Maurice de Féraudy (born in

Joinville-le-Pont Joinville-le-Pont () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History The commune was created in 1791 under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur (literally "The Branch of Saint-Maur ...

on December 3, 1859 - died in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

May 12, 1932) was a French songwriter, stage and film director, and actor at the

Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...

. He was the father of actor

Jacques de Féraudy Jacques de Féraudy (1886–1971) was a French stage and film actor.Klossner p.354 He also worked as a screenwriter and directed three films during the silent era. He was the son of the actor Maurice de Féraudy. Selected filmography * '' Ti ...

Life and career

He joined the Théâtre Français in 1880, the company in 1887, and became dean in 1929. The role of his life, which he played 1200 times in nearly thirty years and of which he had a monopoly, is that of

Isidore Lechat Isidore Lechat is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the play ''Les affaires sont les affaires'' (''Business is business'') (1903) by French writer Octave Mirbeau. A businessman Isidore Lechat, nicknamed "Lechat-Tigre", is a rut ...

in ''

Business is business ''Business is business'' (french: :fr:Les affaires sont les affaires, Les affaires sont les affaires) is a French comedy in three acts, by the novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, performed in April 1903 on the stage of Comédie-Française, in ...

'' (French: ''Les affaires sont les affaires''), Octave Mirbeau (1903). As part of the Comedy Francaise he toured Quebec, Montreal and New York in 1922, showing two plays by Molière. He has been applauded in the use of comedy, his playing full of cheerfulness. Féraudy also wrote the lyrics of many songs for Paulette Darty, including the famous

Fascination Fascination may refer to: Music *"Fascination", a stride piano composition by James P. Johnson recorded in 1917 (as a piano roll) and 1939 (acoustic) *''Fascination!'', a 1983 album by The Human League **"(Keep Feeling) Fascination", a 1983 song ...

, taken up by later by Suzy Delair and Diane Dufresne.

Selected filmography

*1926 : '' The Clown'' as Circus director James Bunding *1929 : ''Ça aussi!'' ... c'est Paris'' *1928 : ''

Two Timid Souls ''Two Timid Souls'' (french: Les Deux Timides) is a 1928 French silent film comedy directed by René Clair, and based on the 1860 play ''Les Deux Timides'' by Eugène Labiche. It was made by the Films Albatros production company.McGerr p.224 T ...

'' as Thibaudier *1927 : ''Fleur d'amour'' as Maître Sourgueil *1926 : ''

Lady Harrington ''Lady Harrington'' is a 1926 French silent film directed by Hewitt Claypoole Grantham-Hayes and Fred LeRoy Granville and starring Claude France, Maurice de Féraudy and Warwick Ward.Goble p.830 It is based on a novel by Maurice Level. Cast * C ...

'' as Bréhaut * 1926 : '' The Clown'' as James Bunding *1925 : ''Le Cœur des gueux'' as le Père Larue *1923 : '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' as Mr. Jouvenel *1923 : '' Cousin Pons'' de Jacques Robert as Pons *1922 : '' Crainquebille'' de

Jacques Feyder Jacques Feyder (; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930 ...

as Crainquebille *1921 : ''Blanchette'' de René Hervil as Père Rousset *1920 : '' In Old Alsace'' as de René Hervil *1913 : ''

The Gaieties of the Squadron ''The Gaieties of the Squadron'' (French: ''Les gaîtés de l'escadron'') is a 1913 French silent comedy film directed by Joseph Faivre and Maurice Tourneur and starring Edmond Duquesne, Henry Roussel and Henri Gouget.Waldman p.7 It is a milit ...

'' *1913 : '' The Last Pardon''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feraudy, Maurice De 1859 births 1932 deaths French songwriters Male songwriters French male stage actors French male film actors French male silent film actors French film directors Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française 20th-century French male actors