Biography

Pierre Desproges was born on May 9, 1939 in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Pierre Desproges au théâtre Fontaine (1986), Les bons conseils du professeur Corbiniou (1981) and Nazis dans le rétro (1977). He was married to Helene. He died on April 18, 1988 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

The tagline of his most famous character, M.Cyclopède : "Etonnant, non?" ("Astonishing, isn't it ?")

Very witty and sarcastic, on TV, stage or radio

His grave is situated in the Père Lachaise cemetery (Paris, France)

In the early 80's, he played the district attorney in the radio-show "Le tribunal des Flagrants Délires", which was a parody of a courthouse, where celebrities were "sued", just for laughing. He succeeded once to judge Jean-Marie Le Pen, french extreme-right wing leader, without insulting him or evoking him as a fascist, which was a pretty hard thing to do.