Acting
Darry Cowl
Darry Cowl (born André Darricau; 27 August 1925 – 14 February 2006) was a French actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche (Not on the lips), which was his last appearance.
He was born in Vittel and came to prominence when he was cast by Sacha Guitry in Assassins et voleurs (1956) (Assassins and Robbers). Following this he turned to acting in cinema roles and soon gained celebrity status with his role as Antoine Péralou in Le Triporteur (1957) (The Tricycle).
A game addict, he often acted only for money in films that did not stretch his acting ability. He explained this by noting he did not read the script (or, on occasion, know the title) of the work in which he was to act.
He played Major Archibald in the 1974 film Don't Touch the White Woman!.
He had hoped to return to theatre acting in Hold Up in September 2005 but ill-health prevented this. At age 80, he died in Neuilly-sur-Seine from complications of lung cancer.
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Sacrée soirée
Vivement dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Midi Première
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Le Grand Échiquier
Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at...
Midi trente
Cinépanorama
Samedi soir
Palace
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Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North Afri...
Up to His Ears
A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.
Badmen of the West
I Brutos arrive in the town of Fresno during a gunfight and mistakenly think it is a celebration of their arriv...
Plucking the Daisy
Due to an urgent need of money, aspiring writer Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new bo...
Les Miserables
In WWII France, poor and illiterate Henri Fortin is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables an...
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
The solitary and largely self-contained Augustin (Jean-Chretien Sibertin Blanc), on obscure young actor of bit-...
That Naughty Girl
Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery has just become engaged to Lili, his attractive psychoanalyst. Meanwhile, the...
The Seasons of Pleasure
Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their...
Don't Touch the White Woman!
A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted...
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern...
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, where he dec...
Slightly Ahead
A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive provincial,...
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Marc Elbichon, a novice private sleuth, is investigating a wave of assassinations bearing a particular characte...
Your Money or Your Life
Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdraw his amoun...
Follow My Gaze
A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in th...
Dandelions by the Roots
Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster's...
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their...
If I Were a Rich Man
Between Alice, a hospital nurse and Aldo, a shampoo sales representative, things have turned sour of late. Alic...
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
Alphonse flees to Paris to escape his wife's despotism. Intoxicated by the frenzied pace of Parisian life, he r...
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Rosemonde, hailed as "the Princess" reign over a slum in the Paris suburbs. Herbert, a reporter who came to inv...
Not on the Lips
A musical drawing room farce set in Paris circa October, 1925. Middle-aged Gilberte flirts with men but loves h...
My Pastor Among the Thais
Maximin, priest in a little village in the South-West of France, inherits from his brother a brothel in Thailan...
Les Gorilles
A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Trop c'est trop
Philippe, Didier, Georges and Edina were born on the same day. The three boys have always been in love with Edi...
The Tricyclist
Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine's tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine shows more in...