Daniel Boulanger (24 January 1922 – 27 October 2014) was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter.
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Biography
Boulanger has also played secondary roles in films and was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compiègne, Oise.
Boulanger is most known for his roles as the detective hunting down Jean-Paul Belmondo in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, the neighbor of Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud in François Truffaut's Bed and Board and as a comical gangster in Shoot the Piano Player, another Truffaut feature. On 27 October 2014, Boulanger died at the age of 92.
Filmography
1960: À bout de souffle (by Jean-Luc Godard) - Police Inspector Vital
1960: Les Jeux de l'amour (by Philippe de Broca) - Un danseur au cabaret / l'homme à la Citroën
1960: Le Farceur (by Philippe de Broca) - Un musicien (uncredited)
1960: Tirez sur le pianiste (by François Truffaut) - Ernest
