
Robert Castel
Known for ActingBorn 1933-05-21Died 2020-12-05Bab El-Oued, Alger, Algérie
Robert Castel (in Arabic: روبرت كاستل), whose real name is Robert Adolphe Moyal, is an actor, musician and comedian, born on May 21, 1933 in Algiers in the Bab El-Oued district, Algeria. Robert Castel began as a musician, tar player, then guitarist, accompanying his father, composer violinist, and singer of light French-Arab songs. Young actor in the troupe of the Regional Center of Dramatic Art of Algiers, Robert Castel plays the role of Robert Le Bègue in the theatrical improvisation show on the life of the pieds-noirs, La Famille Hernandez, which is created by Geneviève Baïlac on September 17, 1957 in Paris. Having cut his teeth in music hall, Robert Castel began his film career at the age of 24 in Les Amants De Demain by Marcel Blistène, then in Un témoin dans la ville by Édouard Molinaro. In 1962, Robert Castel left the newly independent Algeria and settled in Paris with Lucette Sahuquet (who died in 1987), whom he married. The couple inaugurated their sketches as a duo that year, notably at the Olympia where they opened for Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich and Philippe Clay. In the 1970s, the comedian, lively and provocative, did a lot of television sketches with his favorite partner and Enrico Macias. For the big screen, this dark-haired comedian, with a clear forehead, who speaks with his hands, abandoned his favorite register. Having become the figure of "pied-noir humor" in France, he played alongside Edith Piaf in Les Amants de demain by Marcel Blistène, Pierre Richard in Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire by Yves Robert, and Isabelle Huppert in Dupont Lajoie by Yves Boisset. In 1982, he made a notable appearance in Algerian cinema by playing in Hassan taxi, directed by Mohamed Slim Riad, alongside Rouiched (Ahmed Ayad), Ouardia Hamitouche and Sidali Kouiret. He appeared in more than thirty films in total, until the early 2000s. Robert Castel kept a low profile for a few years before returning to the stage, this time in a musical, in 2007 thanks to the El-Gusto project. This project, which seeks to bring together Algerian, Jewish and Muslim musicians who were part of Hadj M'hamed El Anka's Algiers Chaâbi orchestra in the early 1950s, resulted in a documentary film that won international awards, the recording of an album and an international tour that took a troupe of 42 musicians to countries such as France, Morocco, Tunisia, Switzerland, Belgium, the United States and the Netherlands. In 2008, Robert Castel signed his autobiography, Je pose 75 [son âge], mais je retaîtres tout. He returned to the stage in 2013 to present his last one-man show, "Nostalgérie". He died on December 5, 2020 in Paris, at the age of 87.Read more
Movies & web series
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Agence Interim
1969 · Series
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Midi Première
1975 · Series
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Le Train Bleu s'arrête 13 fois
1965 · Series
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Les p’tites têtes
1982 · Movie
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What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?
1980 · Movie
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Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Series
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Hassan Taxi
1982 · Movie
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El Gusto
2012 · Movie
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Numéro un
1975 · Series
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À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017 · Movie
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Two Men in Town
1973 · Movie
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The Sandmen
2000 · Movie
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The Common Man
1975 · Movie
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972 · Movie
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Champs-Elysées
1982 · Series
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Shut Up, Gulli
1974 · Movie
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The Unvanquished
1964 · Movie
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Too Shy to Try
1978 · Movie
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Le Permis de conduire
1974 · Movie
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009 · Movie
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Teenagers
2011 · Movie
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C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
1983 · Movie
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Les Borsalini
1980 · Movie
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There Once Was a Cop
1972 · Movie
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Series
Midi trente
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Midi trente
1972 · Series
Samedi soir
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Samedi soir
1971 · Series
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Three Men on a Horse
1969 · Movie
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La Décharge
1976 · Movie
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It's Tough for Everybody
1975 · Movie
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The Conspiracy
1973 · Movie
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Les Grands Moyens
1976 · Movie
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Sacrés gendarmes
1980 · Movie
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Take It from the Top
1978 · Movie
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La Honte de la famille
1969 · Movie
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One Fine Day
2006 · Movie
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The Elf Case
2007 · Movie
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By the Blood of Others
1974 · Movie
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Le Braconnier de Dieu
1983 · Movie
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The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1973 · Movie
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Les gros malins
1969 · Movie
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The Jews
2016 · Movie
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The Lovers of Tomorrow
1959 · Movie
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Par ici la monnaie
1974 · Movie
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Le bahut va craquer
1981 · Movie
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Bedmania
1974 · Movie
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Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1977 · Movie
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Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976 · Movie