Pierre Vaneck
Biography
Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009. Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955. Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel. Source: Article "Pierre Vaneck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Movies (41)
A.D.A. : L'argent des autres
as André Jorgensen
2009
Love Me No More
as le père d'Antoine
2008
The Science of Sleep
as Mr. Pouchet
2006
No Sky Limit with Africa
as Ian Coburn
2005
Nero
as Paul of Tarsus
2004
La Source des Sarrasins
as Armand
2002
Return to Algiers
as Blanville
2000
Retour à Fonteyne
as Aurélien Laverzac
1999
Furia
as Aaron
1999
« Art »
as Marc
1998
The Proprietor
as Raymond T.K
1996
East Wind
as doktor Josef Hoop, premier rządu Liechtensteinu
1993
As in Heaven
as Dr. Charcot
1992
Les Enfants du vent
as Mayor
1991
La Face de l'Ogre
as Ringler
1988
Paradise Calling
as Noah
1988
Sweet Country
as Father Venegas
1987
Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré
1987
Le collier de velours
as Gilbert Piersaint
1986
Year of the Jellyfish
as Pierre Rivaut
1984
Cinq-Mars
as Louis XIII
1981
Le Soleil en face
as Dr. Norbert Bollinger
1980
Operation Leopard
as Colonel Grasser
1980
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
as Narateur
1975
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
as Maximilien Robespierre
1975
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
as Stam
1974
The Irony of Chance
as Werner Von Rompsay
1974
Threshold of the Void
as Dr. Liancourt
1974
Le Reflet dans la mer
as Karl de Lincken
1973
Biribi
as Ponchard
1971
Potatoes
as German soldier (uncredited)
1969
Misdeal
as Jacques Christens
1969
Sin with a Stranger
as François
1968
Portrait: Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice)
1968
October Revolution
as Narrator (French version) (voice)
1967
If I Had Four Dromedaries
as Récitant (voice)
1966
Is Paris Burning?
as Maj. Roger Gallois
1966
The Forbidden Volcano
as Narrator (voice)
1966
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
as (voice)
1965
Enchanted Isles
as Abrantes
1965
Tournoi
as Narrator (voice)
1965
TV Shows (9)
Imperium: Nero
as Paolo di Tarso
2004
Fabien Cosma
as André Cosma
2001
Justice
as Gilbert Le Guen
1999
Les Cœurs brûlés
as Marc Leroy
1992
La fin du marquisat d'Aurel
as Palamède d'Aurel
1980
L'Homme d'Amsterdam
as Pierre Vermeer
1976
The Apocalypse of the Animals
as Narrator
1973
Aux frontières du possible
as Yan Thomas
1971
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970