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Albert Rémy

Albert Rémy

Actor · Died January 26, 1967, aged 55 · Sèvres, Seine-et-Oise [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Rémy was a French actor best known for his supporting roles in François Truffaut's first two feature films. He played Antoine Doinel's father in The 400 Blows and Charlie Koller's (Charles Aznavour) brother in Shoot the Piano Player. He also appeared in Marcel Carné's Les Enfants du Paradis, John Frankenheimer's The Train and Rene Clement's Is Paris Burning?. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Rémy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 9, 1911
Died
January 26, 1967 (aged 55)
From
Sèvres, Seine-et-Oise [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Works as
Actor
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 12% in 30 days

What are Albert Rémy's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
32%
Morality
27%
Self
20%
Power
11%
Society
7%
Survival
3%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Trickster
1 of 3
Threshold guardian
1 of 3
Herald
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
5
Tense
4
Romantic
3
Joyful
2
Bittersweet
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Haunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Albert Rémy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Albert Rémy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

78 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The 25th Hour(1967)

    as Joseph Grenier (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Oldest Profession(1967)

    as Frenchman with 2 Sous (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Shock Troops(1967)

    as Emile

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Idiot in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Rabichon, le restaurateur

  • Huckleberry Finn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Huckleberry's father

  • Grand Prix(1966)

    as Surgeon (as Albert Remy)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Is Paris Burning?(1966)

    as Policeman / Gendarme

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as L'inspecteur de police Grannu (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")

  • La Queue du Diable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Cabouche

  • How Not to Rob a Department Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Etienne

  • Weekend at Dunkirk(1964)

    as Virrel

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Straight Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • The Train(1964)

    as Didont

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Behold a Pale Horse(1964)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Mata Hari, Agent H21 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Adam Zelle

  • Un coup dans l'aile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Garagiste

  • La Route (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 4 episodes · as Marius

  • Bebert and the Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Brigadier Belissard

  • The Blockhead Fair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Locksmith

  • A King Without Distraction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as le maire

  • Mandrin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as 'Grain de sel'

  • Gigot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Alphonse (as Albert Remy)

  • Assassin's Check (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • The Seventh Juror(1962)

    as Commissaire de police

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Lafayette(1962)

    as Louis XVI

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(1962)

    as François

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Black Monocle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Mérignac, le conservateur

  • Shoot the Piano Player(1960)

    as Chico Saroyan

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Tomorrow Is My Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Victor

  • Le dialogue des Carmélites(1960)

    as Sans-culotte

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Pantalaskas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Georges Battistini

  • The 400 Blows(1959)

    as Julien Doinel

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Customs officer

  • Love Is My Profession(1958)

    as Prefecture Commissioner (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Miss Pigalle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • Sinners of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Auguste

  • Police Judiciaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Inspector Valentin

  • Escapade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as José

  • Que les hommes sont bêtes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Actor

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1956)

    as Jupiter

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Crime and Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Actor

  • The Flea in the Ear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Camille Chandebise

  • Elena and Her Men(1956)

    as Buchez

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Les Truands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as L'agent de police

  • Headlines of Destruction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • The Affair of the Poisons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as le bourreau Guillaume

  • French Cancan(1955)

    as Barjolin

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Razzia(1955)

    as Bibi, le complice de Roger

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Beautiful Otero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Un sergeant de ville

  • Before the Deluge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Le garçon de café

  • Minuit... Champs-Elysées (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Etienne

  • Wild Fruit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Louis

  • To Hell with Virtue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Henri

  • Fatal Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Picard, an employee of the garage (uncredited)

  • Une fille dans le soleil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Vergèze

  • Alone in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Arthur

  • Skipper Next to God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as The cook

  • All Roads Lead to Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Edgar

  • Night Round (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Naked man

  • Cruise for the Unknown One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Albert

  • Impeccable Henri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Gustave

  • La Parade du rire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Piton

  • The Charterhouse of Parma(1948)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Drowned man's brother-in-law

  • The Lost Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Mountaineer

  • Devil in the Flesh(1947)

    as Sacristan

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Devil's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Clément

  • Blind Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Actor

  • François Villon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Perrot

  • Box of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Actor

  • The Black Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Pinte

  • Children of Paradise(1945)

    as Scarpia Barrigni

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Woman Who Dared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Marcel, le barman

  • Douce(1943)

    as Sacristan (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Adieu Léonard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Bird seller

  • Madame et le mort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Henri

  • It Happened at the Inn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Jean des Goupi

  • Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as L'ivrogne (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles from 1943 to 1967; peak year 1965.

Biggest box office

The 400 Blows (1959)

$288K worldwide

Highest rated

The 400 Blows (1959)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

19431967

Peak 1965 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1943Screen debut· It Happened at the Inn
  • 1959Career best· The 400 Blows

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting78 of 78: 78 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score79th

By decade

1940s21 · acting1950s26 · acting1960s31 · acting

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 23 roles
435863

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Albert Rémy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 23 titles divides audiences: 17 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most loved · actor

The 400 Blows (1959)

Midcredits 98th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 83/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Albert Rémy's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 24 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Albert Rémy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Albert Rémy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; François Truffaut shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors