Daniel Lecourtois (25 January 1902 – 16 January 1985) was a French

film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

.Hayward p.250 He appeared in more than sixty films and television series during his career. In his later career he often played authority figures.

Partial filmography

* '' Misdeal'' (1928) - Un danseur (uncredited) * ''

Checkmate Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with ) and there is no possible escape. Checkmating the opponent wins the game. In chess, the king is ...

'' (1931) - Robert Manoy * ''Monsieur le maréchal'' (1931) - Le lieutenant Tradivot *'' My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1931) * ''

The Fortune ''The Fortune'' is a 1975 American black comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carole Eastman (credited under the pseudonym Adrien Joyce) focuses on two bumbling con men who ...

'' (1931) - Badoureau / Studel * ' (1932) - Jacques * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1932) - André, their son * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) - Le jeune aristocrate * ''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' (; ), commonly known as simply ''Madame Bovary'', is the début novel by France, French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond he ...

'' (1934) - Leon * ''Iris perdue et retrouvée'' (1934) - Maxime de Persani * '' Coralie and Company'' (1934) - Jacques Dufauret * '' Song of Farewell'' (1934) - Franz Liszt * '' Your Smile'' (1934) - Monsieur Martin * '' The Green Domino'' (1935) - Naulin * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * ''Les Demi-vierges'' (1936) - Maxime de Chantel * '' The Call of Life'' (1937) - Le docteur Lenoir * '' The Girls of the Rhône'' (1938) * ''

Golden Venus ''Golden Venus'' (French: ''La Vénus de l'or'') is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Jean Delannoy and Charles Méré and starring Jacques Copeau, Daniel Lecourtois and Mireille Balin.Goble p.402 The film's sets were designed by the art d ...

'' (1938) - André de Saint-Guillon * '' The City of Lights'' (1938) - Rodolphe Davoust * ''

There's No Tomorrow "There's No Tomorrow", written by Al Hoffman, Leo Corday and Leon Carr, is one of two popular songs based on the Italian song, "'O sole mio" (music by Eduardo di Capua). (The other was " It's Now or Never", popularized by Elvis Presley.) The ...

'' (1939) - Dr. Armand Péreux * '' Dreams of Love'' (1947) - Ronchaud * '' Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947) - Le commissaire du bord * '' The Man Who Returns from Afar'' (1950) - Le docteur Moutier * '' Lost Souvenirs'' (1950) - Le directeur de l'hôtel * '' The Man from Jamaica'' (1950) - Docteur Marc Heckart * '' La Vérité sur Bébé Donge'' (1952) - Georges Donge * '' Adorable Creatures'' (1952) - Jacques * ''

The Lottery of Happiness ''The Lottery of Happiness'' (French: ''La loterie du bonheur'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Gehret and starring Yves Deniaud, Suzanne Dehelly and Annette Poivre Annette Poivre (24 June 1917 – 2 June 1988) was a French sta ...

'' (1953) * ''

Alarm in Morocco ''Alarm in Morocco'' (French: ''Alerte au sud'', Italian: '' Allarme a sud'') is a 1953 French-Italian adventure film directed by Jean-Devaivre and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale and Erich von Stroheim.Lennig p.458-59 Partly sho ...

'' (1953) - Le commandant * ''Gamin de Paris'' (1954) - Georges Salvin * ''

The Possessors ''The Possessors'' () is a 1958 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Jean Desailly, Françoise Christophe and Annie Ducaux. It tells the story of a forceful tycoon wholly dev ...

'' (1958) - Canet * ''The Bear'' (1960) - Le directeur * '' Don't Tempt the Devil'' (1963) - Un avocat * '' The Train'' (1964) - Priest (uncredited) * ''Comment épouser un premier ministre'' (1964) * '' Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause !'' (1970) - Brimeux * '' The Breach'' (1970) * '' Just Before Nightfall'' (1971) - Dorfmann * '' Dr. Popaul'' (1972) - Prof. Dupont * '' Wedding in Blood'' (1973) - Prefet / Department governor * '' Stavisky'' (1974) - Le président de la commission d'enquête * ''

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'' (1974) - Le procureur général * '' Vincent, François, Paul and the Others'' (1974) - Georges * '' Nada'' (1974) * '' Judith Therpauve'' (1978) - Desfraizeaux

References

Bibliography

* Hayward, Susan. ''Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign''. A&C Black, 2004.

External links

* 1902 births 1985 deaths French male film actors Male actors from Paris 20th-century French male actors {{France-screen-actor-stub