Claude Dauphin (actor)

French actor (1903–1978)

Maurice Étienne Legrand (father)

Relatives

Jean Nohain (brother)
James Newman (grandson)
Griffin Newman (grandson)
Romilly Newman (granddaughter)
Peter Newman (son-in-law)

Claude Dauphin (né Legrand; 19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978, including Barbarella, The Quiet American, and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.

Biography

He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain,^[1] and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole. His elder brother was the writer Jean Nohain.^{[citation needed]}

Dauphin's debut on film came in La Vagabonde (1930).^[1] He debuted on stage in Chapeau Chinois (1930) in Paris.^[2]

Private life

Dauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress Maria Mauban with whom he had a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress Norma Eberhardt.^[3] The couple divided their time between Paris, Los Angeles, New York City and Ocean Township, New Jersey.^[3]^[4] They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.^[3]

Selected filmography

A Tale of the Fox (1930) - Monkey (voice)
Tout s'arrange (1931) - Émile
The Fortune (1931) - Joannis
To the Polls, Citizens (1932) - René Faradin
Une jeune fille et un million [fr] (1932) - Bobby
Moonlight (1932) - Jacques
A Happy Man (1932) - Claude Moreuil
Paris-Soleil (1933) - Fernand
La Fille du régiment (1933) - Lieutenant Williams
Le Rayon des amours (1933) - André
Boubouroche (1933) - André
The Abbot Constantine (1933) - Paul de Laverdens
D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1933) - Andre
Les Surprises du sleeping [fr] (1933) - Prince Philippe
Pas besoin d'argent (1933) - Paul
Nous ne sommes plus des enfants [fr] (1934) - Jean Servin
Dédé (1935) - André 'Dédé' de la Huchette
The Slipper Episode (1935) - André Chabrolles
Le Billet de mille [fr] (1935) - Le neveu
Return to Paradise (1935) - Robert Ginet
The Happy Road (1936) - Paul Venieri
Let's Make a Dream (1936) - Un invité
The Pearls of the Crown (1937) - Le prisonnier italien en Abyssinie
The Tale of the Fox (1937) - Robert Grésillon
The Curtain Rises (1938) - François Polti
Conflit (1938) - Gérard
The World Will Tremble (1939) - Docteur Jean Durand
Radio Surprises (1940) - Himself
Cavalcade d'amour (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges
Beating Heart (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges
Paris-New York (1940) - Paul Landry
Strange Suzy (1941) - Jacques Hébert
Promise to a Stranger (1942) - Jean Cartier
Les Hommes sans peur [fr] (1942) - Henri Vermont
Les Petits Riens (1942) - Drial (uncredited)
The Beautiful Adventure (1942) - Valentin Le Barroyer
A Woman in the Night (1943) - François Rousseau
Les Deux Timides (1943) - Jules Frémissin
The Lady Vanishes (1944) - Le commissaire de police
English Without Tears (1944) - François de Freycinet
Felicie Nanteuil (1944) - Aimé Cavalier
Dorothy Looks for Love (1945) - Robert
Une femme coupée en morceaux (1946)
Tombé du ciel (1946) - Maurice
Cyrano de Bergerac (1946) - Cyrano de Bergerac
We Are Not Married (1946) - Fernand
Paris 1900 (1947) - Robert Chesnay aka Michel Trévines
Naughty Martine (1947) - Jacques Brévannes
Rendezvous in Paris (1947) - Robert Chesnay
Van Gogh (1948) - Narrator (voice)
Route sans issue (1948) - Jacques Audoin
Parade du rire [fr] (1948) - M. de la Bergère
Impeccable Henri (1948) - Henri, le majordome
Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948) - Clément Fournil
Jean de la Lune (1949) - Jeff, un marchand de fleurs follement amoureux de Marceline ("a flower seller madly in love with Marceline")
Le Bal des pompiers (1949) - Camille, Olivier and Henri Grégeois
L'Inconnu d'un soir [fr] (1949) - Harry Belmont
Ainsi finit la nuit [fr] (1949) - Le pianiste André Fuger
The Chocolate Girl (1950) - Paul Normand
Deported (1950) - Vito Bucelli
Le Plaisir (1952) - Le docteur (segment "Le Masque")
Casque d'or (1952) - Félix Leca
Adorable Creatures (1952) - Récitant / Narrator (voice)
April in Paris (1952) - Philippe Fouquet
Innocents in Paris (1953) - Max de Lonne
Little Boy Lost (1953) - Pierre Verdier
Les Trois Mousquetaires (1953) - Commentant le film par la voix de (voice)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) - Inspector Bonnard
Les mauvaises rencontres (1955) - Le docteur Jacques Daniéli
G.E. Summer Originals (TV series, 1956) Episode "The Green Parrot" (unsold television pilot)
Paris, Palace Hôtel [fr] (1956) - Le récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited)
The Quiet American (1958) - Inspector Vigot
Mon coquin de père [fr] (1958) - Jean Servin
Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? (1959) - René Dargillière
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 19: "Not the Running Type") - Co-host
The Full Treatment (1960) - David Prade
Tiara Tahiti (1962) - Henri Farengue
Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962) - Georges Beaufort (segment "Luxurieux point ne seras")
Symphonie pour un massacre [fr] (1963) - Valoti
La Bonne Soupe (1964) - M. Oscar
The Visit (1964) - Bardick
Compartiment tueurs (1965) - Le frère d'Eliane (uncredited)
Lady L (1965) - Inspector Mercier
Is Paris Burning? (1966) - Colonel Lebel
Grand Prix (1966) - Hugo Simon
Da Berlino l'apocalisse (1967) - Lasalle
Two for the Road (1967) - Maurice Dalbret
Lamiel (1967) - Le marquis d'Orpiez
L'une et l'autre (1967) - Serebriakov
Hamilchama al hashalom (1968 documentary) - Narrator
Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre (1968) - Monsieur Rebecque
Barbarella (1968) - President of Earth
Hard Contract (1969) - Maurice
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) - Dr. Jadin
Églantine (1972) - Clément
La più bella serata della mia vita (1972) - Cancelliere Bouisson
Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1973) - Father D'Aval
Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973) - The President of the Italian Republic
Vogue la galère (1973) - Le capitaine
L'important c'est d'aimer (1975) - Mazelli
Rosebud (1975) - Fargeau
La Course à l'échalote (1975) - De Rovère
The Tenant (1976) - Husband at the accident
Mado (1976) - Vaudable
The Anchorite (1976) - Boswell
Le Point de mire (1977) - Maître Leroy
Madame Rosa (1977) - Docteur Katz
Le Pion (1978) - Albert Carraud
Les Misérables (1978, TV Movie) - Bishop Myriel

References

^ ^a ^b Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009). The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780810870383. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ Aaker, Everett (2011). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 175–177. ISBN 978-0-7864-6409-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Norma Eberhardt". The Daily Telegraph. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
^ "Norma Eberhardt Dauphin obituary". Asbury Park Press. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.