Louis Arbessier (9 April 190723 March 1998) was a French
film
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and
television actor
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.Goble p.122 He played
Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...
in the 1952 musical film '' Imperial Violets.'' Amongst his television roles was that of
Maigret
Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created ...
.
Arbessier was married and divorced four times, and had four children born between 1929 and 1964. His youngest son, Arnaud (born 1964), is a professional voice actor.
Thirst of Men
''Thirst of Men'' (French: ''La soif des hommes'') is a 1950 French historical film, historical drama film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Georges Marchal, Dany Robin and Andrée Clément.Monaco p.354 It was filmed and set in French Alger ...
'' (1950) - Collet
* ''
We Are All Murderers
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'' (1952) - L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants
* '' The Happiest of Men'' (1952) - Valise
* '' Imperial Violets'' (1952) - Napoléon III
* ''Mandat d'amener'' (1953) - M. Delanglade
* ''
The Three Musketeers
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'' (1953) - Louis XIII
* ''
Royal Affairs in Versailles
''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (French title: ''Si Versailles m'était conté'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama directed by Sacha Guitry. Described as "a historical film showing Versailles from its beginnings to the present day", it t ...
'' (1954) - Louis XIII (uncredited)
* ''
Cadet Rousselle
"Cadet Rousselle" was a popular French song that satirized a French bailiff by the name of Guillaume (William) Rousselle, widely known as Cadet Rousselle.
The man
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'' (1954) - Le tribun
* ''La bella Otero'' (1954) - Le directeur du Café de Paris
* '' Queen Margot'' (1954) - L'amiral de Coligny
* ''Série noire'' (1955) - Le commissaire Lefranc
* ''
Napoléon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of mi ...
'' (1955) - Le maréchal Louis Berthier (uncredited)
* '' If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956) - Louis XIII (uncredited)
* ' (1956) - Le président de la Cour
* '' Michel Strogoff'' (1956) - Tsar Alexandre II
* ''Action immédiate'' (1957) - Le Colonel
* '' The She-Wolves'' (1957) - Le commissaire de police Drouin
* ' (1957) - Me Rodier
* '' Not Delivered'' (1958) - Le chirurgien Bailleul
* ''
Les Misérables
''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...
'' (1958) - Le préfet
* ''
Women's Prison
Approximately 741,000 women are incarcerated in correctional facilities, a 17% increase since 2010 and the female prison population has been increasing across all continents.One Life'' (1958) - Monsieur Dandieu
* ' (1959) - Le juge
* ''Ce soir on tue'' (1959) - Interpol Man #3
* ' (1960) - Le professeur
* ''Liberty Bar'' (1960) -
Maigret
Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created ...
* ''Captain Blood'' (1960) - (uncredited)
* ''
The Truth
The Truth may refer to:
Film
* ''The Truth'' (1920 film) starring Madge Kennedy
* ''The Truth'' (1960 film) or ''La Vérité'', a French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot starring Brigitte Bardot
* ''The Truth'' (1988 film), a Hong Kong trial cri ...
Pasha
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'' (1968) - Le directeur chez Boucheron
* ' (1969) - Le ministre
* '' Under the Sign of the Bull'' (1969) - Aupagneur
* ''Sapho ou la Fureur d'aimer'' (1971) - M. Monestier
* '' The Lion's Share'' (1971) - Cornille - l'éditeur
* ''La michetonneuse'' (1972) - Le père de Justine
* '' Charlotte'' (1974) - Le père du Charlotte
* '' Mesrine'' (1984) - Lelièvre
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.