François Maistre

Son of comedian and theatre director Aman-Julien Maistre known under the pseudonym of A.M. Julien, François Maistre has often been a subscriber to the roles of police. In this register, an actor talented is mainly known to the general public for his roles in television. The most prominent example is without a doubt his performance in the appearances of the thundering commissioner Faivre, in the first four seasons of the series of the Brigades of the Tiger. It is also found in the Investigations of Commissioner Maigret played by Jean Richard, The Last Five Minutes, The Mystery of the yellow room, The Lady of Monsoreau, Nostradamus, The pleasure of God, Joseph Balsamo, Gaston Phébus,Arsène Lupin, Châteauvallon, several shots of parts of the boulevard to The Theatre this Evening, etc, It also marked Pierre Laval in the movie history The Armistice of June 40 (1983). In the film, where it starts to turn in 1958, his career is that of a second role that can also be found in the films as fiction popular. In the first category, this actor recurring theme in the films of Claude Chabrol has also put her talent at the service of Jacques Rivette, Philippe de Broca, Luis Buñuel (several times), Henri Verneuil and Costa-Gavras. The title of the second, he turned, in a register more food, for André Hunebelle,Bernard Borderie (in the series of Angelique), Jacques Poitrenaud, and Maurice Labro. François Maistre had a son in 1951, John Francis, variety performer, juggler, musician, comedian, musician, puppeteer. After his divorce with Anne-Marie Coffinet, he married Aurore Pajot, and had a daughter, Cécile Maistre, born in 1967, is a director of short films, actress, assistant director and scriptwriter, mainly on the films of Claude Chabrol, for whom she is the daughter-in-law.