Paul Bisciglia
Encyclopedia
Career
Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis. During the fifties, he appeared in many drama films, including the award-winning Avant le déluge, with Antoine BalpêtréAntoine Balpêtré
Antoine Balpêtré was a French film actor. He appeared in 52 films between 1933 and 1963.-Selected filmography:* Le Corbeau * Dieu a besoin des hommes * Justice Is Done...
, and again several more uncredited roles. During the sixties, Bisciglia began to appear more frequently in television series and television films, althought, he was included in many films such as The Wretches, with Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan is a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades.- Career :Morgan was born Simone Renée Roussel in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, a western suburb of Paris....
, Les vieux de la vieille, with Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France in 1897, he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film...
, Paris nous appartient, Le signe du lion
The Sign of Leo
Le Signe du lion is a 1959 French film directed by Éric Rohmer, his feature debut. Along with Le Beau Serge, directed by Claude Chabrol , it was one of the first films of the French New Wave. The title refers to the Zodiac sign Leo, under which the protagonist says he was born...
, and in 1966, he appeared in his first leading role in Alain Cuniot's L'or et le plomb.
In 1969, Bisciglia had a small role in the horror film La vampire nue
La Vampire Nue
La Vampire Nue is a 1970 film directed by Jean Rollin and is his second vampire film, it concerns a suicide cult led by a mysterious man known as "The Master".-Plot:In a strange laboratory men in weird masks take the blood of a naked young woman...
, the second feature film from director Jean Rollin
Jean Rollin
Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his films in the fantastique genre such as the vampire film Le Viol du Vampire and the first French gore film Les Raisins de la Mort .-Early life:Jean Rollin was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France to...
. It was Bisciglia's first of several times working with Rollin. He worked with the director again in the successful films Requiem pour un vampire
Requiem pour un Vampire
Requiem pour un Vampire is a 1971 erotic horror film directed by Jean Rollin, about two young woman who find themselves trapped with no escape in a haunted castle ruled by a hoard of sexually blood crazed vampires.-Plot:...
, with Marie-Pierre Castel and Mireille D'Argent
Mireille Dargent
Mireille Dargent is a French film actress.-Career:She is best known for appearing in Jean Rollin films, most notably her role in the horror classic Requiem for a Vampire, alongside Marie-Pierre Castel in the two leading roles...
, Les démoniaques
Les Démoniaques
Les Démoniaques is a 1974 film directed by Jean Rollin, about a group of shipwrecked sailors who brutally rape two young woman and the woman re-emerge after making a pact with the devil to get their revenge.-Plot:...
, Lèvres de sang
Lévres de Sang
Lèvres de Sang is a 1975 vampire film directed by Jean Rollin. The film tells the story of a man who begins to have visions of a young woman dressed in white who is locked behind the gates of a Château.-Synopsis:...
, and the zombie classic Les raisins de la mort
Les Raisins de la Mort
Les Raisins de La Mort , is a 1978 French horror film directed by Jean Rollin. It centres on a young woman who becomes trapped in a village where a dangerous pesticide has turned the residents into zombies.-Plot:...
, with Marie-Georges Pascal
Marie-Georges Pascal
Marie-Georges Pascal was a French film and television actress.-Career:...
.
His career continued through the seventies and eighties, such as the Golden Globe
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
-nominated Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Club privé pour couples avertis, with Philippe Gasté of Jean Rollin's Requiem pour un vampire, Verdict, with Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance...
, L'aile ou la cuisse, Family Rock, and he voiced in three animated films Astérix et la surprise de César (Asterix vs. Ceasar), Astérix chez les Bretons
Asterix in Britain (film)
Asterix in Britain is an animated film released in 1986; the fifth Asterix feature film, and the last from Dargaud Films. It is based on the book of the same name...
(Asterix in Britain) and Astérix et le coup du menhir
Asterix and the Big Fight (film)
Asterix and the Big Fight is a 1989 animated movie directed by Philippe Grimond as a French-German co-production which was produced by Yannick Piel as Astérix et le coup du menhir. It is based on the Asterix comic book series. The movie has a different plot from the book of the same name...
(Asterix and the Big Fight). Bisciglia's acting career continued until 1999, during which he appeared in two final feature films, Profil bas and Montana Blues.
Bisciglia has also has a successful television career appearing in a number of television series and films. He made his first appearance in the 1957 television film L'équipage au complet. His television films include Elle s'abaisse pour vaincre, Les fiancés de Loches, Claudine à Paris and the television film remeke Les liaisons dangereuses. His television series credits include Le théâtre de la jeunesse, Rocambole, Les saintes chéries, Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur, Les brigades du Tigre, De mémoire d'homme, Les cinq dernières minutes, Désiré Lafarge, Commissaire Moulin, Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret and Julien Fontanes, magistrat.
Selected filmography
- The TurkeyThe Turkey"The Turkey" is an early short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis The Geranium: A Collection of Short Stories and was published in Mademoiselle in 1948 as "The Capture." It later appeared in the 1971 collection...
(1951) - Before the DelugeBefore the DelugeBefore the Deluge is a 1954 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Antoine Balpêtré - Monsieur Albert Dutoit * Paul Bisciglia - Jean-Jacques Noblet...
(1954) - Les CousinsLes Cousins (film)Les Cousins is a 1959 French New Wave drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It tells the story of two cousins, the decadent Paul and the naive Charles. Charles falls in love with Florence, one of Paul's friends...
(1959) - The Sign of LeoThe Sign of LeoLe Signe du lion is a 1959 French film directed by Éric Rohmer, his feature debut. Along with Le Beau Serge, directed by Claude Chabrol , it was one of the first films of the French New Wave. The title refers to the Zodiac sign Leo, under which the protagonist says he was born...
(1962) - Children of Mata HariChildren of Mata HariChildren of Mata Hari is a 1970 French crime film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Klaus Kinski.-Cast:* Stéphane Audran - Dominique* Klaus Kinski - Pavel Richko / Torpédo I* Lilli Palmer - Helen* Michel Constantin - Coster...
(1970) - The Little Theatre of Jean RenoirThe Little Theatre of Jean RenoirThe Little Theatre of Jean Renoir is a 1970 television film written and directed by Jean Renoir. The last completed work by Renoir, it consists of three short films: The Last Christmas Dinner, The Electric Floor Waxer and A Tribute to Tolerance.-Cast:Le Dernier Réveillon*Nino Formicola as Le...
(1970) - Lévres de SangLévres de SangLèvres de Sang is a 1975 vampire film directed by Jean Rollin. The film tells the story of a man who begins to have visions of a young woman dressed in white who is locked behind the gates of a Château.-Synopsis:...
(1972) - Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichardComment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichardComment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard is a French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard, released in 1974....
(1974) - Comme un pot de fraisesComme un pot de fraises...Comme un pot de fraises is a film by Jean Aurel released in 1974.- Technical details :* Director : Jean Aurel* Writer : Gérard Sire* Year : 1974* Genre : Comedy* Length : 1h30* Country : France...
(1974) - L'important c'est d'aimerL'important c'est d'aimerL'important c'est d'aimer is a French film directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski. It tells the story of a passionate love relationship between Nadine Chevalier, a B-List actress and Servais Mont, a photographer in the violent and unforgiving French show biz.In 1975, Żuławski coadapted...
(1975) - AnimalAnimal (1977 film)L'Animal is an action-comedy film directed by Claude Zidi and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Raquel Welch-Plot:Mike is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane . On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on...
(1977)