Louis Seigner
Biography
Louis Seigner (23 June 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a French actor.
He was born in Saint-Chef, Isère, France, the son of Louise (Monin) and Joseph Seigner, and died in Paris. He is the father of actress Françoise Seigner, with Marie Cazeaux, and the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathilde Seigner and Marie-Amélie Seigner.
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Known For
Acting History
1982
Les Misérables as Monsignor Bienvenu Myriel, Bishop of Digne
1981Asphalt as Old man from the junkyard
1979On purge bébé as Adhémar Chouilloux
1977Lorenzaccio as Philippe Strozzi
1976La Femme de paille as Karl Richmond
1976Mr. Klein as Mr. Klein's Father
1975From Hong Kong with Love as Vannier
1975Special Section as Le garde des Sceaux Joseph Barthélémy
1974Creezy as Garcin
1973Prêtres interdits as L'éveque
1973Molière pour rire et pour pleurer as Poquelin père
1972The Accursed Kings as Spinello Tolomeï, capitaine général des comptoirs banquiers
1972Le Grand Échiquier as Self - Main guest
1968À bout portant as Self
1968Pasha as Paul, le directeur de la police
1966Black Sun as Gaston Rodier
1964This Special Friendship as Father Lauzon
1962The Masseuses as Cipriano Paoloni - the President
1962Al otro lado de la ciudad
1962Bells Without Joy as Colonel of the Fourth R.C.A.
1962L'Eclisse as Ercoli
1962The Little Boy from the Lift as Uncle Anselme
1961The President as Henri Lauzet-Duchet, le gouverneur de la Banque de France
1960The Truth as Le président des assises
1960Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur as Tartuffe
1960Le Barbier de Séville as Bartholo
1960The Crab Basket as Jordan
1960The Baron of the Locks as Léon Duval, horse owner
1960With Both Hands as Commissioner Toussaint
1960Les Frangines as Monsieur Maréchal - le directeur de l'institution
1960The Cossacks as Bibikoff, old Russian General
1959The Price of Flesh as Inspector Max
1959Eyes of Love as Surgeon
1959Marriage of Figaro as Bartholo
1959Rue de Paris as Public prosecutor
1959The Magistrate as Chief Prosecutor Roncuzzi
1959The Dreadful as Lebreteuil
1959Quai des illusions as Monsieur Vincent
1958Dangerous Games as Mr. Leroy-Gomez
1958Would-Be Gentleman as Monsieur Jourdain, bourgeois
1958The Possessors as Raoul Leroy
1958Revenge as Merlín
1957Nathalie as Pipart
1957The Spies as Valette
1957Quelle sacrée soirée as The room manager
1957The Big Bluff as Chairman of the board of directors
1957Miss Catastrophe as Edwin Scott
1956Paris, Palace Hôtel as Émile Brugnon
1956Cinépanorama as Self
1955Marguerite of the Night as The man from the hotel
1955Girls of Today as Mongardi padre
1955The First Outrages as Mr. Arnaud, professor
1955Nights of Montmartre as L'inspecteur Doirel
1955La Rue des bouches peintes as Spears
1954The Lovers of Manon Lescaut as Duca di Forchamps
1954The Beautiful Otero as Marcel
1954Obsession as L'avocat général
1954Zoé as Monsieur Delay
1954Royal Affairs in Versailles as Lavoisier
1954The Count of Monte Cristo as Monsieur Joannès
1953The Most Wanted Man as Prison Warden
1953Lucrèce Borgia as The magician
1953The Slave as Dr. Denis
1953Fatal Affair as Lanzel
1953Koenigsmark as Le professeur Cyrus Beck
1953The Lovers of Midnight as Monsieur Paul
1953Les Dents longues as Antoine Josserand, le directeur de l'hebdomadaire Lyonnais « Le Canut »
1952Holiday for Henrietta as Script Writer
1952Her Last Christmas as Professor Valensio
1952Judgement of God as Le bourgmestre d'Augsbourg
1952Alone in the World as Director
1952Rooster in dough as Maitre Poulard
1952We Are All Murderers as L'abbé Roussard
1952La Comédie-Française
1952The Seven Deadly Sins as Uncle Henri (segment "L'Orgueil")
1952Le Plaisir as Monsieur Tourneveau
1952Adorable Creatures as Gaston Lebridel
1951The Turkey as Le Major Pinchard
1951Monsieur Octave
1951The Most Beautiful Girl in the World as Monsieur Dumont
1951Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français as Narrator (voice)
1951Hotbed of Sin as Constanzo / Boris Armanian
1951Clara de Montargis as Clara's husband
1951Le Cas du docteur Galloy as Doctor Clarenz
1951Dakota 308 as Commissaire Jaillot
1951L'Enfant des neiges as Gisèle's father
1951Skipper Next to God as Pastor Lewis
1950Jamaican Man as Captain Hoggan
1950Tête blonde as Maître Canard
1950A Certain Mister as Le commissaire Clergé
1950Miquette as L'évêque
1950Marie of the Port as Jules
1949The Wind Is My Lover as Chaplain (French version)
1949Maya as Le paysan
1949Rendezvous in July as Levase, drama professor
1949Vire-vent as Monsieur Bourride
1948Man to Men as Philibert Routorbe
1948Colonel Durand as Commander Millet
1948La Carcasse et le Tord-cou as Casimir Gros
1948The Charterhouse of Parma as Grillo - le gardien de la Tour Farnese
1948The Bouquinquant Brothers as Investigating judge
1947The Woman in Red as Malvet
1947The Royalists as Abbot Gudin
1947Dreams of Love as Count d'Agoult
1946Homeland as Le père Vargas
1946Un revenant as Edmond Gonin
1946The Eternal Husband as Magistrat
1946Behind These Walls as Doctor Noblet
1945The Last Judgment as Bora
1944Night Shift as Doctor Renaud
1944First in Line as Le docteur
1943Lucrèce as François' tutor
1943Vautrin the Thief as Nucingen
1943Le Corbeau as Bertrand
1943The Secret of Madame Clapain as Ancelin
1943The Roquevillards as Public prosecutor (uncredited)
1943Angels of Sin as Prison director
1943Des jeunes filles dans la nuit as (uncredited)
1943It Happened at the Inn as L'instituteur
1943Le Voyageur de la Toussaint as Maître Hervineau
1942Forbidden to Love as Le directeur de l'hôtel (uncredited)
1942The Marriage of Chiffon as Philippe de Bray
1942The Law of Spring as Doctor
1942La Symphonie fantastique as Habeneck (uncredited)
1941The Chain Breaker as Le Ministre
1941Portrait of Innocence as Le directeur de l'école
1939Cordial Agreement as German ambassador
1938S.O.S. Mediterranean as Investigating judge
1935Pitiless Gendarme as M. Punez
1933Chotard and Co. as le Capitaine
1931A story among a thousand