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Manuel Gary

Activities : Actor

Recent filmography (French films only)Complete filmography (21 films)

His Greatest Role (1957)

Director : Jean Boyer
Actors : Fernandel , Nadia Gray, Madeleine Barbulée, Simone Paris, Robert Pizani...
Associate production company : France Cinéma Productions, Chronos Films
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is...

Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)

Director : Jean Boyer
Actors : Fernandel , Suzy Delair, Françoise Fabian, Alfred Pasquali, Robert Pizani...
Associate production company : Cité Films, Cinéma Télévision International (CTI), Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : A modest taylor that women found irresistible inherits a "Maison de couture" in financial difficulty. Decided to save it, he prepares a great collection. But when his wife discovers his relations with one of the models, how can he...

The Great Bulwark (1954)

Director : Jack Pinoteau
Actors : Jean Chevrier, Marc Cassot, Nicole Courcel, Marie Mansart, Raphaël Patorni...
Associate production company : Discina
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Favrel (Jean Chevrier), a life-long navy man, is being pressured by his wife to quit the service. Favrel decides to accede to his wife's wishes, breaking the heart of midshipman Hardouin (Marc Cassot), who idolizes the older man....

The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)

Director : Henri Verneuil
Actors : Fernandel , Françoise Arnoul, Edouard Delmont, Paulette Dubost, Louis de Funès...
Associate production company : Les Films Raoul Ploquin
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : The matchless French farceur Fernandel essays six different roles in The Sheep Has Five Legs. We first see the horse-faced one as an elderly wine grower, looking forward to an upcoming family reunion with mixed emotions. One by...

Spring, Fall and Love (1953)

Director : Gilles Grangier
Actors : Fernandel , Nicole Berger, Claude Nollier, Andrex, Georges Chamarat...
Associate production company : Cité Films, Francinex
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Perhaps because its American distribution was brief, Le Printemps, L'Autumne et L'Amour is one of the lesser-known Fernandel vehicles. The lantern-jawed comedian plays a confirmed middle-aged bachelor, whose life is...