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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 27, 1925
Place of Birth:
Vittel, Vosges, France
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Darry Cowl
Biography
Darry Cowl (born André Darricau; 27 August 1925 – 14 February 2006) was a French actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche (Not on the lips), which was his last appearance.
He was born in Vittel and came to prominence when he was cast by Sacha Guitry in Assassins et voleurs (1956) (Assassins and Robbers). Following this he turned to acting in cinema roles and soon gained celebrity status with his role as Antoine Péralou in Le Triporteur (1957) (The Tricycle).
A game addict, he often acted only for money in films that did not stretch his acting ability. He explained this by noting he did not read the script (or, on occasion, know the title) of the work in which he was to act.
He played Major Archibald in the 1974 film Don't Touch the White Woman!.
He had hoped to return to theatre acting in Hold Up in September 2005 but ill-health prevented this. At age 80, he died in Neuilly-sur-Seine from complications of lung cancer.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Qu'est-ce qui fait courir Darry Cowl ? | Self |
| 2009 | Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Comiques de toujours, coffret Vol. 1 & 2 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | The Man Who Wanted a Child | Jules |
| 2007 | Private Life | Mr. Mellifond |
| 2004 | The Giraffe's Neck | Léo |
| 2004 | Totally Nuts | Le directeur de la banque |
| 2003 | Not on the Lips | Madame Foin |
| 2003 | Lost Seamen | Falco |
| 2002 | Le nouveau Jean-Claude | Jeff |
| 2002 | If I Were a Rich Man | Monsieur Sylvain |
| 2001 | Les p'tits gars Ladouceur | Humphries |
| 2000 | Scénarios sur la drogue | Segment "La Purée" |
| 1999 | Augustin, King of Kung-Fu | René |
| 1999 | La Surprise | Georges Morin |
| 1998 | Marceeel!!! | |
| 1997 | Droit dans le mur | le patient |
| 1996 | Ma femme me quitte | Stéphane Lasser |
| 1995 | Les Miserables | Le bouquiniste / Bookseller |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre | Emilio Bingo, l'empailleur |
| 1989 | Deux hommes dans une valise | Colin |
| 1988 | The Seasons of Pleasure | Daniel D. |
| 1988 | Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale | Kayser |
| 1986 | Follow My Gaze | Le cafetier |
| 1986 | Les Dégourdis de la onzième | Général Burnous |
| 1985 | The Telephone Always Rings Twice | L'agent de police |
| 1985 | Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Rouget de l'Isle |
| 1983 | It Could Be Worse | Jack Renard, the Mayor |
| 1983 | My Pastor Among the Thais | Tête-de-Fer, le pirate |
| 1983 | Microbidon | Mathias |
| 1983 | It's Called Catastrophe | Le Juge d'Instruction |
| 1982 | Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ | Faucuius |
| 1982 | For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now | Le gardien de l'immeuble de Caroline |
| 1982 | On s'en fout… nous on s'aime | Julien's father |
| 1982 | Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles... | Journalist |
| 1981 | Le bahut va craquer | le prof de maths |
| 1981 | Les surdoués de la première compagnie | Colonel Boussardon |
| 1980 | Les Borsalini | Pépé |
| 1980 | Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? | Professeur Joseph Menzano |
| 1978 | Général... nous voilà ! | Père Blanc |
| 1977 | Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! | Colonel Lessard |
| 1977 | A Sea Urchin in the Pocket | Howard Bachs |
| 1976 | Le Jour de gloire | Le curé |
| 1975 | Trop c'est trop | Lucifer |
| 1974 | Don't Touch the White Woman! | Maj. Archibald |
| 1974 | C'est jeune et ça sait tout ! | Le livreur |
| 1974 | There's a Bone in the Mill | Gaston |
| 1974 | La Gueule de l’emploi | le patron de l'Arquebuse |
| 1973 | L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) | L'apothicaire |
| 1972 | She No Longer Talks, She Shoots | Commissioner Adrien Bondu |
| 1971 | Cash-Cash | William Wilson |
| 1970 | Ces messieurs de la gâchette | Albert Pelletier |
| 1969 | Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus | Le Docteur Braque |
| 1969 | Le bourgeois gentil mec | Perrugo |
| 1968 | Salut Berthe ! | Didier |
| 1967 | The Men in the Family | Albert Pelletier |
| 1967 | The Great Gadget | Barratier |
| 1967 | Docteur Glass | Harry |
| 1966 | Your Money or Your Life | Marquy |
| 1966 | Les malabars sont au parfum | Cassius 0001 |
| 1966 | Les Combinards | Léo |
| 1965 | Up to His Ears | Biscoton |
| 1965 | How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning | Léonard Maburon's defense lawyer (segment "Le Procès") |
| 1965 | The Real Bargain | Polytechnician |
| 1965 | Under Your Hat | L'agent André |
| 1965 | Les baratineurs | César Brandini |
| 1965 | The Double Bed | Le frère de la fiancée (segment 3 "La répétition") |
| 1965 | Déclic et des claques | Un invité |
| 1964 | Dandelions by the Roots | Gratiopoulos |
| 1964 | Badmen of the West | Tom Jackson |
| 1964 | Les Gorilles | Edouard |
| 1964 | Jaloux comme un tigre | Henri |
| 1963 | People in Luck | Simon Taquet (« Une nuit avec la vedette ») |
| 1963 | Sweet Skin | Paul, le directeur du Crazy-Horse |
| 1963 | Who Stole the Body? | Félix |
| 1963 | Les gros bras | Ludovic Gabasse, boss of the photo novel agency |
| 1963 | The Abominable Man of Customs | Campo Santos |
| 1963 | Good King Dagobert | Le maître- bourreau Richardic |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike | le journaliste sportif au parapluie |
| 1962 | Tartarin de Tarascon | Man broken down in the desert |
| 1962 | Tales of Paris | Hubert Parker (segment "Ella") |
| 1961 | The Lions Are Loose | Richard, le polytechnicien, amateur de voitures |
| 1961 | Les Livreurs | Édouard |
| 1961 | Les fortiches | Riri and JoJo |
| 1961 | Paris Loves | Gimenez |
| 1961 | A Martian in Paris | Pierre Dubois |
| 1961 | Panurge's Sheep | Charles Renard |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman | Le professeur Dufieux (segment "L'Enfance") |
| 1960 | Robinson et le triporteur | Antoine Peyralout |
| 1960 | Mum's the Word | Martin |
| 1960 | Easy Come Easy Go | Edouard |
| 1959 | The Magnificent Tramp | Arsène, un clochard |
| 1959 | You Have Nothing to Declare? | Désiré Labaule |
| 1959 | The Indestructible | Hippolyte |
| 1959 | The Dreadful | Fernand Mouchette |
| 1958 | Be Beautiful and Shut Up | l'inspecteur Jérôme, adjoint de Morel |
| 1958 | Honey, Scare Me | Jérôme Lenoir |
| 1958 | The Little Professor | Jérôme |
| 1958 | A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik | Hubert, government delegate |
| 1958 | Hardboiled Egg Time | Louis Stainval, laveur de voitures, gagnant à la Loterie |
| 1958 | School for Coquettes | Gégène |
| 1957 | This Pretty World | Gaston |
| 1957 | Fric-frac en dentelles | Le détective amateur |
| 1957 | Three Make a Pair | Henri Valpreux, le réalisateur |
| 1957 | On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels | Hubert |
| 1957 | Les Lavandières du Portugal | Paul |
| 1957 | The Tricyclist | Antoine Peyralout |
| 1957 | A Friend of the Family | Pierre Bernicaud |
| 1957 | Love Descends from the Sky | Dédé |
| 1957 | Love in Jamaica | Pater Noster |
| 1957 | The Innocent with Forty Children | Le marchand d'échelles |
| 1957 | Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor | Egisto |
| 1957 | Five Million in Cash | Philémon de Montfilet |
| 1957 | White Smoke | Emile Gachit |
| 1956 | Hello Smile! | Doctor |
| 1956 | Plucking the Daisy | Hubert Dumont |
| 1956 | Murderers and Thieves | Jules Henri Lardenois, le témoin égaré |
| 1956 | These Sacred Holidays | Neighbor |
| 1956 | Slightly Ahead | Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia |
| 1956 | Les Lumières du soir | (uncredited) |
| 1956 | La joyeuse prison | Maître Larigot |
| 1956 | Paris, Palace Hôtel | Hoyoyo |
| 1956 | Les Duraton | M. Mathieu, le surveillant général du collège |
| 1956 | Maid in Paris | Daniel, le casseur d'assiettes |
| 1956 | That Naughty Girl | Man with Suitcase |
| 1955 | Four Days in Paris | Félicien Dieudonné |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |
| 1988 | Palace | Standardiste du « groom service » |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1971 | Samedi soir | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |