Jacques Marie Gaëtan Grétillat (26 August 1885 – 19 December 1950) was a French

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and film director. Grétillat was born in

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), and died in

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Partial filmography

* ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' (1908, Short) - Hamlet * '' Le traquenard'' (1915) * ''Les soeurs ennemies'' (1915) * ''

The Corsican Brothers ''The Corsican Brothers'' (french: Les Frères corses) is a novella by Alexandre Dumas, père, first published in 1844. It is the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's physical distress. It h ...

'' (1917) * ''La proie'' (1917) - Marc de Ricardo * ''

Culprit A culprit, under English law properly the prisoner at the bar, is one accused of a crime. The term is used, generally, of one guilty of an offence. In origin the word is a combination of two Anglo-French legal words, culpable: guilty, and prit or ...

'' (1917) - Prosper Aubry * ''48, avenue de l'Opéra'' (1917) - Jean Daumas * ''Géo, le mystérieux'' (1917) - Géo * ''Quarante H.P.'' (1919) - Comte de Clain * ''L'effroyable doute'' (1919) * ''La double existence du docteur Morart'' (1920) - Docteur Morart * ''Déchéance'' (1920) * ''Le père Goriot'' (1921) - Vautrin * ''

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 unti ...

'' (1922) - Nero * ''La fille des chiffonniers'' (1922) - Dartès * '' David Golder'' (1931) - Marcus, Golders früherer Sozius * ''Pas sur la bouche'' (1931) - Le mari de Gilberte * ''

Danton Georges Jacques Danton (; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a French lawyer and a leading figure in the French Revolution. He became a deputy to the Paris Commune, presided in the Cordeliers district, and visited the Jacobin club. In August ...

'' (1932) - Danton * ''

The Red Robe ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' (1934) - Mouzon * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1934) - Garaud * ''La flambée'' (1934) * ''Bourrasque'' (1935) - Le caïd Belkacem * ''Adémaï au moyen âge'' (1935) - Le connétable * ''L'homme du jour'' (1937) - M. Legal * ''À minuit, le 7'' (1937) - Le juge d'instruction * ''L'empreinte rouge'' (1937) - Suriano * ''

Gribouille Marie-France Gaîté (born 17 July 1941 in Lyon, France – died 18 January 1968), better known as Gribouille was a singer, musician, and songwriter. __NOTOC__ As a teenager, she suffered from a mental disorder, and for a time was confined aga ...

'' (1937) - L'avocat de la défense * ''Si tu reviens'' (1938) - Monsieur Itier * ''Gosse de riche'' (1938) - Gonfaron * '' Café de Paris'' (1938) - Lambert * ''

The Chess Player ''The Chess Player'' (french: Le Joueur d'échecs) is a 1927 French silent film directed by Raymond Bernard and based on a novel by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel. It is a historical drama set in the late 18th century during the Russian domination of Pol ...

'' (1938) - Potemkine * ''

Entente cordiale The Entente Cordiale (; ) comprised a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Anglo-French relations. Beyond the immediate concerns of colonial de ...

'' (1939) - Le député Roussel * ''Les 3 tambours'' (1939) - Le représentant du peuple * ''Face au destin'' (1940) - Le chargé d'affaire * '' Strangers in the House'' (1942) - Le président des Assises * ''Coup de feu dans la nuit'' (1943) - Monsieur du Coudrais * ''Les Roquevillard'' (1943) - Porterieux * ''Coup de tête'' (1944) - Le valet de pied (uncredited) * ''

Pamela Pamela may refer to: *''Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded'', a novel written by Samuel Richardson in 1740 *Pamela (name), a given name and, rarely, a surname * Pamela Spence, a Turkish pop-rock singer. Known as her stage name "Pamela" * MSC ''Pamela'', ...

'' (1945) - Le Villeheurnois * ''

Quai des Orfèvres ''Quai des Orfèvres'' (; "Goldsmiths' Quay"; also known as ''Jenny Lamour'') is a 1947 French police procedural drama film based on the book ''Légitime défense'' by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot the film stars S ...

'' (1947) - Auguste (final film role)

Bibliography

* Abel, Richard. ''The ciné goes to town: French cinema, 1896-1914''. University of California Press, 1998 * Gallagher, Tag. ''John Ford: The Man and his Films''. University of California Press, 1988.

External links

* 1885 births 1950 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors {{France-actor-stub