Raymond Devos

Acting

Raymond Devos

Born — Died

1922-11-09 — 2006-06-15

Place of birth

Mouscron, Belgium

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

Raymond Devos (9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour. Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium, close to the French border. Both his parents were French and he moved to Tourcoing, France, at the age of two. Seven years later, his family moved to Paris. During the Second World War he was sent, like many young men of his generation, to Germany to work. On his return to France, he took acting and mime lessons at the Étienne Ducroux school, where he met Marcel Marceau. In 1948, he was part of a burlesque trio (in the older sense of the word burlesque). Devos's career took off in the …

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 3 titles

1960s · 3 titles

1950s · 5 titles

The Severed Heads poster
6.1

A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.

The Severed Heads

1957

You Have Nothing to Declare? poster
6.0

Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent the ceremony from taking place, Labaule follows the couple on their honeymoon and prevents the consummation of the marriage by repeatedly intruding on the couple's privacy. Put on notice by Paulette's parents to consummate the marriage, Trivelin - who believes himself to be at fault - consults a psychiatrist. The latter advises him to visit a lady of lesser virtue: Gloria. But Gloria's clientele includes Dupont himself - Paulette's father - and Labaule!

You Have Nothing to Declare?

1959

Work and Freedom poster
8.0

Due to a garbage strike, inmates are called in to take care of the garbage collection. Taking advantage of this unexpected situation, three of them manage to elude their guards.

Work and Freedom

1959

The Sicilian poster
4.7

A brave little couturier from Lyon, Fernand, travels to Paris to present his creation "La ligne Impériale" to a major fashion house. Following a misunderstanding, he is mistaken by a gang of gangsters for "Le Sicilien", a hired killer. A quid pro quo of enormous proportions. Fernand has the whole gang arrested and is reunited with his sweet fiancée Josée.

The Sicilian

1958

This Pretty World poster
5.5

Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of literature in Aix-en-Provence, whom he has hardly ever seen. Gaston announces himself for Christmas, and Pépito decides to make him look good by moving into his headquarters: a château where the crooks will be able to exercise their talents as composers.

This Pretty World

1957

Series credits

Sacrée soirée poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sacrée soirée

1987

Vivement dimanche poster
3.6

No synopsis available yet.

Vivement dimanche

1998

Apostrophes poster
8.5

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Apostrophes

1975

Champs-Elysées poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Champs-Elysées

1982

Numéro un poster
7.5

A French variety show.

Numéro un

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster
6.0

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Discorama poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Discorama

1959

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Samedi soir

1971

30 millions d'amis poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

30 millions d'amis

1976

Victoires de la musique poster
3.3

No synopsis available yet.

Victoires de la musique

1985

Cinépanorama poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Cinépanorama

1956

À bout portant poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

À bout portant

1968

Téléthon poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Téléthon

1987

Pour le plaisir poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pour le plaisir

1964

Behind the camera

The Right of the Maddest poster
6.4

The guardian of a nursing home lends a compassionate ear to the complaints of two new pensioners who love each other and have only one dream: to see the sea. To help them realize their dream, the brave man steals the car of the director. She quickly discovers the crime and drags her pale husband to the pursuit of the trio, aboard a tanker truck...

The Right of the Maddest

1973

J'ai des doutes : Devos/Morel poster
NR

François Morel-Raymond Devos, Raymond Devos-François Morel, and the loop has come full circle! Because the actor's new creation, Molière 2019, borrows from the illustrious artist the title of one of his famous sketches in which he questions the universe, the madness of existence, the incommunicability with his unequaled talent. Fascinated by this great clown with "a touch of madness capable of blocking the well-oiled mechanics of logic, reality, everyday life", François Morel immersed himself body and soul in his texts to invent a musical show in his homage . Devilishly cheerful! 100 ème représentation au Théâtre de Caen

J'ai des doutes : Devos/Morel

2018

Raymond Devos à l'Olympia poster
8.3

Classic sketches and new ones come together in this show recorded at the Olympia in 1999.

Raymond Devos à l'Olympia

1999

Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal

1989

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine

1978

Raymond Devos - À l'Olympia poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Raymond Devos - À l'Olympia

1994

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse

1982

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin

2002

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif

1992