Lud Germain, "Ludovic Germain" was a Haitian actor and singer, probably naturalized French. He is best known for his role in ''L'Auberge Rouge'' (The Red Inn) (1951) as Fétiche.
He died in France in January 2015.
Biography
Lud Germain probably arrived in France around the beginning of the 1930s.
In 1937, he was part of the "Haitian Trio",
Carte postale
de l'Exposition de Paris 1937 représentant les portraits de SALNAVE-GERMAIN-THIBAULT avec le sous-titre "Trio Haïtien au Pavillon de Haïti" a musical ensemble that performed at the Pavilion of Haiti at the International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques of Paris.
This trio consisted of Bertin Depestre Salnave (flute, saxophone), Lud Germain (vocals), Maurice Thibault (piano).
Filmography
;Cinema
* 1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
: ''L'Amant de Bornéo
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'' de Jean-Pierre Feydeau
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Filmography
Assistant ...
et René Le Hénaff
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- ''(rôle non crédité)''
* 1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
: '' 120, rue de la Gare'' de Léo Malet
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Biography
Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 1 ...
- ''Toussaint (rôle non crédité)''
* 1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
: ''Émile l'Africain
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Cast
* Fernandel as Émile Boulard
* Alexandre Rignault as ...
'' de Robert Vernay
Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in Paris – October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter.
Career
In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to Julien Duvivier on ''Pépé le Moko''.
In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of ...
- ''Bimbo
* 1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
: ''Plus de vacances pour le Bon Dieu
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Mathematics
* Addition
* +, the mathematical sign
Music
* ''+'' (Ed Sheeran album), (pronounced "plus"), 2011
* ''Plus'' (Cannonball Adderley Quintet album), 1961
* ''Plus'' (Matt Nathanson EP), 2003
* ''Plus'' (Martin Ga ...
'' de Robert Vernay
Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in Paris – October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter.
Career
In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to Julien Duvivier on ''Pépé le Moko''.
In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of ...
* 1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
: '' Pipe chien'' de Henri Verneuil
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(court métrage)
* 1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
: '' L'Auberge rouge'' de Claude Autant-Lara
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Biography
Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...
- ''Fétiche''
* 1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
: ''Massacre en dentelles
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'' de André Hunebelle
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Master Glass Artist
After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a mas ...
- ''Sam Barnett''
* 1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
: ''Elle et moi
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'' de Guy Lefranc
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Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 ...
- ''Bouboudou''
* 1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
: ''Mon frangin du Sénégal
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The film's sets were designed by the art ...
'' de Guy Lacourt
Guy Lacourt (7 August 1910 - 15 August 1984) was a French film director, assistant director and unit production manager.
Director
*1952 : '' Le Costaud des Batignolles''
*1953 : ''My Brother from Senegal''
Assistant director
* 1936 : '' Le ...
- ''le Noir engagé comme commis''
* 1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
: ''La môme vert de gris
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Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' de Bernard Borderie Bernard Borderie (10 June 1924 in Paris – 28 May 1978 in Paris) was a French film director and screenwriter. His father, Raymond Borderie, was one of the producers of ''Children of Paradise, Les Enfants du Paradis'' (''Children of Paradise'', 1945 ...
- ''le domestique de Harley Chase'' ''(rôle non crédité)''
* 1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
: ''Lettre ouverte
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'' de Alex Joffé
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* 1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
: ''Maxime Maxime is a French given name that may refer to:
As a name
*Maxime Bernier (born 1963), former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
*Maxime Bôcher, American mathematician
*Maxime Boyer, Canadian professional wrestler
*Maxime Du Camp, French writer ...
'' de Henri Verneuil
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: ''le serviteur noir''
* 1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
: ''Vive les vacances
Vive may refer to:
* Vive, Viva, a Romance language expression
* ''Vive'' (José José album), 1974
* ''Vive'' (LucÃa Méndez album), 2004
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*ViVe Televisión, a state-owned Ve ...
'' de Jean-Marc Thibault
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Selected filmography
* ''First on the Rope'' (1944)
* '' Cage of Girls'' (1949)
* ''I Like Only You'' (1949)
* ''Women of Paris'' ...
- ''Kikouyou''
* 1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
: ''J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
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'' de Michel Gast
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* MÃchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...
- ''Harrison, le serviteur des Shannon''
* 1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
: '' Les Tripes au soleil'' de Claude Bernard-Aubert Claude may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People and fictional characters
* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...
- ''(rôle non crédité)''
* 1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
: '' Les Motards'' de Jean Laviron
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Filmography Director
* 1951 : '' Un amour de parapluie''
* 1951 : '' Come Down, Someone Wants You''
* 1953 ...
* 1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
: ''Les Jeux de l'amour
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The ...
'' de Philippe de Broca
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He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful ''That Man from Rio, That Man from Rio (''L'Homme de Rio'')'', ''Le Magnifique, The M ...
* 1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
: ''The Nina B. Affair
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The film's ...
'' de Robert Siodmak
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: un Africain lors de la conférence
* 1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
: '' Le Rendez-vous'' de Jean Delannoy
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Biography
Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a P ...
; Television
* 1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
: '' Hôtel des neiges'', téléfilm de Jean Vernier - ''Zazaquel''
* 1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
: '' Épreuves à l'appui'' (Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
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nº 21) de Claude Loursais Claude may refer to:
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* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etch ...
(série TV) - ''Le cordonnier''
* 1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
: '' Rocambole'' - épisode : ''La Belle jardinière'' (série TV)
Dubbing
* Everett Brown
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- Grand Sam : ''Autant en emporte le vent
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'' (1939)
* Clarence Muse
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- Jehu : '' Quand les tambours s'arrêteront'' (1951)
* Ben Johnson Ben, Benjamin or Benny Johnson may refer to:
In sports Association football
*Ben Johnson (footballer, born 2000), English footballer
* Ben Johnson (soccer) (born 1977), American soccer player
Other codes of football
*Ben Johnson (Australian footb ...
- Kimani : ''Simba
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'' (1955)
Music
Album: Mississipi (1950)
References
External links
*
Fiche de Lud Germain sur ''cinema-francais.fr''
Haitian male actors
2015 deaths
Year of birth missing
Haitian emigrants to France
People from Port-au-Prince
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