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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-06-23 (121 years old)

Place of Birth

Arcisse, Isère, France

Louis Seigner

Biography:

Louis Seigner (23 June 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a French actor.

He was born in Saint-Chef, Isère, France, the son of Louise (Monin) and Joseph Seigner, and died in Paris. He is the father of actress Françoise Seigner, with Marie Cazeaux, and the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathilde Seigner and Marie-Amélie Seigner.

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Known For

Acting

1982

Les Misérables as Bishop Myriel

1981

Asphalt as Old man from the junkyard

1979

On purge bébé as Adhémar Chouilloux

1976

La Femme de paille as Karl Richmond
Mr. Klein as Mr. Klein's Father

1975

Special Section as Le garde des Sceaux Joseph Barthélémy

1974

Creezy as Garcin

1973

Prêtres interdits as L'éveque

1972

The Accursed Kings as Spinello Tolomeï, capitaine général des comptoirs banquiers
Le Grand Échiquier as Self - Main guest

1968

Pasha as Paul, le directeur de la police

1966

Black Sun as Gaston Rodier

1964

This Special Friendship as Father Lauzon

1962

L'Eclisse as Ercoli
Bells Without Joy as Colonel of the Fourth R.C.A.
The Masseuses as Cipriano Paoloni - the President

1961

The President as Henri Lauzet-Duchet, le gouverneur de la Banque de France

1960

The Truth as Le président des assises
With Both Hands as Inspecteur Toussaint
The Cossacks as Bibikoff, old Russian General
The Crab Basket as Jordan
Les frangines as Monsieur Maréchal - le directeur de l'institution
The Baron of the Locks as Léon Duval, horse owner

1959

The Price of Flesh as Inspector Max
Rue de Paris as Public prosecutor
Eyes of Love as Surgeon
Marriage of Figaro as Bartholo
The Dreadful as Lebreteuil
The Magistrate as Chief Prosecutor Roncuzzi

1958

The Possessors as Raoul Leroy
Dangerous Games as Mr. Leroy-Gomez
Would-Be Gentleman as Monsieur Jourdain, bourgeois
Revenge as Merlín

1957

Nathalie as Pipart
The Spies as Valette
The Big Bluff as Chairman of the board of directors
Miss Catastrophe as Edwin Scott
Quelle sacrée soirée as The room manager

1956

Paris, Palace Hôtel as Émile Brugnon

1955

Marguerite of the Night as The man from the hotel
Girls of Today as Mongardi padre
Nights of Montmartre as L'inspecteur Doirel

1954

Obsession as L'avocat général
The Count of Monte Cristo as Monsieur Joannès
The Lovers of Manon Lescaut as Duca di Forchamps
Zoé as Monsieur Delay

1953

The Most Wanted Man as Prison Warden
Fatal Affair as Lanzel
Les Dents longues as Antoine Josserand, le directeur de l'hebdomadaire Lyonnais « Le Canut »
The Lovers of Midnight as Monsieur Paul
Lucrèce Borgia as The magician
The Slave as Dr. Denis
Koenigsmark as Le professeur Cyrus Beck

1952

Holiday for Henrietta as Script Writer
Le Plaisir as Monsieur Tourneveau
Alone in the World as Director
Judgement of God as Le bourgmestre d'Augsbourg
The Seven Deadly Sins as Uncle Henri (segment "Pride")
Rooster in dough as Maitre Poulard
Her Last Christmas as Professor Valensio
Adorable Creatures as Gaston Lebridel
We Are All Murderers as L'abbé Roussard

1951

Skipper Next to God as Pastor Lewis
Hotbed of Sin as Constanzo / Boris Armanian
The Turkey as Le Major Pinchard
Dakota 308 as Commissaire Jaillot
Clara de Montargis as Clara's husband

1950

A Certain Mister as Le commissaire Clergé
Miquette as L'évêque
Tête blonde as Maître Canard
Jamaican Man as Captain Hoggan

1949

Maya as Le paysan
Rendezvous in July as Levase, drama professor
The Wind Is My Lover as Chaplain (French version)

1948

Colonel Durand as Commander Millet
The Bouquinquant Brothers as Investigating judge
Man to Men as Philibert Routorbe
The Charterhouse of Parma as Grillo - le gardien de la Tour Farnese

1947

Dreams of Love as Count d'Agoult
The Royalists as Abbot Gudin

1946

Un revenant as Edmond Gonin
The Eternal Husband as Magistrat
Homeland as Le père Vargas
Behind These Walls as Doctor Noblet

1945

1944

First in Line as Le docteur
Night Shift as Doctor Renaud

1943

Le Corbeau as Bertrand
The Roquevillards as Public prosecutor (uncredited)
Vautrin the Thief as Nucingen
Lucrèce as François' tutor
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint as Maître Hervineau
It Happened at the Inn as L'instituteur

1942

Forbidden to Love as Le directeur de l'hôtel (uncredited)
La Symphonie fantastique as Habeneck (uncredited)
The Marriage of Chiffon as Philippe de Bray

1941

Portrait of Innocence as Le directeur de l'école
The Chain Breaker as Le Ministre

1939

Cordial Agreement as German ambassador

1938

1935

Pitiless Gendarme as M. Punez

1933

Chotard and Co. as le Capitaine

1931