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Robert Castel
1933-05-21
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Bab El-Oued, Alger, Algérie
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Robert Castel (in Arabic: روبرت كاستل), whose real name is Robert Adolphe Moyal, is an actor, musician and comedian, born on May 21, 1933 in Algiers in the Bab El-Oued district, Algeria. Robert Castel began as a musician, tar player, then guitarist, accompanying his father, composer violinist, and singer of light French-Arab songs. Young actor in the troupe of the Regional Center of Dramatic Art of Algiers, Robert Castel plays the role of Robert Le Bègue in the theatrical improvisation show on the life of the pieds-noirs, La Famille Hernandez, which is created by Geneviève Baïlac on September 17, 1957 in Paris. Having cut his teeth in music hall, Robert Castel began his film career at the age of 24 in Les Amants De Demain by Marcel Blistène, then in Un témoin dans la ville by Édouard Molinaro. In 1962, Robert Castel left the newly independent Algeria and settled in Paris with Lucette Sahuquet (who died in 1987), whom he married. The couple inaugurated their sketches as a duo that year, notably at the Olympia where they opened for Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich and Philippe Clay. In the 1970s, the comedian, lively and provocative, did a lot of television sketches with his favorite partner and Enrico Macias. For the big screen, this dark-haired comedian, with a clear forehead, who speaks with his hands, abandoned his favorite register. Having become the figure of "pied-noir humor" in France, he played alongside Edith Piaf in Les Amants de demain by Marcel Blistène, Pierre Richard in Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire by Yves Robert, and Isabelle Huppert in Dupont Lajoie by Yves Boisset. In 1982, he made a notable appearance in Algerian cinema by playing in Hassan taxi, directed by Mohamed Slim Riad, alongside Rouiched (Ahmed Ayad), Ouardia Hamitouche and Sidali Kouiret. He appeared in more than thirty films in total, until the early 2000s. Robert Castel kept a low profile for a few years before returning to the stage, this time in a musical, in 2007 thanks to the El-Gusto project. This project, which seeks to bring together Algerian, Jewish and Muslim musicians who were part of Hadj M'hamed El Anka's Algiers Chaâbi orchestra in the early 1950s, resulted in a documentary film that won international awards, the recording of an album and an international tour that took a troupe of 42 musicians to countries such as France, Morocco, Tunisia, Switzerland, Belgium, the United States and the Netherlands. In 2008, Robert Castel signed his autobiography, Je pose 75 [son âge], mais je retaîtres tout. He returned to the stage in 2013 to present his last one-man show, "Nostalgérie". He died on December 5, 2020 in Paris, at the age of 87.
Filmography
The Jews
2016 · Movie
as M. Bensoussan
El Gusto
2012 · Movie
as Le Comédien
Teenagers
2011 · Movie
as Pierre
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Elf, Kings of Oil
2007 · Movie
as André Guelfi
The Elf Case
2007 · Movie
as André Guelfi
One Fine Day
2006 · Movie
as M. Plisson
The Sandmen
2000 · Movie
as Damien
Le Braconnier de Dieu
1983 · Movie
as Le patron du bistrot
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
1983 · Movie
as Agent Alfredo Moreno
Hassan Taxi
1982 · Movie
Les p’tites têtes
1982 · Movie
as Mr. Roger
Champs-Elysées
1982 · TV Show
as Self
Le bahut va craquer
1981 · Movie
as le prof d'anglais
Les Borsalini
1980 · Movie
as Mohamed Rico
Sacrés gendarmes
1980 · Movie
as Gendarme Moreno
What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?
1980 · Movie
as Gabriel Crémieux
Take It from the Top
1978 · Movie
as Le plombier
Too Shy to Try
1978 · Movie
as Trinita, le joueur de pétanque
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1977 · Movie
as Rodriguez
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976 · Movie
as Chouchou
Les Grands Moyens
1976 · Movie
as Hubert Lacagne
La Décharge
1976 · Movie
as Le pied-noir
The Common Man
1975 · Movie
as Loulou
It's Tough for Everybody
1975 · Movie
as Monsieur Gilles
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Numéro un
1975 · TV Show
as Self
No image
Système 2
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Midi Première
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Par ici la monnaie
1974 · Movie
as Roméo
Shut Up, Gulli
1974 · Movie
as Antoine
Le Permis de conduire
1974 · Movie
as L'agent de police
By the Blood of Others
1974 · Movie
as Paul
Bedmania
1974 · Movie
as Monsieur Albert, le directeur de l'hôtel
Two Men in Town
1973 · Movie
as André Vaultier
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1973 · Movie
as Marcel
The Conspiracy
1973 · Movie
as Sapporo
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972 · Movie
as Georghiu, Milan agent
There Once Was a Cop
1972 · Movie
as Rodriguez, Manoni's man
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Midi trente
1972 · TV Show
as Self
No image
Samedi soir
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Three Men on a Horse
1969 · Movie
as Norber
Les gros malins
1969 · Movie
as Agent at the police station (uncredited)
La Honte de la famille
1969 · Movie
Agence Interim
1969 · TV Show
as M. Fred
Le Train Bleu s'arrête 13 fois
1965 · TV Show
as Bob
The Unvanquished
1964 · Movie
as Amerio
The Lovers of Tomorrow
1959 · Movie
