Claude Dauphin (actor)
Claude Dauphin was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978, including Barbarella, The Quiet American, The Tenant, Grand Prix and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.
Biography
He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain, and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole. His elder brother was the writer Jean Nohain.
Dauphin's debut on film came in La Vagabonde. He debuted on stage in Chapeau Chinois in Paris.
Private life
Dauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress Maria Mauban with whom he had a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress Norma Eberhardt. The couple divided their time between Paris, Los Angeles, New York City and Ocean Township, New Jersey. They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.
Selected filmography
A Tale of the Fox - Monkey Tout s'arrange - ÉmileThe Fortune - JoannisTo the Polls, Citizens - René Faradin' - BobbyMoonlight - JacquesA Happy Man - Claude MoreuilParis-Soleil - FernandLa Fille du régiment - Lieutenant WilliamsLe Rayon des amours - AndréBoubouroche - AndréThe Abbot Constantine - Paul de LaverdensD'amour et d'eau fraîche - Andre
- Prince PhilippePas besoin d'argent - Paul' - Jean ServinDédé - André 'Dédé' de la HuchetteThe Slipper Episode - André Chabrolles ' - Le neveuReturn to Paradise - Robert GinetThe Happy Road - Paul VenieriLet's Make a Dream - Un invité The Pearls of the Crown - Le prisonnier italien en AbyssinieThe Tale of the Fox - Robert GrésillonThe Curtain Rises - François PoltiConflit - GérardThe World Will Tremble - Docteur Jean DurandRadio Surprises - HimselfCavalcade d'amour - Léandre, Hubert & GeorgesBeating Heart - Léandre, Hubert & GeorgesParis-New York - Paul LandryStrange Suzy - Jacques HébertPromise to a Stranger - Jean Cartier' - Henri VermontLes Petits Riens - Drial The Beautiful Adventure - Valentin Le BarroyerA Woman in the Night - François RousseauLes Deux Timides - Jules FrémissinUne femme disparaît English Without Tears - François de FreycinetFelicie Nanteuil - Aimé CavalierDorothy Looks for Love - RobertUne femme coupée en morceaux Tombé du ciel - MauriceCyrano de Bergerac - Cyrano de BergeracWe Are Not Married - FernandParis 1900 - Robert Chesnay aka Michel TrévinesNaughty Martine - Jacques BrévannesRendezvous in Paris - Robert ChesnayVan Gogh - Narrator Route sans issue - Jacques Audoin ' - M. de la BergèreImpeccable Henri - Henri, le majordomeCroisière pour l'inconnu - Clément FournilJean de la Lune - Jeff, un marchand de fleurs follement amoureux de Marceline Le Bal des pompiers - Camille, Olivier and Henri Grégeois' - Harry Belmont ' - Le pianiste André FugerThe Chocolate Girl - Paul NormandDeported - Vito BucelliLe Plaisir - Le docteur Casque d'or - Félix LecaAdorable Creatures - Récitant / Narrator April in Paris - Philippe FouquetInnocents in Paris - Max de LonneLittle Boy Lost - Pierre VerdierLes Trois Mousquetaires - Commentant le film par la voix de Phantom of the Rue Morgue - Inspector BonnardLes mauvaises rencontres - Le docteur Jacques DaniéliG.E. Summer Originals Episode "The Green Parrot" ' - Le récitant / Narrator The Quiet American - Inspector Vigot ' - Jean ServinPourquoi viens-tu si tard? - René DargillièreAlfred Hitchcock Presents - Co-hostThe Full Treatment - David PradeTiara Tahiti - Henri FarengueLe Diable et les Dix Commandements - Georges Beaufort - ValotiLa Bonne Soupe - M. OscarThe Visit - BardickCompartiment tueurs - Le frère d'Eliane Lady L - Inspector MercierIs Paris Burning? - Colonel LebelGrand Prix - Hugo SimonDa Berlino l'apocalisse - LasalleTwo for the Road - Maurice DalbretLamiel - Le marquis d'OrpiezL'une et l'autre - SerebriakovHamilchama al hashalom - Narrator Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre - Monsieur RebecqueBarbarella - President of EarthHard Contract - MauriceThe Madwoman of Chaillot - Dr. JadinÉglantine - ClémentLa più bella serata della mia vita - Cancelliere BouissonAu rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse - Father D'AvalVogliamo i colonnelli - The President of the Italian RepublicVogue la galère - Le capitaineL'important c'est d'aimer - MazelliRosebud - FargeauLa Course à l'échalote - De RovèreThe Tenant - Husband at the accidentMado - VaudableThe Anchorite - BoswellLe Point de mire - Maître LeroyMadame Rosa - Docteur KatzLe Pion - Albert CarraudLes Misérables - Bishop Myriel