Raymond Devos

Raymond Devos

Raymond Devos (9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour. Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium, close to the French border. Both his parents were French and he moved to Tourcoing, France, at the age of two. Seven years later, his family moved to Paris. During the Second World War he was sent, like many young men of his generation, to Germany to work. On his return to France, he took acting and mime lessons at the Étienne Ducroux school, where he met Marcel Marceau. In 1948, he was part of a burlesque trio (in the older sense of the word burlesque). Devos's career took off in the 1950s when he began writing his own one man shows and was the opening act for Maurice Chevalier. Although his act still involved elements of his early years as a clown (such as juggling) he was mostly recognized because of his mastery of the French language. His unique brand of surreal humour and sophisticated puns garnered him much respect throughout the Francophone world. Devos is a leading character in Alejandro Jodorowsky's surrealist 1957 debut short film Les têtes interverties (a mime adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1940 play The Transposed Heads). Perhaps his best-known international appearance is a cameo in Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le Fou 1965 as a man sitting on a harbourside who is obsessed with the memory of a mysterious love song. He performed for the last time in 1999 in Paris's Olympia Theater. He died in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Yvelines, France. Because he was born in Belgium, the nationality of Devos was often, and still is, a source of confusion. Some media reported his death by referring to "Belgian comic Devos" or "French and Belgian comic Devos". He also has a Dutch/Flemish family name. Devos was born of French parents and raised in France, but was always respectful of his country of birth and once quipped that he was still, after all, a "fake Belgian". Source: Article "Raymond Devos" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Raymond Devos
  • Popularity: 1.372
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1922-11-09
  • Place of Birth: Mouscron, Belgium
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As:
img

Raymond Devos Movies

  • 1965
    imgMovies

    Pierrot le Fou

    Pierrot le Fou

    7.391 1965 HD

    Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an...

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    This Pretty World

    This Pretty World

    4 1957 HD

    Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of literature in Aix-en-Provence, whom he has hardly...

    img
  • 1999
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos à l'Olympia

    Raymond Devos à l'Olympia

    8.3 1999 HD

    img
  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos : Les 100 plus grands sketches

    Raymond Devos : Les 100 plus grands sketches

    1 2007 HD

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    You Have Nothing to Declare?

    You Have Nothing to Declare?

    5.8 1959 HD

    Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent...

    img
  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - 80 ans, 80 sketches

    Raymond Devos - 80 ans, 80 sketches

    9.5 2002 HD

    img
  • 2017
    imgMovies

    À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

    À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

    7 2017 HD

    Follow in the footsteps of burlesque actor Pierre Richard, a key figure in French cinema in the 1970s and 1980s.

    img
  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Michel Sardou - Show Sardou

    Michel Sardou - Show Sardou

    1 1994 HD

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Work and Freedom

    Work and Freedom

    1 1959 HD

    Due to a garbage strike, inmates are called in to take care of the garbage collection. Taking advantage of this unexpected situation, three of them...

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    The Right of the Maddest

    The Right of the Maddest

    5.8 1973 HD

    The guardian of a nursing home lends a compassionate ear to the complaints of two new pensioners who love each other and have only one dream: to see...

    img
  • 2022
    imgMovies

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    7.2 2022 HD

    In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

    img
  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Tartarin de Tarascon

    Tartarin de Tarascon

    4.8 1962 HD

    A well-to-do bourgeois, Tartarin lives in Tarascon, a small southern town, among friends who, like him, love hunting "à la casquette", gossip,...

    img
  • 1958
    imgMovies

    The Sicilian

    The Sicilian

    2.5 1958 HD

    A brave little couturier from Lyon, Fernand, travels to Paris to present his creation "La ligne Impériale" to a major fashion house. Following...

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    The Severed Heads

    The Severed Heads

    6.096 1957 HD

    A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads. Lost for nearly 50 years, the movie...

    img
  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Les 60 ans du one-man-show

    Les 60 ans du one-man-show

    5 2020 HD

    img
  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos, un hommaginaire

    Raymond Devos, un hommaginaire

    8 2016 HD

    img
  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

    Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

    1 2009 HD

    img
  • 1963
    imgMovies

    Teuf-teuf

    Teuf-teuf

    1 1963 HD

    An automobile tribute

    img
  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal

    Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal

    10 1989 HD

    img
  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine

    10 1978 HD

    img
  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - À l'Olympia

    Raymond Devos - À l'Olympia

    1 1994 HD

    img
  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse

    9 1982 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif

    10 1992 HD

    img
  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin

    10 2002 HD

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    The Right of the Maddest

    The Right of the Maddest

    5.8 1973 HD

    img
  • 1999
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos à l'Olympia

    Raymond Devos à l'Olympia

    8.3 1999 HD

    img
  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal

    Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal

    10 1989 HD

    img
  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine

    10 1978 HD

    img
  • 2018
    imgMovies

    J'ai des doutes : Devos-Morel

    J'ai des doutes : Devos-Morel

    1 2018 HD

    img
  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - À l'Olympia

    Raymond Devos - À l'Olympia

    1 1994 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif

    10 1992 HD

    img
  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse

    9 1982 HD

    img
  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin

    Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin

    10 2002 HD

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    The Right of the Maddest

    The Right of the Maddest

    5.8 1973 HD

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    The Right of the Maddest

    The Right of the Maddest

    5.8 1973 HD

    img
  • 1985
    imgS1 E39

    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

    img
  • 1968
    imgS13 E5

    À bout portant

    À bout portant

    8 1968 HD

    img
  • 1972
    imgS20 E8

    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

    img
  • 1972
    imgS20 E8

    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

    img
  • 1971
    imgS5 E1

    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

    img
  • 1975
    imgS6 E25

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

    img
  • 1959
    imgS17 E1

    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

    img
  • 1976
    imgS18 E1

    30 millions d'amis

    30 millions d'amis

    5.8 1976 HD

    img
  • 1975
    imgS7 E24

    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

    img
  • 1956
    imgS10 E7

    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

    img
  • 1975
    imgS16 E25

    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

    img
  • 1982
    imgS13 E2

    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

    img
  • 1987
    imgS38 E10

    Téléthon

    Téléthon

    5 1987 HD

    img
  • 1998
    imgS27 E2

    Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

    3.2 1998 HD

    img