
Philippe Clay
Acting
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.

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
Self (archive footage)

Dombey and Son
Jérémie

1974, une partie de campagne
Self

Des croix sur la mer
Napoléon

Tuvalu
Karl

Alexina's House
Raffin

The Freelancers
Le Chatelain

Lautrec
Auguste Renoir

Marceeel!!!
Dédé

Krim
Eugène
Die Wildnis
Peasant

Le gourou occidental
Serge

L'Herbe rouge
Mr. Perle

A Good Little Devil
Judge

Salut la puce
Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Herald of the arena

Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx
L'ébéniste

Shanks
Mr. Barton

The Three Musketeers
Richelieu

The Insolent
Dargnac

Les joyeux lurons
L'abbé Larivière

Not Dumb, the Bird
Jack Bromfield

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!
generale McMaster

Pour un sourire
Nicolas

The Hotheads
Prêcheur

Sale temps pour les mouches
Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'

Ivory Coast Adventure
Renaud Lefranc

Musketeers of the Sea
Gosselin

In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)

Lay Off Blondes
L'inspecteur Al Wheeler

Take Me As I Am
Carlo

The Night of the Hunted
Taretta

The Bureaucrats
Letondu

The Road to Shame
Tom

Drôles de phénomènes
The Butler Barns

Bell, Book and Candle
French Singer at the Zodiac Club

Toto in Paris
il finto maggiordomo

En bordée
Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix

Nathalie
Adolphe Faisant

It Happened on the 36 Candles
Self (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin Trouillefou

Life is beautiful
le pasteur

French Cancan
Casimir le Serpentin

Le Crime du Bouif

Rome Express
Sleeping car employee







