
Pierre Vaneck
Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009. Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955. Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel. Source: Article "Pierre Vaneck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
65 acting credits
Acting · 65

Discorama
1959

Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970

Imperium: Nero
2004

Is Paris Burning?
1966

The Science of Sleep
2006

Year of the Jellyfish
1984

Othello
1995

The Apocalypse of the Animals
1973

Les Cœurs brûlés
1992

Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
1974

Nero
2004

Operation Leopard
1980

A Man Named Rocca
1961

Portuguese Vacation
1963

Love Me No More
2008

Potatoes
1969

Furia
1999

The Proprietor
1996

Fabien Cosma
2001

He Who Must Die
1957

Le Soleil en face
1980

The Season for Love
1961

East Wind
1993

Sweet Country
1987

A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
1958

Thérèse Étienne
1958

Famous Love Affairs
1961

If Paris Were Told to Us
1956

Portrait d'Orson Welles
1968

L'Homme d'Amsterdam
1976

Return to Algiers
2000

Cinq-Mars
1981

No Sky Limit with Africa
2005

As in Heaven
1992

If I Had Four Dromedaries
1966

Biribi
1971

Justice
1999

Why Women Sin
1958

Threshold of the Void
1974

Aux frontières du possible
1971

Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré
1987

La fin du marquisat d'Aurel
1980

The Heat of a Thousand Suns
1965
The Forbidden Volcano
1966

Sin with a Stranger
1968

Paradise Calling
1988

Misdeal
1969

The Irony of Chance
1974
L'île au coquelicot
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Les Enfants du vent
1991
Tournoi
1965

Le dossier Chelsea Street
1962

Forgive Our Trespasses
1956

« Art »
1998

October Revolution
1967

Thank You, Natercia
1960

La Face de l'Ogre
1988
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
1975

Enchanted Isles
1965

Le Reflet dans la mer
1973

La Source des Sarrasins
2002

Le collier de velours
1986
Retour à Fonteyne
1999

The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
1975

A.D.A. : L'argent des autres
2009