Roland Lesaffre (26 June 1927 – 3 February 2009) was a French

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 ...

.Turk p.380 He appeared in many films directed by

Marcel Carné Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include '' Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), '' The Devil's Envoys ...

Selected filmography

* ''La présidente'' (1938) * ''L'embuscade'' (1941) * '' La Marie du port'' (1950) - Un marin (uncredited) * ''

Juliette, or Key of Dreams ''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' (french: Juliette ou La clef des songes) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Marcel Carné. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on a play by Georges Neveux. Cast * Gérard P ...

'' (1951) - Le légionnaire * ''

The Strange 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 a ...

'' (1951) - Roland - le garçon de café (uncredited) * ''

Paris Is Always Paris ''Paris Is Always Paris'' ( it, Parigi è sempre Parigi, french: Paris est toujours Paris) is a 1951 Italian-French comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. It was entered into the competition at the 12th Venice International Film Festival. Cast ...

'' (1951) * ''

Le Plaisir ''Le Plaisir'' (English title, ''House of Pleasure'') is a 1952 French comedy-drama anthology film by German-born film director Max Ophüls (1902–1957) adapting three short stories by Guy de Maupassant — " Le Masque" (1889), " La Maison ...

'' (1952) - Bit part (uncredited) * ''

Casque d'Or ''Casque d'Or'' ("Golden Helmet") is a 1952 French historical drama film directed by Jacques Becker. It is a Belle Époque tragedy, the story of an ill-fated love affair between characters played by Simone Signoret and Serge Reggiani. The story wa ...

'' (1952) - Anatole (waiter) * ''

We Are All Murderers ''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, tra ...

'' (1952) - Le détenu-coiffeur * ''

When You Read This Letter ''When You Read This Letter'' (French: ''Quand tu liras cette lettre'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios ...

'' (1953) - Roland * ''

Thérèse Raquin ''Thérèse Raquin'' is an 1868 novel by French writer Émile Zola, first published in serial form in the literary magazine ''L'Artiste'' in 1867. It was Zola's third novel, though the first to earn wide fame. The novel's adultery and murder ...

'' (1953) - Riton, le matelot maître-chanteur * ''

The Love of a Woman ''The Love of a Woman'' (French: ''L'amour d'une femme'', Italian: ''L'amore di una donna'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.The A to Z of French Cinema ...

'' (1953) - Yves * '' The Air of Paris '' (1954) - André Ménard * ''

To Catch a Thief '' To Catch a Thief'' is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 To Catch a Thief (novel), novel of the same name by David Dodge (novelist), David Dodge. The ...

'' (1955) - Claude (uncredited) * ''

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 ...

'' (1956) - Le premier royaliste * ''

Law of the Streets ''Law of the Streets'' (french: La Loi des rues) is a French drama film from 1956 directed by Ralph Habib, written by Jean Ferry and starring Raymond Pellegrin and Louis de Funès. Cast * Raymond Pellegrin : 'Jo le Grec", a procurer * Silvana ...

'' (1956) - Le grêle * ''Hadashi no seishun'' (1956) - Father Simenon * ''Soupçons'' (1956) - Raymond Dellez * ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (1956) - L'ouvrier accusé * ''Méfiez-vous fillettes'' (1957) - Paul * ''Filous et compagnie'' (1957) - Fernand, le chauffeur * ''La Bonne Tisane'' (1958) - Roger * ''Le Piège'' (1958) - Undetermined Role (uncredited) * '' Young Sinners'' (1958) - Roger * ''Le 7eme jour de Saint-Malo'' (1960) - François - un guide malouin * ''Amour, Autocar et Boîtes de nuit'' (1960) - Albert * ''

Wasteland Wasteland or waste land may refer to: * Desert or barren area * an uncultivated area of land, whether wooded or not, whether common land or not Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Wasteland'' (DC Comics), 1987–1989 anthology-style horror ...

'' (1960) - Big Chief * ''La Fête espagnole'' (1961) - Marcel Nancini * ''Les Menteurs'' (1961) - Clement * ''

Ursus and the Tartar Princess ''Ursus and the Tartar Princess'' ( it, Ursus e la ragazza tartara, french: La fille des Tartares, also known as ''Tartar Invasion'') is a 1961 Italian-French peplum film written and directed by Remigio Del Grosso and starring Yoko Tani and Ett ...

'' (1961) - Ivan * ''Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux'' (1963) - Monsieur Clec - le tailleur * '' The Accident'' (1963) - Le Goualec * ''

Les Parias de la gloire ''Les Parias de la Gloire'' English title ''Pariahs of Glory'' or ''Outcasts of Glory'' is a 1964 in film, 1964 French/Italian/Spanish international co-production filmed in Spain. Directed and co-written by Henri Decoin, it is set during the First ...

'' (1964) - La Coquille * ''Le Bluffeur'' (1964) - Philippe * ''L'étrange auto-stoppeuse'' (1964) * ''L'Or du duc'' (1965) - Le chauffeur de la RATP * ''

Three Rooms in Manhattan ''Three Rooms in Manhattan'' (french: Trois chambres à Manhattan) is a black-and-white 1965 French drama film filmed in New York City. It is based on the 1946 novel "Trois Chambres à Manhattan" (which has been translated into English as "Three ...

'' (1965) - Pierre * ''Pas de panique'' (1966) - François Toussaint * ''

Star Pilot ''Star Pilot'' ( it, 2+5: Missione Hydra) is a 1966 Italian science-fiction film directed by Pietro Francisci. It stars Leonora Ruffo as Chaena Plot Chaena is the commander of a spaceship from the constellation Hydra, which has crashed on the ...

'' (1966) - Prof. Solmi * ''

The Young Wolves ''The Young Wolves'' (French: ''Les jeunes loups'') is a 1968 French-Italian drama film directed by Marcel Carné and starring Christian Hay, Haydée Politoff and Yves Beneyton.Turk p.443 The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mo ...

'' (1968) - Albert * ''Le Bal des voyous'' (1968) - Inspector Fougas * ''Traquenards'' (1969) - Bob * ''Le bourgeois gentil mec'' (1969) - L'inspecteur * ''L'amour, oui! Mais...'' (1970) - Flou-Flou * ''

Atlantic Wall The Atlantic Wall (german: link=no, Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticip ...

'' (1970) - Le faux résistant * ''Les enfants de Caïn'' (1970) * ''

Law Breakers ''Law Breakers'' (french: Les Assassins de l'ordre) is a 1971 French drama film starring Jacques Brel, directed by Marcel Carné. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Based on a real-life incident, an idealistic a ...

'' (1971) - Saugeat * ''Les coups pour rien'' (1971) - Michel * ''Kisss.....'' (1971) - Le flic en civil de Dieppe * ''La Merveilleuse Visite'' (1974) - Ménard * ''Maître Pygmalion'' (1975) * ''Il faut vivre dangereusement'' (1975) - Edouard Lory * ''El avispero'' (1976) * ''Arch of Triumph'' (1980) * ''Salut... j'arrive!'' (1982) - L'agent à la fourrière * ''Bernadette'' (1988) - François Soubirous * ''La passion de Bernadette'' (1990) * ''Dames galantes'' (1990) - Canillac

References

Bibliography

* Edward Baron Turk. ''Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema''. Harvard University Press, 1989.

External links

* 1927 births 2009 deaths French male film actors {{France-film-actor-stub