Boby Lapointe

Acting

Boby Lapointe

Born — Died

1922-04-16 — 1972-06-29

Place of birth

Pézenas, Hérault, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

Robert Jean-François Joseph Pascal Lapointe (16 April 1922 – 29 June 1972), better known by his stage name Boby Lapointe, was a French actor and singer, noted for his humorous texts, alliterations and plays on words. Lapointe was born in Pézenas, in the Hérault département of southern France. A brilliant pupil, he prepared for the entrance exam to the Centrale (engineering school) and Sup-Aero at Montpellier, but was conscripted into the Youth Building Projects in 1942 and sent to Linz, Austria, in 1943 for compulsory work service. He escaped the same year, and found work as a diver in La Ciotat, a suburb of Marseille, in 1944. In 1946, he married Colette Maclaud. They had two children, Ti…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 8 titles

The Things of Life poster
7.1

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…

The Things of Life

1970

The Widow Couderc poster
6.8

The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her young niece pays a visit.

The Widow Couderc

1971

Max and the Junkmen poster
7.1

A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.

Max and the Junkmen

1971

Law Breakers poster
5.5

A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.

Law Breakers

1971

Appointment in Bray poster
4.8

In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty house in Bray. The housekeeper, a beautiful stoic woman lets Julien in, but his friend is late and he is obliged to wait. In the meantime, he starts reminiscing of the pre-war days spent with his friend and Jacques' girlfriend Odile.

Appointment in Bray

1971

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? poster
7.3

To replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has been put out of action, a group of employees call on his cousin Achille, a Provençal shepherd, thinking they can use him. But Achille is quick to take his role as CEO seriously, and becomes very enterprising. Fortunately, young secretary Martine uses her charms to calm this man with a thirst for power.

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?

1971

Chapaqua's Gold poster
7.5

Doc and Chapagua are two rogues who acquire a large stash of gold before the Civil War. They agree to hide it together, blindfolding each other on the way so they'll need each other to find the hiding place. After the War, double-crosses abound as Doc and Chapagua not only have to deal with the army, but with the seductive, gold-hungry Moira as well.

Chapaqua's Gold

1970

No artwork available
NR

This variety show, with its new concept, is presented as a musical comedy. Having formed an orchestra, a group of young people perform in the courtyards of an old Parisian neighborhood, hoping to earn some money. But no one listens to them. All the tenants of the building are glued to their television sets. Only one mysterious man takes an interest in the group and offers them a box of magic matches.

La Lucarne magique

1971

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