Louis Arbessier

Louis Arbessier (9 April 1907 – 23 March 1998) was a French film and television actor.^[1] He played Napoleon III in the 1952 musical film Imperial Violets. Amongst his television roles was that of Maigret.

Louis Arbessier
Born	(1907-04-09)9 April 1907 Vienne, Isère, France
Died	23 March 1998(1998-03-23) (aged 90) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1942-1995 (film & TV)

Arbessier was married and divorced four times, and had four children born between 1929 and 1964. His youngest son, Arnaud (born 1964), is a professional voice actor.

Selected filmography

• Les petits riens (1942)
• Paysans noirs [fr] (1948) - L'administrateur
• Suzanne and the Robbers (1949) - Docteur Vinson
• Thirst of Men (1950) - Collet
• We Are All Murderers (1952) - L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants
• The Happiest of Men (1952) - Valise
• Imperial Violets (1952) - Napoléon III
• Mandat d'amener (1953) - M. Delanglade
• The Three Musketeers (1953) - Louis XIII
• Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) - Louis XIII (uncredited)
• Cadet Rousselle (1954) - Le tribun
• La bella Otero (1954) - Le directeur du Café de Paris
• Queen Margot (1954) - L'amiral de Coligny
• Série noire (1955) - Le commissaire Lefranc
• Napoléon (1955) - Le maréchal Louis Berthier (uncredited)
• If Paris Were Told to Us (1956) - Louis XIII (uncredited)
• Les Mémoires d'un flic [fr] (1956) - Le président de la Cour
• Michel Strogoff (1956) - Tsar Alexandre II
• Action immédiate (1957) - Le Colonel
• The She-Wolves (1957) - Le commissaire de police Drouin
• Les Violents [fr] (1957) - Me Rodier
• Not Delivered (1958) - Le chirurgien Bailleul
• Les Misérables (1958) - Le préfet
• Women's Prison (1958) - Le directeur de la prison
• One Life (1958) - Monsieur Dandieu
• Le fric [fr] (1959) - Le juge
• Ce soir on tue (1959) - Interpol Man #3
• Le Panier à crabes [fr] (1960) - Le professeur
• Liberty Bar (1960) - Maigret
• Captain Blood (1960) - (uncredited)
• The Truth (1960) - Le professeur
• The President (1961) - Jussieu
• Âme qui vive (1961)
• Le Miracle des loups (1961) - Comte Hesselin
• The Lions Are Loose (1961) - Frédéric Moine
• The Reluctant Spy (1963) - Le directeur du musée
• The Great Spy Chase (1964) - The Swiss colonel
• The Dirty Game (1965) - Ivanov
• La corde au cou (1965) - L'avocat
• God's Thunder (1965) - Bricard, le ministre
• To Skin a Spy (1966) - Le colonel
• Pasha (1968) - Le directeur chez Boucheron
• Du blé en liasses [fr] (1969) - Le ministre
• Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) - Aupagneur
• Sapho ou la Fureur d'aimer (1971) - M. Monestier
• The Lion's Share (1971) - Cornille - l'éditeur
• La michetonneuse (1972) - Le père de Justine
• Charlotte (1974) - Le père du Charlotte
• Mesrine (1984) - Lelièvre