Samson Fainsilber (18 June 1904, Iași – 19 December 1983, Paris) was a Romanian-born 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 ...

. During his career he appeared in around sixty films and television series. He featured in the 1933 historical drama '' Roger la Honte''.Goble p.311

Partial filmography

* '' The Shark'' (1930, directed by Henri Chomette) - L'avocat * '' La Fin du monde'' (1931, directed by

Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J ...

) - Schomburg * ''

Les Trois Mousquetaires ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (The Three Musketeers) is a 1921 French silent adventure film serial directed by Henri Diamant-Berger based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Plot summary Cast * Aimé Simon-Girard ... d'Artagnan * ...

'' (1932, directed by

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) - Cardinal Richelieu * ''Mater dolorosa'' (1933) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1933, directed by

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) - Lucien de Noirville * ''

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'' (1933) - Jocelyn * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1934) - Castel * ''Le bossu'' (1934) - Monsieur de Peyrolles * ''Gangster malgré lui'' (1935) - Marc * ''Napoléon Bonaparte'' (1935) - Danton (voice) * ''Escale'' (1935) * '' Odette'' (1935) - Dario d'Alhucemas * ''Jérôme Perreau, héros des barricades'' (1935, directed by Abel Gance) - Conti * ''Marie des angoisses'' (1935) - Paco * ''

Retour à l'aube ''Return at Dawn'' (French: ''Retour à l'aube'') is a 1938 in film, 1938 cinema of France, French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux, and was directed by Henri Decoin, who co-wrote the screenplay with Pierre Wolff, based on a short story by Vic ...

'' (1938, directed by

Henri Decoin Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...

) - L'inspecteur Veber * '' Tourbillon de Paris'' (1939, directed by Henri Diamant-Berger) * ''

Dorothy Looks for Love ''Dorothy Looks for Love'' (French: ''Dorothée cherche l'amour'') is a 1945 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Suzy Carrier, Claude Dauphin and Jules Berry.Rège p.469 The film's sets were designed by the art direct ...

'' (1945, directed by

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) - Sylvain * ''Clandestine'' (1946) - Dr. Netter * ''Le village de la colère'' (1947) * '' Si Versailles m'était conté'' (1954, directed by

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) - Le cardinal de Mazarin (uncredited) * ''

Si Paris nous était conté ''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 cast ...

'' (1956, directed by Sacha Guitry) - Mazarin (uncredited) * '' Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman'' (1973) * ''

Stavisky ''Stavisky...'' is a 1974 French biographical drama film based on the life of the financier and embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This gave rise to a political scandal known as the Stavis ...

'' (1974) - L'employé au fichier * ''

Un linceul n'a pas de poches ''Un linceul n'a pas de poches'' (English: ''No Pockets in a Shroud'') is a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky in 1974. Plot A journalist, Michel Dolannes, decides to use his newspaper to denounce the corruption of the established system. O ...

'' (1974) - Gonzague * ''Il faut vivre dangereusement'' (1975) - L'homme aux oiseaux * ''

Providence Providence often refers to: * Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion * Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity * Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...

'' (1977, directed by Alain Resnais) - The Old Man * ''

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'' (1977) - Le vieux maquilleur russe * ''Charles and Lucie'' (1979) - Le gobeur d'oeufs * ''Subversion'' (1979) * '' La vie est un roman'' (1983, directed by Alain Resnais) - Zoltán Forbek

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1904 births 1983 deaths Actors from Iași Romanian Jews Romanian emigrants to France French male film actors Romanian male film actors {{Romania-bio-stub