Philippe LeroyFilmography

Born:: October 15, 1930 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Starting in the '60s, French actor Philippe Leroy (somtimes credited as Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu) was one of the most active European screen players for decades, with innumerable supporting roles in features representing all genres. Tall, distinguished, and elegant, Leroy exhibited a level of ease...Read More

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Mother of Tears

Actors: Asia Argento, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Udo Kier, Adam James, Philippe Leroy, Moran Atias

Synopsis: After beginning the witchy tale of the malevolent "Three Mothers" at a secretive ballet academy in Freiburg, Germany (Suspiria), and later tracking the supernatural goings-on to a doomed tenement building in New York City (Inferno), Italian horror icon Dario Argento draws his long-running trilogy Read More

10/31/07
Piazza delle Cinque Lunes

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Giancarlo Giannini, Stefania Rocca, Greg Wise, Aisha Cerami

2003
Vajont

Actors: Michel Serrault, Daniel Auteuil, Laura Morante, Jorge Perugorría, Anita Caprioli

2001
Teste Di Coco

Actors: Alessandro Gassman, Gian Marco Tognazzi, Manuela Arcuri, Marco Messeri, Philippe Leroy

2000
In Love and War

Actors: Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, MacKenzie Astin, Emilio Bonucci, Ingrid Lacey

Synopsis: This romantic historical drama is based on the diaries of Agnes Von Kurowsky, who while serving as a nurse during World War I had a love affair with a young man who would later become one of the great literary figures of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway. In 1918, 18-year-old Hemingway has Read More

1996
Io e Il Re

Synopsis: This gentle Italian children's drama is set in 1943 and tells the true tale of Mathilde, a 13-year-old girl who meets Italy's King just before the US Army invaded Rome. During that fateful summer Mathilde and Beatrice, her mother, head out to the country estate of her grandfather, the Count. Read More

1995
Monte Carlo - Gran Casino

Actors: Christian de Sica, Massimo Boldi, Florence Guerin, Ezio Greggio

Synopsis: This comedy connects three unrelated stories of gamblers as they seek their fortunes in the casinos of Monte Carlo. When Furio (Christian De Sica) wins big but has his money stolen, he is forced to spend the night with an unappealing millionairess. Gino (Massimo Boldi) and his brother are fleeced Read More

12/23/87
La Donna del Traghetto

Actors: Alessandro Haber, Teresa Ann Savoy, Philippe Leroy, Nicola di Pinto

Synopsis: Two isolated people fighting different uphill battles come together in this touching romantic drama by {$Amadeo Fago). Gioli (Alessandro Haber) is a puppeteer like many generations before him. He has just had to bury his mother alongside his father, near the river. While performing this sad duty Read More

1986
The Berlin Affair

Actors: Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mio Takaki, Hanns Zischler, Andrea Prodan, Philippe Leroy, Massimo Girotti

Synopsis: In 1938 Berlin, Gudrun Landgrebe, wife of Nazi functionary Kevin McNally, begins taking art lessons. She makes the acquaintance of another student, Japanese ambassador's daughter Mio Takaki. Soon afterwards, the two women begin a passionate lesbian affair. This leads to a chain reaction of Read More

1/1/85
Quo Vadis?

Synopsis: This umpteenth film version of Henryk Sienkewicz's warhorse novel Quo Vadis? was produced for Italian Television. Francesco Quinn (son of Anthony) stars as the arrogant Roman legionnaire whose brutish, libertine outlook on life is softened by the love of early Christian girl Cristina Raines. Even Read More

1985
State Buoni Se Potete

4/1/83
Il Tango Della Gelosia

Actors: Monica Vitti, Diego Abatantuono, Philippe Leroy, Jenny Tamburi

Synopsis: In this light comedy based on a play by Aldo de Benedetti from the 1950s, Princess Lucia (Monica Vitti) is miffed that her husband, Prince Giulio (Philippe Leroy is single-mindedly focused on his race horses to the point that he is ignoring her. She decides to find out if he really does love her Read More

10/9/81
Qua La Mano

Actors: Adriano Celentano, Renzo Montagnani, Enrico Montesano, Philippe Leroy

3/28/80
Sono stato un agente C.I.A.

Actors: David Janssen, Corinne Clery, Maurizio Merli, Arthur Kennedy, Philippe Leroy

Synopsis: In this espionage drama, set in Greece, a former CIA agent (David Janssen) is being stalked by his former employers, led by Arthur Kennedy,after he writes a book about his life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

8/10/78
Al di la del Bene e del Male

Actors: Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson, Robert Powell, Virna Lisi, Philippe Leroy

Synopsis: A misguided attempt to dramatize the psychological triad formed by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (Erland Josephson), his Jewish friend Paul Rees (Robert Powell), and a Russian girl named Lou Von Salome (Dominique Sanda), this overbearing drama fails mightily. Nietzsche is portrayed as a Read More

10/7/77
Mannaja

Actors: Martine Brochard, Philippe Leroy, Maurizio Merli, Donald O'Brien, John Steiner

Synopsis: Despite coming along fairly late in the cycle, this spaghetti western is one of the genre's best. Maurizio Merli plays Blade, a bounty hunter who captures outlaw Burt Craven (Donald O'Brien) by throwing his hatchet and chopping off Craven's hand. In the nearby town of Suttonstead, Blade wins a Read More

8/13/77
Soldier of Fortune

Actors: Bud Spencer

Synopsis: Spaghetti Western icon Bud Spencer (They Call Me Trinity) stars in this sword-and-sandal adventure-comedy from Italian director Pasquale Festa Campanile. The comedic hijinks center around a medieval mercenary named Ettore (Spencer) as he travels around Europe plying his warrior skills to the Read More

1976
Libera, Amore Mio

Actors: Claudia Cardinale, Adolfo Celi, Philippe Leroy, Bekim Fehmiu, Bruno Cirino

Synopsis: After her father (Adolfo Celi) is exiled to an island off the coast of Italy for his anti-Mussolini politics, Libera (Claudia Cardinale) is increasingly incensed by the fascist government of Italy and makes a number of bold and very personal gestures against it. At first, these only result in her Read More

3/21/75
The Night Porter

Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Isa Miranda

Synopsis: Max (Dirk Bogarde) is a discreet, unassuming night porter working in a posh hotel in Vienna in 1957, tending to the guests' needs, from cold water to a bed-warming gigolo. Then Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) arrives at the hotel, on the arm of her husband, an American composer, and Max's past comes Read More

4/11/74
R.A.S.

Actors: Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Weber, Jacques Villeret, Jean-François Balmer

Synopsis: In this French film, soldiers in the Algerian war not only fight against the rebelling natives of that country, but fight an equally brutal battle among themselves. Three young army misfits are assigned to a brutal "disciplinary company" during the conflict. When the "discipline" becomes too harsh Read More

8/15/73
Milano Calibro 9

2/15/72
Roma Bene

10/8/71
L'Inafferrabile e Invincibile Mr. Invisibile

Synopsis: This Swiss-made film, in the '70s Disney vein, concerns a scientist (Dean Jones) looking for the cure for the common cold. Instead, he discovers the secret of invisibility, and must struggle with his faithful sheep dog to keep the formula from being captured by evil forces. ~ John Bush, All Movie Read More

9/17/70
La Sua Giornata Di Gloria

Actors: Philippe Leroy, Carlo Cecchi, Raul Martinez

Synopsis: Most of this film consists of a dialogue between the members of an idealistic group of Marxist rebels who plan to wage war against the Establishment. Ironically, the determined rebels seem to have no clue why they are fighting against the unnamed European country. The viewer is left to assume they Read More

11/8/69
The Frightened Woman

Actors: Philippe Leroy, Dagmar Lassander

Synopsis: This voyeuristic story finds the wealthy philanthropist Sayer (Philippe Leroy) getting his weekend jollies as a sadist. When his usual street-walking female can't make the scene, he employs his willing secretary Mary (Dagmar Lassander) to take her place. After submitting to his demands, she takes Read More

8/24/69
Come, Quando, Perche

Actors: Daniele Gaubert, Philippe Leroy, Horst Buchholz

Synopsis: When Paola (Daniele Gaubert) feels her husband Marco (Philippe Leroy) is neglecting her, she willingly falls for his best friend Alberto (Horst Buchholz). Marco allows the affair to proceed and Paola experiences feelings of love she never knew were possible. She returns to her marital commitments Read More

7/31/69
Cuore Di Mamma

Actors: Carla Gravina, Beba Loncar, Philippe Leroy, Yorgo Voyagis, Paolo Graziosi

Synopsis: This film is a social commentary about the mindless violence that is perpetuated on impressionable youth by television. Lorenz (Carla Gravina) has three young children who are victims of a media who wishes to turn out terrorists. She contends with her monstrous offspring and student revolts until Read More

1/29/69
Senza Sapere Niente di Lei

Actors: Paola Pitagora, Philippe Leroy, Sara Franchetti, Giorgio Piazza, Umberto D'Orsi

Synopsis: When Maria Mancuso dies suddenly before the expiration of her life-insurance policy, the insurance company sends lawyer Nanni Brà (Philippe Leroy) to investigate. He seduces Cinzia (Paola Pitagora), one of the late woman's daughters, in order to obtain more information. When he falls in love with Read More

1969
The Libertine

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Luigi Pistilli

Synopsis: When Catherine Spaak's husband dies, she discovers a hitherto hidden room on their estate. The room is surrounded by mirrors and curious sexual devices; when Spaak takes a peek at hubby's diary, she learns he was carrying on a secret life that made Sacher-Masoch and Krafft-Ebbing look like pikers. Read More

12/23/68
L'Occhio Selvaggio

Actors: Philippe Leroy, Delia Boccardo, Gabriele Tinti

Synopsis: This drama examines the ethics of filmmaking as it chronicles the detached way in which a documentary maker exploits the misery of his subjects. It all begins with the seduction of another man's wife. He takes the woman to Bombay where he is filming opium addicts undergoing a rather extreme cure Read More

8/31/67
A Maiden for a Prince

Synopsis: In this Italian comedy set in the 16th-century, a prince and a princess marry. Trouble ensues when a rumor that they have not consummated their marriage is circulated. The prince's father is most concerned, as a virgin marriage means he will have no heirs. He insists that the marriage be annulled. Read More

1967
Il Grande Colpo Dei Sette Uomini D'Oro

Actors: Philippe Leroy, Rossana Podestà, Maurice Poli, Gabriele Tinti, Giampiero Albertini, Gastone Moschin

Synopsis: Director Marco Vicario's sequel to his own Sette Uomini d'Oro, this similarly lighthearted crime film begins with The Professor (Philippe Leroy) and his men captured by American agents during a plot to steal a vault from a moving train. They are assigned to kidnap Castro-like Latin dictator Enrico Read More

10/25/66
Delitto Quasi Perfetto

Synopsis: Award-winning Italian writer/director Mario Camerini, who successfully bucked the "neorealist" movement of the 1940s, continued operating in a strictly commercial vein with 1966's Delitto Quasi Perfetto. The plot is sheer gossamer, handled with artistry: a journalist, stumbling upon a plot to Read More

4/28/66
Mandragola

Actors: Philippe Leroy, Rosanna Schiaffino, Totò, Romolo Valli

Synopsis: A husband desperate for an heir, will do anything to produce one in this Italian drama, adapted from the long-banned Machiavelli classic. In desperation, the man sends his devoted wife to a man pretending to be a doctor. He convinces her to drink an infusion of mandrake weed, which he claims will Read More

11/18/65
Sette Uomini D'oro

Actors: Rossana Podestà, Philippe Leroy, Gastone Moschin, Ennio Balbo, Alberto Bonucci, Maurice Poli, José Suárez, Gabriele Tinti, Manuel Zarzo, Giampiero Albertini, Renato Terra, Gianni di Benedetto, Renzo Palmer

Synopsis: The bulk of this amusing crime film consists of a plan to steal a fortune in gold from the supposedly impregnable vaults of Geneva's Credit Suisse Bank. A criminal genius (Philippe Leroy) watches from across the street as his six henchmen -- whose names all begin with the letter "A" -- carry out Read More

9/8/65
La Donna Del Lago

Actors: Peter Baldwin, Salvo Randone, Philippe Leroy, Valentina Cortese

Synopsis: A young writer goes to a summer resort in wintertime to be alone and contemplate his moral dilemma in this thrilling and suspenseful psychological drama. He goes to visit Tilde (Virna Lisi), a young woman with whom he had a brief sexual relationship. To his horror, the writer learns that she has Read More

1965
Une Vierge Pour Le Prince

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Virna Lisi, Philippe Leroy

1965
Le Ore Nude

Actors: Keir Dullea, Rossana Podestà, Philippe Leroy, Odoardo Spadaro

Synopsis: In this sex-charged character study, a woman's husband persuades her to share in his predilection for group sex. Later, she meets a student and has a one-day affair with him. ~ Steve Huey, All Movie Guide Read More

9/24/64
Le Voci Bianche

Actors: Paolo Ferrari, Sandra Milo, Graziella Granata, Anouk Aimée, Vittorio Caprioli

Synopsis: "White Voices" is a vernacular term referring to Italian Castrati of the 18th century Vatican Choir. The Castrati were male children who were castrated so that they could retain their beautiful soprano singing voices into maturity. Paolo Ferrari plays a Roman youth who isn't keen on being gelded Read More

8/13/64
Il Castello dei Morti Vivi

Synopsis: A traveling circus visits the Gothic abode of the evil Count Drago (Christopher Lee), whose pastimes include experimenting on various animals with his potions and formulas. Naturally, he's no longer content to stop there, and the visitors become unwilling participants in the next horrific Read More

8/5/64
Llanto Por un Bandido

Actors: Francisco Rabal, Lea Massari, Philippe Leroy, Lino Ventura

Synopsis: El Tempranillo (Francisco Rabal) returns from the Napoleonic wars with a desire to continue fighting. He turns to banditry rather than live in poverty in his native Spain. Though his wife (Lea Massari) pleads for him to change his dangerous way of life, he refuses. When she is killed, the bandit Read More

5/22/64
Amore in 4 Dimensioni

Actors: Sylva Koscina, Gastone Moschin, Franca Polesello, Carlo Bagno

Synopsis: Four different takes on the meaning of love comprise this Italian anthology. "Love and Language," the first tale, centers on the difficulties of a Sicilian immigrant who is unable to master proper Italian. the second tale "Love and Life" centers on a jealous and unhappy wife who becomes so Read More

1964
Frenesia D'Estate

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Philippe Leroy, Michele Mercier, Sandra Milo, Umberto D'Orsi

Synopsis: Composed by five different screenwriters, this Italian/French comedy stars the talented and ubiquitous Vittorio Gassman as an army officer who has a difficult time believing an attractive woman is in fact a woman. Michele Mercier plays a performer who is taking the place of a female impersonator Read More

1964
L'Idea Fissa

Actors: Lando Buzzanca, Maria Grazia Buccella, Umberto D'Orsi, Luciana Angelillo

Synopsis: Infidelity is the real subject linking the four funny vignettes that comprise this Italian anthology. "The First Night" centers on a naive pair of Sicilian newlyweds honeymooning in Naples. While celebrating their wedding night a friendly millionaire invites them aboard his yacht for a few drinks. Read More

1964
La Femme Mariée

Actors: Macha Meril, Bernard Noel, Philippe Leroy, Roger Leenhardt

Synopsis: Director Jean-Luc Godard narrates this study of a married woman who begins an affair with another man. After becoming pregnant, she is unable to figure out which man is the father of her son and must choose between the two. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1964
Il Terrorista

Actors: Gian Maria Volontè, Philippe Leroy, Anouk Aimée, Giulio Bosetti

10/26/63
L'Attico

Actors: Daniela Rocca, Tomas Milian, Mary Arden, Walter Chiari, Gino Pernice

Synopsis: In a theme which seems to have been popular at this time in Italian cinema (as in La Parmigiana, for instance), country-born-and-bred woman Daniela (Daniela Rocca) comes to the big city to look for a wealthy man. Her dream is to one day live in a penthouse, that ultimate urban symbol of having Read More

3/29/63
55 Days at Peking

Actors: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland

Synopsis: Samuel Bronston produced this extravagant blockbuster, shot in Super Technirama 70. Nominally directed by Nicholas Ray (who makes a brief appearance as the U.S. ambassador), Ray was taken off the film and replaced by the more pliable directorial touches of Andrew Marton. Charlton Heston stars as Read More

1963
Solo Contro Roma

Synopsis: This somewhat stilted sword-and-sandal adventure based on Gastad Green's novel The Gladiator deals with the conquest of Antigonea by the 13th Roman Legion. Silla (Philippe Leroy), the corrupt temporary governor, takes a local concubine, Fabiola (Rosanna Podesta), who is really in love with a bound Read More

9/6/62
Senilita

Actors: Anthony Franciosa, Claudia Cardinale, Betsy Blair, Philippe Leroy, Nando Angelini

Synopsis: Two popular lead actors star in this conventional story of unrequited love, directed by Mauro Bolognini. Emilio (Anthony Franciosa) is caught in the midst of a heavy-duty mid-life crisis when he runs into sexy Angiolina (Claudia Cardinale), voluptuous and frivolous in equal measure. In spite of Read More

3/8/62
Les Filles Sement Le Vent

Actors: Scilla Gabel, Francoise Saint-Laurent, Philippe Leroy

3/1/61
The Fruit Is Ripe

Synopsis: In this summer drama, three young women take jobs as fruit pickers. One of them is a tease, one is a tough-girl, and one is incurably romantic. As they work in the summer's heat they find themselves increasingly attracted to their handsome co-workers. Hot love ensues as they all pair off. Read More

1961
La Loi Des Hommes

Actors: Micheline Presle, Philippe Leroy, Pierre Mondy, Arletty

Synopsis: A rather leaden police story by director Charles Gerard (who refocused on acting after 1966), La Loi des Hommes is reminiscent of American tough detective stories involving seedy, violent gangsters. Police inspector Dandieu (Philippe Leroy-Beaulien) suspects that the beautiful Sophie (Micheline Presle Read More

1961

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