Jim Gérald

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Jim Gérald , actually Gérald Ernest Cuenot , (born July 4, 1889 in Paris , France , † July 2, 1958 there ) was a French actor .

Live and act

As a young man, Jim Gérald hitchhiked around the world, spending a while in the Wild West . Back in Paris, Gérald appeared in front of the camera for the first time in 1911. Before he finally committed himself to film work in 1923, he had earned his living as a cowboy, café singer, riding instructor and clown.

His collaboration with the young director René Clair , who gave him leading roles on several occasions, made Jim Gérald famous during the silent film era . During the transition from silent to talkies , the stocky Parisian stayed in Germany and appeared in a number of French versions of German films in the early 1930s. In the French version of Fritz Lang's Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse , he played one of the main roles, Commissioner Lohmann.

Since 1933 he has also appeared in English-language films from time to time, initially in British and, after 1945, in American productions with European locations. Gérald, who stood in front of the camera until shortly before his death, had to be content with tiny supporting roles, which often had little more than batch format.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1911: Belle maman a mangé du cheval (short film)
  • 1923: La légende de sœur Béatrix
  • 1925: Le Voyage imaginaire
  • 1926: Man must be unlucky (Le Bouif errant)
  • 1926: The Strange Adventure of a Pilot (La proie du vent)
  • 1927: The Florentine hat (Un chapeau de paille d'Italie)
  • 1928: The two shy ones (Les deux timides)
  • 1929: father and son
  • 1930: The son of the white mountains
  • 1930: L'Arlésienne
  • 1931: L'étrangère
  • 1931: Le chant du marin
  • 1932: L'amour en vitesse
  • 1932: Rivaux de la piste
  • 1933: Le testament du docteur Mabuse
  • 1933: Rocambole
  • 1933: The Constant Nymph
  • 1933: Toto
  • 1934: L'auberge du petit dragon
  • 1934: Le bossu
  • 1935: Le train d'amour
  • 1935: La symphonie des brigands
  • 1936: Robber Symphony (The Robber Symphony)
  • 1936: Mister Flow
  • 1937: Bulldog Drummond at Bay
  • 1937: Clothes and the Woman
  • 1937: Titin des Martigues
  • 1938: Paix sur le Rhin
  • 1938: It should be the tithe (Accord final)
  • 1938: Farinet - The gentle and the wild freedom (Farinet ou l'or de la montagne)
  • 1939: French Without Tears
  • 1939: The Macau gambling den
  • 1939: L'or du Cristobal
  • 1940: D'Rößliwirtin euri soldieruetter
  • 1941: Une vie de chien
  • 1943: La boîte aux rêves
  • 1945: Boule de suif
  • 1946: L'ennemi sans visage
  • 1947: The game is over (Les jeux sont faits)
  • 1948: Meeting point Rio (Aux yeux du souvenir)
  • 1948: La bataille du feu
  • 1949: Tête blonde
  • 1950: Pardon My French
  • 1950: Take Me to Paris
  • 1950: The New Orleans Tavern (The Adventures of Captain Fabian)
  • 1950: Dakota 308
  • 1951: Anatole chéri
  • 1951: The scarlet curtain (Le rideau cramoisi)
  • 1952: Adieu Paris
  • 1952: One night's confession (La minute de vérité)
  • 1952: Moulin Rouge
  • 1952: Island of Women (L'île au femmes nues)
  • 1953: The doctor and the girl (Le guérisseur)
  • 1953: Love, women and soldiers (Destinées)
  • 1954: The Maurizius case (L'affaire Maurizius)
  • 1954: The Strange Ways of Father Brown (Father Brown)
  • 1954: This is Parisian life (C'est la vie parisienne)
  • 1954: The Barefoot Countess (The Barefoot Contessa)
  • 1955: Zaza
  • 1955: A queen's romance novel (Marie-Antoinette)
  • 1955: Les insoumises
  • 1955: The Fifth Column (Foreign Intrigue)
  • 1956: White daisies (Elena et les Hommes)
  • 1956: Fernand Cowboy
  • 1957: The slacker (Le chômeur de Clochemerle)
  • 1957: Spring in Paris (Printemps à Paris)
  • 1957: The Silent War (Orders to Kill)
  • 1958: The rats of Paris (Jeux dangereux)
  • 1958: The storm breaks out (Le vent se lève)

literature

  • 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 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 230 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Gérald, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cuenot, Gérald Ernest (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 1958
Place of death Paris , France