Editing Jean-Paul Belmondo (section)

===1950s===
[[File:Jean-Paul Belmondo, Rome, 1962.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Belmondo in [[Rome]] in 1962]]
Belmondo's acting career properly began in 1953, with two performances at the [[Théâtre de l'Atelier]] in Paris in [[Jean Anouilh]]'s ''[[Médée (Anouilh)|Médée]]'' and [[Georges Neveux]]'s ''Zamore''.<ref name="left">{{cite web|title=Jean Paul Belmondo|website=Le Film Guide|url=http://www.lefilmguide.com/biography/jean-paul-belmondo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815133128/http://lefilmguide.com/biography/jean-paul-belmondo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2018|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref> Belmondo began touring the provinces with friends including [[Annie Girardot]] and [[Guy Bedos]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Belmondo|last1=Guérif|first1=François|last2=Levy Klein|first2=Stéphane|publisher=PAC|year=1976|pages=81}}</ref>

Belmondo first appeared in the short ''Moliere'' (1956).<ref name=nytobit/> His first film role was a scene with [[Jean-Pierre Cassel]] in ''[[On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels]]'' (1957),<ref name=foot>{{Cite book|editor-last1=Oscherwitz|editor-first1=Dayna|editor-last2=Higgins|editor-first2=MaryEllen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57aIGJqhWDcC|title=The A to Z of French Cinema|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7038-3|oclc=665838566|page=51}}</ref> which was cut from the final film;<ref name=wrap>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jean-paul-belmondo-french-actor-and-star-of-breathless-dies-at-88/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, French Actor and Star of 'Breathless,' Dies at 88|date=6 September 2021|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> however he had a bigger part in the follow-up ''[[A Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik]]'' (1958).<ref name=wrap/>

Belmondo had a small role in the comedy ''[[Be Beautiful But Shut Up]]'' (1958), appearing with [[Alain Delon]],<ref name=contempauthors>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/contemporaryauth174peac|url-access=registration|title=Contemporary Authors|chapter=BELMONDO, Jean-Paul 1933–|volume=174|year=1999|publisher=Gale|isbn=0-7876-2666-X|location=Detroit|oclc=42200439|pages=[[iarchive:contemporaryauth174peac/page/41/mode/1up|41–44]]}}</ref> followed by a role as a gangster in ''[[Young Sinners (1958 film)|Young Sinners]]'' (1958), directed by [[Marcel Carné]].<ref name=vanity>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/09/jean-paul-belmondo-face-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-age-88|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, Face of the French New Wave, Dies at Age 88|date=6 September 2021|publisher=Vanity|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

Belmondo supported [[Bourvil]] and [[Arletty]] in ''[[Sunday Encounter]]'' (1958).<ref name=vanity/> [[Jean-Luc Godard]] directed him in a short, ''[[Charlotte and Her Boyfriend]]'' (1958), where Belmondo's voice was dubbed by Godard after Belmondo was conscripted into the army.<ref name=guardianobit>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/06/jean-paul-belmondo-star-of-breathless-dies-aged-88 |title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of Breathless, dies aged 88 |first=Andrew |last=Pulver|date= 6 September 2021 |work=The Guardian }}</ref> As part of his compulsory military service, he served in Algeria as a private for six months.<ref name="merry">{{Cite news|date=21 June 1964|title='That Man' Belmondo on a Movie Merry-Go-Round|last=Barry|first=Joseph|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/21/archives/that-man-belmondo-on-a-movie-merrygoround.html|access-date=6 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Belmondo's first lead role was in ''[[Les Copains du dimanche]]'' (1958).<ref name=copains>{{Cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=6 September 2021|title=French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has died|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jean-paul-belmondo-death-age-breathless-b1915140.html|access-date=6 September 2021|work=[[The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref> He later had a supporting part in ''[[An Angel on Wheels]]'' (1959) with [[Romy Schneider]] then appeared in ''[[Web of Passion]]'' (1959) for [[Claude Chabrol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://popculture.com/celebrity/news/jean-paul-belmondo-french-actor-breathless-dead-88/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, French Actor Best Known for 'Breathless,' Dead at 88|date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Pop Culture|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> He played [[Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan#Portrayals in fiction|D'Artagnan]] in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1959) for French television.<ref name=musket>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/jean-paul-belmondo-plays-artagnan-in-three-musketeers-news-photo/497137354|title=Jean Paul Belmondo plays Artagnan in "Three Musketeers"|date=13 November 2015 |publisher=Getty Images|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>