Robert Thomas

Robert Thomas

Robert Thomas (28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes – 3 January 1989) was a French writer, actor and film director. As a writer, almost from the beginning, he was fascinated by a curious genre that he helped invent: the comédie policière or comedy thriller, of which Eight Women is an example. In 1960, Thomas had a hit with Man Trap, a humorous murder mystery which was an overnight success in Paris. Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights and the play established Thomas as a writer of psychological crime dramas with a distinctively Gallic comic twist. The following year the second outing of Eight Women was far more successful as it won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play in 1961. Thomas was a prolific actor, playwright and movie director. If he is best known for Eight Women it is probably because it was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002 with a star-studded line-up that included Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas’s plays were never fashionable and he was often dismissed by French critics but he was a popular dramatist. By the time he was 18, he claimed he had read every play published in French since 1900. Thomas died in 1989 in Paris. Source: Article "Robert Thomas (director)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

1974

Un curé de choc
Un curé de choc
as Le brigadier de gendarmerie
TV - Released: 7/22/1974

1971

TV
Samedi soir
as Self
TV - Released: 1/9/1971

1970

Les assassins associés
Les assassins associés
as Léo
Movie - Released: 4/22/1970

1969

La Perruche et le Poulet
La Perruche et le Poulet
as Mr. Laroche (a corpse client) / Mr. Logan, 1st clerk
Movie - Released: 6/7/1969
Le deuxième coup de feu
Le deuxième coup de feu
as Patrice
Movie - Released: 2/28/1969

1966

At Theatre Tonight
At Theatre Tonight
as M. Laroche (un client cadavre), M. Logan, le 1er clerc
TV - Released: 7/21/1966
At Theatre Tonight
At Theatre Tonight
as Jacques
TV - Released: 7/21/1966

1955

The Grand Manoeuvre
The Grand Manoeuvre
Movie - Released: 10/26/1955