Jean Murat

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Jean Murat (born July 13, 1888 in Périgueux , † January 4, 1968 in Aix-en-Provence ) was a French actor.

Life

Jean Murat began his professional life as a journalist, where he worked for several years in Germany until the outbreak of World War I and spoke fluent German. During the war Murat spent part of his military service in the USA and was discovered there by the director Fred Niblo around 1920 . He played a minor role in the film Sex (1920); From 1922 onwards there were regular engagements in film. With the transition to the sound film, Murat managed to become a very popular performer with the embodiment of nobles and romantic heroes. After he had already made a few appearances in late German silent film, he appeared in numerous French versions of German film productions, where he often took over Hans Albers ' part - for example in the French versions of Die Nacht belongs uns (1930), Hans in allen Gassen (1930 ), Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931), The Victor (1932), The White Demon (1932), FP1 Doesn't Answer (1932) and A Certain Mr. Gran (1933). In the 1930s Murat was married to his colleague Annabella for a few years . In addition to a leading role in Jacques Feyder's La kermesse héroïque (1935), from the late 1930s onwards he only received offers in second-rate films, and in the post-war years he was only offered supporting roles.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1926: Carmen (Carmen)
  • 1926: The Strange Adventures of a Pilot (La proie du vent)
  • 1927: Valencia
  • 1927: Duel in the air (Duel)
  • 1927: The lawyer of the heart
  • 1927: homesickness
  • 1928: Escape from Hell
  • 1928: The Carousel of Death
  • 1929: The Escape of the Delia (L'évadée)
  • 1929: masks
  • 1929: La nuit est à nous
  • 1930: The love market
  • 1931: Paris-Méditerranée
  • 1932: IF1 ne répond plus
  • 1933: Fräulein Josette, my wife (Josette, ma femme)
  • 1933: The lady of the castle from Lebanon (La châtelaine du Liban)
  • 1933: The man with the 100 hp (L'homme à l'Hispano)
  • 1934: The private secretary marries (Dactylo se marie)
  • 1935: Blood Brothers 1918 (L'équipage)
  • 1935: La kermesse héroïque
  • 1936: Anne-Marie
  • 1942: Woman on the Way of the Cross (La femme perdue)
  • 1943: The Eternal Ban (L'éternel retour)
  • 1947: The Foreign Legion fortress (Bethsabée)
  • 1948: jealousy (Bagarres)
  • 1950: Gangsters of the Air (Les aventuriers de l'air)
  • 1951: On the Riviera (On the Rivera)
  • 1951: Rich, Young and Pretty
  • 1953: Versailles - Kings and Women (Si Versailles m'était conté)
  • 1953: The doctor and the girl (Le guérisseur)
  • 1953: Alert in the south (Alerte au Sud)
  • 1954: Closed society (Huis clos)
  • 1955: The Love of Lady Chatterley (L'amant de Lady Chatterley)
  • 1957: The Misery (Les misérables)
  • 1957: Wrong Money and Real Curves (Paris Holiday)
  • 1957: Morphine, murder and saucy moths (Ces dames préfèrent le mambo)
  • 1957: The Fox of Paris
  • 1958: resurrection
  • 1958: The big families (Les grandes familles)
  • 1960: It Happened in Athens
  • 1960: Call Girls (I Piaceri del sabato notte)
  • 1962: The Seven Deadly Sins (Les sept péchés capitaux)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 588.
personal data
SURNAME Murat, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Périgueux
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1968
Place of death Aix-en-Provence