Pierre Alcover (14 March 1893 – 14 November 1957) was a French stage and

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

. He starred in 40 films between 1918 and 1943. In 1920 he starred in the film ''

Champi-Tortu ''Champi-Tortu'' is a 1921 French silent film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. The film was based on a novel by Gaston Chérau. Cast *Pierre Alcover *René Alexandre * Cosnard *Paul Duc *Henri Janvier Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, ...

''. One of his most notable performances was in Marcel L'Herbier's 1928 film ''

L'Argent ''L'Argent'' ("Money") is the eighteenth novel in the '' Rougon-Macquart'' series by Émile Zola. It was serialized in the periodical ''Gil Blas'' beginning in November 1890 before being published in novel form by Charpentier et Fasquelle in March ...

'', as the corrupt banker Saccard. He was the second husband of the film actress

Gabrielle Colonna-Romano Gabrielle Colonna-Romano (January 17 1888 – February 2 1981) or ''Colanna Romano'' (name as a cinema actress), born Gabrielle Dreyfus, was a French actress, famous as a tragedian, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1913 to 1936, and as ...

, and they are buried together in the cimetière de Rueil-Malmaison.

Selected filmography

* '' Marion Delorme'' (1918) * ''

L'Hirondelle et la Mésange ''L'Hirondelle et la Mésange'' ("the swallow and the titmouse") is a French drama film directed by André Antoine, filmed in 1920 but not released. A reconstruction was made and screened in 1984. Plot Pierre van Groot is skipper of two barges, ...

'' (1920) * ''

En plongée En plongée was a 1926 French film directed by Jacques Robert.Alan Goble, ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'', Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter, p. 16/ref> It was based on ''Fragments d'épaves'', a novel by Bernard Frank. It wa ...

'' (1926) * ''

'' (1928) * ''

La Petite Lise ''Little Lise'' (French: ''La petite Lise'') is a 1930 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Nadia Sibirskaïa.Andrew p.107 It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Guy de Gast ...

'' (''Little Lise'') (1930) * '' Le Mariage de Mlle Beulemans'' (''The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'') (1932) * ''

Criminal In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Can ...

'' (1933) * ''

Deuxième bureau The Deuxième Bureau de l'État-major général ("Second Bureau of the General Staff") was France's external military intelligence agency from 1871 to 1940. It was dissolved together with the Third Republic upon the armistice with Germany. Howeve ...

'' (''Second Bureau'') (1935) * '' La Citadelle du silence'' (''The Citadel of Silence'') (1937) * '' Un carnet de bal'' (''Life Dances On'') (1937) * '' Le Messager'' (''The Messenger'') (1937) * '' L'Homme de nulle part'' (''The Man from Nowhere'') (1937) * '' La Rue sans joie'' (''Street Without Joy'') (1938) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1938) * ''

Ernest the Rebel ''Ernest the Rebel'' (French: ''Ernest le rebelle'') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Pierre Alcover, Mona Goya and Arthur Devère.Blakeway p.198 It is based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Jacques ...

'' (1938) * '' Le Colonel Chabert'' (1943)

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* 1893 births 1957 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors Troupe of the Comédie-Française {{france-film-actor-stub