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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-09-21 (136 years old)

Place of Birth

Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Lucien Baroux

Biography:

Lucien Baroux (born Marcel Lucien Barou) (Toulouse, 21 September 1888 – Hossegor, 21 May 1968) was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s.

In the field of musical comedy he created roles in Brummell in 1931 (Jim), Déshabillez-vous ! in 1928 (Dumontel), Passionément in 1926 (Captain Harris), and J'adore ça in 1925 (Jacques Cocardier). He appeared as Laurent XVII in the 1935 film and 1956 recording of La mascotte.

He took part in the complete recording of Le Malade imaginaire (as Monsieur Diafoirus), in 1964 starring Michel Galabru on L'Encyclopédie Sonore Hachette.

Source: Article "Lucien Baroux" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Acting

1964

1963

Le mari ne compte pas as Le professeur Martholin, psychiartre

1962

The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Troussemier - l'évêque / The bishop

1959

Discorama as Self

1958

Les Misérables as Monsieur Gillenormand

1957

1956

Murderers and Thieves as le médecin-chef de la clinique
Les Truands as Le curé
The Carrots Are Cooked as Le parrain d’Edmond, un ami fidèle des Boyer
Plaisir du théâtre as Le professeur Martholin, psychiartre

1955

Villa Sans-Souci as Dr. Mallez
Napoleon as Louis XVIII

1954

Trois jours de bringue à Paris as Théophile Chambourcy, capitaine des pompiers

1952

Ils sont dans les vignes... as Commissioner Desbordes

1951

Paris Still Sings! as Clodomir
Nocturnal Uproar as Armand Varescot

1950

Round of Hours as 'La Frite'
Banco de prince as Hasdrubal, head of security
First Communion as The Archbishop

1949

Valse brillante as Monsieur DeBosc, impresario

1948

1947

The Fan as Baron Saint-Yves

1945

Check on the King as Le jardinier La Verdure

1944

The Ménard Collection as Curator of the Mathematics Museum

1942

The Woman I Loved the Most as Louis Drotort, painter
L'Ange Gardien as Duboin
Soyez les bienvenus as Boisleroi
The Big Fight as Victor
Prince Charming as Ambroise Bréchaud

1941

Bearer Check as Fortuné

1940

Moulin Rouge as Loiseau
Miquette as Monchablon

1939

Behind the Facade as Commissioner Boucheron, district police officer
Fire in the Straw as Antoine Vautier

1938

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées as Le Marquis de Chauvelin
4 A.M. as Bidon Durand
Monsieur Breloque a disparu as Monsieur Breloque
Un fichu métier as Prince Alexis / Castin

1937

L'Ange du foyer as Baron Sigismond des Oublies

1936

Daddy's Girl as Victor Dupuissol aka Sylvain de la Bretière
Une gueule en or as Marquis of Barfleur
Adventure in Paris as Raymond Sauvaget
The Bureaucrats as Lahrier
Forty Little Mothers as Prosper Martin

1935

La Mascotte as le roi Laurent XVII
Le Billet de mille as The dressmaker
Arènes joyeuses as Escopette
Les Sœurs Hortensia as Monsieur Marmoud
Baccara as Charles Plantel
Inspector of the Red Cars as Eugène Bernard
Mysteries of Paris as Monsieur Pipelet

1934

Ces messieurs de la Santé as Amédée Floque, le comptable
My Heart Is Calling You as Rosé, director
C'était un musicien as Théophile

1933

All for Love as Charlie
Une idée folle as Victor
Dream Castle as Ottoni
Charlemagne as Author

1932

The Beautiful Adventure as Valentin Le Barroyer
The Champion Cook as Lucien Dumorel
Vous serez ma femme as The young man
Should We Wed Them? as Prof. Bock

1931

Ronny as le directeur du théâtre
Ronny as Theater director
Dragnet Night as Le Baron Stanislas

1930

La Tendresse as Carlos Jarry
Lévy et Cie as Louis

1926

What for? as Director

1925