François Périer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François Périer

French actor

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1919

Place of Birth: 16th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 29-Jun-2002

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

François Périer, (born François Pillu, 10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996, with notable excursion into the French avant-garde.
He was also prominent in the theatre.
Among his best-known parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains Sales in 1948.
He was the narrator of the French-language version of Fantasia, and made several commercial audio recordings (with commentary) popularizing classical music in France.