Philippe Richard (24 June 1891 – 24 December 1973) was a French film and theater actor. Richard was born in

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

and began his film career in the early 1920s in

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre (aesthetic), boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French ac ...

. He died in Paris in 1973.

Selected filmography

* '' The Clairvoyant'' (1924) * ''

Fantômas Fantômas () is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appeared ...

'' (1932) * '' The Accomplice'' (1932) * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * ''

Night in May ''Night in May'' () is a 1934 French-German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette, Gustav Ucicky and Raoul Ploquin. It starred Käthe von Nagy, Fernand Gravey and Annie Ducaux. It is the French-language version of UFA's ''The Young Baron N ...

'' (1934) * '' The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * '' Compliments of Mister Flow'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * '' Port Arthur'' (1936) * '' Pépé le Moko'' (1937) * ''

The Alibi ''The Alibi'' is a 2006 American film directed by Kurt Mattila and Matt Checkowski and written by Noah Hawley. It stars Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn, and Selma Blair. The film was shown at 2006 CineVegas. The film was released to DVD on Decemb ...

'' (1937) * '' The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * ''

The Citadel of Silence ''The Citadel of Silence'' (French: ''La citadelle du silence'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret.Driskell p.209 The film's sets were designed by the art directors ...

'' (1937) * ''

Yoshiwara was a famous ( red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known red-light districts created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shim ...

'' (1937) * '' The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * '' The Woman from the End of the World'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Prince Bouboule'' (1939) * '' Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1938) * ''

The Phantom Carriage ''The Phantom Carriage'' (, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' (''Körkarlen'') by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In the ...

'' (1939) * '' The Path of Honour'' (1939) * ''

Serenade In music, a serenade (; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honour of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music. The term comes from the Ital ...

'' (1940) * '' Monsieur Hector'' (1940) * '' Paris-New York'' (1940) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''

The Master Valet ''The Master Valet'' (French: ''Le valet maître'') is a 1941 French comedy film directed by Paul Mesnier and starring Elvire Popesco, Henri Garat and Marguerite Deval.Siclier p.178 It was based on the 1938 play of the same title by Paul Armo ...

'' (1941) * '' The Law of Spring'' (1942) * '' Private Life'' (1942) * '' Mandrin'' (1947) * ''

The Woman I Murdered ''The Woman I Murdered'' (French: ''La femme que j'ai assassinée'') is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Armand Bernard, Pierre Larquey and Micheline Francey.Bessy & Chirat p.459 The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1948) * '' Three Investigations'' (1948) * '' Véronique'' (1950) * '' Wedding Night'' (1950) * '' The Billionaire Tramp'' (1951) * '' The Night Is My Kingdom'' (1951) * '' The Darling of His Concierge'' (1951) * '' Heart of the Casbah'' (1952) * '' The Happiest of Men'' (1952) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1953) * '' Quintuplets in the Boarding School'' (1953) * ''

When You Read This Letter ''When You Read This Letter'' (French: ''Quand tu liras cette lettre'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson. It was shot at the Billancourt Stu ...

'' (1953) * '' The Call of Destiny'' (1953)

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