Claude Dauphin (19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978.

Biography

He was born in

Corbeil-Essonnes Corbeil-Essonnes () on the River Seine is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry, the sub-prefecture building ...

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, and who was the librettist for

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's opera ''

L'heure espagnole ''L'heure espagnole'' is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a ''comédie musicale'', with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same nameStoullig E. '' ...

''. His elder brother was the writer

Jean Nohain Jean Nohain (1900–1981) was a French playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter, and a radio and television producer and presenter. He was the son of the librettist Franc-Nohain and the brother of the actor Claude Dauphin.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.118 ...

. Dauphin's debut on film came in ''La Vagabonde'' (1930). He debuted on stage in ''Chapeau Chinois'' (1930) in Paris.

Private life

Dauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress

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with whom he had a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress

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. The couple divided their time between

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and Ocean Township, New Jersey. They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.

Selected filmography

* '' A Tale of the Fox'' (1930) - Monkey (voice) * ''Tout s'arrange'' (1931) - Émile * ''

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'' (1931) - Joannis * ''

To the Polls, Citizens ''To the Polls, Citizens'' (French: ''Aux urnes, citoyens!'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Jean Hémard and starring Léon Belières and Henri Poupon Henri Poupon (1884–1953) was a French stage and film actor.Paietta p.128 He work ...

'' (1932) - René Faradin * ' (1932) - Bobby * ''

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'' (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 * ' (1933) - Prince Philippe * ''Pas besoin d'argent'' (1933) - Paul * ' (1934) - Jean Servin * ''Dédé'' (1934) - André 'Dédé' de la Huchette * ' (1935) - André Chabrolles * ' (1935) - Le neveu * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) - Robert Ginet * ''La Route heureuse'' (1936) - Paul Venieri * ''

Let's Make a Dream ''Let's Make a Dream'' (French: ''Faisons un rêve...'') is a 1936 French romantic comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Raimu and Jacqueline Delubac.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.24 It is an adaptation of the 1916 play of the same t ...

'' (1936) - Un invité * ''

The Pearls of the Crown ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (french: Les Perles de la couronne) is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well). Guitry's Jean Mar ...

'' (1937) - Le prisonnier italien en Abyssinie * ''

The Tale of the Fox ''The Tale of the Fox'' (french: Le Roman de Renard, nl, Van den vos Reynaerde, german: Reinecke Fuchs) was stop-motion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevich's first fully animated feature film. The film is based on the tales of Renard the Fox. ...

'' (1937) - Robert Grésillon * ''

The Curtain Rises ''The Curtain Rises'' (french: Entrée des artistes) is a 1938 French crime film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin and Odette Joyeux.Andrew p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Kraus ...

'' (1938) - François Polti * '' Conflit'' (1938) - Gérard * ' (1939) - Docteur Jean Durand * ''

Radio Surprises ''Radio Surprises'' (French: ''Les surprises de la radio'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Marcel Aboulker and starring Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard and Grégoire Aslan. It is a revue show.Quinlan p.135 It was shot at the Epinay S ...

'' (1940) - Himself * '' Cavalcade d'amour'' (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges * ''

Paris-New York ''Paris-New York'' (French: ''Paris New-York'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Yves Mirande, Claude Heymann and Georges Lacombe. It stars Gaby Morlay, Michel Simon and André Lefaur.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.306 It was shot at the Cité ...

'' (1940) - Paul Landry * '' Strange Suzy'' (1941) - Jacques Hébert * ' (1942) - Jean Cartier * ' (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 * ''

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'' (1944) - Le commissaire de police * ''

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'' (1944) - François de Freycinet * '' Felicie Nanteuil'' (1944) - Aimé Cavalier * ''

Dorothy Looks for Love ''Dorothy Looks for Love'' (French: ''Dorothée cherche l'amour'') is a 1945 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Suzy Carrier, Claude Dauphin and Jules Berry.Rège p.469 The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...

'' (1945) - Robert * ''Une femme coupée en morceaux'' (1946) * '' Tombé du ciel'' (1946) - Maurice * ''

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'' (1946) - Cyrano de Bergerac * '' We Are Not Married'' (1946) - Fernand * '' Paris 1900'' (1947) - Robert Chesnay aka Michel Trévines * ''L'éventail'' (1947) - Jacques Brévannes * '' Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947) - Robert Chesnay * ''

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'' (1948) - Narrator (voice) * ''Route sans issue'' (1948) - Jacques Audoin * ' (1948) - M. de la Bergère * ''

Impeccable Henri ''Impeccable Henri'' (French: ''L'Impeccable Henri'') is a 1948 French comedy film directed by Charles-Félix Tavano and starring Claude Dauphin, Marcelle Derrien and Félix Oudart.Rège p.151 The film's sets were designed by Robert-Jules Garni ...

'' (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 * ''Le Bal des pompiers'' (1949) - Camille, Olivier and Henri Grégeois * ' (1949) - Harry Belmont * ' (1949) - Le pianiste André Fuger * ''

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'' (1950) - Paul Normand * ''

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'' (1950) - Vito Bucelli * ''

Le Plaisir ''Le Plaisir'' (English title, ''House of Pleasure'') is a 1952 French comedy-drama anthology film by German-born film director Max Ophüls (1902–1957) adapting three short stories by Guy de Maupassant — " Le Masque" (1889), " La Maison ...

'' (1952) - Le docteur (segment "Le Masque") * ''

Casque d'or ''Casque d'Or'' ("Golden Helmet") is a 1952 French historical drama film directed by Jacques Becker. It is a Belle Époque tragedy, the story of an ill-fated love affair between characters played by Simone Signoret and Serge Reggiani. The story ...

'' (1952) - Félix Leca * '' Adorable Creatures'' (1952) - Récitant / Narrator (voice) * '' April in Paris'' (1952) - Philippe Fouquet * ''

Innocents in Paris ''Innocents in Paris'' is a 1953 British-French international co-production comedy film produced by Romulus Films, directed by Gordon Parry and starring Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Claude Dauphin, and Jimmy ...

'' (1953) - Max de Lonne * '' Little Boy Lost'' (1953) - Pierre Verdier * ''

Les Trois Mousquetaires ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (The Three Musketeers) is a 1921 French silent adventure film serial directed by Henri Diamant-Berger based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Plot summary Cast * Aimé Simon-Girard ... d'Artagnan ...

'' (1953) - Commentant le film par la voix de (voice) * ''

Phantom of the Rue Morgue ''Phantom of the Rue Morgue'' is a 1954 American mystery horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin and Patricia Medina. The film is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story ''The Murders in the Ru ...

'' (1954) - Insp. Bonnard * '' Les mauvaises rencontres'' (1955) - Le docteur Jacques Daniéli * ' (1956) - Le récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited) * ''

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'' (1958) - Inspector Vigot * ' (1958) - Jean Servin * '' Pourquoi viens-tu si tard?'' (1959) - René Dargillière * ''

The Full Treatment ''The Full Treatment'' (also known as ''The Treatment'' and ''Stop Me Before I Kill!'') is a 1960 black-and-white, British thriller film directed by Val Guest and starring Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento and Ronald Lewis. It was based on the 195 ...

'' (1960) - David Prade * ''

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'' (1962) - Henri Farengue * ''

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'' (1962) - Georges Beaufort (segment "Luxurieux point ne seras") * ' (1963) - Valoti * ''La Bonne Soupe'' (1964) - M. Oscar * '' The Visit'' (1964) - Bardick * '' Compartiment tueurs'' (1965) - Le frère d'Eliane (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1965) - Inspector Mercier * '' Is Paris Burning?'' (1966) - Colonel Lebel * ''

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'' (1966) - Hugo Simon * ''Da Berlino l'apocalisse'' (1967) - Lasalle * '' Two for the Road'' (1967) - Maurice Dalbret * ''

Lamiel ''Lamiel'' is a 1967 French historical drama film. It was directed by Jean Aurel and stars Anna Karina, Michel Bouquet, and Jean-Claude Brialy. The film is based on Stendhal's unfinished last novel, '' Lamiel''. A costume drama set in the 19 ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (1969) - Maurice * ''

The Madwoman of Chaillot ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' (french: La Folle de Chaillot) is a play, a poetic satire, by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, written in 1943 and first performed in 1945, after his death. The play is in two acts. The story concerns an eccentric woma ...

'' (1969) - Dr. Jadin * ''Églantine'' (1972) - Clément * '' La più bella serata della mia vita'' (1972) - Cancelliere Bouisson * ''

Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse ''Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse'' is a 1973 horror film directed by Juan Luis Buñuel (the son of Luis Buñuel). It is also known as ''At the Meeting with Joyous Death'' (International English title) and ''Expulsion of the Devil'' (USA) and ...

'' (1973) - Father D'Aval * '' Vogliamo i colonnelli'' (1973) - The President of the Italian Republic * ''

Vogue la galère ''Vogue la galère'' is a 1973 French film directed by Raymond Rouleau. It is based on the play ''Vogue la galère'' by Marcel Aymé Cast * Claude Dauphin - Le capitaine * Robert Hossein - Simon * Henry Czarniak - Hardouin * Gérard Lartigau ...

'' (1973) - Le capitaine * ''

L'important c'est d'aimer ''That Most Important Thing: Love'' (original French title: ''L'important c'est d'aimer'') is a French film directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski. It tells the story of a passionate love relationship between Nadine Chevalier, a B-List act ...

'' (1975) - Mazelli * ''

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'' (1975) - Fargeau * ''

La Course à l'échalote ''La Course à l'échalote'' is a 1975 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi. Plot Young and dynamic, founded with power from the "20th Century Bank", Pierre Vidal regularly spies with his binoculars his partner Janet, who works in a haird ...

'' (1975) - De Rovère * ''

The Tenant ''The Tenant'' (French: ''Le locataire'') is a 1976 psychological horror film set in France but filmed in English and directed by Roman Polanski, starring Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, and Shelley Winters. It is based upon the 196 ...

'' (1976) - Husband at the accident * '' Mado'' (1976) - Vaudable * '' The Anchorite'' (1976) - Boswell * ''Le Point de mire'' (1977) - Maître Leroy * ''

Madame Rosa ''Madame Rosa'' (french: La vie devant soi) is a 1977 French drama film directed by Moshé Mizrahi, adapted from the 1975 novel ''The Life Before Us'' by Romain Gary. It stars Simone Signoret and Samy Ben-Youb, and tells the story of an elderly ...

'' (1977) - Docteur Katz * '' Le Pion'' (1978) - Albert Carraud * ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...

'' (1978, TV Movie) - Bishop Myriel

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dauphin, Claude 1903 births 1978 deaths 20th-century French male actors Donaldson Award winners People from Corbeil-Essonnes People from Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey French male film actors French Resistance members Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery