Edouard Delmont
Édouard Delmont (actually Édouard Marius Autran ; born December 5, 1883 in Marseille , † November 22, 1955 in Cannes ) was a French film actor. As was customary at the time, it was often referred to simply as Delmont .
Life
At first he worked as a metal smith like his father Édouard Philippe Clément Autran. In 1914 he was employed as a machinist in the Alcazar de Marseille . Director Franck Esposito discovered him as a comedian and he appeared as Delmont from 1918 on. From 1931 to his death in 1955, he appeared mainly in movies and starred in over 80 films. In the 1930s he was seen in supporting roles in many Marcel Pagnol films. He played Doctor Spiletti, who dies several times in the film Don Camillo's Return .
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
( [D]: In the credits he is only referred to as Delmont)
- 1931: Mardi gras - Director: Pierre Weill
- 1931: Marius - Director: Alexander Korda
- 1931: Mam'zelle Nitouche - Director: Marc Allégret
- 1932: Fanny - Director: Marc Allégret
- 1933: Roger la Honte - Directed by Gaston Roudès
- 1933: Au pays du soleil - Director: Robert Péguy
- 1933: Jofroi - Director: Marcel Pagnol
- 1934: Chourinette - Director: André Hugon
- 1934: Angèle - directed by Marcel Pagnol
- 1934: Le Train de 8 heures 47
- 1934: Les Bleus de la marine - Director: Maurice Cammage
- 1935: Toni - Director: Jean Renoir
- 1935: Le Gros Lot de Cornembuis - Directed by André Hugon
- 1936: César - directed by Marcel Pagnol
- 1936: Romarin [D] - Director: André Hugon
- 1936: Blanchette - directed by Pierre Caron
- 1937: The girl and the scissor grinder (Regain) - directed by Marcel Pagnol
- 1937: Les Secrets by la mer Rouge - Director: Richard Pottier
- 1937: The Strange Monsieur Victor (L'Étrange Monsieur Victor) - Director: Jean Grémillon
- 1937: Le Chanteur de minuit - Director: Léo Joannon
- 1937: Franco de port - Director: Dimitri Kirsanoff
- 1937: Balthazar by Pierre Colombier
- 1938: Hercule [D] - Director: Alexander Esway
- 1938: The Marseillaise (La Marseillaise) - Director: Jean Renoir
- 1938: Hafen im Nebel (Le Quai des brumes) [D] - Director: Marcel Carné
- 1938: The Baker's Wife (La Femme du boulanger) - Director: Marcel Pagnol
- 1938: Le Club des fadas - Directed by Émile Couzinet
- 1938: Le Petit Chose - Directed by Maurice Cloche
- 1938: Firmin, le muet de Saint-Pataclet - Director: Jacques Séverac
- 1938: Farinet - The gentle and the wild freedom (Farinet ou l'or dans la montagne) - Director: Max Haufler
- 1939: Le Héros de la Mae - Directed by André Hugon
- 1939: Berlingot et compagnie [D] - directed by Fernand Rivers
- 1939: Le Déserteur or Je t'attendrai [D] - Director: Léonide Moguy
- 1939: Le Paradis des voleurs (Escapade) - directed by Lucien-Charles Marsoudet and Léo Joannon
- 1940: Lady of Hearts (L'Héritier des Mondésir) [D] - Director: Albert Valentin
- 1940: La Nuit merveilleuse - Director: Jean-Paul Paulin
- 1941: Trois Argentins à Montmartre - Director: André Hugon
- 1941: Notre-Dame de la Mouise [D] - directed by Robert Péguy
- 1941: Parade de sept nuits [D] - directed by Marc Allégret
- 1942: Soyez les bienvenus - Director: Jacques de Baroncelli
- 1942: L'Arlésienne [D] - Director: Marc Allégret
- 1942: Love in the South (Simplet) - Director: Fernandel
- 1942: Cap au large [D] - Director: Jean-Paul Paulin
- 1942: Feu sacré [D] - directed by Maurice Cloche
- 1943: Une femme dans la nuit [D] - directed by Edmond T. Gréville
- 1943: Le soleil a toujours raison - Director: Pierre Billon
- 1943: Port d'attache - Director: Jean Choux
- 1943: Maigret and the Picpus case (Picpus) [D] - Director: Richard Pottier
- 1943: La Bonne Étoile [D] by Jean Boyer
- 1943: Une vie de chien - Director: Maurice Cammage
- 1943: Adieu Léonard [D] - Director: Pierre Prévert
- 1943: Le Val d'enfer - Directed by Maurice Tourneur
- 1943: Mon amour est près de toi - Director: Richard Pottier
- 1944: Un chapeau de paille d'Italie - Directed by Maurice Cammage
- 1944: La Collection Ménard - Directed by Bernard Roland
- 1944: Adventure in Corsica (L'Île d'amour) [D] - directed by Maurice Cam
- 1945: Playmate of the Dark (La Fiancée des ténèbres) [D] - Director: Serge de Poligny
- 1945: Solita von Cordoue - Director: Willy Rozier
- 1946: L'Affaire du Grand Hôtel [D] - directed by André Hugon
- 1946: Le Gardian [D] - directed by Jean de Marguenat
- 1946: Nuit sans fin [D] - directed by Jacques Séverac
- 1946: Ploum ploum tra la la - Director: Robert Hennion
- 1947: The Renegate (La Renégate) - directed by Jacques Séverac
- 1947: Le Destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin [D] - directed by Guillaume Radot
- 1947: Le Dessous des cartes - Directed by André Cayatte
- 1947: Colomba [D] - directed by Émile Couzinet
- 1948: Buffalo Bill et la bergère - Directed by Serge de La Roche
- 1948: Jealousy (Bagarres) - Director: Henri Calef
- 1948: L'Auberge du péché - Directed by Jean de Marguenat
- 1949: If you skip school (L'École buissonnière) - Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
- 1949: Les Eaux troubles [D] - Director: Henri Calef
- 1949: Deux amours - Director: Richard Pottier
- 1950: Don't Forsake Me (L'Homme qui revient de loin) - Director: Jean Castanier
- 1950: Le Grand Cirque - Director: Georges Peclet
- 1950: Juliette ou la Clé des songes - Director: Marcel Carné
- 1950: The career of Doris Hart (La Belle que voilà) - Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
- 1951: Trafic sur les dunes - Director: Jean Gourguet
- 1951: Monsieur Octave or L'escargot - directed by Maurice Téboul
- 1951: The Table of the Dead (La Table-aux-crevés) - Director: Henri Verneuil
- 1952: Au pays du soleil - Director: Maurice de Canonge
- 1952: Éternel espoir - Director: Max Joly
- 1952: Son dernier Noël - Director: Jacques Daniel-Norman
- 1952: Manon des sources - Director: Marcel Pagnol
- 1953: Don Camillo's return (Le Retour by don Camillo) - Director: Julien Duvivier
- 1953: Call of Fate (L'Appel du destin) - directed by Georges Lacombe
- 1954: The sheep with five legs (Le Mouton à cinq pattes) - Director: Henri Verneuil
- 1954: Les Lettres de mon moulin - Director: Marcel Pagnol
- 1954: Ali Baba (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs) - Director: Jacques Becker
theatre
- 1931: Fanny by Marcel Pagnol , mise en scène Harry Baur , Théâtre de Paris
literature
- Raymond Chirat; Olivier Barrot, Les excentriques du cinéma français: 1929–1958 , Paris: Henri Veyrier, 1983. 978-2-85199-304-5
- Yvan Foucart: Dictionnaire des comédiens français disparus , Mormoiron: Éditions cinéma, 2008, pp. 1185 978-2-9531-1390-7
Web links
- Édouard Delmont in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- L'encinémathèque
- 87 films liés à Édouard Delmont sur Ciné-Ressources.net
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delmont, Édouard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Autran, Édouard Marius (real name); Delmont |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1955 |
| Place of death | Cannes |