Claude Dauphin (actor)

Claude Dauphin (né Legrand; 19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978, including Barbarella, The Quiet American, The Tenant, Grand Prix, The Lady Vanishes, and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.

Claude Dauphin
Dauphin in the 1944 film A Salute to France
Born	Claude Marie Eugène Legrand (1903-08-19)19 August 1903 Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, France
Died	16 November 1978(1978-11-16) (aged 75) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1978
Spouse(s)	Rosine Derean Maria Mauban Norma Eberhardt (1955–1978; his death)
Children	2, including Jean-Claude
Father	Maurice Étienne Legrand
Relatives	Jean Nohain (brother) James Newman (grandson) Griffin Newman (grandson) Romilly Newman (granddaughter) Peter Newman (son-in-law)

L-R: Burgess Meredith, Claude Dauphin & Philip Bourneuf in A Salute to France (1944)

Biography

He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain,^[1] and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole. His elder brother was the writer Jean Nohain.^{[citation needed]}

Dauphin's debut on film came in La Vagabonde (1930).^[1] He debuted on stage in Chapeau Chinois (1930) in Paris.^[2]

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.^[3] The couple divided their time between Paris, Los Angeles, New York City and Ocean Township, New Jersey.^[3][4] They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.^[3]

Selected filmography

• A Tale of the Fox (1930) - Monkey (voice)
• Tout s'arrange (1931) - Émile
• The Fortune (1931) - Joannis
• To the Polls, Citizens (1932) - René Faradin
• Une jeune fille et un million [fr] (1932) - Bobby
• Moonlight (1932) - Jacques
• A Happy Man (1932) - Claude Moreuil
• Paris-Soleil (1933) - Fernand
• La Fille du régiment (1933) - Lieutenant Williams
• Le Rayon des amours (1933) - André
• Boubouroche (1933) - André
• The Abbot Constantine (1933) - Paul de Laverdens
• D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1933) - Andre
• Les Surprises du sleeping [fr] (1933) - Prince Philippe
• Pas besoin d'argent (1933) - Paul
• Nous ne sommes plus des enfants [fr] (1934) - Jean Servin
• Dédé (1935) - André 'Dédé' de la Huchette
• The Slipper Episode (1935) - André Chabrolles
• Le Billet de mille [fr] (1935) - Le neveu
• Return to Paradise (1935) - Robert Ginet
• The Happy Road (1936) - Paul Venieri
• Let's Make a Dream (1936) - Un invité
• The Pearls of the Crown (1937) - Le prisonnier italien en Abyssinie
• The Tale of the Fox (1937) - Robert Grésillon
• The Curtain Rises (1938) - François Polti
• Conflit (1938) - Gérard
• The World Will Tremble (1939) - Docteur Jean Durand
• Radio Surprises (1940) - Himself
• Cavalcade d'amour (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges
• Beating Heart (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges
• Paris-New York (1940) - Paul Landry
• Strange Suzy (1941) - Jacques Hébert
• Promise to a Stranger (1942) - Jean Cartier
• Les Hommes sans peur [fr] (1942) - Henri Vermont
• Les Petits Riens (1942) - Drial (uncredited)
• The Beautiful Adventure (1942) - Valentin Le Barroyer
• A Woman in the Night (1943) - François Rousseau
• Les Deux Timides (1943) - Jules Frémissin
• The Lady Vanishes (1944) - Le commissaire de police
• English Without Tears (1944) - François de Freycinet
• Felicie Nanteuil (1944) - Aimé Cavalier
• Dorothy Looks for Love (1945) - Robert
• Une femme coupée en morceaux (1946)
• Tombé du ciel (1946) - Maurice
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1946) - Cyrano de Bergerac
• We Are Not Married (1946) - Fernand
• Paris 1900 (1947) - Robert Chesnay aka Michel Trévines
• Naughty Martine (1947) - Jacques Brévannes
• Rendezvous in Paris (1947) - Robert Chesnay
• Van Gogh (1948) - Narrator (voice)
• Route sans issue (1948) - Jacques Audoin
• Parade du rire [fr] (1948) - M. de la Bergère
• Impeccable Henri (1948) - Henri, le majordome
• Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948) - Clément Fournil
• Jean de la Lune (1949) - Jeff, un marchand de fleurs follement amoureux de Marceline ("a flower seller madly in love with Marceline")
• Le Bal des pompiers (1949) - Camille, Olivier and Henri Grégeois
• L'Inconnu d'un soir [fr] (1949) - Harry Belmont
• Ainsi finit la nuit [fr] (1949) - Le pianiste André Fuger
• The Chocolate Girl (1950) - Paul Normand
• Deported (1950) - Vito Bucelli
• Le Plaisir (1952) - Le docteur (segment "Le Masque")
• Casque d'or (1952) - Félix Leca
• Adorable Creatures (1952) - Récitant / Narrator (voice)
• April in Paris (1952) - Philippe Fouquet
• Innocents in Paris (1953) - Max de Lonne
• Little Boy Lost (1953) - Pierre Verdier
• Les Trois Mousquetaires (1953) - Commentant le film par la voix de (voice)
• Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) - Inspector Bonnard
• Les mauvaises rencontres (1955) - Le docteur Jacques Daniéli
• G.E. Summer Originals (TV series, 1956) Episode "The Green Parrot" (unsold television pilot)
• Paris, Palace Hôtel [fr] (1956) - Le récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited)
• The Quiet American (1958) - Inspector Vigot
• Mon coquin de père [fr] (1958) - Jean Servin
• Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? (1959) - René Dargillière
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 19: "Not the Running Type") - Co-host
• The Full Treatment (1960) - David Prade
• Tiara Tahiti (1962) - Henri Farengue
• Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962) - Georges Beaufort (segment "Luxurieux point ne seras")
• Symphonie pour un massacre [fr] (1963) - Valoti
• La Bonne Soupe (1964) - M. Oscar
• The Visit (1964) - Bardick
• Compartiment tueurs (1965) - Le frère d'Eliane (uncredited)
• Lady L (1965) - Inspector Mercier
• Is Paris Burning? (1966) - Colonel Lebel
• Grand Prix (1966) - Hugo Simon
• Da Berlino l'apocalisse (1967) - Lasalle
• Two for the Road (1967) - Maurice Dalbret
• Lamiel (1967) - Le marquis d'Orpiez
• L'une et l'autre (1967) - Serebriakov
• Hamilchama al hashalom (1968 documentary) - Narrator
• Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre (1968) - Monsieur Rebecque
• Barbarella (1968) - President of Earth
• Hard Contract (1969) - Maurice
• The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) - Dr. Jadin
• Églantine (1972) - Clément
• La più bella serata della mia vita (1972) - Cancelliere Bouisson
• Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1973) - Father D'Aval
• Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973) - The President of the Italian Republic
• Vogue la galère (1973) - Le capitaine
• L'important c'est d'aimer (1975) - Mazelli
• Rosebud (1975) - Fargeau
• La Course à l'échalote (1975) - De Rovère
• The Tenant (1976) - Husband at the accident
• Mado (1976) - Vaudable
• The Anchorite (1976) - Boswell
• Le Point de mire (1977) - Maître Leroy
• Madame Rosa (1977) - Docteur Katz
• Le Pion (1978) - Albert Carraud
• Les Misérables (1978, TV Movie) - Bishop Myriel