
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. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for Radio Londres broadcasting to occupied France. In 1942 he appeared in the film The Foreman Went to France. In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns and at French army barracks. He came to the Comedy Theatre, London with Théâtre Molierè in 1943 and 1944, performing in L'Anglais Tel Qu'on Le Parle, Le Malade Imaginaire, Gringoire, Le Misanthrope et L'Auvergnat, Les Femmes Savantes, Le Paquebot Tenacity, La Testament Du Pere Leleu and L'Extra. His Company included Andre Frere, Georges Rex, Suzette Marquis, Elma Soiron and Paul Clarus. In 1944 "The Molière Players" appeared in the short film Aventure malgache directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This was written by, and based on the experiences of, Jules Francois Clermont, an actor in Bonifas' troupe working under the name of Paul Clarus, who had operated an illegal radio station Madagascar Libre in Madagascar while the island was under Vichy control. Bonifas then appeared in a number of other British films, including Two Fathers with Bernard Miles, directed by Anthony Asquith, and had minor roles in the musicals Heaven Is Round the Corner and Champagne Charlie, the action adventure film The Man from Morocco, the comedy-drama Johnny Frenchman and the horror film Dead of Night. Bonifas returned to France in 1946 and resumed his career in theatre, specializing in comedy, but also taking dramatic roles. His later film career included appearances in Trapeze (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Fanny (1961), Charade (1963), Greed in the Sun (1964), The Train (1964), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Triple Cross (1966), and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974). Bonifas died on 9 November 1975 at Vernouillet, Yvelines, France. Source: Article "Paul Bonifas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

La parole est au témoin

La séparation

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

シャレード

La Vérité

大列車作戦

夢の中の恐怖/デッド・オブ・ナイト

レ・ミゼラブル

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Goodbye Again

Cent Mille Dollars au soleil

La Fête à Henriette

Sherlock Holmes

Cybèle ou les dimanches de ville d'Avray

昼下がりの情事

Dupont Lajoie

Monsieur Fabre

La Horse

Juliette ou La Clef des songes

Le Cas du docteur Laurent

La Vérité sur Bébé Donge

Crime et Châtiment

Fanny

Notre-Dame de Paris

Lucky Jo

Le Voyage à Biarritz

Au théâtre ce soir

The Foreman Went to France

離愁

Le Retour du Grand Blond

Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ?

Les abysses

The Green Glove

L'Arbre de Noël

Mademoiselle et son gang

Johnny Frenchman

Triple Cross

Le Miracle des loups

La Promesse

Lisbon Story

English Without Tears

Frou-Frou

Candlelight in Algeria

夜の訪問者

Cause toujours, mon lapin

En légitime défense

Champagne Charlie

The Enemy General

Aventure Malgache

Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède

La Femme et le Pantin

Rafles sur la ville

Un couple d'artistes

Ils sont dans les vignes...

The Man from Morocco

Dans la vie tout s'arrange

Pardon My French

Leur dernière nuit

Bedelia

La Sentinelle endormie

Rosebud

Des frissons partout

La Française et l'Amour

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Lettre ouverte

Le Père Amable

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Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's

Duel à Dakar

Piédalu fait des miracles

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La Terreur des dames

Antigone

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