# Philippe Laudenbach

Philippe Laudenbach (31 January 1936 – 22 April 2024) was a French actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1963.

## Career

Philippe Laudenbach, the nephew of Pierre Fresnay (born Peter Laudenbach), was trained at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He earned a nomination for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for his notable performance in Luigi Pirandello's play The Crazy's Hat.

## Personal life

Laudenbach was married to Francine Walter, actress and drama teacher at La Bruyère and the Théâtre de l'Atelier. He died on 22 April 2024, at the age of 88.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1963 | Muriel | Robert | Alain Resnais | |
| 1964 | Les hommes | Rollin | Albert Riéra | TV movie |
| 1966 | Un beau dimanche | Agent | François Villiers | TV movie |
| 1970 | Mon Faust | The disciple | Daniel Georgeot | TV movie |
| 1970 | Au théâtre ce soir | Ugo | Pierre Sabbagh | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1973 | David, la nuit tombe | Peregrine Jones | André Barsacq | TV movie |
| 1973 | L'éducation sentimentale | Boffreu | Marcel Cravenne | TV mini-series |
| 1973 | Témoignages | The doctor | Bernard Toublanc-Michel | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1973 | Le jardinier | The Town Hall's owner | Antoine-Léonard Maestrati | TV movie |
| 1974 | Président Faust | Our life's player | Jean Kerchbron | TV movie |
| 1974 | La dernière carte | Swoboda | Marcel Cravenne | TV movie |
| 1975 | Marie-Antoinette | Joseph II | Guy Lefranc | TV mini-series |
| 1976 | Adios | Father Cahuzac | André Michel | TV mini-series |
| 1977 | Un tueur, un flic, ainsi soit-il... | The industrial's advisor | Jean-Louis van Belle | |
| 1977 | Messieurs les jurés | Lawyer | André Michel | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1977 | Les samedis de l'histoire | Frankel | Serge Moati | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1978 | Ciné-roman | M. Fauche | Serge Moati | TV movie |
| 1978 | Jean-Christophe | Lucien Lévy-Coeur | François Villiers | TV series |
| 1978 | Les procès témoins de leur temps | | Jeannette Hubert | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1979 | Ego | Rémi | Jean-Marie Marcel | TV movie |
| 1980 | My American Uncle | Michel Aubert | Alain Resnais | |
| 1980 | Mont-Oriol | Curist | Serge Moati | TV movie |
| 1980 | La fortune des Rougon | The attorney | Yves-André Hubert | TV mini-series |
| 1980 | Fantômas [fr] | M. Thomery | Juan Luis Buñuel | TV mini-series |
| 1980 | Les dossiers de l'écran | Commandant Picquart | Alain Dhénaut | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1981 | Les fils de la liberté | Plessis | Claude Boissol | TV mini-series |
| 1982 | L'indiscrétion | Boutté | Pierre Lary | |
| 1982 | La baraka | The journalist | Jean Valère | |
| 1982 | Malesherbes, avocat du roi | Bondy's delegate | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie |
| 1982 | Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Watson | Jean Hennin | TV movie |
| 1982 | Commissaire Moulin | Prosecutor Valeri | Claude Boissol | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1983 | Life Is a Bed of Roses | The educator | Alain Resnais | |
| 1983 | La bête noire | The psychologist | Patrick Chaput | |
| 1983 | Confidentially Yours | Lawyer Clement | François Truffaut | |
| 1983 | Par ordre du Roy | Monseigneur de Noailles | Michel Mitrani | TV movie |
| 1983 | Quelques hommes de bonne volonté | | François Villiers | TV mini-series |
| 1984 | Viva la vie | Professor Sternberg | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1984 | Our Story | Sam | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1984 | Souvenirs, souvenirs | Fressynet | Ariel Zeitoun | |
| 1984 | Rive droite, rive gauche | The host | Philippe Labro | |
| 1984 | La jeune femme en vert | Fournier | Lazare Iglesis | TV movie |
| 1984 | Un homme va être assassiné | Merizier | Dolorès Grassian | TV movie |
| 1985 | Contes clandestins | François Mascal | Dominique Crèvecoeur | |
| 1985 | Passage secret | | Laurent Perrin | |
| 1985 | Vive la mariée | Sénéchal | Jean Valère | TV movie |
| 1985 | Entre chats et loups | Commissioner | François Porcile | TV movie |
| 1986 | Betty Blue | The editor | Jean-Jacques Beineix | |
| 1986 | Black Mic Mac | Boyer | Thomas Gilou | |
| 1986 | Désordre | Gabriel's father | Olivier Assayas | |
| 1986 | Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story | French Official | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | TV movie |
| 1986 | La guerre des femmes | Cardinal Mazarin | Pierre Bureau | TV series |
| 1986 | Maguy | André | Georges Bensoussan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1986 | Julien Fontanes, magistrat | Father Marc Bolleret | André Farwagi | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1986–88 | Espionne et tais-toi | | Claude Boissol | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1987 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | The waiter | Éric Rohmer | |
| 1987 | Travelling avant | Julien Duvivier's lookalike | Jean-Charles Tacchella | |
| 1987 | La reine de la jungle | Bardet | Peter Kassovitz | TV movie |
| 1987 | Les enquêtes Caméléon | Faure | Philippe Monnier | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1988 | Quelques jours avec moi | Monsieur Maillotte | Claude Sautet | |
| 1988 | Vivement lundi | | Several | TV series |
| 1988 | La chaîne | The prefect | Claude Faraldo | TV mini-series |
| 1989 | La salle de bain | Hotel Customer | John Lvoff | |
| 1989 | L'ingénieur aimait trop les chiffres | Lhuillier | Michel Favart | TV movie |
| 1989 | Liberté, Libertés | Bouillé | Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld | TV movie |
| 1989 | Manon Roland | Vergniaud | Édouard Molinaro | TV movie |
| 1989 | La grande cabriole | Jules | Nina Companeez | TV mini-series |
| 1989 | The Free Frenchman | General Chevalier | Jim Goddard | TV mini-series |
| 1989 | Imogène | | François Leterrier | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1989 | Le masque | Auguste | Hervé Baslé | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1989–90 | Si Guitry m'était conté | | Yves-André Hubert & Alain Dhénaut | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1990 | Héritage oblige | M. Rozier | Daniel Losset & Maurice Frydland | TV series |
| 1990 | La belle Anglaise | Forestier | Jacques Besnard | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | L'Opération Corned-Beef | Minister of the Interior | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1991 | De par chez nous | | François Bures | Short |
| 1991 | Les hordes | Vermeer | Jean-Claude Missiaen | TV mini-series |
| 1991 | Le Gorille [de; fr] | Livotti | Peter Patzak | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1992 | L'affût | Mr Tremblay | Yannick Bellon | |
| 1992 | The Sentinel | The Priest | Arnaud Desplechin | |
| 1992 | La femme abandonnée | The Earl of Lussanges | Édouard Molinaro | TV movie |
| 1992 | Urgence d'aimer | Henri | Philippe Le Guay | TV movie |
| 1993 | Drôles d'oiseaux | Robert | Peter Kassovitz | |
| 1993 | Rhésus Roméo | | Philippe Le Guay | TV movie |
| 1993 | Une femme sans histoire | Bernard | Alain Tasma | TV movie |
| 1993 | La dame de lieudit | The prefect | Philippe Monnier | TV movie |
| 1993 | Antoine Rives, juge du terrorisme | The presiding judge | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | Nestor Burma | Professor Levasseur | Henri Helman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Le wagon | Gilles | Charlotte Walior | Short |
| 1994 | André Baston contre le professeur Diziak | Chief | Laurent Ardoint, Stéphane Duprat & Florence Roux | Short |
| 1994 | Honorin et l'enfant prodigue | The prefect | Jean Chapot | TV movie |
| 1994 | Des enfants dans les arbres | The priest | Pierre Boutron | TV movie |
| 1994 | Jalna | Ernest | Philippe Monnier | TV mini-series |
| 1995 | L'année Juliette | | Philippe Le Guay | |
| 1995 | L'affaire Dreyfus | Bernard Lazare | Yves Boisset | TV movie |
| 1996 | Unpredictable Nature of the River | Nicolas de Saint-James | Bernard Giraudeau | |
| 1996 | Nord pour mémoire, avant de le perdre | | Isabelle Ingold & Vivianne Perelmuter | Short |
| 1997 | Féminin masculine | Dorlaville | Michaëla Watteaux | TV movie |
| 1997 | La sauvageonne | Monsieur de la Rosière | Stéphane Bertin | TV movie |
| 1998 | Le Radeau de la Méduse | Julien Schmaltz | Iradj Azimi | |
| 1999 | Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père | The scammer | Rémi Waterhouse | |
| 1999 | La vie ne me fait pas peur | Philippe's father | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 1999 | Psy Show | The psychoanalyst | Marina de Van | Short |
| 1999 | Le boiteux: Baby blues | Dr. Joseph Brant | Paule Zajdermann | TV movie |
| 1999 | La rivale | Molyneux | Alain Nahum | TV movie |
| 1999 | Dossier: disparus | Richard Villeroy | Paolo Barzman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999 | La crim' | Tessier's father | Miguel Courtois | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | La bostella | Jacky | Édouard Baer | |
| 2000 | La chambre des magiciennes | The old doctor | Claude Miller | TV movie |
| 2000 | Une femme neuve | Luc | Didier Albert | TV movie |
| 2001 | God Is Great and I'm Not | Jean | Pascale Bailly | |
| 2001 | Tanguy | Lawyer Badinier | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 2001 | Un pique-nique chez Osiris | Anatole Ancelin | Nina Companeez | TV movie |
| 2002 | Maléfique | Lassalle | Eric Valette | |
| 2003 | Clémence | Monsieur Salmon | Pascal Chaumeil | TV movie |
| 2004 | Cash Truck | The Mummy | Nicolas Boukhrief | |
| 2004 | People | Professor Chernot | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2004 | Arsène Lupin | The prefect | Jean-Paul Salomé | |
| 2004 | Avocats & associés | Judge Eckersberg | Olivier Barma & Patrice Martineau | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2005 | Propriété commune | The veterinarian | Michel Leray | Short |
| 2005 | Joséphine, ange gardien | Paul-Henri Girod | David Delrieux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | L'État de Grace | The server | Pascal Chaumeil | TV mini-series |
| 2007 | René Bousquet ou Le grand arrangement | Jean Leguay | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| 2007 | Agathe contre Agathe | Professor Marcenac | Thierry Binisti | TV movie |
| 2007 | L'âge de l'amour | Jean Pierre | Olivier Lorelle | TV movie |
| 2007 | Le réveillon des bonnes | Father Dubreuil | Michel Hassan | TV mini-series |
| 2007 | Chez Maupassant | The narrator | Laurent Heynemann | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Les prédateurs | François Mitterrand | Lucas Belvaux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Ça se soigne? | Doctor Bertrand Lavoisière | Laurent Chouchan | |
| 2008 | Cortex | Daniel | Nicolas Boukhrief | |
| 2008 | Bouquet final | The general | Michel Delgado | |
| 2008 | Françoise Dolto, le désir de vivre | Rutène | Serge Le Péron | TV movie |
| 2008 | Un vrai papa Noël | Grandfather | José Pinheiro | TV movie |
| 2009 | Leaving | Samuel's father | Catherine Corsini | |
| 2009 | J'ai oublié de te dire | Doctor Simon | Laurent Vinas-Raymond | |
| 2009 | The Bed by the Window | Max | Michaël Barocas | Short |
| 2009 | L'affaire Salengro | Charles Maurras | Yves Boisset | TV movie |
| 2009 | 12 balles dans la peau pour Pierre Laval | Mongibeaux | Yves Boisset | TV movie |
| 2009 | Les Bleus | | Christophe Douchand | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Of Gods and Men | Célestin | Xavier Beauvois | |
| 2010 | Romantics Anonymous | Jury president | Jean-Pierre Améris | |
| 2010 | Bittersweet Symphony | Darius | Jordi Avalos | Short |
| 2010 | Les châtaigniers du désert | Pastor Poujol | Caroline Huppert | TV mini-series |
| 2010 | Au siècle de Maupassant | Raymond de la Beyssière | Claude Chabrol | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Declaration of War | Philippe | Valérie Donzelli | |
| 2011 | Vourdalak | Philippe de Villedieu | Frédérique Moreau | Short |
| 2011 | Louis la brocante | Taillandier | Pierre Sisser | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Famille d'accueil | Aurélien | Bertrand Arthuys | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2011 | Braquo | Lucien | Eric Valette | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2012 | A.L.F. | Yann's father | Jérôme Lescure | |
| 2012 | Just Like Brothers | Grandfather | Hugo Gélin | |
| 2012 | Hand in Hand | The Minister | Valérie Donzelli | |
| 2012 | Naked Soles | Henri Delaude | Jean-Luc Ormières & Aleksandra Szczepanowska | Short |
| 2012 | Le fil d'Ariane | | Marion Laine | TV movie |
| 2012 | Climats | Edmond Marcenat | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| 2012 | Injustice | Maurice Eckerberg | Benoît d'Aubert | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2012 | Inquisitio | Arnavi | Nicolas Cuche | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2013 | Ordalie | | Marya Yaborskaya | Short |
| 2013 | Guet-apens | Jacques | Michaël Barocas | Short |
| 2013 | Petit matin | The husband | Christophe Loizillon | Short |
| 2013 | Détectives | Professor Guez | Lorenzo Gabriele | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | Fever | René | Raphaël Neal | |
| 2014 | Barbecue | Jean Chevalier | Éric Lavaine | |
| 2014 | The Price of Fame | The prosecutor | Xavier Beauvois | |
| 2014 | Puzzle | The Old man | Rémy Rondeau | Short |
| 2014 | Les rides | Marcel | Catherine Breton | Short |
| 2014 | Pilules bleues | The mammoth (voice) | Jean-Philippe Amar | TV movie |
| 2014 | La clinique du docteur Blanche | The spirit | Sarah Lévy | TV movie |
| 2015 | Premiers crus | Monsieur du Mesnil | Jérôme Le Gris | |
| 2015 | La marcheuse | Mr. Kieffer | Naël Marandin | |
| 2015 | Gaz de France | Alain Rose-Marine | Benoit Forgeard | |
| 2015 | Marguerite & Julien | Lieutenant | Valérie Donzelli | |
| 2016 | L'ami | Pope Innocent III | Renaud Fely & Arnaud Louvet | |
| 2016 | À fond | Monsieur Château-Chantelle | Nicolas Benamou | |
| 2016 | La Loi de la jungle | De Rostiviec | Antonin Peretjatko | |
| 2016 | News from Planet Mars | The neighbor | Dominik Moll | |
| 2016 | The Girl Without Hands | The Devil | Sébastien Laudenbach | |
| 2016 | Origines | Jean Fauvel | Jérôme Navarro | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2016 | Candice Renoir | Luc Normand | Stéphane Malhuret | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2016 | Chefs | The Grand Master of the Circle | Arnaud Malherbe | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2017 | Marie-Francine | Pierric Legay | Valérie Lemercier | |
| 2017 | Deux mains | | Michaël Barocas | Short |
| 2018 | Un mensonge oublié | Georges Bricourt | Éric Duret | TV movie |
| 2018 | Scènes de ménages | Pierre | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2018 | Ad Vitam | Father Samuel | Thomas Cailley & Manuel Schapira | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2019 | Ibiza | Philippe's father | Arnaud Lemort | |
| 2020 | De Gaulle | Philippe Pétain | Gabriel Le Bomin | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1963 | L'École de dressage | Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher | Yves Gasc | |
| 1969 | David, la nuit tombe | Bernard Kops | Yves Gasc | |
| 1970 | The New Tenant | Eugène Ionesco | Pierre Peyrou | |
| 1970 | Je rêve (mais peut-être que non) | Luigi Pirandello | Pierre Peyrou | |
| 1970 | Process Karamazov | Diego Fabbri | Pierre Franck | |
| 1971 | Mon Faust | Paul Valéry | Pierre Franck | |
| 1972 | David, la nuit tombe | Bernard Kops | André Barsacq | |
| 1973–74 | Rubezahl, scènes de Don Juan | Oscar Milosz | Laurent Terzieff | |
| 1976 | Lucienne et le boucher | Marcel Aymé | Nicole Anouilh | |
| 1977 | Poor Murderer | Pavel Kohout | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1979 | La Baignoire | Victor Haïm | Georges Vitaly | |
| 1979–80 | The Hunchback | Sławomir Mrożek | Laurent Terzieff | |
| 1981 | Faut pas faire cela tout seul, David Mathel | Serge Ganzl | Georges Vitaly | |
| 1982 | Sherlock Holmes | William Gillette & Arthur Conan Doyle | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1985 | L'Indien sous Babylone | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Marcel Bluwal | |
| 1986 | Dirty Hands | Jean-Paul Sartre | Pierre-Étienne Heymann | |
| 1990 | The Best of Friends | Hugh Whitemore | James Roose-Evans | |
| 1990 | Right You Are (if you think so) | Luigi Pirandello | Maurice Attias | |
| 1991 | Richard II | William Shakespeare | Yves Gasc | |
| 1993 | Demain, une fenêtre sur rue | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1994 | La Nuit du crime | Jean Serge [fr], Robert Chazal & Robert Hossein | Robert Hossein | |
| 1995 | C.3.3. | Robert Badinter | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1996 | La Délibération | Pierre Belfond | Jean-Claude Idée | |
| 1997 | Cap and Bells | Luigi Pirandello | Laurent Terzieff | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1998 | Surtout ne coupez pas | Lucille Fletcher | Robert Hossein | |
| 1999 | Se trouver | Luigi Pirandello | Jean-Claude Amyl | |
| 2000 | The New Tenant | Eugène Ionesco | Pierre Peyrou | |
| 2000 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Béatrice Agenin | |
| 2001 | Moi, Bertolt Brecht | Bertolt Brecht | Laurent Terzieff | |
| 2001 | Un homme à la mer | Ghigo de Chiara | Stéphan Meldegg | |
| 2004 | And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie | Bernard Murat | |
| 2006 | L'Escale | Paul Hengge | Stéphan Meldegg | |
| 2006 | Written on Water | Michel Marc Bouchard | Laurence Renn | |
| 2009 | The Dresser | Ronald Harwood | Laurent Terzieff | |
| 2009 | La Bruyère en toute liberté | Jean de La Bruyère | Francine Walter | |
| 2012 | Volpone | Ben Jonson | Nicolas Briançon | |