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Claude Dauphin (1903–1978)

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In 1930, Claude, who was a stage-struck set designer at the Oden Theater, a repertory house in Paris, learned an ailing actor's part in two hours and took it over without a rehearsal. Tristan Bernard, the famous French playwright and producer took notice of this feat. He engaged Dauphin for the leading role of his next play "La fortune" was was also made into a film the next year... See full bio »

Born:

Claude Marie Eugène Legrand
in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, France

Died:

(age 75) in Paris, France
Still of Claude Dauphin and Simone Signoret in Casque d'Or
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1978 Messieurs les ronds de cuir (TV movie)
Le conservateur
 
1978 Les Miserables (TV movie)
Bishop Myriel
 
1978 The Pawn
Albert Carraud
 
1978 Ce diable d'homme (TV mini-series)
Voltaire vieux
– Mourir à Paris (1978) … Voltaire vieux
– Le supplicié de Toulouse (1978) … Voltaire vieux
– Les orages de Prusse (1978) … Voltaire vieux
– Émilie contre Frédéric (1978) … Voltaire vieux
– Contrebandier de la liberté (1978) … Voltaire vieux
See all 6 episodes »
 
1977 Madame Rosa
Docteur Katz
 
1977 Focal Point
Maître Leroy
 
1977 The Anchorite
Boswell
 
1976 Mado
Vaudable
 
1976 The Tenant
Husband at the accident
 
1976 Le siècle des lumières (TV movie)
Voltaire âgé
 
1974-1976 Au théâtre ce soir (TV series)
Burgess / Fergys
– On croit rêver (Monsieur de France) (1976) … Fergys
– Candida (1974) … Burgess
 
1975 La course à l'échalote
De Rovère
 
1975 Rosebud
Charles-Andre Fargeau
 
1975 That Most Important Thing: Love
Mazelli
 
1974 La p... respectueuse (TV movie)
 
1973 Vogue la galère (TV movie)
Le capitaine
 
1973 Vogliamo i colonnelli
The President of the Italian Republic
 
1973 Expulsion of the Devil
Father D'Aval
 
1972 La più bella serata della mia vita
Cancelliere Bouisson
 
1972 Églantine
Clément
 
1970 Berlin Affair (TV movie)
Languin
 
1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot
Dr. Jadin
 
1969 Hard Contract
Maurice
 
1968 Barbarella
President of Earth
 
1968 Adolphe, ou l'âge tendre
Monsieur Rebecque
 
1967 The Other One
Serebriakov
 
1967 Lamiel
Le marquis d'Orpiez
 
1967 Malican père et fils (TV series)
Albert Malican
– L'infirme (1967) … Albert Malican
– La rançon (1967) … Albert Malican
– L'enfant prodigue (1967) … Albert Malican
– Cache-cache (1967) … Albert Malican
– Danger de mort (1967) … Albert Malican
See all 12 episodes »
 
1967 Two for the Road
Maurice Dalbret
 
1967 Spy Pit
Lasalle
 
1966 Grand Prix
Hugo Simon
 
1966 Un beau dimanche (TV movie)
Albert
 
1966 Is Paris Burning?
Colonel Lebel
 
1965 Lady L
Inspector Mercier
 
1965 Compartiment tueurs
Le frère d'Eliane (uncredited)
 
1964 The Visit
Bardick
 
1964 La bonne soupe
M. Oscar
 
1964 Les fables de La Fontaine (TV series)
– Le loup et le chien
 
1963 Harry's Girls (TV series)
Jean Paul Charvel
– Collector's Item (1963) … Jean Paul Charvel
 
1963 Symphonie pour un massacre
Valoti
 
1962 Naked City (TV series)
Ogier Douvay
– The Virtues of Madame Douvay (1962) … Ogier Douvay
 
1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Georges Beaufort (segment "Luxurieux point ne seras")
 
1962 Kraft Mystery Theater (TV series)
Lowell
– The Problem in Cell Block 13 (1962) … Lowell
 
1962 Tiara Tahiti
Henri Farengue
 
1960 Stop Me Before I Kill!
David Prade
 
1953-1960 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Inspector Boileau
– How to Make a Killing (1960) … Inspector Boileau
– The Vanishing Point (1953)
 
1959 Play of the Week (TV series)
Hoederer
– Crime of Passion (1959) … Hoederer
 
1959 Too Late to Love
René Dargillière
 
1958 My Darned Father
Jean Servin
 
1958 The Quiet American
Inspector Vigot
 
1957 Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (TV series)
Brother Joachim
– The Monk of Chimay (1957) … Brother Joachim
 
1956 Paris, Palace Hôtel
Le récitant/Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1956 General Electric Summer Originals (TV series)
– The Green Parrot (1956)
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Monsieur Aristide Duchamp
– Paris and Mrs. Perlman (1956) … Monsieur Aristide Duchamp
 
1953-1955 Paris Precinct (TV series)
Insp. Bolbec / Inspector Bolbec
– A Thief Gets Robbed (1955) … Insp. Bolbec
– The Book Keeper (1955) … Insp. Bolbec
– Episode #2.15 (1955) … Insp. Bolbec
– Episode #2.14 (1955) … Insp. Bolbec
– A Tale of the Shirt (1955) … Insp. Bolbec
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1955 Bad Liaisons
Le docteur Jacques Daniéli
 
1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
André
– The Lady in the Wind (1955) … André
 
1955 Front Row Center (TV series)
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
– Meeting at Mayerling (1955) … Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
 
1954-1955 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Brigadier Gerard / Private Henri Baptiste
– On Leave (1955) … Private Henri Baptiste
– How the Brigadier Won His Medals (1954) … Brigadier Gerard
– Something Wonderful (1954)
 
1955 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
Inspector Bolbec
– Minus Three Thousand (1955) … Inspector Bolbec
 
1951-1955 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Cardinal Mindszenty / Victor Marquet
– Sail with the Tide (1955) … Victor Marquet
– Cardinal Mindszenty (1954) … Cardinal Mindszenty
– The Shadow of a Man (1953)
– At Mrs. Beam's (1951)
 
1954 Nous irons à Valparaiso (TV movie)
 
1954 Omnibus (TV series)
– The Apollo of Bellac (1954)
 
1954 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Broken Fist (1954)
 
1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Insp. Bonnard
 
1954 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV series)
Georges
– A Chair on the Boulevard … Georges
 
1953 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
– Episode dated 12 December 1953 (1953)
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Paul
– The Moment of the Rose (1953) … Paul
 
1953 The Three Musketeers
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1953 Little Boy Lost
Pierre Verdier
 
1952-1953 Suspense (TV series)
Redl
– Vial of Death (1953)
– Betrayal in Vienna (1952) … Redl
 
1953 Innocents in Paris
Max de Lonne
 
1952 April in Paris
Philippe Fouquet
 
1952 Adorable Creatures
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1952 Casque d'Or
Félix Leca
 
1952 Le Plaisir
Le docteur (segment "Le Masque")
 
1952 Le duel à travers les âges (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1950 Deported
Vito Bucelli
 
1950 The Chocolate Girl
Paul Normand
 
1949 Thus Finishes the Night
Le pianiste André Fuger
 
1949 L'inconnu d'un soir
Harry Belmont
 
1949 Firemen's Ball
Camille, Olivier and Henri Grégeois
 
1949 Jean de la Lune
Jeff - un marchand de fleurs follement amoureux de Marceline
 
1948/II Van Gogh (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1948 Cruise for the Unknown One
Clément Fournil
 
1948 Impeccable Henri
Henri - le majordome
 
1948 Parade du rire
M. de la Bergère
 
1948 Road Blocked
Jacques Audoin
 
1948/I Van Gogh (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1947 Naughty Martine
Jacques Brévannes
 
1947 Rendezvous in Paris
Robert Chesnay aka Michel Trévines
 
1946 We Are Not Married
Fernand
 
1946 Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
 
1946 Dropped from Heaven
Maurice
 
1946 Une femme coupée en morceaux
 
1945 Dorothy Looks for Love
Robert
 
1945 Twilight
Aimé Cavalier
 
1944 Salute to France (short)
Jacques Bonhomme
 
1944 Her Man Gilbey
François de Freycinet
 
1944 Portrait of a Woman
Le commissaire de police
 
1943 Two Shy Ones
Jules Frémissin
 
1943 A Woman in the Night
François Rousseau
 
1942 La belle aventure
Valentin Le Barroyer
 
1942 Small Kidneys
Drial (uncredited)
 
1942 Men Without Fear
Henri Vermont
 
1942 Promise to the Unknown One
Jean Cartier
 
1941 Strange Suzy
Jacques Hébert
 
1940 The World Will Shake
Jean Durand
 
1940 Paris New-York
Paul Landry
 
1940 Beating Heart
Pierre de Rougemont
 
1940 Love Cavalcade
Léandre, Hubert & Georges
 
1938 Conflit
Gérard
 
1938 The Curtain Rises
François Polti
 
1937 The Buttock
Robert Grésillon
 
1937 The Pearls of the Crown
Italian in Abyssinia
 
1936 Faisons un rêve...
Un invité (prologue)
 
1936 The Happy Road
Paul Venieri
 
1935 Return to Paradise
Robert Ginet
 
1935 Le billet de mille
Le neveu
 
1935 Slipper Episode
Andre Chabrolles
 
1934 Dédé
André 'Dédé' de la Huchette
 
1934 We Are Not Children
Jean Servin
 
1933 Les surprises du sleeping
Le prince Philippe
 
1933 L'abbé Constantin
Paul de Laverdens
 
1933 Boubouroche
André
 
1933 La fille du régiment
Le lieutenant Williams
 
1933 Paris-Soleil
Fernand
 
1933 Love and Cool Water
Andre
 
1933 Don't Need Money
Paul
 
1932 Clair de lune
Jacques
 
1932 A Girl and a Million
Bobby
 
1932 To the Polls, Citizens
René Faradin
 
1932 Un homme heureux
Claude Moreuil
 
1931 Tout s'arrange
Émile
 
1931 The Fortune
Joannis
 
1931 Figuration
André
 
1930 The Story of the Fox
Monkey (voice)
 
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1952 April in Paris (performer: "Give Me Your Lips" - uncredited)
 
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1944 Bon Voyage (short) (technical advisor: dialogue)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
1979 Un comédien lit un auteur (TV series)
Himself
– Claude Dauphin lit Jean Giraudoux (1979) … Himself
 
1978 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 3ème nuit des Césars (1978) … Himself
 
1977 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1975 Le théâtre de Tristan Bernard (TV movie)
Himself/En personne (témoignage) (segment "Entracte, L'")
 
1974 Are You Crazy, Marcel? (documentary short)
Himself
 
1972 Dans le jardin de Franc-Nohain (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 Samedi soir (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 September 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1968 Survival 1967 (documentary)
Narrator (voice: French version)
 
1967 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jacques Becker (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Le cinéma du diable (documentary) (voice)
 
1966 Lumière (documentary) (voice)
 
1965 Le palmarès des chansons (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 November 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1960 Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1959 Discorama (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 March 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1956 Seven Wonders of the World (documentary)
Narrator (French version)/Récitant (voice)
 
1947 Paris 1900 (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (French version) (voice)
 
1940 Radio Surprises
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1993 De force avec d'autres
Himself/En personne dans 'Les séquestrés d'Altona'
 

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