Fernand Ledoux


Fernand Ledoux was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his career with small roles at the Comédie-Française. He appeared in close to eighty films, with his best remembered role being the stationmaster Roubaud in Jean Renoir's La Bête humaine, but he remained primarily a theatrical actor for the duration of his career.
Married to Fernande Thabuy, with whom he had four children, Ledoux was an amateur painter, and lived for many years at Pennedepie in Normandy. Later he moved to Villerville, where he died and where he is buried.

Selected filmography

  • L'homme à la barbiche
  • ' as Flick
  • L'homme des Folies Bergère as François
  • Mayerling as Philippe de Cobourg
  • Taras Bulba as Tovkatch
  • The Beloved Vagabond as Major Walters
  • ' as Le docteur
  • Alert in the Mediterranean as Martin
  • La Bête Humaine as Roubaud
  • Volpone as Corvino
  • ' as Nicolas Rougemont
  • First Ball as Michel Noblet
  • L'assassinat du Père Noël as Noirgoutte, le maire
  • Stormy Waters as Kerlo, le bosco
  • Le Lit à colonnes as Porey-Cave
  • Les Visiteurs du Soir as Le baron Hugues - le châtelain, père d'Anne
  • La grande marnière as Carvajan
  • ' as Le maire
  • It Happened at the Inn as Léopold Goupi dit Goupi-Mains-Rouges
  • ' as Auguste
  • The Man from London as Maloin
  • Behold Beatrice as Le docteur Mauléon
  • Girl with Grey Eyes as Le père Christophe
  • The Bellman as Fabret, le 'lièvre'
  • The Devil's Daughter as Le docteur / The doctor
  • The Sea Rose as Romain Jardehu
  • Danger of Death as Le pharmacien Loiseau
  • Eternal Conflict as Le professeur Janvier
  • The Shadow as Firmin Blache
  • White Paws as Jock Le Guen
  • The Barton Mystery as Beverley
  • Histoires extraordinaires à faire peur ou à faire rire... as Montrésor
  • Monseigneur as Piétrefond
  • Wolves Hunt at Night as Thomas Mollert - un membre du Deuxième Bureau
  • La Bergère et le ramoneur as Le roi
  • Act of Love as Fernand Lacaud
  • Papa, maman, la bonne et moi as Fernand Langlois
  • ' as Le Cadi
  • Men in White as Dr. Delpuech
  • Papa, maman, ma femme et moi as Fernand Langlois
  • On ne badine pas avec l'amour
  • Law of the Streets as Père Blain
  • Les Aventures de Até L'Espiegle as Claes
  • He Who Must Die as Priest Grigoris
  • The Violent as Pierre Tiercelin
  • Les Misérables as Monseigneur Myriel
  • Christine as Weiring as le père de Christine
  • J'irai cracher sur vos tombes as Horace Chandley
  • Cartagine in fiamme
  • Recours en grâce as Le curé
  • The Truth as Le médecin légiste
  • The Big Gamble as Customs Official
  • The Longest Day as Louis
  • Freud: The Secret Passion as Dr. Charcot
  • The Trial as Chief Clerk of the Law Court
  • Le Glaive et la Balance as Le procureur
  • Up from the Beach as Barrelmaker
  • La Communale as L'inspecteur
  • Under the Sign of the Bull as Le juge
  • Peau d'Âne as Le roi rouge, le seconde roi
  • Moi y'en a vouloir des sous as Sauveur Chouras
  • Bel Ordure as Le gardien de prison
  • Les Granges brûlées as Le doyen des juges
  • Les Chinois à Paris as Abel Frugebelle, de l'Acamédie Française
  • Alice ou la Dernière Fugue as Le Vieil Homme et le Docteur
  • À chacun son enfer as Le père
  • Mille milliards de dollars as Guérande
  • Les Misérables as Gillenormand