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3Pierre Cuq, better known as Pierre [[StageNames Mondy]] (February 10, 1925 - September 12, 2012), was a French actor and stage director.
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5He had a storied career both on screen (he very often played supporting characters on film and leading roles on television) and in theatre, both on stage in plays of Creator/GeorgesFeydeau, Marcel Achard, Creator/SachaGuitry, Creator/FrancisVeber, Louis Calaferte, Creator/ArthurMiller, Creator/NeilSimon or Creator/HarveyFierstein and in the directing of such plays. In fact, he was perhaps the most prolific French stage director of the second half of the 20th century.
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7His best known screen roles include UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte in ''Film/{{Austerlitz}}'', Sergeant-Chief Chaudard in the ''[[Film/The7thCompany 7th Company]]'' [[ArmedFarces military comedy]] film trilogy in TheSeventies and Commissioner Pierre Cordier in the [[LongRunners long-running]] CopShow ''Les Cordier, juge et flic'' and its SpinOff ''Commissaire Cordier''.
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9!!Selected filmography:
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11* ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'' (1955) as Porfiry Petrovitch
12* ''Film/NiVuNiConnu'' (1958) as Monsieur Bluette
13* ''Film/{{Austerlitz}}'' (1960) as UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
14* ''DerivativeWorks/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' (1961) as Caderousse
15* ''Film/WeekendAtDunkirk'' (1964) as Dhéry
16* ''Film/TheNightOfTheGenerals'' (1967) as Sergeant Kopatski
17* ''Film/The7thCompany'' as Sergeant-Chief Chaudard
18** ''Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?'' (1973)
19** ''The 7th Company Has Been Found'' (1975)
20** ''The 7th Company Outdoors'' (1977)
21* ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'' (1978) as Renato (voice, [[SameLanguageDub dub of Ugo Tognazzi]])
22* ''WesternAnimation/AsterixVersusCaesar'' (1985) as Caius Fatuous (voice)
23* ''WesternAnimation/AsterixInBritain'' (1986) as Totalapsus (voice)
24* ''Les Cordier, juge et flic'' (1992-2005) as Commissioner Pierre Cordier
25** ''Commissaire Cordier'' (2005-2008)
26* ''Joseph'' (2005 remake of ''Film/LaHorse'') as Joseph Maroyeur
27* ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' (2009) as Caesar Imperator
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29!!Tropes & Trivia in his works:
30* [[invoked]]ThoseTwoActors: He frequently worked with Creator/JeanLefebvre in comedy films.

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