Jean Dax

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Jean Dax , born in Gontran Théodore Louis Henri Willar (born September 17, 1879 in Paris , † June 6, 1962 there ), was a French stage and film actor .

Live and act

Dax joined the stage at the turn of the century and performed at the following Parisian theaters until the outbreak of World War II: the Théâtre du Gymnase, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre Fémina, the Théâtre de la Michodière and the Théâtre des Celestins. The pieces in which he could be seen during this period include Le Détour , L'Âge d'aimer , Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme , Le Scandale de Monte-Carlo , Le Passe-partout , Suzette , La Maison de danses , L'Institut de Beauté , Le Tribun , Le Reflet , Après l'amour , Le Valet maître and Fascicule noir .

In the first decade of the 20th century, when cinematography was still in its infancy, Jean Dax came across film. Until the outbreak of the First World War, Dax received a plethora of supporting and leading roles in mostly short productions for the Pathé company . The war largely interrupted Dax's career from 1915 to 1918, but by 1920 he continued his film work unabated. At the end of the silent film era, in 1928/29, the Frenchman went to Germany for three film productions and was a film partner in Berlin for the screen divas Lil Dagover , Käthe von Nagy and Olga Chekhova .

At the beginning of the sound film era, in the early 1930s, Dax was also seen in the French versions of German film originals ( Ariane, Gloria, Der Kongreß tanzt and Kiki ). In later years, his roles gradually became smaller and, with the exception of his appearance as Emperor Franz-Joseph I in Anatole Litvak's imperial and imperial love drama Mayerling , an overwhelming public success in 1936, also less significant until Dax finally ceased his film work and his theater work in 1939 .

Filmography

  • 1909: L'Épi
  • 1909: Le Luthier de Crémone
  • 1910: Ferragus
  • 1910: Fâcheuse méprise
  • 1911: L'Abîme
  • 1911: Notre-Dame de Paris
  • 1912: La Folle de Penmarch
  • 1912: Méprise fatale
  • 1913: Le Roi du bagne
  • 1913: La Comtesse noire
  • 1913: Le Dévouement
  • 1914: Dévouement fraternel
  • 1914: Le Lion qui tue
  • 1914: La Jolie Bretonne
  • 1915: Sacrifice fraternel
  • 1915: Plus que pure
  • 1918: Humanité
  • 1920: La Rafale
  • 1920: Le Lys Rouge
  • 1920: La Folie du doute
  • 1921: L'Assommoir
  • 1921: La Nuit de la Saint-Jean
  • 1922: Son crime
  • 1923: Le Roi de Paris
  • 1923: The Battle (La Bataille)
  • 1924: Monsieur le directeur
  • 1925: Les Dévoyés
  • 1927: Education de prince
  • 1928: L'Équipage
  • 1928: The continuous woman
  • 1928: The secret courier
  • 1929: The love of the Rott brothers
  • 1929: Irene Rysbergue's great love (Maman Colibri)
  • 1930: Accusée, levez-vous
  • 1930: Ariane
  • 1931: La Bataille
  • 1931: Le congrès s'amuse
  • 1931: Gloria
  • 1932: Cocaine (Au nom de la loi)
  • 1932: Kiki
  • 1932: Plaisirs de Paris
  • 1933: Charlemagne
  • 1934: L'Oncle de Pékin
  • 1934: Le Petit Jacques
  • 1934: Le Voyage imprévu
  • 1935: Jim la Houlette
  • 1935: La Marraine de Charley
  • 1936: Port-Arthur
  • 1936: Femmes
  • 1936: Le Grand Refrain
  • 1936: her first case (Un mauvais garçon)
  • 1936: Mayerling
  • 1937: La Fille de la Madelon
  • 1938: Ceux de demain
  • 1938: Une de la cavalerie
  • 1939: Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède

literature

  • Jean-Loup Passek: Dictionnaire du cinema, Paris 1992, p. 173

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personal data
SURNAME Dax, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Willar, Gontran Théodore Louis Henri (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor in stage and film
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1962
Place of death Paris