- Films
- 31
- Avg rating
- 6.76
- Peak run
- 1934’53
- 7+ run
- 6 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Charles by the numbers
Average
6.76
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.86
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.80
rating spread
Career
59y
1930 to 1988
Total votes
5.43K
across every film
Best
8.0
The Wages of Fear
Worst
7.3
To Catch a Thief
Newest first
Filmography
| 1988 | The Seasons of Pleasure | Charles van Bert | 4.6 | 26 |
| 1981 |  Three Brothers | Donato Giuranna | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1977 |  Alice or the Last Escapade | Henri Vergennes | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1976 |  Boomerang | Jean Ritter | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1976 |  Illustrious Corpses | Procurator Varga | 6.8 | 111 |
| 1975 |  Seven Deaths by Prescription | Pr Brézé | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1972 |  The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life | Il Presidente | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1970 | Countdown to Vengeance | Juliani | · | 12 |
| 1968 |  Woman in Chains | L'invité au vernissage qui dit 'Oui, ça correspond au schéma du bonhomme' (uncredited) | 7.0 | 78 |
| 1967 |  Shock Troops | Passevin | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1963 |  Magnet of Doom | Dieudonné Ferchaux | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1963 | A King Without Distraction | le procureur du roi | · | 7 |
| 1963 |  Symphony for a Massacre | Paoli | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1961 |  Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece | Father Alexandre | 6.1 | 112 |
| 1960 |  The Truth | Maître Guérin | 7.6 | 216 |
| 1958 | The Mask of the Gorilla | Colonel Berthomieu | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1956 |  Death in the Garden | Castin | 6.4 | 86 |
| 1955 |  To Catch a Thief | Bertani | 7.3 | 1,729 |
| 1955 |  Diabolique | Police Inspector Alfred Fichet | 7.9 | 1,142 |
| 1954 | On Trial | Wolf Andergast | · | 13 |
Better together?
Charles Vanel's regulars
- Henri-Georges ClouzotDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.82 avg▲+0.77
- Julien DuvivierDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.75
- Jean GrémillonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.27
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Henri-Georges Clouzot and Charles Vanel movies · Julien Duvivier and Charles Vanel movies · Jean Grémillon and Charles Vanel movies
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