Alphonse Martell

Alphonse Martell (1890 - 1976)^[1] was a French actor who wrote and directed Gigolettes of Paris (1933).^[2][3] He portrayed a director in the 1934 film I'll Be Suing You.^[4] He often portrayed a waiter as in the 1946 film Falcon's Alibi, in which he is murdered.^[5]

He appeared on TV shows including Climax! and Mission Impossible.^[6]

Selected filmography

• A Fighting Heart (1924)^[7]
• After a Million (1924), as Ivan Senine
• South of the Equator (1924), as General's Aide
• The Prairie Wife (1925), as Count de Chateaunois (uncredited)
• Strings of Steel (1926), as Alexander Graham Bell
• The Mystery Club (1926), as Sengh
• Gigolo (film) (1926), as Waiter at Maxim's (uncredited)
• Grinning Guns (1927), as Tony the Dude
• Naughty Nanette (1927), as Carlton Mary
• She's My Baby (1927), as Alphonze Dabreau
• Dream of Love(1928), as Michonet
• The Night Bird (1928), as Pete
• The Divine Sinner (1928), as Paul Coudert
• Possessed (1931), as French Waiter (uncredited)
• Cocktail Hour (film) (1933), as French Butler (uncredited)
• Maid in Hollywood (1934)^[3]
• I'll Be Suing You (1934), as Director
• The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
• Manhattan Butterfly (1935)
• The Great Hotel Murder (1935)
• We Have Our Moments (1937), as Headwaiter
• Suez (film) (1938), as General St. Arnaud
• For Love or Money (1939), as Head Waiter
• The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) as Headwaiter (uncredited)
• Give Out, Sisters (1942), as Headwaiter
• Enter Arsène Lupin (1944), as Conductor
• Pardon My Rhythm (1944), as Headwaiter
• Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944), as Headwaiter (uncredited)
• Dick Tracy (1945), as Jules^[5]
• Blonde from Brooklyn (1945), as Maitre'd (uncredited)
• The Catman of Paris (1946), as Maurice
• Falcon's Alibi (1946)
• The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947), as Institute Superintendent
• French Leave (1948 film), as Waiter
• The Story of Will Rogers (1952), as French Premier (uncredited)