Jacques Marie Gaëtan Grétillat (26 August 1885 – 19 December 1950) was a French
actor
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and
film director
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.
Grétillat was born in
Vitry-sur-Seine
Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris.
Name
Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin ''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victori ...
(
Val-de-Marne
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), and died in
Paris
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.
Partial filmography
* ''
Hamlet
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'' (1908, Short) - Hamlet
* ''
Le traquenard'' (1915)
* ''Les soeurs ennemies'' (1915)
* ''
The Corsican Brothers'' (1917)
* ''La proie'' (1917) - Marc de Ricardo
* ''
Culprit'' (1917) - Prosper Aubry
* ''48, avenue de l'Opéra'' (1917) - Jean Daumas
* ''Géo, le mystérieux'' (1917) - Géo
* ''Quarante H.P.'' (1919) - Comte de Clain
* ''L'effroyable doute'' (1919)
* ''La double existence du docteur Morart'' (1920) - Docteur Morart
* ''Déchéance'' (1920)
* ''Le père Goriot'' (1921) - Vautrin
* ''
Nero
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'' (1922) - Nero
* ''La fille des chiffonniers'' (1922) - Dartès
* ''
David Golder'' (1931) - Marcus, Golders früherer Sozius
* ''Pas sur la bouche'' (1931) - Le mari de Gilberte
* ''
Danton'' (1932) - Danton
* ''
The Red Robe'' (1934) - Mouzon
* ''
The Bread Peddler'' (1934) - Garaud
* ''La flambée'' (1934)
* ''
Bourrasque'' (1935) - Le caïd Belkacem
* ''
Adémaï in the Middle Ages'' (1935) - Le connétable
* ''L'homme du jour'' (1937) - M. Legal
* ''À minuit, le 7'' (1937) - Le juge d'instruction
* ''L'empreinte rouge'' (1937) - Suriano
* ''
Gribouille'' (1937) - L'avocat de la défense
* ''
If You Return'' (1938) - Monsieur Itier
* ''Gosse de riche'' (1938) - Gonfaron
* ''
Café de Paris'' (1938) - Lambert
* ''
The Chess Player'' (1938) - Potemkine
* ''
Entente cordiale
The Entente Cordiale (; ) comprised a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and the French Third Republic, French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Fr ...
'' (1939) - Le député Roussel
* ''Les 3 tambours'' (1939) - Le représentant du peuple
* ''
Facing Destiny'' (1940) - Le chargé d'affaire
* ''
Strangers in the House'' (1942) - Le président des Assises
* ''
Shot in the Night'' (1943) - Monsieur du Coudrais
* ''Les Roquevillard'' (1943) - Porterieux
* ''Coup de tête'' (1944) - Le valet de pied (uncredited)
* ''
Pamela'' (1945) - Le Villeheurnois
* ''
Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) - Auguste (final film role)
Bibliography
* Abel, Richard. ''The ciné goes to town: French cinema, 1896-1914''. University of California Press, 1998
* Gallagher, Tag. ''John Ford: The Man and his Films''. University of California Press, 1988.
External links
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1885 births
1950 deaths
French male film actors
French male silent film actors
20th-century French male actors
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