Pierre Blanchar (; 30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor.
He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress
Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress
Dominique Blanchar. He played
Napoleon
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 Military career ...
in the 1938 British film ''
A Royal Divorce'' alongside
Ruth Chatterton as
Josephine. He later appeared alongside
Michèle Morgan in the 1946 film ''
Pastoral Symphony''.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Gardens of Murcia'' (1923)
* ''
The Thruster'' (1924)
* ''
The Promised Land'' (1925)
* ''
Le Joueur d'échecs'' (1927)
* ''
The Farewell Waltz'' (1928)
* ''
The Wedding March'' (1929)
* ''
Captain Fracasse'' (1929)
* ''
Les Croix de bois'' (1932)
* ''
The Beautiful Sailor'' (1932)
* ''
L'Atlantide'' (1932)
* ''
The Old Devil'' (1933)
* ''
At the End of the World'' (1934)
* ''
The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935)
* ''
Crime and Punishment
''Crime and Punishment'' is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal '' The Russian Messenger'' in twelve monthly installments during 1866. '' (1935)
* ''
Lovers and Thieves'' (1935)
* ''
The Volga Boatman'' (1936)
* ''
Street of Shadows'' (1937)
* ''
Culprit'' (1937)
* ''
The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937)
* ''
Life Dances On'' (1937)
* ''
The Man from Nowhere'' (1937)
* ''
A Royal Divorce'' (1938)
* ''
The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938)
* ''
Night in December'' (1940)
* ''
The Snow on the Footsteps'' (1942)
* ''
Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942)
* ''
Secrets'' (1943)
* ''
La Liberation de Paris'' (1944)
* ''
Pastoral Symphony'' (1946)
* ''
Patrie'' (1946)
* ''
Le Bataillon du ciel'' (1947)
* ''
After Love'' (1948)
* ''
Doctor Laennec'' (1949)
* ''
The Cupid Club'' (1949)
* ''
My Friend Sainfoin'' (1950)
References
Bibliography
* O'Brien, Scott. ''Ruth Chatterton, Actress, Aviator, Author''. BearManor Media, 2013.
* Palmer, Tim & Michael, Charlie. ''Directory of World Cinema: France''. Intellect Books, 2013.
External links
*
1892 births
1963 deaths
French male film actors
French male silent film actors
Deaths from brain cancer in France
People from Skikda
Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners
20th-century French male actors
Pieds-noirs
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