-screen-actor-stub}}