Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.
Auclair was born to a Serbian father and a French mother in Koblenz. His father was Vojislav Vujović, prominent Yugoslav Communist and secretary of the Communist Youth International. Auclair moved to Paris when he was three years old.
He entered medical school but then studied acting at the CNSAD in Paris.
While a major French star, he only had two English-language roles: as Professor Flostre in the 1957 musical Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, and as a French police investigator in Day of the Jackal (film)|Day of the Jackal] with Edward Fox.
Filmography
Films
Television shows and series
| Year | Title | Episode | Role |
| 1976 | Bonjour Paris | M. Flinois | |
| 1976 | Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois | "Cannes : on ne gagne qu'une fois" | |
| 1977 | Commissaire Moulin | "Affectation speciale" | Commissaire Kirs |
| 1978 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | "Les Loges du crime" | Portal |
| 1979 | Histoires insolites | "Une dernière fois Catherine" | M Terrier |
| 1979 | Les Amours de la Belle Époque | "Crapotte" | Ruiné |
| 1981 | Les Héritiers | "Les Brus"" | |
| 1982 | De bien étranges affaires | "Un homme ordinaire" | Le professeur Anderson |
| 1983 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | "La Chine à Paris" | Fondier |
Television films
| Year | Title | Director | Role |
| 1962 | Il est minuit docteur Schweitzer | Gilbert Pineau | Leblanc |
| 1962 | Le mal court | Alain Boudet | F |
| 1964 | La Chambre | Michel Mitrani | Pierre |
| 1965 | Huis clos | Michel Mitrani | Garcin |
| 1973 | Genitrix | Paul Paviot | Fernand |
| 1973 | Salomé | Pierre Koralnik | Hérode |
| 1974 | Faites entrer M. Ariman | Alain Dhenault | Luther Ariman |
| 1975 | Le Prix | René Lucot | Walter |
| 1979 | Madame Sourdis | Caroline Huppert | Rennequin |
| 1980 | Docteur Teyran | Jean Chapot | Axel Thor |
| 1980 | Lettres d'amour sur papier bleu | Edouard Logereau | Maurice |
| 1981 | Les Avocats du diable | André Cayatte | Orsini-Belcourt |
| 1981 | Martine Verdier | Bernard Toublanc-Michel | |
| 1982 | Les Invités | Roger Pigaut | Philippe Dubourg |
| 1982 | Lise et Laura | Henry Helman | Frédéric |
| 1983 | Bel ami | Pierre Cardinal | M. Walter |
| 1985 | Christopher Columbus | Alberto Lattuada | Luis De Santangel |
| 1988 | Les Rats de Montsouris | Maurice Frydland | Gaudebert |