Maurice Baquet is a multi-talented man: gifted cellist (1st prize at
the Conservatoire de Paris), Skier (member of the 1936 French Olympic
Team), mountain climber(this talent used in several movies, including
'Premier de Cordée'). He attracted poet 'Jacques Prevet''s attention when riding
on his bicycle, holding his cello, and soon joigned Prevert's famed
theather Octobre group. Movies followed rapidly, and he became a
favorite of the French public.
He has been active in several fields, outside of movies: a one-man
show, music-hall, operettas (most of them with
Luis Mariano; one of them was
filmed -
Andalousie (1951). He appeared on Broadway ('My aunt's feather', with
Liliane Montevecchi), and on the London stage. A great friend of famed photographer
Robert Doineau, he wrote "Ballade pour violoncelle et chambre noire"
adorned with magnificent photos of himself by Doisneau.
L'ami de Patagonie(2002)as Le père de Mathieu
Le goût des fraises(1998)as Lucien
Dieu seul me voit(1998)as M. Crémieux
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous(1996)as Delanoë
Molly(1995)as Monsieur Beauchamps
La joie de vivre(1952)
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos(2000)as Self
100 films par 100 personnalités(1998)as Self
Un siècle d'écrivains(1995)as Self
Compression(1995)as Self
Beau geste(2023)as Self
Maurice Baquet, l'Accordé(2023)as Self
Rembob'Ina(2018)as Le petit Claus
D'après une histoire vraie(2021)as Self
Les Nuits de France Culture(1994)as Self