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Michel Etcheverry

Michel Etcheverry

Actor · Died March 30, 1999, aged 79 · Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France

Michel Etcheverry was a French actor. First a teacher, he began his career in the theater as a stage manager, then joined the troupe of Louis Jouvet. He entered the Comédie-Française in 1961, was named member in 1964, honorary member in 1984. His repertoire includes many tragedies from the classical repertoire. His austere physique, his deep voice and the rigor of his acting serve the tragic repertoire as well as contemporary drama. He participated in numerous films and television programs.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 16, 1919
Died
March 30, 1999 (aged 79)
From
Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 71 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 38 days to Oct 27Down 15% in 30 days

What are Michel Etcheverry's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Ideas.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime 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
24%
Ideas
23%
Bonds
16%
Self
16%
Power
13%
Survival
5%
Society
4%
Truth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 5

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

Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 5

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

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Dread
3
Thrilling
2
Cold
2
Melancholic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

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 Michel Etcheverry's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michel Etcheverry'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

71 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • A French Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • The Last Writer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Le professeur

  • Sertorius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Sertorius

  • I... For Icarus(1979)

    as Frédéric Heiniger

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Perceval le Gallois(1978)

    as Fisher King

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • On ne badine pas avec l'amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as The reciter

  • La Poudre aux yeux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Ratinois

  • Le Jeu de l’Amour et du Hasard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Monsieur Orgon

  • Le Légataire universel - Jean-Paul Roussillon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • Le Maître de Santiago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Action Director · as Don Alvaro Dabo

  • Horace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Le vieil Horace

  • George Dandin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Mr. de Sottenville

  • The Milky Way(1969)

    as The Inquisitor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Emma Zunz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Löwenthal

  • Woman in Chains(1968)

    as Surgeon

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • La Volupté de l'honneur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Maurice Setti

  • L'Affaire Lourdes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Bishop Laurence

  • The Golem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Hillel

  • Is Paris Burning?(1966)

    as Prefect Luizet

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Marie Tudor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cranmer

  • Dom Juan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Voix du Commandeur

  • Our Agent Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as (uncredited)

  • Le Roi Lear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Le Roi Lear

  • Mathias Sandorf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Quatrevingt-treize (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as le marquis de Lantenac

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

    as Mr. Maillet

  • The New Aristrocrats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Chief education

  • Famous Love Affairs(1961)

    as Gaspard Bernauer, barbier, le père d'Agnès

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Three Faces of Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Commissioner Bertrand

  • La Mort de Pompée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Explainer

  • L'Exécution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Barral

  • Tomorrow Is My Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Ludovic

  • Towards Ecstasy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Father Bruno

  • The Crab Basket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Bertrand

  • Recourse in Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Chief Inspector Pardelles

  • Eyes Without a Face(1960)

    as Doctor Lherminier, forensic surgeon

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Signé: Arsène Lupin(1959)

    as Van Nelden, collector

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Tonight We Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Interpol Man

  • Double Agents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as L'officier allemand

  • Julie la rousse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Le notaire / Notary

  • Night Dance Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • Witness in the City(1959)

    as Investigating judge

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Dangerous Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Blind man

  • Women's Prison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Substitute

  • The Desert of Pigalle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Le Radiologue

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

    as Adam de Casaubon

  • Élisa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as President

  • Michael Strogoff(1956)

    as General Krisloff

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Honoré de Marseille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Bob Patrick, le reporter photographe

  • It Happened in Aden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Pastor Sanderman

  • The Blonde Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Engineer Camoin

  • The Whole Town Accuses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as The leader of the gangsters

  • The Wages of Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Doctor Maroual

  • Maid in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Le commissaire des mineurs

  • Diamond Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as (uncredited)

  • More Whiskey for Callaghan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Prof. Ephraim Ponticollo

  • Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as L'explorateur

  • The Aristocrats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Maître Crouelles, notaire du marquis

  • Blackmail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Police chief Bertrannet

  • Tower of Lust(1955)

    as Enguerrand de Marigny

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Madame du Barry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Abbot of Beauvais

  • The Contessa's Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Pietri

  • Rasputin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Pourlchkevitch (as Etcheverry)

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

    as General Counsel

  • Crimson Curtain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as An actor

  • The Solitary Conquerors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Narrator

  • Desperate Decision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as The priest

  • The Case Against X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Bertrand Moal

  • Matrimonial Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Marcel Sarlet, Viviane's fiancé

  • Leathernose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as A gentleman

  • Without Leaving an Address(1951)

    as M. Langlois, un futur père

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 71 titles from 1951 to 1995; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

$63K worldwide

Highest rated

I... For Icarus (1979)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Film career

19511995

Peak 1960 · 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting71 of 71: 70 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew1 of 71: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1950s35 · acting1960s24 · acting1970s9 · 9 acting · 1 crew1980s1 · acting1990s2 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles

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.

How do Michel Etcheverry's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Famous Love Affairs (1961)

61st percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

I... For Icarus (1979)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. 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 Michel Etcheverry work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michel Etcheverry's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pierre Boileau shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers