Personal Info
Birth date
1887-12-31 (137 Years)
Day of death
1970-02-19
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
-Gaston Modot
Biography
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Filmography
The Rules of the Game
7.501
Overview:
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.Grand Illusion
7.9
Overview:
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.French Cancan
7.1
Overview:
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.Children of Paradise
8.096
Overview:
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.Pépé le Moko
7.192
Overview:
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.L'Âge d'or
6.772
Overview:
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.Casque d'Or
7.37
Overview:
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.Elena and Her Men
5.856
Overview:
Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.The Beauty of the Devil
7.2
Overview:
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...The Lovers
6.617
Overview:
A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions of love, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness.The Devil and the Ten Commandments
5.7
Overview:
The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls on her only to find her married to a janitor who doesn't know what kind of dancing his wife performs; Denis, a Jesuit novice, leaves the order to avenge his sister's suicide, which was provoked by Garigny, who seduced her into prostitution and drug addiction; Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her; a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant; Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss; the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.Under the Roofs of Paris
6.526
Overview:
In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.La Marseillaise
6.9
Overview:
A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the king Louis XVI, each showing their own small problems.La Bandera
5.8
Overview:
Pierre Gilieth has committed a murder in Paris. He flees to Barcelona, where he runs out of money. So he joins the Spanish Foreign Legion. He meets there two fellow countrymen, Mulot and Lucas. He tries to forget his fault... but Lucas's friendship soon appears to be less unselfish...That Is the Dawn
6.556
Overview:
A generous doctor is aghast that the population of a small island is being oppressed and mistreated, but is seemingly unable to do anything about it, until the arrival of a young woman and the death of one of his friends prompts him into action.Coral Reefs
6
Overview:
The adventures of a sailor from Mexico to a lagoon in the Pacific ocean, and the meeting with a lonely girl.Silence Is Golden
6.8
Overview:
Emile is a French film producer at the beginning of the century. One of his friends leaves his daughter Lucette in his house, when he is starting a tour through France. Emile falls in love with her. Problems starts when his younger friend Jacques come back from military service and after complaining his misfortune with women, follows Emile's advice in starting affairs with women and he meets Lucette.The Cupboard Was Bare
6.25
Overview:
The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.Antoine & Antoinette
6.289
Overview:
1947, in France, Antoine and Antoinette, a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence: he works in a print shop while she is a shop assistant. But one evening, they regain hope: Antoine finds a winning lottery ticket in his girlfriend's handbag. He decides to cash it in, but loses his wallet. What follows is a series of twists and turns that redefine the couple's priorities while forcing them to remain optimistic.Poison Ivy
5.8
Overview:
FBI Agent Lemmy Caution is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Carlotta plays both sides of the law.July 14
6.6
Overview:
A light, comedy romance about a cab driver named Jean and a flower girl named Anna that takes place in Paris during the Bastille day celebration of July 14th.The End of the Day
6.8
Overview:
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.Life Is Ours
6.308
Overview:
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.Experiment in Evil
6.6
Overview:
Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.Rendezvous in July
5.692
Overview:
Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.The Perfume of the Lady in Black
5
Overview:
Mathilde Stangerson just married her fiance, when she heard that Larsan, her cruel former husband, whom she believed to be dead, is actually very much alive. Taking refuge to her castle, she appealed to the journalist Rouletabille to protect her.The Trump Card
4
Overview:
A man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Clarence and Montès, two inspector students, must solve this murder, but they don't know that dead guy is the USA public enemy No.1.Last Refuge
4.5
Overview:
Philippe and Sylvie have to do with Alvarez, a dangerous gang leader. They break up with him and commit robbery and murder. Sylvie suggests that Philippe take refuge in his quiet family. His younger sister Antoinette attracts and charms Philippe and excites the jealousy of Sylvie who informs Alvarez. The police get involved and Philippe is killed during a merciless fight.Acting
TBALe Comte de Monte-Cristo as Fernand de Morcerf
1962The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Le grand-père
1961House of Sin as Carlotti
1960Experiment in Evil as Blaise, Gardener
1958The Lovers as Coudray
1956Elena and Her Men as Le chef des bohèmiens
1956That Is the Dawn as Sandro's new tenant
1956Meeting in Paris as The concierge at the Temple (uncredited)
1956Les Truands as Justin Benoit
1955French Cancan as Le valet de Danglard (uncredited)
1954Papa, Mama, the Maid and I as Street violinist
1953Poison Ivy as L'inspecteur #1
1952This Rascal of Anatole as (uncredited)
1952Casque d'Or as Unknown
1951Monsieur Octave as Unknown
1951Victor as le patron du café
1950Here Is the Beauty as The caretaker
1950The Beauty of the Devil as Gypsy
1949Rendezvous in July as Professor
1949The Perfume of the Lady in Black as Mathieu
1949The Mystery of the Yellow Room as Arthur
1949Truant School as French examiner
1949The Mark Of The Day as Tiberghien
1948The Cupboard Was Bare as Gangster
1948Eternal Conflict as The huckster
1948Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort as Augustin
1947Antoine & Antoinette as Le caissier de la loterie « Les Geules cassées »
1947Last Refuge as Marcel
1947Silence Is Golden as Gustave, le caméraman
1945Children of Paradise as Fil de Soie
1944The Hunchback as Vinto, the mute
1943Le brigand gentilhomme as Terriblo
1943The London Man as Teddy
1942At Your Command, Madam as Le garçon d'étage
1942The Trump Card as Toni Amanito
1942Patrouille blanche as Unknown
1941Montmartre on the Seine as The head waiter
1940Une idée à l'eau as Third screenwriter
1939The Rules of the Game as Edouard Schumacher, le garde-chasse
1939The End of the Day as Monsieur Martin, owner of the bistro
1939Coral Reefs as Le colonel mexicain
1938Final Accord as Policeman (uncredited)
1938The Chess Player as Unknown
1938Sirocco as Stoker
1938Ceux De Demain as Raymond
1938La Marseillaise as Un volontaire
1938The Time of the Cherries as Gaston Ravaux
1937Grand Illusion as L'ingénieur
1937Les Réprouvés as Boss
1937French White Cargo as Alvarez
1937Pépé le Moko as Jimmy
1937Spain 1936 as (voice)
1936Life Is Ours as Philippe - le neveu des Lecocq
1936Les Gaîtés de la finance as Le chef des gangsters
1935Lucrezia Borgia as Fracassa
1935La Bandera as Legionnaire Muller
1935Le Mystère Imberger as Domestic
1935Le Clown Bux as Unknown
1935Le Billet de mille as The bookmaker
1934L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon as Unknown
1934Crainquebille as Agent Matra
1934Quelqu'un a tué... as Unknown
1933Plein aux as as Unknown
1933Colomba as Unknown
1933The 1002nd Night as Unknown
1933July 14 as (uncredited)
1932Coup de feu à l'aube as Sandegg
1932Fantômas as Firmin
1932Under the Leather Helmet as Unknown
1931The bewitchment of Seville as Unknown
1931The Threepenny Opera as Jeremiah Peachum
1931About an investigation as Baumann, detective
1930L'Âge d'or as The Man
1930Under the Roofs of Paris as Fred
1930Freiheit in Fesseln as Paul Kummer
1930Der Erzieher meiner Tochter as Captain
1930Phantoms of Happiness as Dupont
1930Cruel Tale as Unknown
1929The Green Monocle as Unknown
1929The Ship of Lost Men as Morain - the escaped convict
1929La ville des mille joies as Unknown
1929Monte Cristo as Fernand Mondego / Comte de Morcerf
1929Saint Joan the Maid as Lord Glasdall
1928Secrets of the Orient as Prince Hussein
1928Mon coeur au ralenti as Unknown
1927Die Stadt der tausend Freuden as Jetsam
1927Milady of Liban as Unknown
1926Carmen as García 'El Tuerto'
1925Naples au baiser de feu as Le mendiant Pinatucchio
1925Lure of the Sea as Pascal Lagadec
1925Before the Battle as Lieutenant de vaisseau Brambourg
1924Miracle of the Wolves as Unknown
1924Más allá de la muerte as Docteur Belphégor
1924Heart of an Actress as Unknown
1924Au secours ! as Unknown
1924Nène as Jean Cuirassier
1923Little Hotel for Rent as Unknown
1922Marie Among the Predators as Unknown
1921The Isle of Zorda as Unknown
1921Fièvre as Topinelli
1920Le chevalier de Gaby as Unknown
1920Spanish Fiesta as Réal
1919The Sultan of Love as Kadjar
1918L'âme de Pierre as Unknown
1917The Torture of Silence as Messenger (uncredited)
1914Onésime's Family Drama as Unknown
1914Onésime gardien du foyer as Unknown
1914Onésime et son collègue as Unknown
1913Onésime, Trainer of Men and Horses as Unknown
1913Onésime, You'll Get Married... or Else! as Unknown
1913Onésime Loves Animals as Unknown
1913Onésime: Calino's Inheritance as Unknown
1913Onésime sur le sentier de guerre as Rivale
1913Onésime et le pas de l'ours as Unknown
1913Onésime champion de boxe as Unknown
1913Onésime et son âne as Unknown
1913Onésime et l'oeuvre d'art as Unknown
1913Onésime's Theatrical Debut as Un spectateur
1913Onésime and the Heart of the Gypsy as Unknown
1913The Disappearance of Onésime as Unknown
1913Calino sourcier as Unknown
1913Onésime Gets Married... So Does Calino as Unknown
1912Un mariage au revolver as Unknown
1912Under the Claw: A Story of the Transvaal as Unknown
1912Onésime et l'étudiante as Unknown
1912Oxford vs. Martigues as Unknown
1912Onésime a un duel à l'américaine as Unknown
1912Calino, Station Master as Unknown
1912Burning Heart: An Indian Tale as Un Indien
1912Onesime, Clockmaker as Unknown
1912Zigoto Drives a Locomotive as Unknown
1912The Railway of Death as Unknown
1912Onésime Goes to Hell as Unknown
1912Zigoto et la blanchisseuse as Unknown
1912Zigoto gardien de grand magasin as Unknown
1912Zigoto et le château mystérieux as Unknown
1912Onésime et la grève des mineurs as Unknown
1912Onésime et le nourrisson de la nourrice indigne as Unknown
1912Calino s'endurcit la figure as Unknown
1912Calino, Love Tamer as Unknown
1912Calino courtier en paratonnerres as Unknown
1912Zigoto et l'écuyère as Unknown
1912La Maison des lions as Unknown
1912Zigoto's Outing with Friends as Unknown
1912One Hundred Dollars, Dead or Alive as Unknown
1912La prairie en feu as Unknown
1912Onésime: Costume Boy as Unknown
1912Onésime vs. Onésime as Unknown
1912Onésime et le physicien as Unknown
1911No! You’re Not Going Anywhere Without Me! as The diver
1911Pendaison à Jefferson City as Unknown
1911Calino polygame as Unknown
1911Calino et ses pensionnaires as Unknown
1911Zigoto plombier d'occasion as Unknown
1911The Rembrandt in Rue Lepic as Unknown
1911Calino's Baptism as Unknown
1911Le truc d'Anatole as Unknown
1911Zigoto, policier, trouve une corde as Unknown
1910Calino à la chasse as Unknown
1910Calino achète un chien de garde as Unknown
1910In the Air as Unknown
1910A Drama on a Locomotive as Unknown
Writing
1947The Blockhead of the Block ... Writer
1946Driving Lesson ... Writer
1941Portrait of Innocence ... Screenplay
1930Cruel Tale ... Writer
1920Le chevalier de Gaby ... Screenplay
Directing
1930Cruel Tale ... Director