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Robert Hossein is a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His other roles include Michèle Mercier's husband in the Angélique series, a gunfighter in the Spaghetti Western Cemetery Without Crosses, and a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in Forbidden Priests.
Birth Name
Robert Hosseinoff
Born
Friday, 30 December 1927
Died
Thursday, 31 December 2020
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Love Is Better Than Life | Robert Prat | 2021 |
| Noni - Le fruit de l'espoir | Le grand-père d'Angeli | 2020 |
| Aznavour by Charles | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Les silences de Johnny | Self | 2019 |
| The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films | Self | 2014 |
| Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self | 2011 |
| A Man and His Dog | Homme bus soupe populaire | 2009 |
| Empreintes | Self | 2007 |
| Trivial | Antoine Bérangère | 2007 |
| Petits meurtres en famille | Simon | 2006 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Love Is Better Than Life | Robert Prat | 2021 |
| Noni - Le fruit de l'espoir | Le grand-père d'Angeli | 2020 |
| Aznavour by Charles | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Les silences de Johnny | Self | 2019 |
| The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films | Self | 2014 |
| Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self | 2011 |
| A Man and His Dog | Homme bus soupe populaire | 2009 |
| Empreintes | Self | 2007 |
| Trivial | Antoine Bérangère | 2007 |
| Petits meurtres en famille | Simon | 2006 |
| On n'est pas couché | Self | 2006 |
| Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | Self / Himself | 2006 |
| Le juge | Roger Marino | 2005 |
| Venus and Apollo | M. Cailleterre | 2005 |
| San Antonio | Le ministre de l'intérieur / Le ministre / The Minister | 2004 |
| Gialloparma | Judge Bocchi | 1999 |
| Venus Beauty Institute | L'aviateur | 1999 |
| Le plus grand cabaret du monde | Self | 1998 |
| The Wax Mask | Boris Volkoff | 1996 |
| Les Misérables | Le maître de cérémonie | 1995 |
| Stranger in the House | Récitant / Narrator | 1992 |
| Le Gorille | Joseph Beaucis | 1990 |
| Les enfants du désordre | Robert | 1989 |
| Lévy et Goliath | Client de Goliath | 1987 |
| A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later | Robert Hossein / lui-même | 1986 |
| Le caviar rouge | Alex | 1986 |
| Surprise Party | André Auerbach | 1983 |
| Antarctica | 1983 | |
| The Big Pardon | Manuel Carreras | 1982 |
| Famous T & A | Louis Prévost | 1982 |
| The Professional | Le commissaire Rosen / Commissaire Rosen | 1981 |
| Bolero | Robert Prat / Simon Meyer | 1981 |
| Demons of the South | Metteur en scène de théâtre | 1979 |
| The Pocket Lover | Barbouze ministre 2 | 1978 |
| The Phoney | Kaminsky | 1975 |
| The Protector | Arnaud | 1974 |
| Forbidden Priests | Jean Rastaud / L'abbé Jean Rastaud | 1973 |
| A Police Officer Without Importance | Pierre / Pierre Fresse | 1973 |
| Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman | Louis Prévost | 1973 |
| Murder Is a Murder | Jean Carouse | 1972 |
| Hellé | Kleber | 1972 |
| The Burglars | Ralph | 1971 |
| The Lion's Share | Maurice Ménard | 1971 |
| Judge Roy Bean | Black Bird | 1971 |
| Falling Point | Le Caïd | 1970 |
| Les belles au bois dormantes | Serge Belaïeff | 1970 |
| The Heist | Dillinger | 1970 |
| The Conspirators | Leonida Montanari | 1969 |
| La battaglia del deserto | Captain Curd Heinz | 1969 |
| Crime Thief | Christian / Tian | 1969 |
| The Scarlet Lady | Julien | 1969 |
| Life Love Death | Self / en personne (cameo appearance) | 1969 |
| Cemetery Without Crosses | Manuel | 1969 |
| The Battle of El Alamein | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Erwin Rommel | 1969 |
| Once Upon a Time in the West | Member of Frank's Gang in Flashback | 1968 |
| Tender Moment | Enrico Fontana | 1968 |
| OSS 117 Murder for Sale | Il dottor Saadi / Dr. Saadi | 1968 |
| Angelique and the Sultan | Jeoffrey de Peyrac / Joffrey de Peyrac "Le Rescator" | 1968 |
| A Little Virtuous | Louis Brady | 1968 |
| Lamiel | Roger Valber | 1967 |
| The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia | Maître Bianchini | 1967 |
| J'ai tué Raspoutine | Serge Sukhotin | 1967 |
| The Music | Lui | 1967 |
| Untamable Angelique | Jeoffrey de Peyrac / Joffrey de Peyrac "Le Rescator" | 1967 |
| Brigade Anti Gangs | Le commissaire principal Le Goff | 1966 |
| The Second Twin | Pierre Montaud, the Advocate | 1966 |
| Angelique and the King | Jeoffrey de Peyrac | 1966 |
| Madamigella di Maupin | Capitaine Alcibiade | 1966 |
| The Thunder of God | Marcel | 1965 |
| Marco the Magnificent | Prince Nayam, Mongol Rebel Leader / Prince Nayam | 1965 |
| Le commissaire mène l'enquête | L'amant (segment "Pour qui sonne le ...") | 1965 |
| The Secret Agents | Dupont | 1965 |
| The Secret Killer | Peter Kuerten | 1965 |
| Angélique | Jeoffrey de Peyrac | 1964 |
| Marked Eyes | Franz | 1964 |
| Why Paris? | 1964 | |
| Shadow of Evil | Dr. Sinn / Dr. Guna Sinn | 1964 |
| Death of a Killer | Pierre Massa | 1964 |
| Highway Pick-Up | Daniel Boisset | 1963 |
| Of Flesh and Blood | Samuel | 1963 |
| Vice and Virtue | SS Colonel Erik Schörndorf / SS Oberst Erik Schörndorf | 1963 |
| Enough Rope | Corby / Inspektor Corby | 1963 |
| Love on a Pillow | Renaud Sarti | 1962 |
| Le monte-charge | Robert Herbin | 1962 |
| Hitch-Hike | Édouard le psychopathe / Edouard, le fou | 1962 |
| Madame | Le sergent François-Joseph Lefebvre | 1961 |
| Le jeu de la vérité | L'inspecteur de police | 1961 |
| The Taste of Violence | Perez | 1961 |
| Pariser Journal | Self | 1961 |
| La menace | Savary | 1961 |
| The Wretches | Jess Rooland | 1960 |
| Les canailles | Ed Dawson | 1960 |
| La sentence | Georges Lagrange | 1959 |
| Double Agents | Lui | 1959 |
| Riff Raff Girls | Marcel Point-Bleu / acteur | 1959 |
| The Road to Shame | Pierre Rossi | 1959 |
| Blonde in a White Car | Pierre Menda | 1958 |
| Provisional Liberty | 1958 | |
| Provisional Liberty | Jean-Paul Viberty / Jean Rungis | 1958 |
| Young Girls Beware | Raven | 1957 |
| No Sun in Venice | Sforzi | 1957 |
| Crime and Punishment | René Brunel | 1956 |
| Pardonnez nos offenses | Bit Role | 1956 |
| The Wicked Go to Hell | Fred | 1955 |
| Rififi | Remi Grutter / Rémi Grutter | 1955 |
| The Infiltrator | Jo | 1955 |
| Quai des blondes | Chemise rose | 1954 |
| Maya | Un témoin du meurtre qui n'a rien vu | 1949 |
| Aux yeux du souvenir | Un élève du cours Simon | 1948 |
| The Lame Devil | Un invité en blanc | 1948 |
| Sextette | 1948 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Le caviar rouge | 1986 |
| Les Misérables | 1982 |
| Falling Point | 1970 |
| Cemetery Without Crosses | 1969 |
| J'ai tué Raspoutine | 1967 |
| The Secret Killer | 1965 |
| Marked Eyes | 1964 |
| Death of a Killer | 1964 |
| Le jeu de la vérité | 1961 |
| The Taste of Violence | 1961 |
| The Wretches | 1960 |
| Double Agents | 1959 |
| Blonde in a White Car | 1958 |
| Pardonnez nos offenses | 1956 |
| The Wicked Go to Hell | 1955 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| In the Midst of Life | 1963 |
