Julien Bertheau (19 June 1910 – 28 October 1995) was a French actor.
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Biography
Born in Algiers, Algeria, before making his debut at the Comédie-Française on 18 December 1936, he worked as manager of the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin, then he studied with Charles Dullin at the Atelier Theatre, appeared in plays at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées and finally worked with Louis Jouvet.
He left the Comédie-Française after twenty-two years.
In 1961, he starred in Madame Sans-Gene opposite Sophia Loren.
Bertheau was one of the favorite actors of Luis Buñuel, appearing in his Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1955), playing a maitre d'hotel in La Voie lactée (1969), a bishop in Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) and a policeman in Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974).
Bertheau died in Nice in 1995. His son, Alain Bertheau, was also a notable stage actor.
Comédie-Française
Outside Comédie-Française
Filmography
Television
1961: Les Parents terribles (directed by Jean Cocteau and Jean-Paul Carrère)
1963: Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge (directed by Claude Barma)
1964: Le Miroir à trois faces: Werther (by Wolfgang Goethe), TV, directed by Aimée Mortimer: Albin Kespner)
1975: ce soir: La Facture (by Françoise Dorin, adapted by Jacques Charon, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Édouard VII)