Pierre Labry (1885–1948) was a French
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and
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.
[Capua p.122] He was active in the
French film industry
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between 1920 and 1948, appearing in more than a hundred films.
Selected filmography
* ''La croisade'' (1920)
* ''Gigolette'' (1921)
* ''Le crime du Bouif'' (1922) - Hexam
* ''L'enfant des halles'' (1924) - Marcadion
* ''Le loup-garou'' (1924)
* ''L'heureuse mort'' (1925) - Le Capitaine Mouche
* ''Mylord l'Arsouille'' (1925) - Pépin
* ''Paris en cinq jours'' (1926) - L'Américain
* ''Feu!'' (1927) - Un marin du yacht
* ''L'occident'' (1928) - Le Goff
* ''Trois jeunes filles nues'' (1929)
* ''
The Road Is Fine
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'' (1930) - Le client de la guinguette
* ''La femme d'une nuit'' (1930)
* ''Le joker'' (1930)
* ''Mon coeur incognito'' (1930)
* ''Les amours de minuit'' (1931) - Le policier
* ''
The Indictment'' (1931) - Peters
* ''L'anglais tel qu'on le parle'' (193)
* ''Gagne ta vie'' (1931)
* ''Coeur de lilas'' (1932) - Charignoul
* ''
Wooden Crosses
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Plot
Patriotic student Demachy enlists in the French army in 1914 at the start of World War I ...
'' (1932) - Soldat Bouffioux, le cuistot
* ''
Aces of the Turf
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'' (1932)
* ''
In the Name of the Law'' (1932) - Ludovic
* ''
The Dressmaker of Luneville
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'' (1932)
* ''
Fun in the Barracks
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'' (1932) - Potiron
* ''
Narcotics
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'' (1932) - Le docteur (uncredited)
* ''Panurge'' (1932)
* ''La chanson d'une nuit'' (1933) - L'inspecteur
* ''Rivaux de la piste'' (1933) - Wagmüller
* ''
Don Quixote
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'' (1933) - Innkeeper
* ''
The Star of Valencia'' (1933) - José
* ''
Once Upon a Time
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'' (1933)
* ''La mille et deuxième nuit'' (1933) - Chief Eunuch
* ''Un certain monsieur Grant'' (1933) - Beppo
* ''Du haut en bas'' (1933) - Adolf, le fiancé de Milly
* ''
Street Without a Name
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'' (1934) - Minche
* ''
A Man Has Been Stolen
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'' (1934) - Balafre
* ''
Le Grand Jeu'' (1934) - Le cantinier
* ''Cessez le feu'' (1934) - Lagasse
* ''
Pension Mimosas
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'' (1935) - L'hôtelier parisien
* ''Bibi-la-Purée'' (1935)
* ''Aux portes de Paris'' (1935) - Léopold
* ''
The Decoy'' (1935) - Le commandant
* ''Le baron tzigane'' (1935)
* ''La mascotte'' (1935) - L'aubergiste
* ''
Les yeux noirs
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'' (1935) - Le noceur
* ''
Madame Angot's Daughter
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'' (1935) - Buteux
* ''L'Équipage'' (1935) - Marbot
* ''
Carnival in Flanders'' (1935) - L'aubergiste / The Inn-Keeper
* ''Les mutinés de l'Elseneur'' (1936)
* ''
The Volga Boatman'' (1936) - Kouproff
* ''
Anne-Marie
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'' (1936) - Le paysan
* ''
La Peur'' (1936) - Poudroux
* ''
Confessions of a Cheat
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'' (1936) - Maître Morlot / The Notary
* ''Les gais lurons'' (1936) - Barman
* ''
Forty Little Mothers
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Plot
Out-of-work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and he ...
'' (1936) - Bourgeon, le père
* ''
Wells in Flames
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'' (1937) - Le marchand de melons
* ''La chanson du souvenir'' (1937)
* ''
Gribouille
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'' (1937) - L'inspecteur de police (uncredited)
* ''
Lady Killer'' (1937) - L'imprimeur
* ''Passeurs d'hommes'' (1937) - Goliath
* ''
The Alibi
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'' (1937) - Le premier inspecteur
* ''
The Puritan
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'' (1938)
* ''
Mollenard
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'' (1938)
* ''Nostalgie'' (1938) - Stable Boy
* ''
People Who Travel'' (1938)
* ''
Boys' School
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'' (1938) - Bernardin
* ''Alexis gentleman chauffeur'' (1938) - Un acteur
* ''Sirocco'' (1938) - Le chef de la bande
* ''
Katia
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'' (1938) - Le sergent de police
* ''
Angelica
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'' (1939) - L'officier
* ''
The Five Cents of Lavarede'' (1939) - Le gardien chef
* ''The Mayor's Dilemma'' (1939) - Rameau, le coiffeur
* ''
Entente cordiale
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'' (1939) - Un journaliste
* ''
The Last Turning'' (1939) - Un camionneur
* ''Second Childhood'' (1939) - Le patron du café
* ''
Love Cavalcade
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Plot
Three episodes show how the owners of a certain French castle experience dramatic issues with their love interests. ...
'' (1939) - Le baron de Maupré
* ''
Personal Column'' (1939) - Le danseur (uncredited)
* ''Tourbillon de Paris'' (1939)
* ''Les 3 tambours'' (1939) - Le boulanger Laporte
* ''Après Mein Kampf mes crimes'' (1940) - Ernst Roehm
* ''
The Acrobat
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'' (1941) - Dubier
* ''
The Last of the Six
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'' (1941) - L'inspecteur Picard (uncredited)
* ''
Montmartre
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'' (1941) - Le cafetier
* ''
Caprices'' (1942) - Le portier de l'Imperator
* ''Pension Jonas'' (1942) - Mouche
* ''Le journal tombe à cinq heures'' (1942) - Romain (uncredited)
* ''
The Guardian Angel'' (1942) - Jaminet
* ''
The Lost Woman
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The ...
'' (1942) - Le cabaretier
* ''
At Your Command, Madame
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'' (1942) - Le mécanicien-chef
* ''
Les Visiteurs du Soir'' (1942) - Le seigneur
* ''
It Happened at the Inn
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'' (1943) - Minain
* ''
Captain Fracasse'' (1943) - Hérode / Erodo
* ''
Shop Girls of Paris
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'' (1943) - Achille Vingard - Le serrurier (uncredited)
* ''
Arlette and Love
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The film's sets were designed by the ...
'' (1943) - Jules - le domestique
* ''
Jeannou
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart. It was partly shot on location in Mouzens in t ...
'' (1943)
* ''Vautrin'' (1943) - Paccard
* ''
Mahlia the Mestiza
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'' (1943)
*''
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'' (1945)
* ''
The Bellman'' (1945) - Gros-Guillaume - l'aubergiste
* ''
The Last Penny
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'' (1946) - Le luthier
* ''
The Misfortunes of Sophie
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'' (1946)
* ''Monsieur Grégoire s'évade'' (1946) - L'aubergiste
* ''Trente et quarante'' (1946) - Le maître-nageur
* ''
The Queen's Necklace
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'' (1946) - Hubert (uncredited)
* ''
Devil and the Angel
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It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. ...
'' (1946) - Gardel - un Inspecteur
* ''Les gosses mènent l'enquête'' (1947) - Fiellat
* ''Passionnelle'' (1947) - Le brigadier
* ''Histoire de chanter'' (1947) - L'agent
* ''Les aventures de Casanova'' (1947) - Le moine
* ''
The Unknown Singer'' (1947) - Le machiniste
* ''
Fantômas
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'' (1947) - M. Paul
* ''L'idole'' (1948) - Bender
* ''Scandals of Clochemerle'' (1948) - Nicolas
* ''
Emile the African
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Cast
* Fernandel as Émile Boulard
* Alexandre Rignault as ...
'' (1948) - Le patron
* ''
The Pretty Miller Girl
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'' (1948) - Le cocher (uncredited)
* ''L'échafaud peut attendre'' (1949) - Le patron du café (final film role)
References
Bibliography
* Capua, Michelangelo. ''Anatole Litvak: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2015.
External links
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1885 births
1948 deaths
French male stage actors
French male film actors
Male actors from Paris
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