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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-03-27 (135 years old)

Place of Birth

Straßburg, Alsace, Germany [now Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France]

Alphonse Martell

Biography:

Alphonse Martell (born March 27, 1890 in Strasbourg, German Empire, died March 18, 1976 in San Diego, California, United States) was a screen and television actor.

Martell performed many French roles in American cinema and directed a film, Gigolettes of Paris.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Alphonse Martell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

1966

Mission: Impossible as Dr. Vachtel

1963

A New Kind of Love as Cafe Headwaiter (uncredited)

1960

Can-Can as Butler (uncredited)
Seven Thieves as Governor (uncredited)

1959

The Man Who Understood Women as Paul – Headwater (uncredited)

1955

My Sister Eileen as Headwaiter (uncredited)

1954

Phffft as Maitre D' (uncredited)
Paris Playboys as Pierre

1953

Fort Ti as Gen. Montcalm
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Let's Do It Again as Pierre, Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Scared Stiff as Maitre d'

1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Valet (uncredited)

1950

Convicted as Convict Melreau (uncredited)

1949

Zamba as Gaston
A Woman's Secret as Algerian Waiter (Uncredited)

1946

The Catman of Paris as Maurice Cocaignac
Gilda as Roulette Croupier (uncredited)

1945

Club Havana as Waiter (uncredited)
Dick Tracy as Jules (uncredited)

1944

The Mask of Dimitrios as Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Enter Arsène Lupin as Conductor
Bathing Beauty as Doorman (uncredited)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Guard (uncredited)

1943

Phantom of the Opera as Policeman (uncredited)
Coney Island as Jerry - Headwaiter
Honeymoon Lodge as Headwaiter

1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget as Vegetable cart driver

1940

Rebecca as Hotel Headwaiter (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940 as French Dancer (uncredited)
Hired Wife as Waiter
Arise, My Love as French Correspondent (Uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters as Board Member (uncredited)
I Was an Adventuress as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)

1939

City in Darkness as Gendarme
Stronger Than Desire as Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers as Carriage Driver
Another Thin Man as West Indies Club Waiter (uncredited)
Man About Town as Waiter in Show (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale as Nightclub Headwaiter

1938

Letter of Introduction as Park Plaza Maitre'd (uncredited)
Doctor Rhythm as Marvelous Marko (uncredited)
Judge Hardy's Children as Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
I'll Give a Million as Cameraman (uncredited)
Gold Diggers in Paris as Mons. Galledet
Suez as General St. Arnaud
The Buccaneer as Major Latour
The Jitters as Mr. Maurice (as Alfonso Martell)

1937

Artists & Models as Waiter (uncredited)
Confession as Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks as Marcel Garnier (uncredited)
Seventh Heaven as Frenchman (uncredited)
We Have Our Moments as Headwaiter
Wells Fargo as Headwaiter
They Gave Him a Gun as French Captain (uncredited)
Beg, Borrow or Steal as French Policeman (uncredited)
Shall We Dance as Doorman (uncredited)
Tovarich as Mr. Pierre
Let Them Live as Headwaiter
Marked Woman as Club Intimate Doorman (uncredited)
The Bride Wore Red as Hotel Headwaiter (uncredited)

1936

Dodsworth as Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast as Headwaiter at Dubin's (uncredited)
Give Me Your Heart as Dining Room Captain (uncredited)
Colleen as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Libeled Lady as Steward from 'S.S. Queen Ann' on Dock (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across as Official at Le Havre Pier (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady as Headwaiter (uncredited)

1935

Alias Mary Dow as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess as Bartender in 'Playboy of Paree' Number (uncredited)
Confidential as Jeweller
Let's Live Tonight as French Cashier

1934

One Night of Love as Headwaiter
This Side of Heaven as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood as Director
Soup and Fish as Hemingway, Third Butler (uncredited)
One More River as Headwaiter (Uncredited)
The Notorious Sophie Lang as Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)

1933

Only Yesterday as Headwaiter (Uncredited)
Cocktail Hour as French Butler (uncredited)

1932

The Match King as Frenchman Lighting Match (uncredited)

1931

God's Gift to Women as Alphonse, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Gigolo Racket as Alphonse - the Headwaiter
Private Lives as Hotel Concierge (uncredited)

1930

Sin Takes a Holiday as Man at Roulette Table

1928

The Night Bird as Pete (as Alphonse Martel)
The Divine Sinner as Paul Coudert
Dream of Love as Michonet
A Woman of Affairs as French Hotel Concierge (uncredited)
Noah's Ark as French Policeman (uncredited)

1927

Naughty Nanette as Carlton (as Alphonse Martel)
She's My Baby as Alphonze Dabreau

1926

The Love Thief as Berzoff
The Strings of Steel as Alexander Graham Bell

1925

The Prairie Wife as Count de Chateaunois (uncredited)

Writing

1933

Directing

1933