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Fernand Ledoux


1897 - 1993

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The actor Fernand Ledoux attended a training by Raphaël Duflos at the National conservatory for performing at after world war I.
After the final examination he joined the Comédie Française in 1921 where he only impersonated small roles.

His first appearances in movies came in the 30's into being. He took part in movies like "Le train de huit heures quarant-sept" (34), "Mayerling" (36) and "Tarass Boulba" (36) before he had his breakthrough with role of Roubaud in the movie "La bête humaine" (38).
It followed impressive roles in "Volpone" (41), "Le lit à colonnes" (42), "Les visiteurs du soir" (42), "Goupi mains rouges" (43) and "Des jeunes filles dans la nuit" (43).

He was able to continue his career successfully after the war and he played support roles at great stars of those time.
To his popular post-war movies belong "La fille du diable" (46), "Pattes blanches" (49), "Les loups chassent la nuit" (52), "Papa, maman, ma femme et moi" (56), "Les aventures de Till l'Espiègle" (56), "Les violents" (58), "Les Misérables" (58) and "Christine" (58).

After that his cinematical activity diminished, but he still worked for famours directors like Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Robert Parrish, Jacques Demy, Chlaude Chabrol and Orson Welles.
To his last movies belong "La vérité" (60), "The Longest Day" (62), "Freud" (62), "Peau d'âne" (70), "Les granges brulées" (73), "A chacun son enfer" (77) and "Mille milliards de dollars" (82).
 

Other movies with Fernand Ledoux: 
Folies-Bergère de Paris (35) Le vagabond bien aimé (36) Altitude 3'200 (38) Alerte en Méditerranée (38) Premier rendez-vous (41) Premier bal (41) L'assassinat du Père Noël (41) Remorques (41) La loi du 21 juin 1907 (42) La grande marnière (43) Untel père et fils (43) L'homme de Londres (43) Béatrice devant le désir (44) La fille aux Yeux gris (45) Sortilèges (45) La rose de la mer (46) Danger de mort (47) Eternel conflit (47) Le mystère Barton (48) Monseigneur (49) Histoires extraordinaires (49) Un acte d'amour (53) Fortune carrée (55) Les hommes en blanc (55) On ne badine pas avec l'amour (55) Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (56) La loi des rues (56) Celui qui doit mourir (57) J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (59) Cartagine in fiamme (60) Recours en grâce (60) The Big Gamble (61) Les célibataires (62) Le procès (62) Le glaive et la balance (63) Up from the Beach (65) La communale (65) Au théâtre ce soir: Le père de Mademoiselle (66) Sous le ligne du taureau (68) Moi y'en a vouloir des sous (73) Bel ordure (73) Serie "La barque sans pêcheur" (73) Les chinois à Paris (74) Le père Amable (75) Alice ou la dernière fugue (77) Le devoir de français (78) Ursule Mirouët (81) Jules et Juju (82) Les Misérables (82) Les Misérables (85)


 
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