Paul Bonifas
Biography
Paul Bonifas was a French actor who trained at the Conservatoire de Paris while employed by the customs service. Winning the school's first prize for comedy opened the way to the Odéon Theatre in 1933 and the Comédie-Française five years later. His screen debut came in Pierre Chenal's 1935 adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. During World War II he served in the artillery and later joined the Free French in London, working for Radio Londres. In 1943 he formed The Molière Players, a troupe that staged Molière around British theaters. That company appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's short Aventure malgache (1944). Bonifas also acted in British films including The Foreman Went to France, Two Fathers, and Dead of Night. Back in France from 1946, he focused on comic theater while taking dramatic parts, and his later screen credits included Fanny (1961), Charade (1963), The Train (1964), Triple Cross (1966), and The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974).
73years old at death
- Born 5th arrondissement of Paris
- Died Vernouillet
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Henri Paul Bonifas (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 30 years1944 to 1974
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Behind the camera
In 1943 Bonifas formed The Moliere Players, a company that staged mostly Moliere works in London theaters, regional towns and French army barracks.
Paul Bonifas movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Madagascar Landing1944 Waras Michel - Chef de la Sureté(The Molière Players)
IMDb rating 5.31.9K votes
Most often with
Terence Young directed three of these films. Fourteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Terence Young
Also two films together8 more actors
- Charles BouillaudBlood on His Sword (1961) and La Vérité (1960)
- Pierre ColletTriple Cross (1966) and Greed in the Sun (1964)
- Georges DoukingThe Christmas Tree (1969) and Triple Cross (1966)
- Jean-Claude BercqTriple Cross (1966) and The Train (1964)
- Marcel BernierGreed in the Sun (1964) and Charade (1963)
- Pierre DuxThe Horse (1970) and Goodbye Again (1961)
- Colette CastelThe Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974) and La Vérité (1960)
- Georges LycanTriple Cross (1966) and Blood on His Sword (1961)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Paul Bonifas's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$24.0 million
5 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 5 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 8 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 8Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$13M56.2% of the total
- 2$6.8M28.4% of the total
- 3$2.0M8.3% of the total
- 4$1.6M6.7% of the total
- 5$108K0.4% of the total
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