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)
François Villon
(1945)
Companion of François (uncredited)
Children of Paradise
(1945)
Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (non crédité)
Le destin s'amuse
(1946)
Third accomplice
Dawn Devils
(1946)
Durand, dit Durandal
Dropped from Heaven
(1946)
A man of Laurent
Monsieur Vincent
(1947)
L'abbé Pontail
Carbon Copy
(1947)
3rd accomplice
The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin
(1948)
Étienne
Le diamant de cent sous
(1948)
Guest
Branquignol
(1949)
Bidel - un fantaisiste raté
Bonheur en location
(1949)
Guy Piponnet
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
(1949)
Le garagiste (uncredited)
La Bataille du feu
(1949)
Albert Farjon
La louve
(1949)
Gustave
I Love Only You
(1949)
Le père affolé (uncredited)
Last Hour, Special Edition
(1949)
Nestor
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
(1950)
le pianiste malade
Cartouche, King of Paris
(1950)
'Brin d'Amour', soldier
The Patron
(1950)
The Brigadier
God Needs Men
(1950)
Yvon
Les femmes sont folles
(1950)
Emile
On demande un bandit
(1951)
Le Roi des camelots
(1951)
La Globule, ami de Robert
Les Mémoires de la vache Yolande
(1951)
Le clerc
Dr. Knock
(1951)
le premier gars
They Were Five
(1952)
Jean - le postier
Les quatre sergents du Fort Carré
(1952)
Le Guen
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
(1952)
M. Grosjean
Bille de clown
(1952)
Gaston Lemeunier
The Forest of Farewell
(1952)
Baptiste
Drôle de noce
(1952)
Paullaud
Mister Taxi
(1952)
François
She and Me
(1952)
Gaston, l'ami de Jean
Midnight... Quai de Bercy
(1953)
Merle, l'adjoint de l'inspecteur
Des quintuplés au pensionnat
(1953)
Antoine
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
(1953)
le curé du village
Count of Bragelonne
(1954)
(uncredited)
Piédalu député
(1954)
Adam Is... Eve
(1954)
Gaston
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
Les Duraton
(1956)
Gaston Duvet, le rôle radiophonique de « Gaston Duraton »
My Priest, Champion of the Regiment
(1956)
These Sacred Holidays
(1956)
Le 2ème inspecteur
Bold Adventure
(1956)
Lamme
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
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
(1962)
Le clochard
We Will Go to Deauville
(1962)
Le porteur
The Elusive Corporal
(1962)
Guillaume
Un clair de lune à Maubeuge
(1962)
Le chauffeur
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)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
(1965)
Paulo, complice de Léonard Maburon (Le Procès)
Cloportes
(1965)
Le critique d'art efféminé (uncredited)
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
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
(1968)
The superstitious security guard (uncredited)
Very Happy Alexander
(1968)
'La Fringale'
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
(1969)
L'homme qui veut acheter l'autobus (non crédité)
A Golden Widow
(1969)
Member of Yiddish International Power
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
(1969)
Karl de Kerfuntel
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
(1969)
Le patron du bistrot
Les gros malins
(1969)
Le percepteur
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
(1970)
Bartender
And Soon the Darkness
(1970)
Renier
The Novices
(1970)
Le client au chien
The Breach
(1970)
M. Pinelli
Adieu Berthe
(1970)
Léo Clapier
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
(1971)
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
(1971)
Staline
Just Before Nightfall
(1971)
Jeannot
The Song of the Balalaika
(1971)
Angelo
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
(1972)
Jambe de laine
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(1972)
Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend
The Annuity
(1972)
Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël
The Artless One
(1972)
The Troubles of Alfred
(1972)
Paul
Five Leaf Clover
(1972)
Lord Picratt
Le concierge
(1973)
Ludovic, frère de Jocelyne
Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons
(1973)
Georges Armand
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
(1973)
le père
The Right of the Maddest
(1973)
Le directeur
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
(1974)
Antoine Robineau
Bons baisers... à lundi
(1974)
Henri-Pierre
No Pockets in a Shroud
(1974)
Comissaire Bude
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")
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(1974)
Maurice Lefebvre
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
(1974)
Paul Bourru
The Common Man
(1975)
Georges Lajoie
Trop c'est trop
(1975)
Cameo
Scrambled Eggs
(1976)
Marcel Dutilleul
Black and White in Color
(1976)
Sergeant Bosselet
Plus ça va, moins ça va
(1977)
Inspecteur Melville
The Seventh Company Outdoors
(1977)
M. Albert, le passeur qui ne parle pas Anglais
Alice or the Last Escapade
(1977)
Colas
Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...
(1978)
Camadule
Sugar
(1978)
Adrien Courtois
Violette Nozière
(1978)
Baptiste Nozière
Gros câlin
(1979)
Emile Cousin
Silver Anniversary
(1979)
François Dupuis
Such a Lovely Town...
(1979)
Le juge Fernand Noblet
Buffet Froid
(1979)
Le vieil assassin
The Lady Banker
(1980)
Duvernet
Le Curé de Tours
(1980)
L'abbé Birotteau
The Boy Soldier
(1981)
L'adjudant Chalumot
Circle of Deceit
(1981)
Rudnik
A Business of Men
(1981)
Kreps
The Cabbage Soup
(1981)
Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)
L'amour trop fort
(1981)
Max
Guy de Maupassant
(1982)
François
Les Misérables
(1982)
Thénardier
Procès de Jean Carmet
(1983)
Self
Pick Up Your Belongings
(1983)
Joseph Cohen
Gramps Is in the Resistance
(1983)
André Bourdelle, chef d'un mouvement de résistants
Fire on Sight
(1984)
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe
(1984)
Pacifique Berthet
Dog Day
(1984)
Socrate
Night Magic
(1985)
Sam
All Mixed Up
(1985)
Le pharmacien
The Alley Cat
(1985)
Egon Ratablavasky
L'été 36
(1986)
Vichy Fraise
Bitter Champagne
(1986)
Zigou
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
(1986)
Jocelyn Bouloire
The Fugitives
(1986)
Doctor Martin, veterinarian
The Discoveries of a Modern Couple
(1986)
Raphael Poitevin
Follow My Gaze
(1986)
Désiré, the farmer
The Two Crocodiles
(1987)
Emile Rivereau
L'âge de Monsieur est avancé
(1987)
Le régisseur / Désiré
La Brute
(1987)
M. Deliot
Miss Mona
(1987)
Miss Mona
Sorceress
(1987)
Le curé / Vicar
Nailcruncher
(1988)
Scipion
L'Invité surprise
(1989)
Le Colonel
La Vouivre
(1989)
Requiem
Périgord noir
(1989)
Jean-Lou
Un jeu d'enfant
(1990)
Le grand-père
My Mother's Castle
(1990)
Drunkard guard
Bouvard et Pécuchet
(1990)
Juste Pecuchet
Le Sixième Doigt
(1990)
Le commandant
The White Queen
(1991)
Lucien
Thank You, Life
(1991)
Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé
A Lesson of Hope
(1991)
Le directeur
Le bal des Casse-pieds
(1992)
Monsieur Vandubas
Dispute in Valladolid
(1992)
Le Légat du Pape
Les carnassiers
(1992)
Chauveau
Germinal
(1993)
Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort
Roulez jeunesse !
(1993)
Michel
La chambre 108
(1993)
René Bertillon
Coup de jeune
(1993)
Ponsard
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