Daniel Ceccaldi

Daniel Ceccaldi (25 July 1927 – 27 March 2003) was a French actor.

He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father Lucien Darbon in François Truffaut's movies Stolen Kisses and Bed and Board. Note: Christine refers to him twice as "Lucien", not papa, indicating perhaps that he is not her biological father, echoing Truffaut's own experience.

The American critic Bob Wade wrote about Ceccaldi in 'Stolen Kisses': "Claude Jade's parents are memorably played by Daniel Ceccaldi and Claire Duhamel. Ceccaldi’s role may represent the most pleasant and neurosis-free father in any movie of the era. He overflows with Dickensian warmth and geniality."

Partial filmography

• Au bout du quai (2004) (TV)
• Elle est des nôtres (2003)
• Hôpital souterrain (2002) (TV)
• Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert (2001)
• Michele Strogoff - il corriere dello zar (1999) (TV)
• Le fils du Français (1999)
• Portrait, Le (1999) (TV)
• Un grand cri d'amour (1998)
• Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants (1989)
• Le braconnier de Dieu (1983)
• For a Cop's Hide (1981)
• The Wonderful Day (1980)
• Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
• A Happy Divorce (1975)
• L'Amour l'après-midi (Love in the Afternoon) (1972)
• Bed and Board (Domicile conjugal) (1970)
• Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) (1968)
• Le Journal d'une femme en blanc (1965)
• God's Thunder (1965)
• La Peau douce (The Soft Skin) (1964)
• L'homme de Rio (That Man From Rio) (1964)
• Girl's Apartment (1963)
• Pouic-Pouic (1963)
• Les Veinards (1963)
• The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
• Women's Club (1956)
• Frou-Frou (1955)
• La Reine Margot (1954)