Place of Birth: Paris, France
Philippe Clay
Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bell, Book and Candle | French Singer at the Zodiac Club | 1958 |
| It Happened on the 36 Candles | Self (uncredited) | 1957 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Clopin Trouillefou | 1956 |
| Pour un sourire | Nicolas | 1970 |
| Tuvalu | Karl | 1999 |
| Toto in Paris | il finto maggiordomo | 1958 |
| Shanks | Mr. Barton | 1974 |
| 1974, une partie de campagne | Self | 2002 |
| Take Me As I Am | Carlo | 1960 |
| In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! | Jean-Louis Preminger (voice) | 1961 |
| A Good Little Devil | Le Juge | 1983 |
| Rome Express | 1950 | |
| Le crime du Bouif | 1952 | |
| The Insolent | Dargnac | 1973 |
| Nathalie | Adolphe Faisant | 1957 |
| Ivory Coast Adventure | Renaud Lefranc | 1965 |
| Le gourou occidental | 1993 | |
| Krim | Eugène | 1995 |
| The Freelancers | Le Chatelain | 1999 |
| Life is beautiful | le pasteur | 1956 |
| Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ | Herald of the arena | 1982 |
| Musketeers of the Sea | Gosselin | 1962 |
| Lay Off Blondes | L'inspecteur Al Wheeler | 1960 |
| Armiamoci e partite! | generale McMaster | 1971 |
| Marceeel!!! | 1998 | |
| Lautrec | Auguste Renoir | 1998 |
| Alexina's House | Raffin | 1999 |
| The Road to Shame | Tom | 1959 |
| French Cancan | Casimir le Serpentin | 1954 |
| En bordée | 1958 | |
| L'Herbe rouge | Mr. Perle | 1985 |
| La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Des croix sur la mer | Napoléon | 2001 |
| The Night of the Hunted | Taretta | 1959 |
| Sale temps pour les mouches | Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix' | 1966 |
| Die Wildnis | Peasant | 1993 |
| The Bureaucrats | Letondu | 1959 |
| The Three Musketeers | Richelieu | 1974 |
| Not Dumb, the Bird | Jack Bromfield | 1972 |
| The Hotheads | Prêcheur | 1967 |
| Les joyeux lurons | L'abbé Larivière | 1972 |
| Salut la puce | Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste | 1983 |
| Drôles de phénomènes | The Butler Barns | 1959 |
| Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Dombey and Son | Jérémie | 2007 |
| Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx | L'ébéniste | 1981 | Series | Cast | Year |
| La Grande Béké | Fifi Zecotte | 1998 |
| À bout portant | Self | 1968 |
| Cadet Rousselle | Self - Coup de chapeau | 1971 |
| La Comtesse de Charny | Le baron de Taverney | 1989 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Chanteur Complainte | 1998 |
| Samedi soir | Self | 1971 |
| Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | 1975 |
| Discorama | Self | 1959 |
| 30 millions d'amis | Self - Host | 1976 |
| 30 millions d'amis | Self | 1976 |
| Midi trente | Self | 1972 |
| Système 2 | Self | 1975 |
| Champs-Elysées | Self | 1982 |
| Le Gerfaut | Le baron von Winkleried | 1987 |
| Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon | 'Black-Fish' | 1983 |
| Catherine | Barnabé | 1986 |
| Vivement dimanche | Self | 1998 |
| Les Allumettes suédoises | l'Araignée | 1996 |
