Guy Laporte

Acting

Guy Laporte

Born — Died

1948-03-11 — 2019-12-11

Place of birth

Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

16 titles

Guy Laporte (11 March 1948 – 11 December 2019) was a French actor. Laporte performed the majority of his acts at Le Splendid, a café-théâtre in Paris. Most notably, he played a village chief in French Fried Vacation. He collaborated multiple times with Marc Jolivet. Guy Laporte died on 11 December 2019 from Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, which he had been fighting for two years. Source: Article "Guy Laporte (actor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known for

French Fried Vacation poster
6.6

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

French Fried Vacation

1978

French Fried Vacation 2 poster
7.3

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.

French Fried Vacation 2

1979

Subway poster
6.5

Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.

Subway

1985

No artwork available
NR

The Nelson Lafayette school looks like any other school... However, its pupils all have magical powers. And when you've mastered shape shifting, telekinesis, mind reading or time travel, life in class can be rather chaotic!

Mikido

2007

Dead Tired poster
6.0

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.

Dead Tired

1994

Marche à l'ombre poster
6.5

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, and squat in houses with the African immigrants. One day they both fall in love with Mathilde a blond dancer and follow her to New York.

Marche à l'ombre

1984

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 7 titles

Subway poster
6.5

Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.

Subway

1985

Marche à l'ombre poster
6.5

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, and squat in houses with the African immigrants. One day they both fall in love with Mathilde a blond dancer and follow her to New York.

Marche à l'ombre

1984

Alors... Heureux ? poster
7.3

Three friends navigate the ups and downs of love, relationships, and adulthood, each facing their own romantic challenges. One struggles with commitment, another finds himself caught in a web of misunderstandings, and the third embarks on a series of flirtations that lead to comedic complications. As their lives intersect, their friendships are tested through humorous and often absurd situations. Through a mix of heartwarming and chaotic moments, they each attempt to find happiness while dealing with the unpredictability of love and life.

Alors... Heureux ?

1980

Nuit d'ivresse poster
6.0

Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the train bringing his TV-soap-star fiancée. He meets up with Frède, just out of prison after a three year sentence and, in between numerous arguments and Jacques' break-up with his girlfriend, the two of them get drunker together, going across Paris in search of more alcohol and adventure.

Nuit d'ivresse

1986

Singles poster
5.1

Abandoned by his wife, Bernard struggles to overcome his grief and settles in a residence for singles. Employed by "SOS Doctors", he provides night guards to occupy his insomnia. That's how he is brought one night to help a neighbor, Nadine Foulon, victim of discomfort in the elevator. It turns out that Nadine is also going through a difficult time, since her companion, Terry, a singer-guitarist, has left her. A professional photographer, she can not forget it and has since oscillated between depression and bulimia. Gathered by their pains of heart, these two beings will, with the wire of the confidences, become more intimate ...

Singles

1982

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's poster
6.3

Guy is fired from is job, and asks to stay with his friend and his girlfriend in their apartment. The longer he stays, the more disaster he creates.

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

1981

No artwork available
NR

Who ? Or ? How ? A crime ? No... Continued in the next issue, in Toilets n°2.

Toilettes n°1

1985

1970s · 3 titles

Series credits