Paul Bisciglia

Acting

Born Jul 30, 1928

From Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]

Died Apr 18, 2010

Paul Bisciglia (30 July 1928 – 18 April 2010) was a French film actor. Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis. During the fifties, he appeared in many drama films, including the award-winning Avant le déluge, with Antoine Balpêtré, and again several more uncredited roles. During the sixties, Bisciglia began to appear more frequently in television series and television films, although he was included in many films such as The Wretches, with Michèle Morgan, Les vieux de la vieille, with Pierre Fresnay, Paris nous appartient, Le signe du lion, and in 1966, he appeared in his first leading role in Alain Cuniot's L'or et le plomb. In 1969, Bisciglia had a small role in the horror film La vampire nue, the second feature film from director Jean Rollin. It was Bisciglia's first of several times working with Rollin. He worked with the director again in the successful films Requiem pour un vampire, with Marie-Pierre Castel and Mireille D'Argent, Les démoniaques, Lèvres de sang, and the zombie classic Les Raisins de la Mort, with Marie-Georges Pascal. His career continued through the seventies and eighties, such as the Golden Globe-nominated Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Club privé pour couples avertis, with Philippe Gasté of Jean Rollin's Requiem pour un vampire, Verdict, with Sophia Loren, L'aile ou la cuisse, Family Rock, and he voiced in three animated films Astérix et la surprise de César (Asterix vs. Caesar), Astérix chez les Bretons (Asterix in Britain) and Astérix et le coup du menhir (Asterix and the Big Fight). Bisciglia's acting career continued until 1999, during which he appeared in two final feature films, Profil bas and Montana Blues. Bisciglia also had a successful television career appearing in a number of television series and films. He made his first appearance in the 1957 television film L'équipage au complet. His television films include Elle s'abaisse pour vaincre, Les fiancés de Loches, Claudine à Paris and the television film remeke Les liaisons dangereuses. His television series credits include Le théâtre de la jeunesse, Rocambole, Les saintes chéries, Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur, Les brigades du Tigre, De mémoire d'homme, Les cinq dernières minutes, Désiré Lafarge, Commissaire Moulin, Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret and Julien Fontanes, magistrat. Source: Article "Paul Bisciglia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Paul Bisciglia

Known For

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

The Wing or the Thigh?

Asterix vs. Caesar

Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix in Britain

Salut, j'arrive

The Nude Vampire

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

That Most Important Thing: Love

Filmography — Acting

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

The Wing or the Thigh?

Asterix vs. Caesar

Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix in Britain

Salut, j'arrive

The Nude Vampire

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

That Most Important Thing: Love

House of 1000 Pleasures

Venus and Lulu

The Cousins

Animal

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

The Slap

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman

The Demoniacs

Paris Belongs to Us

The Grapes of Death

Only the Cool

Witness in the City

Sign of the Lion

Action Man

Cherchez l'idole

Lumière

Jury of One

Young Casanova

The Old Guard

Belles, blondes et bronzées

Requiem for a Vampire

Sunday Buddies

Love and Desire

Dougal and the Blue Cat

Lips of Blood

Love Without Pity

Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy

The Egg

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

Le Cinema de Papa

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

Before the Deluge

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I

The Wretches

The Beautiful Image

Quai des blondes

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

Beware of Blondes

Paris Incident

Low Profile

Like a Pot of Strawberries

The Crazy Capo Affair

Under the Paris Sky

The Big Swag

The Bamboo Stroke

Night Dance Hall

A Murder Is a Murder

Les Hommes en blanc

Lovers on a Tightrope

C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans

The Boss of Champignol

Sex Shock

Les Hommes

The Teasers Go to Paris

Anthracite

La Tuile à loups