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Paul Bonifas

Paul Bonifas

Actor · Died November 9, 1975, aged 73 · Paris, France

Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938. He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, directed by Pierre Chenal. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for Radio Londres broadcasting to occupied France. In 1942 he appeared in the film The Foreman Went to France. In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns and at French army barracks. He came to the Comedy Theatre, London with Théâtre Molierè in 1943 and 1944, performing in L'Anglais Tel Qu'on Le Parle, Le Malade Imaginaire, Gringoire, Le Misanthrope et L'Auvergnat, Les Femmes Savantes, Le Paquebot Tenacity, La Testament Du Pere Leleu and L'Extra. His Company included Andre Frere, Georges Rex, Suzette Marquis, Elma Soiron and Paul Clarus. In 1944 "The Molière Players" appeared in the short film Aventure malgache directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This was written by, and based on the experiences of, Jules Francois Clermont, an actor in Bonifas' troupe working under the name of Paul Clarus, who had operated an illegal radio station Madagascar Libre in Madagascar while the island was under Vichy control. Bonifas then appeared in a number of other British films, including Two Fathers with Bernard Miles, directed by Anthony Asquith, and had minor roles in the musicals Heaven Is Round the Corner and Champagne Charlie, the action adventure film The Man from Morocco, the comedy-drama Johnny Frenchman and the horror film Dead of Night. Bonifas returned to France in 1946 and resumed his career in theatre, specializing in comedy, but also taking dramatic roles. His later film career included appearances in Trapeze (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Fanny (1961), Charade (1963), Greed in the Sun (1964), The Train (1964), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Triple Cross (1966), and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974). Bonifas died on 9 November 1975 at Vernouillet, Yvelines, France. Source: Article "Paul Bonifas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.  

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 3, 1902
Died
November 9, 1975 (aged 73)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 80 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 16% in 30 days

What are Paul Bonifas' films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: 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
Bonds
25%
Self
25%
Morality
22%
Survival
14%
Power
13%
Society
2%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 1

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · 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 2 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Romantic
4
Joyful
3
Melancholic
3
Thrilling
3
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet1
  • 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 Paul Bonifas' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Paul Bonifas' 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

80 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.

  • Le Père Amable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Vatinol

  • Rosebud(1975)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Common Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Le Maire

  • Antigone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as le choeur

  • The Return of the Tall Blond Man(1974)

    as le père de François Perrin

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Last Train(1973)

    as Le voisin

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • La Duchesse d'Avila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 4 episodes · as L'aubergiste

  • Love Me Strangely (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Hotel porter

  • Cold Sweat(1970)

    as The doctor

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • An Artistic Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Henri Faroy

  • The Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Witness to Car Accident

  • Maurin des Maures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 26 episodes · as Pons

  • The Christmas Tree(1969)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Secret World(1969)

    as Gustave / servant

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • La Séparation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Prêtre

  • Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Le vieux Vick

  • Triple Cross(1966)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?(1966)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • At Theatre Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Félix Ducotel

  • Illusions perdues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 4 episodes · as Camusot

  • The Sleeping Sentinel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Lanier

  • Le Naïf amoureux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as 'Tonton Louis'

  • Lucky Jo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Légiste (uncredited)

  • The Train(1964)

    as Spinet

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Greed in the Sun(1964)

    as Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Le notaire

  • Bayard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 13 episodes · as Aymon Terrail

  • Charade(1963)

    as Mr. Felix

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • La parole est au témoin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • The Depths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Mons. Lapeyre

  • The Trip to Biarritz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Bourrély

  • Sundays and Cybèle(1962)

    as Grocer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Les Célibataires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Chandelier

  • Keep Talking, Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Actor

  • The Miracle of the Wolves(1961)

    as Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Fanny(1961)

    as The Postman

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Goodbye Again(1961)

    as Cellarman

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Truth(1960)

    as Un greffier

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Enemy General(1960)

    as Mayor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Gigolo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as (uncredited)

  • Love and the Frenchwoman(1960)

    as Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Female(1958)

    as Innkeeper

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • A Legitimate Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as le président de la cour

  • Les Misérables(1958)

    as Hospital doctor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Sinners of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as L'inspecteur Renaud

  • Mademoiselle and Her Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Marcel, owner of the hotel

  • Love in the Afternoon(1957)

    as Police Chief (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Case of Dr. Laurent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Guillaumin

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1956)

    as Master Lecornu

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Terror with Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Actor

  • Frou-Frou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited)

  • Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Prof. von Gaulkins

  • Their Last Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as le commissaire principal

  • Lettre ouverte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Honoré, the father-in-law

  • Holiday for Henrietta(1952)

    as The Newsagent (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Ils sont dans les vignes... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as American

  • Piédalu fait des miracles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • Dans la vie tout s'arrange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Monsieur Bleubois

  • The Green Glove(1952)

    as Inspector

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Truth About Bebe Donge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Traveler (uncredited)

  • Duel à Dakar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as The Commander

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Amazing Monsieur Fabre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Le ministre Victor Duruy

  • Pardon My French (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Monsieur Bleubois

  • Clara de Montargis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Actor

  • Juliette, or Key of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Captain of the cargo ship

  • Bedelia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Insurance Manager

  • Lisbon Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Stephan Corelle

  • Johnny Frenchman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Jerome

  • Dead of Night(1945)

    as French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Man from Morocco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as French Mayor

  • Champagne Charlie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Targetino

  • English Without Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Monsieur Rolland

  • Candlelight in Algeria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as French Proprietor

  • Two Fathers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as The Frenchman

  • Aventure Malgache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Michel

  • The Foreman Went to France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Prefect of Rouville

  • Maxim's Porter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Actor

  • The Five Cents of Lavarede (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Sailor

  • Crime and Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 80 titles from 1935 to 1975; peak year 1963.

Biggest box office

The Female (1958)

$608K worldwide

Highest rated

Charade (1963)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

19351975

Peak 1963 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. 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.

  • 1944Screen debut· Aventure Malgache
  • 1944First top-billed film· Aventure Malgache

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting80 of 80: 80 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

By decade

1930s3 · acting1940s11 · acting1950s25 · acting1960s29 · acting1970s12 · acting

Billing

usually 14th · top billed in 5% of 22 roles
445964

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 Paul Bonifas' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 25 titles divides audiences: 12 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed4

Most loved · actor

Charade (1963)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 41. 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.

Is Paul Bonifas' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 8 · minimalMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Paul Bonifas work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paul Bonifas' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Audrey Hepburn shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers