Mario David

1927-1996

Biography: life and films

Mario David was a French actor whose birth name was Jacques Paul Jules Marie David. He was born in Charleville-Mézières, France on 9th August 1927 and died in Paris, France on 29th April 1996, aged 68.

His best films as an actor include Claude Chabrol's Landru (1963), La Rupture (1970), Violette Nozière (1978), Jean-Jacques Annaud's Coup de tête (1979) and Serge Bromberg's L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (2009).

Mario David appeared in 77 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Claude Chabrol (9 films), Jean Girault (7), Jean Bastia (5), Michel Audiard (4), Raoul André (3), Henri Decoin (3), Willy Rozier (2), Philippe de Broca (2), Michel Boisrond (2), Marc Simenon (2), Jacques Poitrenaud (2), Jacques Deray (2), Georges Lautner (2) and Claude Zidi (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (42 films), drama (28), Thriller (13), crime-thriller (7), comedy-thriller (4), comedy-drama (4), War (4), romance (2), history (2) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Mario David over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor

L'Amour n'est pas un péché (1952) [a]

La Tournée des grands Ducs (1953) [a]

Ah! Les belles bacchantes (1954) [a]

Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (1954) [a]

Cherchez la femme (1955) [a]

Impasse des vertus (1955) [a]

Plus de whisky pour Callaghan! (1955) [a]

Cette sacrée gamine (1956) [a]

L'Homme et l'enfant (1956) [a]

Pardonnez nos offenses (1956) [a]

Une fille épatante (1956) [a]

Et par ici la sortie (1957) [a]

Le Triporteur (1957) [a]

Nous autres à Champignol (1957) [a]

Tous peuvent me tuer (1957) [a]

La Chatte (1958) [a]

Le Sicilien (1958) [a]

Une balle dans le canon (1958) [a]

À double tour (1959) [a]

Le Gendarme de Champignol (1959) [a]

Nathalie, agent secret (1959) [a]

Certains l'aiment... froide (1960) [a]

Les Bonnes femmes (1960) [a]

Les Jeux de l'amour (1960) [a]

Les Tortillards (1960) [a]

Recours en grâce (1960) [a]

Le Tracassin (1961) [a]

Les Livreurs (1961) [a]

Les Moutons de Panurge (1961) [a]

Un nommé La Rocca (1961) [a]

Le Caporal épinglé (1962) [a]

Les Bricoleurs (1962) [a]

Commissaire mène l'enquête (1963) [a]

Landru (1963) [a]

Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964) [a]

L'Enfer (1964) [a]

Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche (1964) [a]

Les Gorilles (1964) [a]

Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (1965) [a]

La Ligne de démarcation (1966) [a]

Le Caïd de Champignol (1966) [a]

Le Fou du labo 4 (1967) [a]

Les Grandes vacances (1967) [a]

Oscar (1967) [a]

Un homme de trop (1967) [a]

Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages (1968) [a]

L'Homme à la Buick (1968) [a]

Le Gendarme se marie (1968) [a]

Le Cerveau (1969) [a]

Une veuve en or (1969) [a]

Borsalino (1970) [a]

La Rupture (1970) [a]

L'Explosion (1971) [a]

Les Mariés de l'an II (1971) [a]

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles? (1971) [a]

Les Malheurs d'Alfred (1972) [a]

Bons baisers... à lundi (1974) [a]

Ursule et Grelu (1974) [a]

Flic Story (1975) [a]

Le Gitan (1975) [a]

Drôles de zèbres (1977) [a]

L'Animal (1977) [a]

La Zizanie (1978) [a]

Violette Nozière (1978) [a]

Coup de tête (1979) [a]

Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres (1979) [a]

Signé Furax (1981) [a]

Les Fantômes du chapelier (1982) [a]

Tir groupé (1982) [a]

En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger (1983) [a]

La Vie dissolue de Gérard Floque (1987) [a]

L'Inconnu dans la maison (1992) [a]

L'Enfer (1994) [a]

L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (2009) [a]



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