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 and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.
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Biography
He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain, and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole. His elder brother was the writer Jean Nohain.
Dauphin's debut on film came in La Vagabonde (1930). He debuted on stage in Chapeau Chinois (1930) in Paris.
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. The couple divided their time between Paris, Los Angeles, New York City and Ocean Township, New Jersey. They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.
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 (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 (1933) - Prince Philippe
Pas besoin d'argent (1933) - Paul
Nous ne sommes plus des enfants (1934) - Jean Servin
Dédé (1935) - André 'Dédé' de la Huchette
The Slipper Episode (1935) - André Chabrolles
Le Billet de mille (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 (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
Une femme disparaît (1944)
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 (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 (1949) - Harry Belmont
Ainsi finit la nuit (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 (1956) - Le récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited)
The Quiet American (1958) - Inspector Vigot
Mon coquin de père (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 (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
