Maurice Escande (14 November 1892 – 10 February 1973) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948 he starred in the film ''
The Lame Devil'' under
Sacha Guitry.
Selected filmography
*1917: ''Un vol étrange'' (Short)
*1918: ''
Simone'' - Michel Mignier
*1920: ''L'essor'' - Max de Chéroy
*1921: ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' - Raoul de Vaubert
*1921: ''Fromont jeune et Risler aîné'' - Fromont jeune
*1921: ''Les trois lys'' (Short)
*1922: ''La ferme du choquart'' - Le marquis de Montaillé
*1922: ''Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre''
*1923: ''Les deux soldats'' - Julien Farjol
*1924: ''Un gentleman neurasthénique''
*1925: ''Nantas'' - Desfondettes
*1925: ''La damnation de Faust''
*1931: ''
Luck
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''
*1932: ''
Kiss Me'' - Gaston
*1932: ''Chassé-croisé''
*1932: ''
The Three Musketeers
''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight ...
'' - Buckingham
*1932: ''Totoche et compagnie''
*1933: ''Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier'' - Hector de Montmeyran
*1933: ''Son altesse impériale'' - Le comte Symoff
*1933: ''Jeunes filles à marier'' - John Gordon
*1935: ''Les époux scandaleux'' - Desbonnières
*1935: ''
Dora Nelson'' - Santini
*1935: ''
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (; ca-valencia, Lucrècia Borja, links=no ; 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was a Spanish-Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Govern ...
'' - Jean Borgia, Duke of Gandie
*1935: ''
The Green Domino
''The Green Domino'' (french: Le Domino vert) is a 1935 French/German drama film directed by Henri Decoin and Herbert Selpin, based on play by Erich Ebermayer. It tells the story of a rich heiress who falls in love with an art critic after his w ...
'' (''Le domino vert'') - Henri Bruquier - un critique d'art
*1935: ''Un soir à la Comédie Française'' (Documentary)
*1936: ''Le collier du grand duc'' - L'inspecteur
*1936: ''
La Garçonne'' (''La garçonne'') - Lucien Vigneret
*1936: ''Les deux gamines'' - Pierre Manin
*1936: ''
Sept hommes, une femme'' - Bizulier
*1936: ''
The Two Boys'' - Georges de Kerlor
*1936: ''Tout va très bien madame la marquise'' - Le marquis des Esnards
*1936: ''Les demi vierges'' - Julien de Suberceaux
*1936: ''Les petites alliées'' - Le duc de Lestissac
*1937: ''
The Red Dancer
''The Red Dancer'' (French: ''La danseuse rouge'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Véra Korène, Maurice Escande and Jean Worms.Roust p.125 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Lochakof ...
'' - Ursac
*1937: ''Cinderella'' - Gilbert
*1937: ''
The Messenger'' - Géo
*1938: ''
La Marseillaise
"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du R ...
'' - Le seigneur du village
*1938: ''Liberté'' - Auguste Bartholdi
*1938: ''
Café de Paris Café de Paris may refer to:
Establishments
*Café de Paris (London), a London nightclub
* Café de Paris, Chicago, a Chicago nightclub
* Café de Paris (restaurant), Geneva
* Café de Paris (Rome), a bar in Rome, Italy
* Café de Paris (Cubzac-les ...
'' - Le marquis de Perelli
*1939: ''La belle revanche'' - Jacques Dorcel
*1940: ''
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 ...
'' - Conrad
*1940: ''Moulin Rouge'' - Colorado
*1941: ''
The Black Diamond'' - Guy de Fresnoy
*1941: ''Madame Sans-Gêne'' - Le comte de Neipperg
*1942: ''La femme que j'ai le plus aimée'' - Gaëtan
*1942: ''Étoiles de demain'' (Short, Documentary)
*1942: ''
Patricia
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'' - André Vernon
*1943: ''
Captain Fracasse'' - Le marquis des Bruyères / Il marchese di Bruyeres
*1944: ''La vie de plaisir'' - Le comte Roger de Boëldieu - un mondain, le fiancé d'Hélène
*1945: ''
Farandole
The Farandole is an open-chain community dance popular in Provence, France. The Farandole bears similarities to the gavotte, jig, and tarantella. The carmagnole of the French Revolution is a derivative.
Traditional dance
The farandole is consi ...
'' - Le procureur
*1945: ''
Father Goriot'' - Monsieur de Restaud
*1945: ''Échec au roy'' - Le roi Louis XIV
*1945: ''Bifur 3'' - Alvarez
*1946: ''
The Captain'' - Le prince de Condé
*1946: ''
The Queen's Necklace
''The Queen's Necklace'' is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an episode involving fraud and royal scan ...
'' - Le cardinal de Rohan
*1947: ''
Hymenée'' - L'industriel Pierre Vairon
*1948: ''
La renégate'' - Le caïd Tahmar
*1948: ''
Man to Men
''Man to Men'' (French: ''D'homme à hommes'' is a 1948 French- Swiss historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Jean-Louis Barrault, Bernard Blier and Hélène Perdrière.
Plot
The film depicts Henri Dunant and the foundi ...
'' - Jérôme de Lormel
*1948: ''
The Lame Devil'' (''Le diable boîteux'') - Randall
*1949: ''Monseigneur'' - Le duc de Saint Germain
*1950: ''Amour et compagnie'' - M. Lecourtois
*1951: ''
L'Étrange Madame X
''The Strange Madame X'' (french: L'Étrange Madame X) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon. The screenplay was written by Marcelle Maurette, Pierre Laroche (dialogue) and Albert Valentin (adaptation). It stars Michèle Morgan ...
'' - Jacques Voisin-Larive
*1951: ''Coq en pâte'' - Me Jacques Lion
*1952: ''Buridan, héros de la tour de Nesle'' - Enguerrand de Marigny
*1952: ''Jouons le jeu'' - l'acteur (segment 'L'optimisme')
*1953: ''Des quintuplés au pensionnat'' - Le comte
*1953: ''
The Lady of the Camellias
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'' - Le duc
*1955: ''
Caroline and the Rebels
''Caroline and the Rebels'' (french: Le Fils de Caroline chérie) is a 1955 French historical adventure film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Sophie Desmarets and Brigitte Bardot. It is loosely part of the ''Caroli ...
'' - (uncredited)
*1955: ''
Napoléon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
'' - Louis XV (uncredited)
*1956: ''
If Paris Were Told to Us
''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business
Principal cas ...
'' (''Si Paris nous était conté'')
*1955: ''Le fils de Caroline Chérie'' - Le Baron de Grimm
*1960: ''Antigone'' (TV Movie)
*1963: ''Les animaux''
*1964: ''Comment épouser un premier ministre'' - Grandbourg
*1966: ''
Martin Soldat
''Kiss Me General'' (original title: ''Martin Soldat'') is a 1966 French comedy film directed by Michel Deville and starring Robert Hirsch, Véronique Vendell, Walter Rilla, Marlène Jobert and Anthony Sharp. An actor disguises himself as a so ...
'' (''Martin soldat'') - Le président du jury pour la Comédie-Française
*1971: ''Le cinéma de papa'' - Le metteur en scène académicien (final film role)
External links
His grave in Montrouge Cemetery (Paris).
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Les gens du cinéma*
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French male film actors
1892 births
1973 deaths
French male stage actors
French male silent film actors
Male actors from Paris
Administrators of the Comédie-Française
Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française
20th-century French male actors
French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
