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Maurice Biraud

Maurice Biraud

Actor · Died December 24, 1982, aged 60 · Paris, France

Maurice Biraud (3 March 1922 – 24 December 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982. Biraud was born on 3 March 1922 in Paris. He married actress Françoise Soulié in 1956. He suffered a heart attack at a red light while driving his car on Avenue Marceau in Paris and was taken to the Ambroise-Paré-Hospital in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, where he was certified dead on 24 December 1982. Source: Article "Maurice Biraud" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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Born
March 3, 1922
Died
December 24, 1982 (aged 60)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 75 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 37% in 30 days

What are Maurice Biraud's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
Morality
36%
Power
21%
Society
12%
Survival
11%
Bonds
11%
Self
9%
Greed5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 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 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 6

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 3

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 8 · 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 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 4 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 4
Herald
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Joyful
4
Absurd
4
Warm
4
Melancholic
4
Other
6

How their films linger

Fun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

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 Maurice Biraud's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Maurice Biraud'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

75 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 11 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • L'affaire Matzneff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as (archive footage)

  • Un dimanche de flics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Fred

  • Retour à Cherchell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Marcel Aubert

  • L'Esprit de famille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 7 episodes · as le docteur Moreau

  • Marie-Marie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 6 episodes · as Maxime Terrien

  • Mon enfant, ma mère (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Le père

  • Stepfather(1981)

    as le camionneur, témoin de l'accident

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Why Not Us? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as M. Simon, le patron

  • T'es grand et puis t'oublies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Actor

  • Arsène Lupin joue et perd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 6 episodes · as Inspecteur Weber

  • The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Inspecteur Weber

  • La bande du Rex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Commissioner Raoul Fleury

  • Pierrot mon ami (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Crouia-Bey et Voussois

  • Les Hommes de Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 6 episodes · as Donatien Poutreux dit Fatalitas

  • Banlieue Sud-Est (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 3 episodes · as Marcel

  • Gloria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Stéphane Perreau

  • Confessions of a Choir Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Le Père

  • Rossel et la commune de Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Félix Pyat

  • Bartleby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Dindon

  • Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la tour Eiffel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 4 episodes · as Prosper

  • The Gypsy(1975)

    as Pierrot the Naive

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Flic Story(1975)

    as Owner of the Saint-Appoline hotel

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Hello, Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Monsieur Chotard

  • My Husband, His Mistress and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Jean-Claude

  • OK Patron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Leroy

  • L'Or et la fleur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Charly

  • Le Permis de conduire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Le premier moniteur d'auto-école

  • The Last Train(1973)

    as Maurice

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • A Slightly Pregnant Man(1973)

    as Lamarie

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Le Concierge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as M. Massoulier

  • Le complot(1973)

    as Brunet

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Elle cause plus... Elle flingue(1972)

    as Herbert

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Five Leaf Clover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Georges-André Constant

  • War Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Jérôme Nimo

  • Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Taxi driver

  • Sorrel Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Commissaire Verdier

  • Deux Romains en Gaule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Le garagiste peu scrupuleux

  • The Big Grasshopper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Alfred

  • Cloportes(1965)

    as Arthur aka 'Le Mou'

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Salavin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Louis Salavin

  • A Funny Boss(1964)

    as Francis Blanchet

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Why Paris? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Denis, hotelier

  • Dandelions by the Roots(1964)

    as Jo Arengeot

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Teuf-teuf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Chicken Soup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Inspector Morel

  • Any Number Can Win(1963)

    as Louis Naudin

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Eye of the Monocle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Martigue

  • The Devil and the Ten Commandments(1962)

    as Louis

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Paris Pick-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Adolphe Ferrie

  • The Seventh Juror(1962)

    as Le docteur Hess - le vétérinaire

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Little Boy from the Lift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as (uncredited)

  • The Counterfeiters of Paris(1961)

    as Robert Mideau, aka 'le Cave'

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Taxi for Tobruk(1961)

    as François Gensac

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Le résident hollandais (uncredited)

  • Pete the Tender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Maternati

  • Premier mai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Blanchot

  • Three Days to Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • Too Many Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Commentator (voice)

  • In Six Easy Lessons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Actor

  • Donnez-moi ma chance(1957)

    as Un employé de Gilbert

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • No Big Deal for Johnny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • Les deux font la paire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Lawyer

  • April Fools' Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Le vendeur du bazar

  • The Secret of Helene Marimon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Actor

  • Mademoiselle Nitouche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as A reservist

  • Quai des blondes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Laurent

  • His Father's Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Didier, le snob, prétentieux, parasite

  • The Slave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Photographer

  • Wonderful Mentality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Actor

  • The Happiest of Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as The young lawyer

  • Carrot Top (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Vicar

  • Jamais deux sans trois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Actor

  • Une fille à croquer(1951)

    as A student (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mr. Peek-a-Boo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as A colleague of Léon (uncredited)

  • Le Roi des camelots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Le mari violent (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 75 titles from 1951 to 2020; peak year 1961.

Highest rated

Any Number Can Win (1963)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)

Film career

19512020

Peak 1961 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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.

  • 1951Screen debut· Mr. Peek-a-Boo

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting75 of 75: 75 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score64th

By decade

1950s20 · acting1960s20 · acting1970s23 · acting1980s11 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
5171

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 Maurice Biraud's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

Une fille à croquer (1951)

86th percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Any Number Can Win (1963)

Midcredits 92nd · 81% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 58. 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.

Who does Maurice Biraud work with?

People who share at least 2 of Maurice Biraud's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michel Audiard shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers