Claude Dauphin (né Legrand; 19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978, including Barbarella, The Quiet American, The Tenant, Grand Prix, The Lady Vanishes, and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.
Claude Dauphin | |
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 Dauphin in the 1944 film A Salute to France | |
| Born | Claude Marie Eugène Legrand 19 August 1903 Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, France |
| Died | 16 November 1978 (aged 75) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1930–1978 |
| Spouse(s) | Rosine Derean Maria Mauban Norma Eberhardt (1955–1978; his death) |
| Children | 2, including Jean-Claude |
| Father | Maurice Étienne Legrand |
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Biography
editHe was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain,[1] and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole. His elder brother was the writer Jean Nohain.[citation needed]
Dauphin's debut on film came in La Vagabonde (1930).[1] He debuted on stage in Chapeau Chinois (1930) in Paris.[2]
Private life
editDauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress Maria Mauban with whom he had a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress Norma Eberhardt.[3] The couple divided their time between Paris, Los Angeles, New York City and Ocean Township, New Jersey.[3][4] They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.[3]
Selected filmography
edit- A Tale of the Fox (1930) - Monkey (voice)
- Tout s'arrange (1931) - Émile
- The Fortune (1931) - Joannis
- To the Polls, Citizens (1932) - René Faradin
- Une jeune fille et un million (1932) - Bobby
- Moonlight (1932) - Jacques
- A Happy Man (1932) - Claude Moreuil
- Paris-Soleil (1933) - Fernand
- La Fille du régiment (1933) - Lieutenant Williams
- Le Rayon des amours (1933) - André
- Boubouroche (1933) - André
- The Abbot Constantine (1933) - Paul de Laverdens
- D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1933) - Andre
- Les Surprises du sleeping (1933) - Prince Philippe
- Pas besoin d'argent (1933) - Paul
- Nous ne sommes plus des enfants (1934) - Jean Servin
- Dédé (1935) - André 'Dédé' de la Huchette
- The Slipper Episode (1935) - André Chabrolles
- Le Billet de mille (1935) - Le neveu
- Return to Paradise (1935) - Robert Ginet
- The Happy Road (1936) - Paul Venieri
- Let's Make a Dream (1936) - Un invité
- The Pearls of the Crown (1937) - Le prisonnier italien en Abyssinie
- The Tale of the Fox (1937) - Robert Grésillon
- The Curtain Rises (1938) - François Polti
- Conflit (1938) - Gérard
- The World Will Tremble (1939) - Docteur Jean Durand
- Radio Surprises (1940) - Himself
- Cavalcade d'amour (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges
- Beating Heart (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges
- Paris-New York (1940) - Paul Landry
- Strange Suzy (1941) - Jacques Hébert
- Promise to a Stranger (1942) - Jean Cartier
- Les Hommes sans peur (1942) - Henri Vermont
- Les Petits Riens (1942) - Drial (uncredited)
- The Beautiful Adventure (1942) - Valentin Le Barroyer
- A Woman in the Night (1943) - François Rousseau
- Les Deux Timides (1943) - Jules Frémissin
- The Lady Vanishes (1944) - Le commissaire de police
- English Without Tears (1944) - François de Freycinet
- Felicie Nanteuil (1944) - Aimé Cavalier
- Dorothy Looks for Love (1945) - Robert
- Une femme coupée en morceaux (1946)
- Tombé du ciel (1946) - Maurice
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1946) - Cyrano de Bergerac
- We Are Not Married (1946) - Fernand
- Paris 1900 (1947) - Robert Chesnay aka Michel Trévines
- Naughty Martine (1947) - Jacques Brévannes
- Rendezvous in Paris (1947) - Robert Chesnay
- Van Gogh (1948) - Narrator (voice)
- Route sans issue (1948) - Jacques Audoin
- Parade du rire (1948) - M. de la Bergère
- Impeccable Henri (1948) - Henri, le majordome
- Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948) - Clément Fournil
- Jean de la Lune (1949) - Jeff, un marchand de fleurs follement amoureux de Marceline ("a flower seller madly in love with Marceline")
- Le Bal des pompiers (1949) - Camille, Olivier and Henri Grégeois
- L'Inconnu d'un soir (1949) - Harry Belmont
- Ainsi finit la nuit (1949) - Le pianiste André Fuger
- The Chocolate Girl (1950) - Paul Normand
- Deported (1950) - Vito Bucelli
- Le Plaisir (1952) - Le docteur (segment "Le Masque")
- Casque d'or (1952) - Félix Leca
- Adorable Creatures (1952) - Récitant / Narrator (voice)
- April in Paris (1952) - Philippe Fouquet
- Innocents in Paris (1953) - Max de Lonne
- Little Boy Lost (1953) - Pierre Verdier
- Les Trois Mousquetaires (1953) - Commentant le film par la voix de (voice)
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) - Inspector Bonnard
- Les mauvaises rencontres (1955) - Le docteur Jacques Daniéli
- G.E. Summer Originals (TV series, 1956) Episode "The Green Parrot" (unsold television pilot)
- Paris, Palace Hôtel (1956) - Le récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- The Quiet American (1958) - Inspector Vigot
- Mon coquin de père (1958) - Jean Servin
- Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? (1959) - René Dargillière
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 19: "Not the Running Type") - Co-host
- The Full Treatment (1960) - David Prade
- Tiara Tahiti (1962) - Henri Farengue
- Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962) - Georges Beaufort (segment "Luxurieux point ne seras")
- Symphonie pour un massacre (1963) - Valoti
- La Bonne Soupe (1964) - M. Oscar
- The Visit (1964) - Bardick
- Compartiment tueurs (1965) - Le frère d'Eliane (uncredited)
- Lady L (1965) - Inspector Mercier
- Is Paris Burning? (1966) - Colonel Lebel
- Grand Prix (1966) - Hugo Simon
- Da Berlino l'apocalisse (1967) - Lasalle
- Two for the Road (1967) - Maurice Dalbret
- Lamiel (1967) - Le marquis d'Orpiez
- L'une et l'autre (1967) - Serebriakov
- Hamilchama al hashalom (1968 documentary) - Narrator
- Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre (1968) - Monsieur Rebecque
- Barbarella (1968) - President of Earth
- Hard Contract (1969) - Maurice
- The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) - Dr. Jadin
- Églantine (1972) - Clément
- La più bella serata della mia vita (1972) - Cancelliere Bouisson
- Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1973) - Father D'Aval
- Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973) - The President of the Italian Republic
- Vogue la galère (1973) - Le capitaine
- L'important c'est d'aimer (1975) - Mazelli
- Rosebud (1975) - Fargeau
- La Course à l'échalote (1975) - De Rovère
- The Tenant (1976) - Husband at the accident
- Mado (1976) - Vaudable
- The Anchorite (1976) - Boswell
- Le Point de mire (1977) - Maître Leroy
- Madame Rosa (1977) - Docteur Katz
- Le Pion (1978) - Albert Carraud
- Les Misérables (1978, TV Movie) - Bishop Myriel
References
edit- ^ a b Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009). The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780810870383. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Aaker, Everett (2011). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 175–177. ISBN 978-0-7864-6409-8.
- ^ a b c "Norma Eberhardt". The Daily Telegraph. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ "Norma Eberhardt Dauphin obituary". Asbury Park Press. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.