Louis Alfred Doumet, known by his stage name of Doumel, (born 2 December 1889 in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

; died 23 May 1954 in Reillanne) was a French actor and comedian active in the inter-war years.

Biography

Having moved to Paris thanks to the passion for the southern style, which flowered at the time with operettas and films on the subject, Doumel started to appear in small music halls and theatres, entertaining audiences with comic stories from Marseille, where he met other actors such as Gorlett and Rellys. Louis Doumel also appeared in various operettas and plays and recorded some discs of tall stories and Marseille jokes. He appeared in his first film in 1926 and continued making films until the

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. He is best known for his appearances in '' César'' directed

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also ; ; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the . Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's ...

, as the ill-advised friend of Marius, and with Fernandel in ''Ignace'' directed by

Pierre Colombier Pierre Colombier (1896–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''Paris in Five Days'' (1926) * ''The Marriage of Rosine'' (1926) * ''Dolly (film), Dolly'' (1929) * ''His Best Client'' (1932) * ''One Nig ...

Filmography

* 1926 : '' L'Inconnue des Six Jours'' (dir. René Sti) * 1931 : '' Atout cœur'' (dir. Henry Roussell) - Cinema client * 1931 : '' Durand contre Durand'' (dir. Eugène Thiele and Léo Joannon) * 1931 : '' Les Galeries Lévy et Cie'' (also known as ''Les Galeries Washington'' and ''The Levy Department Stores'') (dir.

André Hugon André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 w ...

) - César Patenolle * 1931 : '' La belle Madame Moïse'' (dir. Edmond T. Gréville, short film) * 1931 : '' Crime passionnel'' (dir. Edmond T. Gréville, short film) * 1932 : '' La Guerre des sauterelles'' (dir. Edmond T. Gréville, short film) * 1933 : '' The Illustrious Maurin'' (dir.

) - Capoufigue * 1933 : '' La Prison de Saint-Clothaire'' (dir. Pierre-Jean Ducis) * 1934 : '' Le Prince Jean'' (dir.

Jean de Marguenat Jean de Marguenat (2 May 1893 – 16 April 1956) was a French screenwriter and film director. He directed nineteen films including the 1937 British musical ''The Street Singer (1937 film), The Street Singer'' (1937). Earlier in his life de Margu ...

) - Café waiter * 1934 : '' Deux mille deux cent vingt deux C F 2'' (dir. Victor de Fast, short film) * 1935 : '' Arènes joyeuses'' (dir.

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) * 1935 : '' Dora Nelson'' (dir. René Guissart) - Taxi driver * 1935 : '' Juanita'' (dir. Pierre Caron) * 1935 : ''

'' (dir. Jean Monti and Jean Margueritte, short film) * 1936 : '' Aventure à Paris'' (English title: ''Adventure in Paris'') (dir.

Marc Allégret Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in ...

) * 1936 : '' Blanchette'' (dir. Pierre Caron) * 1936 : '' César'' (dir.

) - Fernand * 1936 : '' Prête-moi ta femme'' (dir. Maurice Cammage) * 1936 : '' Sept hommes, une femme'' (Eng. title: ''Seven Men, One Woman'') (dir. Yves Mirande) * 1936 : '' Une gueule en or'' (dir.

) - The Barman * 1937 : ''

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'' (dir.

) * 1937 : '' L'Escadrille de la chance'' (dir. Max de Vaucorbeil) * 1937 : '' Ignace'' (dir.

) - The Ajudant-chef * 1937 : '' Les Rois du sport'' (English title: ''The Kings of Sport'') (dir.

) - Boxing Club President * 1938 : '' Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur'' (dir. Max de Vaucorbeil) - Napoleon I * 1938 : '' Rail Pirates'' (dir.

Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...

) - Morganty * 1938 : '' L'Avion de minuit'' (dir.

Dimitri Kirsanoff Dimitri Kirsanoff (, né Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan, Маркус Давид Зусманович Каплан; 6 March 1899 – 11 February 1957) was a Russian-French early film-maker working in France, sometimes considered part of the F ...

) * 1938 : '' Ceux de demain / L'enfant de troupe'' (dir. Adelqui Millar and Georges Pallu) * 1938 : '' Le Dompteur'' (dir.

) * 1938 : '' Lights of Paris'' (dir.

Richard Pottier Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, in Graz – 2 November 1994, in Le Plessis-Bouchard) was a film director in France. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch. Selected filmography * ''If I Were Boss (1934 film), If I Were Boss'' ( ...

) - The Manager * 1938 : '' The President'' (dir. Fernand Rivers) - Marius * 1939 : '' Grey contre X'' (dir. Pierre Maudru and Alfred Gragnon) * 1940 : '' La Comédie du bonheur'' (English title: ''Comedy of Happiness'') (dir.

Marcel L'Herbier Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...

)''La Comédie du bonheur''
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References

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* {{authority control 1889 births 1954 deaths French male film actors 20th-century French male actors Male actors from Marseille French male comedians Comedians from Marseille