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Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902–9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938. He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's ''Crime and Punishment'', directed by Pierre Chenal. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for ''Radio Londres'' broadcasting to occupied France. In 1942 he appeared in the film ''The Foreman Went to France''.〔 In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns and at French army barracks. In 1944 "The Molière Players" appeared in the short film ''Aventure malgache'' directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This written by, and based on the experiences of, Jules Francois Clermont, an actor in Bonifas' troupe working under the name of Paul Clarus, who had operated an illegal radio station ''Madagascar Libre'' in Madagascar while the island was under Vichy control.〔 Bonifas then appeared in a number of other British films, including ''Two Fathers'' with Bernard Miles, directed by Anthony Asquith, and had minor roles in the musicals ''Heaven Is Round the Corner'' and ''Champagne Charlie'', the action adventure film ''The Man from Morocco'', the comedy-drama ''Johnny Frenchman'' and the horror film ''Dead of Night''.〔 Bonifas returned to France in 1946 and resumed his career in theatre, specializing in comedy, but also taking dramatic roles. His later film career included appearances in ''Trapeze'' (1953), ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1956), ''Fanny'' (1961), ''Charade'' (1963), ''Greed in the Sun'' (1964), ''The Train'' (1964), ''Is Paris Burning?'' (1966), ''Triple Cross'' (1966), and ''The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'' (1974).〔 Bonifas died on 9 November 1975 at Vernouillet, Yvelines, France.〔 ==Selected filmography== * ''Candlelight in Algeria'' (1944) * ''English Without Tears'' (1944) * ''The Lady from Boston'' (1951) * ''Clara de Montargis'' (1951) * ''Dans la vie tout s'arrange'' (1952) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Bonifas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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