Biography
Daniel Ceccaldi (July 25, 1927 – March 27, 2003) was a French actor. He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father Lucien Darbon in François Truffaut's movies Stolen Kisses and Bed & Board.Note: Christine refers to him twice as "Lucien", not papa, indicating perhaps that he is not her biological father, echoing Truffaut's own experience. The American critics Bob Wade wrote about Ceccaldi in 'Stolen Kisses': "Claude Jade's paren...
Known For
Complete Filmography

She's One of Us
2003
as le père
At the start, Christine Blanc is a temp, her boyfriend has gone. Near the story's end, she's been offered a steady job, she has a fiancé, other men se...

Hôpital souterrain
2002
as Commander Destouche
During a weekend on the small island of Roz Ven, Marine, an eight-year-old girl who had come with her parents, disappeared while the three of them wer...

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle
2001
as Maurice Focodel
In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a ...

The Son of Français
1999
as Monsieur Oliver
A young boy and his two grandmothers flee from headhunters and other villainous types in the Brazilian rain forest in this wacky family adventure. Ben...

Michel Strogoff
1999
as Count Krasow
Ever since the death of his wife, the famous and once highly-respected general Michael Strogoff has fallen steadily into a state of decrepitude.

Life Doesn't Scare Me
1999
as Motorist
We follow how four ordinary little girls learn about life, love and all that sort of things.

Heart and Sword
1998
as Hoel
After the death of his father, prince Tristan is living in Cornwall at the court of his uncle, King Marke, who treats him like a son. When the Irish k...

Only God Sees Me
1998
as Le président du bureau de vote
Albert, a sound engineer who is chronically hesitant successively meets three charming young women who will, each in their own way, provoke and help h...

Un grand cri d'amour
1998
as Sylvestre Archimbaud
A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.

The Fourth King
1997
as Melchiorre
Alazar, a simple farmer who is also a beekeeper, meets the Three Wise Men Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, who have set off to celebrate the arrival on...

Barbara
1997
as Admiral
Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands ...

The Magic of Méliès
1997
as Méliès (voice)
A walk through the life and work of the brilliant French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861-1938), pioneer of special and visual effects.

Feu Adrien Muset
1992
as Me Sachet

Twisted Obsession
1989
as Julien Legrand
An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and mani...
Una casa a Roma
1989
as Valerio

The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
1989
as Jacques
In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women ...

La dama inacabada
1986
as Jordi Basté
An executive asks Carvalho to obtain photographs of his wife with her lover in order to obtain a divorce. To do so, Carvalho travels to Menorca.

Love on the Quiet
1985
as Maître Ravignac
A lawyer hires a call girl after learning his wife has invited her lover to move in; the husband and wife separate and the two new couples live side-b...

Diable d'homme
1984
Director

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
1983
as Lucky Luke (voice)
The cowboy Lucky Luke tracks the Dalton brothers who escaped from prison and are seeking refuge in Canada.

Le Braconnier de Dieu
1983
as Le père abbé
A monk for thirty-seven years, Brother Gregory could not resist the temptation. Leaving the monastery for the first time to fulfill his duty as a vote...

Jamais avant le mariage
1982
Director
Bernard accompanies his friend Roger on a circuit. They witness a serious accident. Roger rushes in and saves the pilot's life. In the explosion that ...

It Will Hurt!
1982
as Léopold
A film producer on the verge of ruin decides to make an erotic film.

For a Cop's Hide
1981
as Coccioli
Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.

The Plouffe Family
1981
as Père Alphonse
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.

The Ones That Got Away
1981
as Guillaume
In a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in love. Only one of those seems to be a positive one.

le vol d'Icare
1980
Director

Une merveilleuse journée
1980
as Felloux
The unusual day of a young pharmacist's assistant, between Deauville and Cassis.

Le Plus Heureux des trois
1979
Stage Director

Charles and Lucie
1979
as Charles
An old and poor couple, Charles and Lucie, scrape by working as a concierge and an untalented antique dealer, respectively. But one day, their dreary ...

Le temps des vacances
1979
as Norbert
In the "Valley School", as the holidays approach, students' lives will be turned upside down by the arrival of a new teacher.

Heart to Heart
1979
as Emile Roussel, le père
The independently-minded daughter of lower-middle class French shopkeepers, Brigitte, one of three sisters, refused to marry the father of her child w...

Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir
1978
Director
Beginning of the 20th century. The General Directorate of Gifts and Legacies is an administration that costs the taxpayer a lot of money and that ever...

These Sorcerers Are Mad
1978
as Jean La Pallière
Julien est envoyé par son patron à l'île Maurice, où il fait la connaissance d'Henri, un chômeur professionnel. Un soir de beuverie, les deux hommes s...

Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
1978
as Lucky Luke (voice)
The story opens in a Western saloon, where a young musician with a banjo begins to tell a tale of Lucky Luke and his sworn enemies the Dalton brothers...

L'Hôtel de la plage
1978
as Euloge Saint-Prix
Visitors young and old get up to fun antics and romance at a seaside hotel in Brittany, France.

A Sea Urchin in the Pocket
1977
as Theater administrator
A young journalist, abandoned by her wealthy lover, sets out with a musician inventor to stage a musical.

Death of a Corrupt Man
1977
as Lucien Lacor
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a rackete...

Le Maestro
1977
as Hubert
The eldest daughter of Germaine lives in concubinage with Hubert. She is determined to marry her youngest Corinne, upon her return from England. This ...

The Toy
1976
as The family man
When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needin...

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1976
as le marquis du Velin
The love story like no other of an aristocrat with the daughter of the bellboy at Chez Maxim's restaurant.

The Pink Telephone
1975
as M. Levêgue, directeur des relations publiques, Fileding
A small industrialist from Toulouse, goes to Paris to negotiate the buyout of his company from an American financial group. During his stay, the repre...

Incorrigible
1975
as Police Prefect
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and...

A Happy Divorce
1975
as Antoine, skuespiller
After having been rescued from suicide, a young man is the object of a bet by his doctor that the doctor can help him recover his joy in life. Ironica...

Tell Me You Love Me
1974
as Bertrand Danois
Two couples, undermined by frequent scenes, fall apart: the men, Richard and Bertrand, directors of an advertising agency, move into their office; soo...

Folle Amanda
1974
as Philippe Morhange
A former music hall singer, Amanda lives day by day while remaining optimistic. Short of money, she wants to publish her memoirs. But her ex-husband P...

C'est jeune et ça sait tout !
1974
as L'ambassadeur
When Charles Le Braque learns that his boss' 17 years old daughter is pregnant, he fears that his 16 years old nice Joel from France, who's spending h...

Le Chaud Lapin
1974
as Henri
William, together with his family, joins his childhood friend and his family in a crowded country house for a summer vacation. As a result, he has had...

France, Incorporated
1974
as Michel, the government's man
In the year 2222, a former drug dealer is kept in a state of hibernation. Reanimated, he tells his story. Leader in the narcotics market, his situatio...

OK Patron
1974
as Duguet
Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organiza...

The Four Charlots Musketeers 2
1974
as Louis XIII
This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mu...

The Four Charlots Musketeers
1974
as Louis XIII / Le roi
This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mu...

Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
1973
as l'oncle
Annie, a 16 years old girl, loves Frédéric who is away doing his national service. During her holidays in the country, she meets Alexandre. He's older...

Fall of a Body
1973
as Alain Renon
The body of a young woman falls on the terrace of Martha, who intrigued, meets her neighbor. In contact with this strange man, she learns to have a di...

Le Concierge
1973
as Paul Raymond, le député
Christophe Merignac, a youngESCP graduate with a law degree but still unemployed, gets a job as a concierge in a luxury building. Using charm and cunn...

The Conspiracy
1973
as Louis Carat
Paris 1960. DeGaulle determines to end a bitter war in Algeria by granting its independence. Millions oppose him, including a group of DeGaulle's dis...

Les zozos
1973
as Uncle Jacques
The romantic adventures of two teenagers in the 60s, boarding at a provincial college.

Seduction Squad
1972
as Le lieutenant de marine Jean-Yves Marie Le Gouennec
After witnessing and accidentally helping several thugs get away with a heist, the women rooming together notice through their telescope that the stol...

Not Dumb, the Bird
1972
as Gérard Chardonnet
An old lady is far from suspecting everything that is going on behind her back, in particular what her servants are up to.

Love in the Afternoon
1972
as Gérard
Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In th...

The Song of the Balalaika
1971
as Coffinet
Sasha Voronin, a famous singer about to marry supermodel Nathalie, falls victim to John Darow, who attempts to murder him by knocking him out and thro...
Le Poème de l'élève Mikovsky
1971
as supervisor
Mikovsky is a slightly manic student in love with his history teacher. One day, he decides to write her an anonymous letter, parodying the poet Arthur...

Bed and Board
1970
as Lucien Darbon
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers an...

The Bear and the Doll
1970
as Ivan
A quiet cellist living in the countryside has his life disrupted when he accidentally bumps into a wealthy, temperamental woman in a Rolls-Royce. Ange...

A Golden Widow
1969
as Museum curator
A woman learns that she is sole legatee of her forgotten rich uncle, but there is a small problem: she's got to be a widow to latch onto the dough or ...

Would-Be Gentleman
1968
as Dorante
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme satirizes attempts at social climbing and the bourgeois personality, poking fun both at the vulgar, pretentious middle-class ...

Stolen Kisses
1968
as Lucien Darbon
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military ...

Meurtre en sourdine
1967
as Wendell
Is doubt allowed in love? In this police investigation, feelings interfere with the investigation. While a murder has been committed, the benefit of t...

The Ponies
1967
as Letellier
The rise and fall of a journalist, named Max Torp, who runs a youth magazine, a private club, a tour agency and a pirate radio.

Ami-Ami
1967
as Christian

Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
1966
as Calfarelli
In order to appoint his new right-hand man, a CEO decides to organize a weekend with all the candidates.

The Postman Goes to War
1966
as Cassagne
The unsuspecting Parisian postman Thibon accepts a transfer as army mailman in Indochina. In the hospital, after his mail van is blown up by a mine, h...

The Upper Hand
1966
as Le commissaire Noël
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an unde...

Espionage in Lisbon
1965
as Robert Scott
An international gang pretends to have the means to destroy a small country in 30 seconds. The authorities have reason to believe this may be true, an...

Diamonds Are Brittle
1965
as Captain of the boat
Bernard Noblet is a modest bank clerk with a passion for billiards. His fiancée Juliette, a schoolteacher, dreams of one day living the high life, and...

When the Pheasants Pass
1965
as le directeur Barnave
Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who involves them (against their will) in high-profile ...

Cloportes
1965
as Police inspector Lescure
Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding tor...

God's Thunder
1965
as Le prêtre
Veterinarian Léandre Brassac lives with his wife Marie on a remote estate. One day, he decides to shelter a young woman with no bearings.

The Big Swag
1965
as Félix Pignol, metro ticket puncher colleague
Louis Bourdin est employé à la RATP le jour, romancier la nuit, avec une forte prédilection pour le genre policier. Un jour, il rédige un polar situé ...

A Woman in White
1965
as L'inspecteur Georget
Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Between her private life and medical career, she se...

How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965
as Léon, bartender
To repay a debt, Marcel must commit a robbery in a large department store. Unfortunately his booty is intercepted by a gang of thugs.

Place Your Bets, Ladies
1965
as Stephan
A famous American secret service agent tries to rescue a German 17-year-old prodigy scientist who has been captured by the Russians.

The Real Bargain
1965
as Seller
The eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He sells it to the young mathematics teacher Jacques Denzac w...

Friends of the family
1964
as Michel, bartender
Leon Rollo whose nickname is "Patate" is an inventor adored by his wife and is daughter. He is mostly happy but his best friend Noël seems to succeed ...

Requiem pour un caïd
1964
as Inspector Belin
Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has thr...

The Soft Skin
1964
as Clément
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which...

FX 18, Secret Agent
1964
as Noreau
Secret agent FX-18 goes undercover to break up an espionage ring.

That Man from Rio
1964
as Commissaire
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late fa...

Les gros bras
1963
as Giovanelli, jewel thief
Madame Andromèze's diamond bracelet has been stolen from the plane taking Nicole from Rome to Paris. Slipped by the thief into her bag, the bracelet u...

Girl's Apartment
1963
as François
Tibere is a small-time hood who tries to get one of three airline hostesses to help him in his gold-smuggling operation in this light comedy. One woma...

Squeak-squeak
1963
as Pedro Castelli
Léonard Monestier owns a large fortune, alas his wife Cynthia made a bad investment in a worthless oil concession. Far from letting this get him down,...

People in Luck
1963
as L'homme amoureux de Virginie (« Le Repas gastronomique »)
A light French comedy of 5 segments.

The Trip to Biarritz
1963
as Paul Bonnenfant
Guillaume Dodut is a stationmaster in rural France at a station where trains no longer stop. His dream has always been to holiday in the famous resort...

Who Stole the Body?
1963
as 'La Banque'
Edouard and Félix work in a real estate agency. One day, they are threatened with dismissal if they don't manage to sell a very isolated house to an e...

Famous Love Affairs
1961
as Antonio Villa
Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.

To Die of Love
1961
as Richard Lanne
Michel, a writer of detective novels, is married to Pat, a pretty woman he's been neglecting. One day, the results of a private investigation reveal t...

In the Mouth of the Wolf
1961
as Roger
Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extorti...

The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
as Officer
This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrif...

Witness in the City
1959
as Italian taxi customer
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife'...
Miss Pigalle
1958
as Dominique
A young woman has been run over by the car of Carlos, a brilliant embassy attaché. Feeling sorry for her, Carlos drives her to his place and decides t...

The Queen of Spades
1958
as Serge Leonidovitch - le premier buveur
An adaptation of the eponymous fantasy novella by Alexander Pushkin. It tells the story of the gambling mania that seizes a young Russian officer, Her...

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957
as Jacques Gauthier
Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his acquired wealth. Before entering the service of th...

Élisa
1957
as Hairdresser
Recently released from reform school, Élisa works at Madame Irma's before moving to Paris, where her success is growing. On a trip to the provinces, s...

Good Evening Paris
1956
A foreign pianist who comes to visit Paris is ripped off by a young man and his sister. But he soon falls in love with this one.

Mannequins of Paris
1956
as Un ami de Barbara
Véronique Lanier runs one of the most highly rated haute couture houses in Paris. Her first partner is her husband Pierre, who has left aside a promis...

The Light Across the Street
1955
as l'amoureux en panne
Tensions mount as the lonely wife of a trucker becomes involved with a gas station attendant.

La Madelon
1955
as Military man at Maxim’s
1914, a small village of the Marne. Charming and woken up, Madeleine, said the Madelon, who works in the coffee(café) of his father, Tourlourou, accou...

The Grand Manoeuvre
1955
as Officer (uncredited)
Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses paths with a beautiful Parisian divorcee, who is nothi...

Frou-Frou
1955
as Le chevalier des Grieux
A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.

Caroline and the Rebels
1955
as Lieutenant Bogard
A swashbuckling heritage reveals itself as the adopted son of 19th-century Spaniards develops into a suave lady-killer.

Queen Margot
1954
as Henri d'Anjou
Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Catherine de Médicis, celebrates her wedding with Henri de Navarre. Officially, it's a rapprochement between the Lea...

Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
as The third reservist
Celestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night, howe...

Fatal Affair
1953
as Fred, Charlotte's friend (uncredited)
Didier's wife is ill, and he does the best he can to take care of her. But he's often absent and he has casual love affairs. But Leone he meets in Bru...

Un trésor de femme
1953
as Doctor
Francois is engaged to Isabelle. While going to buy the engagement ring, he meets Sophie, who puts the ring on her finger and does not manage to remov...

Deux de l'escadrille
1953
During the Second World War, midshipman Dourdan, nicknamed 'Saucisse', distinguished himself by his clumsiness and his blunders. Charged with Lieutena...

Judgement of God
1952
as Théobald - le commis de M. Bernauer et amoureux d'Agnès
Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become t...

Young Love
1951
as The soldier who shoots badly at the funfair (uncredited)
Catherine, 18, loved Jean, a young accountant, who loved her in return. And yet, one morning, two policemen find their dead bodies on a stretch of was...

Miracles Only Happen Once
1951
as A friend of Jérôme (uncredited)
1939 : what a beautiful year for Claudia and Jerôme. No sooner do they meet that they are under each other's spell. 1939 : what a horrible year for th...

Maya
1949
as Un serveur du bistrot (uncredited)
Based on a venerable Legend of the Sea, the story concerns a pliable prostitute named Bella (Romance) who is all things to all men. No matter what sor...

The Devil Who Limped
1948
as Lackey (uncredited)
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 5...