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Maurice Ronet

Maurice Ronet

Actor · Died March 14, 1983, aged 55 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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Born
April 13, 1927
Died
March 14, 1983 (aged 55)
From
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 93 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 14% in 30 days

What are Maurice Ronet's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
39%
Power
18%
Survival
14%
Bonds
12%
Self
12%
Society
5%
Deception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt6 titles, browse their movies with this themePower4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 30 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 14 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 15 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 7 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 9

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 14 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

18 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 6 of 18 analyzed roles.

Shadow
6 of 18
Hero
6 of 18
Ally
2 of 18
Shapeshifter
2 of 18
Mentor
1 of 18
Threshold guardian
1 of 18
Show the 18 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Melancholic
13
Cold
6
Thrilling
6
Romantic
5
Other
23

How their films linger

Thought-provoking15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous8
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Maurice Ronet's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Maurice Ronet's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

93 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Barefoot in the Kitchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as (archive footage)

  • Surprise Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Georges Levesques

  • La Guérilléra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Brutus

  • La Balance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Roger Massina

  • Un matin rouge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Henri

  • Stepfather(1981)

    as Charly

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Sphinx(1981)

    as Yvon Mageot

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Orient Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Rolf Freitag

  • Bloodline(1979)

    as Charles Martin

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Madame le Juge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 6 episodes · as Charles Bais

  • Death of a Corrupt Man(1977)

    as Philippe Dubaye

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Emmenez-moi au Ritz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Philippe Gregor

  • Madame Claude(1977)

    as Pierre

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Bartleby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director

  • Golden Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Nuit d'or

  • Oh, mia bella matrigna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Luigi

  • Why They Kill Themselves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • To the Bitter End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Paul Jordan

  • The Golden Mass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as David

  • Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind(1974)

    as Robert Lucas

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Cry of the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Mathieu

  • The Marseille Contract (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Inspector Briac

  • Night Police Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Vittorio Cazzaniga

  • The Red Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Jean Gerfaud

  • The Crazy Capo Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Diserens

  • Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman(1973)

    as Piere Gonzague

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Without Warning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Raoul Maury

  • Seduction(1973)

    as Giuseppe Lagana

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Devil in the Brain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Fabrizio Garces

  • The Pebbles of Etratat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Kelvo

  • Scandal Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Marc Fontemps

  • The Deadly Trap(1971)

    as L'homme de l'organisation

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Raphael or the Debauched One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Raphaël de Lorris

  • A Little, a Lot, Passionately (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Didier

  • The Sensuous Assassin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Serge

  • The Modification (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Léon Delmont

  • Last Leap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Garal

  • Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Commissario

  • The Vixen(1969)

    as Jérôme

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Scarlet Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as François

  • Delphine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine

  • The Swimming Pool(1969)

    as Harry

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Unfaithful Wife(1969)

    as Victor Pegala

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Birds in Peru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Rainier

  • How Sweet It Is!(1968)

    as Phillipe

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • A Devil Under the Pillow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Lotario

  • Garden of Delights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Carlo

  • The Road to Corinth(1967)

    as Dex

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Champagne Murders(1967)

    as Paul Wagner

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • La longue marche(1966)

    as Doctor Chevalier

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Line of Demarcation(1966)

    as Pierre, comte de Damville

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Lost Command(1966)

    as Capain. Boisfeuras

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Three Rooms in Manhattan(1965)

    as François Combe

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Amador (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Amador

  • The Thief of Tibadabo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Director · Screenplay · as Nicolas

  • Circle of Love(1964)

    as Henri

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Wherever You Are (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Paul Vallier

  • Pariahs of Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Ferrier

  • The Pit and the Pendulum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Le condamné à mort

  • The Victors(1963)

    as French Lieutenant

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Fire Within(1963)

    as Alain Leroy

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Casablanca, Nest of Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Maurice Desjardins

  • Scarlet Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi

  • Enough Rope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Walter Saccard

  • Assassin's Check (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Gilbert Vitry

  • The Immoral Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Michel Jussieu

  • Le rendez-vous de minuit(1962)

    as Pierre Neyris

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Liberté I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Michel

  • Time Out for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Philippe

  • Il peccato degli anni verdi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Paolo Donati

  • Mi último tango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Dario Ledesma

  • Purple Noon(1960)

    as Philippe Greenleaf

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Devil Made a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as José

  • This Desired Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Henri Messardier

  • That Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Jean Mallet

  • Carve Her Name with Pride(1958)

    as Jacques

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Elevator to the Gallows(1958)

    as Julien Tavernier

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • He Who Must Die(1957)

    as Michelis

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Missing Persons Section (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Juan Milford

  • The Blonde Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Laurent Brulard

  • The Aristocrats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Christophe de Conti

  • Pleasures and Vices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as 'Gueule d'ange'

  • Casta diva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Vincenzo Bellini

  • House of Ricordi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Vincenzo Bellini

  • Castles in Spain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Miguel Murillo

  • The Healer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as André Turenne

  • Lucrèce Borgia(1953)

    as Perotto

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Poison Ivy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Mickey

  • Endless Horizons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Marc Caussade

  • Desperate Decision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Jim

  • The Seven Deadly Sins(1952)

    as The priest (segment "La Luxure")

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Perfectionist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as François

  • Rendezvous in July(1949)

    as Roger Moulin

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 93 titles from 1949 to 2013; peak year 1970.

Biggest box office

Bloodline (1979)

$8.2M worldwide

Highest rated

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Stepfather (1981)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19492013

Peak 1970 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting92 of 93: 91 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thDirecting2 of 93: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 93: 0 only writing, 1 with another role

By decade

1940s1 · acting1950s20 · acting1960s34 · 34 acting · 1 crew1970s31 · 30 acting · 1 crew1980s6 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 10% of 21 roles
5868

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Maurice Ronet's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 30 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

La longue marche (1966)

64th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Maurice Ronet's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 34 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles15–62 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 4 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles33–51 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 39 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Maurice Ronet work with?

People who share at least 2 of Maurice Ronet's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Henri Decaë shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers