Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 92
Movies 79
TV Shows 13
Voice 3
Director 1
Un fil à la patte (2002)
Venus and Lulu (1991)
Love Without Pity (1989)
Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)
Molierissimo (1989)
Asterix in Britain (1986)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans (1983)
La Baraka (1982)
Le Village Dans Les Nuages (1982)
Salut, j'arrive (1982)
Sans famille (1981)
Belles, blondes et bronzées (1981)
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx (1981)
Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd "813" (1980)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1980)
Les contes de La Fontaine (1980)
Anthracite (1980)
Trop au lit pour être honnête (1980)
Petit déjeuner compris (1980)
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses (1979)
The Grapes of Death (1978)
Claudine (1978)
The Teasers Go to Paris (1977)
Désiré Lafarge (1977)
Brigade Call Girls (1977)
Allez la Rafale ! (1977)
Minichronique (1976)
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
Police Commissioner Moulin (1976)
Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la tour Eiffel (1976)
Sex Shock (1976)
Lumière (1976)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
Lips of Blood (1975)
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
The Cold Soup (1975)
The Demoniacs (1974)
Young Casanova (1974)
The Slap (1974)
Sexy Boom (1974)
Like a Pot of Strawberries (1974)
Jury of One (1974)
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974)
House of 1000 Pleasures (1974)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973)
Rock or the Curse (1973)
The Voracious Ones (1973)
Qui êtes-vous Monsieur Renaudot ? (1972)
Fusil chargé (1972)
Le Voyageur des siècles (1971)
Requiem for a Vampire (1971)
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy (1971)
Le Cinema de Papa (1971)
Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970)
Only the Cool (1970)
The Nude Vampire (1970)
L'Homme du Picardie (1968)
Action Man (1967)
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)
Cherchez l'idole (1964)
Le Coup de bambou (1963)
Sign of the Lion (1962)
The Fruit Is Ripe (1961)
The Old Guard (1960)
The Delinquents (1960)
The Wretches (1960)
Lovers on a Tightrope (1960)
Night Dance Hall (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
The Cousins (1959)
La P..... sentimentale (1958)
Provisional Liberty (1958)
Le souffle du désir (1958)
Sunday Buddies (1957)
The Seventh Commandment (1957)
Les lumières du soir (1956)
Forgive Our Trespasses (1956)
Les hommes en blanc (1955)
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I (1954)
Quai des blondes (1954)
Before the Deluge (1954)
The Turkey (1951)
The High Life (1951)
Love and Desire (1951)
Clara de Montargis (1951)
The Beautiful Image (1951)
Under the Paris Sky (1951)
Beware of Blondes (1950)
Paris Incident (1950)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1928-07-30
Deathday2010-04-18 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceAlgiers, Algeria
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsPaolo Bisciglia, Paul Bissiglia
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