Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color).
Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character.
He was nominated for the César Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the 1986 film, Miss Mona. Twice he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated on two other occasions. In February 1994, to celebrate his 50th year in film, he was honored by the French motion picture industry with a special César Award. Just a few months later, Jean Carmet died of a heart attack.
Jean Carmet is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. In his birthplace of Bourgueil, a theater and an avenue were named in his honor.
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Known For
Les Misérables
(1982)
Thénardier
The Fighting Musketeers
(1961)
Planchet
The Fugitives
(1986)
Doctor Martin, veterinarian
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
(1961)
Planchet
The Cabbage Soup
(1981)
Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)
My Mother's Castle
(1990)
Drunkard guard
Any Number Can Win
(1963)
le barman
Children of Paradise
(1945)
Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (non crédité)
Buffet Froid
(1979)
Le vieil assassin
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(1974)
Maurice Lefebvre
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(1972)
Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend
Germinal
(1993)
Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort
Dog Day
(1984)
Socrate
Thank You, Life
(1991)
Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé
The Lady Banker
(1980)
Duvernet
Violette Nozière
(1978)
Baptiste Nozière
Full Filmography
Acting
The Pavilion Burns
(1941)
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
(1942)
Typographer (uncredited)
Mysteries of Paris
(1943)
Tortillard (uncredited)
Children of Paradise
(1945)
Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (non crédité)
François Villon
(1945)
Companion of François (uncredited)
Dawn Devils
(1946)
Durand, dit Durandal
Le destin s'amuse
(1946)
Third accomplice
Dropped from Heaven
(1946)
A man of Laurent
Monsieur Vincent
(1947)
L'abbé Pontail
Carbon Copy
(1947)
3rd accomplice
Le diamant de cent sous
(1948)
Guest
The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin
(1948)
Étienne
Last Hour, Special Edition
(1949)
Nestor
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
(1949)
Le garagiste (uncredited)
Bonheur en location
(1949)
Guy Piponnet
La Bataille du feu
(1949)
Albert Farjon
I Love Only You
(1949)
Le père affolé (uncredited)
La louve
(1949)
Gustave
Branquignol
(1949)
Bidel - un fantaisiste raté
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
(1950)
le pianiste malade
Cartouche, King of Paris
(1950)
'Brin d'Amour', soldier
The Patron
(1950)
The Brigadier
Les femmes sont folles
(1950)
Emile
God Needs Men
(1950)
Yvon
Dr. Knock
(1951)
le premier gars
Le Roi des camelots
(1951)
La Globule, ami de Robert
On demande un bandit
(1951)
Les Mémoires de la vache Yolande
(1951)
Le clerc
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
(1952)
M. Grosjean
She and Me
(1952)
Gaston, l'ami de Jean
Mister Taxi
(1952)
François
They Were Five
(1952)
Jean - le postier
Les quatre sergents du Fort Carré
(1952)
Le Guen
The Forest of Farewell
(1952)
Baptiste
Bille de clown
(1952)
Gaston Lemeunier
Drôle de noce
(1952)
Paullaud
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
(1953)
le curé du village
Midnight... Quai de Bercy
(1953)
Merle, l'adjoint de l'inspecteur
Des quintuplés au pensionnat
(1953)
Antoine
Adam Is... Eve
(1954)
Gaston
Count of Bragelonne
(1954)
(uncredited)
Piédalu député
(1954)
Give 'em Hell
(1955)
Alvarez
La Madelon
(1955)
Three of the Canebière
(1955)
Hello Smile!
(1956)
Jean Courtebride
Babies Galore
(1956)
Hubert, le beau-fils
Bold Adventure
(1956)
Lamme
Les Duraton
(1956)
Gaston Duvet, le rôle radiophonique de « Gaston Duraton »
These Sacred Holidays
(1956)
Le 2ème inspecteur
My Priest, Champion of the Regiment
(1956)
Trois de la marine
(1957)
Papillote
Mademoiselle and Her Gang
(1957)
The Amorous Corporal
(1958)
Balluché
Sunday Encounter
(1958)
le pompiste
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
(1959)
Martial, douanier
Oh! What a Mambo
(1959)
Jo le Bègue
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
(1961)
Planchet
The Fighting Musketeers
(1961)
Planchet
The American Beauty
(1961)
Le malandrin
We Will Go to Deauville
(1962)
Le porteur
Un clair de lune à Maubeuge
(1962)
Le chauffeur
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
(1962)
Le clochard
The Elusive Corporal
(1962)
Guillaume
Any Number Can Win
(1963)
le barman
The Blockhead Fair
(1963)
le chef de gare
Les Gorilles
(1964)
'La Fauche'
The Last Steps
(1964)
Déde Lemartin
The Counterfeit Constable
(1964)
Le porte drapeau
Trouble Among Widows
(1964)
Cloportes
(1965)
Le critique d'art efféminé (uncredited)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
(1965)
Paulo, complice de Léonard Maburon (Le Procès)
The Two Orphans
(1965)
Your Money or Your Life
(1966)
Le curé
Trap for the Assassin
(1966)
Tristot
Idiot in Paris
(1967)
Ernest Grafouillères, transporteur de légumes
Very Happy Alexander
(1968)
'La Fringale'
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
(1968)
The superstitious security guard (uncredited)
Les gros malins
(1969)
Le percepteur
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
(1969)
Le patron du bistrot
A Golden Widow
(1969)
Member of Yiddish International Power
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
(1969)
Karl de Kerfuntel
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
(1969)
L'homme qui veut acheter l'autobus (non crédité)
The Breach
(1970)
M. Pinelli
The Novices
(1970)
Le client au chien
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
(1970)
Bartender
Adieu Berthe
(1970)
Léo Clapier
And Soon the Darkness
(1970)
Renier
Just Before Nightfall
(1971)
Jeannot
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
(1971)
Staline
The Song of the Balalaika
(1971)
Angelo
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
(1971)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(1972)
Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend
The Troubles of Alfred
(1972)
Paul
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
(1972)
Jambe de laine
Five Leaf Clover
(1972)
Lord Picratt
The Annuity
(1972)
Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël
The Artless One
(1972)
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
(1973)
le père
Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons
(1973)
Georges Armand
The Right of the Maddest
(1973)
Le directeur
Le concierge
(1973)
Ludovic, frère de Jocelyne
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
(1974)
Paul Bourru
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(1974)
Maurice Lefebvre
No Pockets in a Shroud
(1974)
Comissaire Bude
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
(1974)
Antoine Robineau
Bons baisers... à lundi
(1974)
Henri-Pierre
The Eyes Closed
(1974)
Raoul
La Gueule de l’emploi
(1974)
Le Restaurateur
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
(1974)
Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Trop c'est trop
(1975)
Cameo
The Common Man
(1975)
Georges Lajoie
Black and White in Color
(1976)
Sergeant Bosselet
Scrambled Eggs
(1976)
Marcel Dutilleul
Alice or the Last Escapade
(1977)
Colas
The Seventh Company Outdoors
(1977)
M. Albert, le passeur qui ne parle pas Anglais
Plus ça va, moins ça va
(1977)
Inspecteur Melville
Violette Nozière
(1978)
Baptiste Nozière
Sugar
(1978)
Adrien Courtois
Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...
(1978)
Camadule
Buffet Froid
(1979)
Le vieil assassin
Such a Lovely Town...
(1979)
Le juge Fernand Noblet
Gros câlin
(1979)
Emile Cousin
Silver Anniversary
(1979)
François Dupuis
The Lady Banker
(1980)
Duvernet
Le Curé de Tours
(1980)
L'abbé Birotteau
A Business of Men
(1981)
Kreps
The Cabbage Soup
(1981)
Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)
Circle of Deceit
(1981)
Rudnik
The Boy Soldier
(1981)
L'adjudant Chalumot
L'amour trop fort
(1981)
Max
Les Misérables
(1982)
Thénardier
Guy de Maupassant
(1982)
François
Gramps Is in the Resistance
(1983)
André Bourdelle, chef d'un mouvement de résistants
Pick Up Your Belongings
(1983)
Joseph Cohen
Procès de Jean Carmet
(1983)
Self
Dog Day
(1984)
Socrate
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe
(1984)
Pacifique Berthet
Fire on Sight
(1984)
The Alley Cat
(1985)
Egon Ratablavasky
All Mixed Up
(1985)
Le pharmacien
Night Magic
(1985)
Sam
The Fugitives
(1986)
Doctor Martin, veterinarian
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
(1986)
Jocelyn Bouloire
Bitter Champagne
(1986)
Zigou
L'été 36
(1986)
Vichy Fraise
The Discoveries of a Modern Couple
(1986)
Raphael Poitevin
Follow My Gaze
(1986)
Désiré, the farmer
Miss Mona
(1987)
Miss Mona
La Brute
(1987)
M. Deliot
The Two Crocodiles
(1987)
Emile Rivereau
L'âge de Monsieur est avancé
(1987)
Le régisseur / Désiré
Sorceress
(1987)
Le curé / Vicar
Nailcruncher
(1988)
Scipion
La Vouivre
(1989)
Requiem
L'Invité surprise
(1989)
Le Colonel
Périgord noir
(1989)
Jean-Lou
Bouvard et Pécuchet
(1990)
Juste Pecuchet
My Mother's Castle
(1990)
Drunkard guard
Un jeu d'enfant
(1990)
Le grand-père
Le Sixième Doigt
(1990)
Le commandant
Thank You, Life
(1991)
Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé
The White Queen
(1991)
Lucien
A Lesson of Hope
(1991)
Le directeur
Dispute in Valladolid
(1992)
Le Légat du Pape
Le bal des Casse-pieds
(1992)
Monsieur Vandubas
Les carnassiers
(1992)
Chauveau
Germinal
(1993)
Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort
Coup de jeune
(1993)
Ponsard
Roulez jeunesse !
(1993)
Michel
La chambre 108
(1993)
René Bertillon
Eugénie Grandet
(1994)
Père Grandet
Cache Cash
(1994)
Durandet
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
(2017)
Self - Comédien (archive footage)
Writing