Pierre Vaneck
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.
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Acted in
A.D.A. : L'argent des autres
2009
as André Jorgensen
Love Me No More
2008
as le père d'Antoine
The Science of Sleep
2006
as Mr. Pouchet
Kein Himmel über Afrika
2005
as Ian Coburn
Nero
2004
as Paul of Tarsus
Imperium: Nero
2004
as Paolo di Tarso
La Source des Sarrasins
2002
as Armand
Fabien Cosma
2001
as André Cosma
Return to Algiers
2000
as Blanville
Justice
1999
as Gilbert Le Guen
Retour à Fonteyne
1999
as Aurélien Laverzac
Furia
1999
as Aaron
« Art »
1998
as Marc
The Proprietor
1996
as Raymond T.K
East Wind
1993
as doktor Josef Hoop, premier rządu Liechtensteinu
As in Heaven
1992
as Dr. Charcot
Les Cœurs brûlés
1992
as Marc Leroy
Les Enfants du vent
1991
as Mayor
La Face de l'Ogre
1988
as Ringler
Les pyramides bleues
1988
as Noah
Sweet Country
1987
as Father Venegas
Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré
1987
Le collier de velours
1986
as Gilbert Piersaint
Year of the Jellyfish
1984
as Pierre
Cinq-Mars
1981
as Louis XIII
La fin du marquisat d'Aurel
1980
as Palamède d'Aurel
Le Soleil en face
1980
as Dr. Norbert Bollinger
Operation Leopard
1980
as Colonel Grasser
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
1975
as Narateur
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
1975
as Maximilien Robespierre
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
1974
as Stam
The Irony of Chance
1974
as Werner Von Rompsay
Threshold of the Void
1974
as Dr. Liancourt
Le Reflet dans la mer
1973
as Karl de Lincken
Aux frontières du possible
1971
as Yan Thomas
Biribi
1971
as Ponchard
Potatoes
1969
as German soldier (uncredited)
Misdeal
1969
as Jacques Christens
Sin with a Stranger
1968
as François
Portrait: Orson Welles
1968
as Narrator (voice)
October Revolution
1967
as Narrator (French version) (voice)
If I Had Four Dromedaries
1966
as Récitant (voice)
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Maj. Roger Gallois
The Forbidden Volcano
1966
as Narrator (voice)
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
1965
as (voice)
Enchanted Isles
1965
as Abrantes
Tournoi
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Portuguese Vacation
1963
as Pierre
Le dossier Chelsea Street
1962
as George Steward
A Man Named Rocca
1961
as Xavier Adé
Famous Love Affairs
1961
as René de La Roche
The Season for Love
1961
as Sylvain
Thank You, Natercia
1960
as Alain
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
1958
as Tony
Why Women Sin
1958
as Frédéric Martignac, aka Fred
Thérèse Étienne
1958
He Who Must Die
1957
as Manolios
Forgive Our Trespasses
1956
as René
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
as François Villon