{{Short description|French actor (1931–2010)}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Pierre Vaneck | image = | caption = | birth_name = Pierre Auguste Van Hecke | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|04|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Lạng Sơn, French Indochina | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|01|31|1931|04|15|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1952–2009 | spouse = {{marriage|Sophie Becker|1950}} | parents = }}
'''Pierre Vaneck''' (born '''Pierre Auguste Van Hecke'''; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009.
==Biography== Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in ''The Three Musketeers'' in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, ''Marianne of my Youth'' in 1955.
Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in ''Fabien Cosma'', as well as in many other serials (''Spring Tides'', ''The Garonne''...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series ''Plus Belle la Vie'' which is broadcast on France 3 channel.
==Career==
===Movies=== * 1954 : ''Huis clos'' by Jacqueline Audry * 1955 : ''Marianne of My Youth'' by Julien Duvivier * 1956 : ''Si Paris nous était conté'' by Sacha Guitry * 1956 : ''Celui qui doit mourir'' by Jules Dassin * 1956 : ''Forgive Us Our Trespasses'' de Robert Hossein * 1958 : ''Thérèse Etienne'' by Denys de La Patellière * 1958 : ''Why Women Sin'' with Dany Carrel * 1958 : ''Une balle dans le canon'' by Charles Gérard and Michel Deville * 1959 : ''Merci Natercia'' by Pierre Kast * 1960 : ''The Season for Love'' by Pierre Kast * 1961 : ''Les Amours célèbres'' by Michel Boisrond * 1961 : ''Un nommé La Rocca'' by Jean Becker * 1963 : ''Portuguese Vacation'' by Pierre Kast * 1963 : ''Thank You, Natercia'' * 1966 : ''Les Iles enchantées'' / ''As Ilhas encantadas'' by Carlos Vilardebo * 1966 : ''Paris brûle-t-il?'' by René Clément * 1968 : ''L'Étrangère'' by Sergio Gobbi * 1968 : ''Maldonne'' by Sergio Gobbi * 1969 : ''Les Patates'' by Claude Autant-Lara * 1970 : ''L'Ile aux Coquelicots'' by Salvatore Adamo * 1971 : ''Le Seuil du vide'' by Jean-François Davy * 1971 : ''Biribi'' by Daniel Moosmann * 1974 : ''The Irony of Chance'' by Édouard Molinaro * 1980 : ''Le Soleil en face'' by Pierre Kast * 1980 : ''La Légion saute sur Kolwezi'' by Raoul Coutard * 1983 : ''Erendira'' by Ruy Guerra * 1993 : ''Vent d'est'' by Robert Enrico<ref>{{Cite web |title=VENT D'EST (1993) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7bd6bab4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920213703/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7bd6bab4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |website=BFI}}</ref> * 1995 : ''Othello'' by Oliver Parker * 1996 : ''La Propriétaire'' by Ismail Merchant * 1999 : ''Là-bas, mon pays'' by Alexandre Arcady * 1999 : ''Furia'' by Alexandre Aja * 2006 : ''La Science des rêves'' by Michel Gondry * 2008 : ''Deux jours à tuer'' by Jean Becker
===Television=== * ''La caméra explore le temps'' TV show by Stellio Lorenzi * 1968 : ''Sarn'' by Claude Santelli * 1971 : ''Aux frontières du possible'' * 1975 : ''Saint-Just et la force des choses'' by Pierre Cardinal * 1980 : ''La fin du marquisat d'Aurel'' by Guy Lessertisseur * 1981 : ''Histoires extraordinaires'' TV show based on Edgar Allan Poe stories * 1982 : ''Je tue il'' by Pierre Boutron * 1984 : ''La Mafia'' Italian TV show by Sergio Silva * 1988 : ''Le Démon écarlate'' by Joseph Drimal * 1990 : ''Orages d'été, avis de tempête'' by Jean Sagols * 1992 : ''Les Cœurs brûlés'', by Jean Sagols * 1993 : ''Les Grandes Marées'', by Jean Sagols * 2001 : ''Fabien Cosma'', * 2002 : ''Garonne'' by Claude d'Anna * 2003 : ''Le soleil en face'' by Philippe Roussel * 2009 : ''A.D.A. L'argent des Autres'' by Daniel Benoin
===Theatre=== * 1952 : ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' based on Alexandre Dumas book * 1953 : ''Sud'' by Julien Green * 1953 : ''La Maison de la nuit'' by Thierry Maulnier * 1953 : ''La Chair de l'orchidée'' by James Hadley Chase * 1954 : ''Pour le roi de Prusse'' by Maurice Bray * 1954 : ''L'Ennemi'' by Julien Green * 1955 : ''Le Bal des adieux'' by André Josset * 1955 : ''L'Éventail de Lady Windermere'' by Oscar Wilde * 1958 : ''La Paix du dimanche'' by John Osborne * 1959 : ''Les Possédés'' by Albert Camus * 1959 : ''Long voyage vers la nuit'' by Eugene O'Neill * 1960 : ''Jules César'' by William Shakespeare * 1961 : ''Les Violons parfois'' by Françoise Sagan * 1962 : ''L'Aiglon'' by Edmond Rostand * 1963 : ''La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu'' by Jean Giraudoux * 1963 : ''Le Cid'' by Corneille * 1964 : ''Lorenzaccio'' by Alfred de Musset * 1964 : ''Luther'' by John Osborne, directed Georges Wilson, Festival d'Avignon * 1965 : ''La Calèche'' by Jean Giono, * 1965 : ''Hamlet'' by William Shakespeare, Directed Georges Wilson, Festival d'Avignon * 1967 : ''Le Duel'' by Anton Chekhov * 1967 : ''Pygmalion'' by George Bernard Shaw * 1970 : ''Dom Juan'' by Molière * 1973 : ''La Reine de Césarée'' by Robert Brasillach * 1977 : ''''La Nuit de l'iguane'' by Tennessee Williams * 1980 : ''La musique adoucit les mœurs'' by Tom Stoppard * 1983 : ''Les Exilés'' by James Joyce * 1985 : ''Retour à Florence'' by Henry James * 1986 : ''La Salle d'attente'' * 1987 : ''La Ronde'' by Arthur Schnitzler * 1987 : ''Le Secret'' by Henri Bernstein * 1989 : ''La Traversée de l'hiver'' by Yasmina Reza * 1990 : ''La Fonction'' by Jean-Marie Besset * 1992 : ''Le {{Not a typo|Jugement}} dernier'' by Bernard-Henri Lévy * 1993 : ''Passions secrètes'' by Jacques-Pierre Amette * 1994 : ''« Art »'' by Yasmina Reza * 1996 : ''La Cour des comédiens'' by Antoine Vitez * 1999 : ''Copenhague'' by Michael Frayn * 2002 : ''Hysteria'' by Terry Johnson * 2003 : ''Déjeuner chez Wittgenstein'' by Thomas Bernhard * 2006 : ''Opus Cœur'' by Israël Horovitz * 2008 : ''Rock'N'Roll'' by Tom Stoppard * 2009 : ''A.D.A. L'Argent des Autres'' by Jerry Sterner
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0889005|name=Pierre Vaneck}}
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