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).
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as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Jérémie
as Self
as Napoléon
as Le Maire
as Karl
as Raffin
as Le Chatelain
as Self(1 ep)
as Auguste Renoir
as Chanteur Complainte(4 eps)
as Dédé
as Fifi Zecotte(2 eps)
as l'Araignée(3 eps)
as Eugène
as Peasant
as Serge
as Le baron de Taverney(9 eps)
as Le baron von Winkleried(10 eps)
as Barnabé(60 eps)
as Mr. Perle
as Judge
as 'Black-Fish'(60 eps)
as Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
as Herald of the arena
as Self(1 ep)
as L'ébéniste
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Mr. Barton
as Richelieu
as Dargnac
as L'abbé Larivière
as Jack Bromfield
as Self(4 eps)
as Self - Coup de chapeau(1 ep)
as generale McMaster
as Self(3 eps)
as Nicolas
as Self(1 ep)
as PrĂŞcheur
as Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
as Renaud Lefranc
as Gosselin
as Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
as L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
as Carlo
as Taretta
as Letondu
as Tom
as The Butler Barns
as Self(1 ep)
as French Singer at the Zodiac Club
as il finto maggiordomo
as Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix
as Adolphe Faisant
as Self (uncredited)
as Clopin Trouillefou
as le pasteur
as Casimir le Serpentin
as Sleeping car employee