Robert Castel
Robert Castel is known for The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972), The Jews (2016), Two Men in Town (1973).
Biography
Robert Castel (in Arabic: روبرت كاستل), whose real name is Robert Adolphe Moyal, is an actor, musician and comedian, born on May 21, 1933 in Algiers in the Bab El-Oued district, Algeria.
Robert Castel began as a musician, tar player, then guitarist, accompanying his father, composer violinist, and singer of light French-Arab songs. Young actor in the troupe of the Regional Center of Dramatic Art of Algiers, Robert Castel plays the role of Robert Le Bègue in the theatrical improvisation show on the life of the pieds-noirs, La Famille Hernandez, which is created by Geneviève Baïlac on September 17, 1957 in Paris. Having cut his teeth in music hall, Robert Castel began his film career at the age of 24 in Les Amants De Demain by Marcel Blistène, then in Un témoin dans la ville by Édouard Molinaro.
In 1962, Robert Castel left the newly independent Algeria and settled in Paris with Lucette Sahuquet (who died in 1987), whom he married. The couple inaugurated their sketches as a duo that year, notably at the Olympia where they opened for Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich and Philippe Clay. In the 1970s, the comedian, lively and provocative, did a lot of television sketches with his favorite partner and Enrico Macias. For the big screen, this dark-haired comedian, with a clear forehead, who speaks with his hands, abandoned his favorite register. Having become the figure of "pied-noir humor" in France, he played alongside Edith Piaf in Les Amants de demain by Marcel Blistène, Pierre Richard in Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire by Yves Robert, and Isabelle Huppert in Dupont Lajoie by Yves Boisset. In 1982, he made a notable appearance in Algerian cinema by playing in Hassan taxi, directed by Mohamed Slim Riad, alongside Rouiched (Ahmed Ayad), Ouardia Hamitouche and Sidali Kouiret. He appeared in more than thirty films in total, until the early 2000s.
Robert Castel kept a low profile for a few years before returning to the stage, this time in a musical, in 2007 thanks to the El-Gusto project. This project, which seeks to bring together Algerian, Jewish and Muslim musicians who were part of Hadj M'hamed El Anka's Algiers Chaâbi orchestra in the early 1950s, resulted in a documentary film that won international awards, the recording of an album and an international tour that took a troupe of 42 musicians to countries such as France, Morocco, Tunisia, Switzerland, Belgium, the United States and the Netherlands.
In 2008, Robert Castel signed his autobiography, Je pose 75 [son âge], mais je retaîtres tout. He returned to the stage in 2013 to present his last one-man show, "Nostalgérie". He died on December 5, 2020 in Paris, at the age of 87.
Questions about Robert Castel
How many Robert Castel films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 30 films with Robert Castel, from 1964 to 2017.
What is the best rated Robert Castel film?
The best rated Robert Castel film in the catalogue is Two Men in Town (1973), rated 7.1.
What was the first Robert Castel film?
The first Robert Castel film in the catalogue is There Once Was a Cop, from 1972.
Who has Robert Castel worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Robert Castel shares the most credits with Robert Dalban (3 films), Vladimir Cosma (3 films) and Alain Poiré (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.0 The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
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7.1 Two Men in Town
1973
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4.3 The Jews
2016
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5.5 Sacrés gendarmes
1980
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6.4 Too Shy to Try
1978
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6.1 There Once Was a Cop
1972
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5.0 One Fine Day
2006
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3.9 Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976
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5.7 The Conspiracy
1973
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7.0 The Common Man
1975
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6.6 The Unvanquished
1964
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6.4 Le Permis de conduire
1974
Full filmography
40 films — 30 in the catalogue
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7.0 À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017 · Self - Actor, humorist (archive footage)
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4.3
The Jews
2016 · M. Bensoussan
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7.4 El Gusto
2012 · Le Comédien
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5.8 Teenagers
2011 · Pierre
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6.0 Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009 · Self (archive footage)
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Elf, Kings of Oil
2007 · André Guelfi
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5.0 The Elf Case
2007 · André Guelfi
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5.0
One Fine Day
2006 · M. Plisson
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6.8 Les marchands de sable
2000 · Damien
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6.0 C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
1983 · Agent Alfredo Moreno
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5.0 Le Braconnier de Dieu
1983 · Le patron du bistrot
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8.5 Les p’tites têtes
1982 · Mr. Roger
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7.8 حسان طاكسي
1982
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4.2 Le bahut va craquer
1981 · le prof d'anglais
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8.0 What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?
1980 · Gabriel Crémieux
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5.5
Sacrés gendarmes
1980 · Gendarme Moreno
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6.0 Les Borsalini
1980 · Mohamed Rico
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6.4
Too Shy to Try
1978 · Trinita, le joueur de pétanque
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5.5 Take It from the Top
1978 · Le plombier
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4.0 Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1977 · Rodriguez
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3.9
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976 · Chouchou
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5.6 Les Grands Moyens
1976 · Hubert Lacagne
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5.8 La Décharge
1976 · Le pied-noir
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5.7 It's Tough for Everybody
1975 · Monsieur Gilles
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7.0
The Common Man
1975 · Loulou
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6.7 Vos gueules les mouettes
1974 · Antoine
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6.4
Le Permis de conduire
1974 · L'agent de police
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4.7 Par ici la monnaie
1974 · Roméo
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4.1 Bedmania
1974 · Monsieur Albert, le directeur de l'hôtel
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5.2 By the Blood of Others
1974 · Paul
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7.1
Two Men in Town
1973 · André Vaultier
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5.7
The Conspiracy
1973 · Sapporo
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5.0 The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1973 · Marcel
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7.0
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972 · Georghiu, Milan agent
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6.1
There Once Was a Cop
1972 · Rodriguez, Manoni's man
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6.0 Trois hommes sur un cheval
1969 · Norber
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5.5 La Honte de la famille
1969
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5.0 Les gros malins
1969 · Agent at the police station (uncredited)
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6.6
The Unvanquished
1964 · Amerio
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4.8 Les Amants de demain
1959
People data: TMDb.
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