Personal Info
Birth date
1889-08-01 (136 Years)
Day of death
1967-08-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Seller
Robert Seller
Biography
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Filmography
Dear Caroline
5.9
Overview:
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.Adorable Creatures
5.219
Overview:
Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of his own and they have a meeting.Six Hours to Lose
5.2
Overview:
A traveller is stuck in an unknown town because his connecting train will only arrive in six hours. He decides to kill time by taking a stroll. He is not prepared to get confused with somebody else. In fact the citizens are eagerly awaiting the visit of a famous man and the clueless traveller is his doppelgänger. Soon he experiences what that means.Behind These Walls
5.8
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June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by the resistance, the inhabitants who listen to English radio are rounded up by the Germans in a prison and considered as hostages. In one of the cells are found men from all walks of life: an aristocrat, the Viscount of Saint-Leu, Doctor Noblet, a resistance fighter, Béquille the wanderer with a wooden leg, and a strange character nicknamed "Black Market". The latter arouses mistrust among the prisoners, because it could well have been introduced by the enemy.The Treasure of Cantenac
5.6
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While he was about to end his life, Baron de Cantenac wanted to return one last time to the land of his ancestors. He then discovers a treasure that he will strive to use to revive his village.The Secret of Helene Marimon
3.3
Overview:
At the end of the Great War, the wounded Jacques Taillandier is cared for by the beautiful Hélène Marimon and becomes her lover. He hides from her the fact that her husband is a comrade from the trenches, and only reveals the truth when he learns of Marimon's death. Outraged, Hélène drives him away. After many years, Jacques reappears to learn that Hélène had once given him a daughter. Hélène, unwilling to reveal anything to young Dominique, forces the man she loves to leave her country. Dominique not only gets her mother to talk, but also reunites those separated by fate.Adventure in Paris
6
Overview:
Michel Levasseur is a joyous reveler who does not care about the next day. So much so that one day a bailiff bursts into his Paris apartment and seizes his furniture on behalf of Raymond Sauvaget, his landlord, a rich food industrialist. But far from resenting Sauvaget's act of hostility, Michel ... becomes his friend. Now Raymond, although prosperous, does not know how to handle women. That is why he asks Michel, a regular Casanova, to give him lessons in seduction.Volpone
6.7
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Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable gifts, and soon finds himself entangled deeper and deeper in a web of lies.How to Succeed in Love
2.5
Overview:
Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer. Having lost his own situation, he joins Editions du Soleil thanks to his friend Marcel's manuscript "Comment réussir en amour". Freed of his shyness, he succeeds brilliantly in his career; and having put to good use the teachings of the manuscript, Bernard ends up marrying Sophie. But he soon finds himself confronted by the impetuous young woman's fantasies.Mademoiselle from Paris
10
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Micheline Bertier is as wise as she is graceful, and is the perfect assistant to her boss, couturier Maurice Darnal. Darnal's business is faltering and he has to close down. Micheline's family is also in trouble. Her crazy-headed sister is about to steal her fiancé away from her. At the suggestion of singer Jacqueline François, Micheline goes on tour as an accompanist, and meets up with Darnal in Nice, full of projects he wants to involve her in. Micheline, who arrives in time to save her sister from a suicide attempt, will know how to run the new fashion house.Goodbye Darling
6.833
Overview:
Chérie is a beautiful young woman who works as an escort girl. She meets a young and wealthy man who propose her to be his fictional wife so that his mother won't bother him anymore with this other girl, a rich one, she wants to see her son married to.L'Amant de Madame Vidal
NYR
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Catherine Vidal is a featherbrained wife who imagines that her husband cheats on her. To wash away the alleged stigma, Catherine hires a young man who will pose as her lover. The (double) trouble is that not only is Catherine's husband innocent but that Catherine and her "employee" fall in love for good as well.La Dame aux camélias
4.5
Overview:
Young and handsome Armand Duval falls in love with Marguerite Gautier, a 'demi-mondaine'. He manages to persuade her to give up her life as a courtesan and they both settle down in the country. Tthe beginning of their idyll is like a dream but a short-lived one as their relationship is considered scandalous by Armand's family. During a secret visit to Marguerite, Armand's father convinces her to leave his son, which she does broken-heartedly but out of love for Armand. Her end will be doubly tragic; not only does she suffer from terminal tuberculosis but she is abandoned by everyone, including by Armand, who believes she has betrayed her. At long last, learning the truth, Armand rushes to her bedside and Marguerite has the joy to breathe her last in his arms.Lost Souvenirs
5.5
Overview:
Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
5.6
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Is it because his father was a groom that Adhémar Pomme has a long horse head and a horse- toothed smile? Maybe but the fact is that his head has invariably caused laughter whatever the circumstances, which is the tragedy of his life. After having worked as an undertaker, a theater prompter, a casino bouncer, and so on, and failing at each job, he applies out of desperation to an institution where those rejected for physical reasons can hide and live together. But Adhémar immediately starts... laughing at them and gets kicked out as a result! In the end though, he finds his way as a circus artist.Ils sont dans les vignes...
5
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In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader of the anti-alcoholic league. His own brother, Pimpin, is an unconditional defender of the vineyard. Pierre Moreau is, for his part, the representative of a hygienic drink, the "Koku-Kolu". The cafe owner's daughter, Rose, will find the man very to her liking and will manage to seduce him.Pleasures and Vices
4
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He was nicknamed Gueule d'ange (Angel's Face) because of his good looks, which enabled him to make a certain amount of money from wealthy ladies. Having given up on touching little Marie, he fell into the clutches of fashionable decorator Loina. Both love money, both go for it. Their characters bind them together. So much so that when Loina falls on hard times, Gueule d'ange would fly to help her. A loyal friend stops him. Loina leaves. Distraught, the handsome boy looks inward. It's time for him to settle down.The Man Who Seeks the Truth
NYR
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Jean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a godson, Fernand, that he took in when he was a child and that he has brought up and cherished ever since ; a faithful friend, Lamblin ; and an adorable dog. But things are not so rosy as they look. Adrienne, Jean's sister, hates Jacqueline and is prepared to do everything to separate the couple. Worse, it looks as though Fernand has betrayed his godfather by sleeping with Jacqueline. To know more about those around him, Jean, a modern Volpone, decides to fake deafness.A Girl on the Road
3
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To escape his female fans, Carlos Cortez makes for the Riviera. Along the way, he picks up a hitchhiker named Annabel who invites him to go camping with her friends. Living under his real name, the incognito star wins new friends. But a theft complicates things. Fortunately, Annabel is still around and Jacques can do no better than to marry her.Deputy Eusèbe
NYR
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Eusèbe Bonbonneau, a solicitor's clerk, learns one day that a candidate bearing his name runs for election as a member of parliament. In fact Frazier, a crooked businessman, has urged an accomplice to impersonate Eusèbe, in order to obtain, through this straw man, authorizations for the creation of a casino in Sanceau-les-Nains and to make big money out of it. Eusébe decides to go to Paris to investigate. In the capital he meets Mariska, an exuberant actress who encourages him to try to get elected. As a result, thanks to her the true Bonbonneau becomes a member of parliament and the crook's accomplice is arrested. But Frazier is not impressed and, changing tactics, he starts manipulating Eusèbe.Les Duraton
5
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Jules Duraton is the headmaster of Chatelbourg's high school. He is happily married, has a teenage daughter named Solange, and everything would be for the best of all possible worlds if he and his family were not the namesakes of the protagonists of a famous comic series broadcast every day on Radio Monde "La Famille Duraton". Day after day, the real-life Duratons are made fun of because of their surname and Jules just can't take it any more. That is why he decides to sue the radio station responsible for his misfortune.Three Feet in a Bed
5.6
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In spite of his failures as a peddler, Casimir guaranteed his fiance that this time the vacuum cleaners will work for good. But he's still unsuccessful until he go to the appartment of Paul-Andre, a painter who was engaged by correspondence to a rich south-American woman. That's exactly when she arrive armed with a gun infuriated after she had received a rupture letter from the man she had never seen. She mistakenly took Casimir as her painter lover. Casimir his ready to flee until he learned she owned many hotels, a thousand rooms in fact. "A thousand rooms, a thousand vacuum cleaners", he suddenly think.Élisa
NYR
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Recently released from reform school, Élisa works at Madame Irma's before moving to Paris, where her success is growing. On a trip to the provinces, she meets Bernard, a blind man. They soon fall in love, but Élisa hides her activities from him. When he finds out, he hits her. The situation quickly degenerates.Carbon Copy
6.1
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A smooth criminal, who turns to be Manuel Ismora, and his gang successfully and peacefully pull off con after heist. Elsewhere a timid office worker, Gabriel Dupon, is pressured by his boss...The Green Dress
6.1
Overview:
Count Hubert de Latour Latour is the lover of the Duchess de Maulévrier. The day he is surprised by the Duke in the company of his wife and... in a rather compromising situation, Hubert resorts to a subterfuge, claiming that he has come to see the Duchess to seek support to be elected at the Institut de France, whose chairman is precisely her husband. The latter takes him at his word and Hubert becomes... a member of the French Academy! Which just shows that everything leads to everything.Run Away Mr. Perle
5.3
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Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an authoritarian woman and her cousin, a parasite who poisons his existence. A Parisian notary writes to the hero to ask him to come and take possession of an inheritance. In Paris, Perle meets a pretty adventuress.Nine Bachelors
6.4
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Nine Bachelors is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco.[1] An opportunist dreams up a new scheme to make money when the French government passes a law forbidding foreigners from living in France. It's French title is Ils étaient neuf célibataires.The Fan
NYR
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Martine is a lonely girl in an exclusive boarding school who conjures up a glamorous existence in order to make her dull life tolerable and to impress the other girls. One of her flights of fancy is a love affair with Brevannes, a famous composer. She leaves the school and goes to the French Alps to find the life she's only dreamed about, where she meets Brevannes and a December-May romance develops until she meets a young mountain guide, Henri Vidal.The Devil Who Limped
6.4
Overview:
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.Train de plaisir
4
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Marguerite and Verdurin, both employed in l'Atout Prix, a store run by Prosper Biscoton, would like to take a vacation at the beach, but they need more money than they earn. They decide to trick their boss into paying for the trip by pretending Marguerite is interested in him. Biscoton falls in the trap and puts himself in a difficult position with his own wife.Acting
1962How to Succeed in Love as Doctor
1957A Kiss for a Killer as Unknown
1957A Night at the Moulin Rouge as Unknown
1957Élisa as Juror (uncredited)
1957Le colonel est de la revue as L'oncle
1956Soupçons as Edouard
1956Les Duraton as Le comte de Kerfelus
1955Pleasures and Vices as Robert
1955Nights of Montmartre as Unknown
1955Mademoiselle from Paris as Unknown
1954Obsession as Le caissier (uncredited)
1954Cadet Rousselle as Le seigneur
1954The Secrets of the Bed as Rich friend (uncredited)
1954The Secret of Helene Marimon as Colonel Brognot
1954Boom on Paris as Professor Sestrières
1953La Dame aux camélias as Maître d'hôtel
1953My Childish Father as Unknown
1953The Lovers of Midnight as Le dîneur (uncredited)
1953Un trésor de femme as Joseph
1952Run Away Mr. Perle as Le docteur Berthier
1952Ils sont dans les vignes... as Sub-prefect
1952Jupiter as Unknown
1952Love Is Not a Sin as (uncredited)
1952L'éternel espoir as Unknown
1952This Rascal of Anatole as (uncredited)
1952A Girl on the Road as Joseph, valet
1952Le crime du Bouif as Count
1952Adorable Creatures as Valet (uncredited)
1951Gigolo as Un client (uncredited)
1951Monsieur Octave as Unknown
1951Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny as Le premier conseiller
1951Deburau as Unknown
1951Dear Caroline as Un commissaire
1951La Rosière de Gonfalon as Unknown
1950Lost Souvenirs as Friend (uncredited)
1950Caught in the Foreign Legion as James, maître d'hôtel
1950Tu m'as sauvé la vie as le commissaire Leblondinay
1950The Treasure of Cantenac as Isidore
1950Le Tampon du capiston as General Fénouil de Sainte-Fenouil
1950The Crime of the Just as Albin
1950Three Feet in a Bed as Dr. Labrousse
1949Toâ as Fernand de Calas
1949Tabusse as Milette
1949Two Doves as Charles, manservant
1948The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin as Louis Le Noble
1948The Devil Who Limped as Prince de Polignac (uncredited)
1948Judicial Error as Monsieur de Berville
1948The Private Life of an Actor as l'acteur médiocre
1947L'Homme de la nuit as Unknown
1947Carbon Copy as Investigating judge
1947Clockface Cafe as Biscarra , un journaliste
1947The Fan as Monsieur Dupont
1947Endless Night as The doctor
1947Six Hours to Lose as Burgomaster
1946Le destin s'amuse as Gabrielle's father
1946Happy Go Lucky as Benjamin
1946Goodbye Darling as Ernest Brétillac
1946Devil's Daughter as The Mayor
1946Behind These Walls as Lucien Sampet
1946Special Mission as Director of the 'Criterion' (uncredited)
1941Volpone as Le chef des sbires
1941The Tale of the Fox as Cock
1940The Man Who Seeks the Truth as Auguste
1939Personal Column as Carioni
1939Nine Bachelors as Nicolas, valet
1939Law of the North as Unknown
1939Nightclub Hostess as Loiseau
1939Le père Lebonnard as Grignolino
1939Deputy Eusèbe as The actor
1939Le Prince Bouboule as Notary
1938Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées as Charles X et un Client
1938I Sing as The inspector
1938Katia as Consumer
1938Clodoche as Unknown
1938Le Patriote as Narichkine
1938Monsieur Breloque a disparu as Unknown
1938Hercule as Doorman (uncredited)
1938Hatred as Le préfet
1938Bouquets from Nicholas as Unknown
1937Monsieur Bégonia as Unknown
1937The Green Dress as Unknown
1937Double Crime in the Maginot Line as le médecin légiste
1937The Pearls of the Crown as Le prisonnier Français en Abyssinie
1937Armchair 47 as Unknown
1936Let's Make a Dream as Un Maître d'Hôtel
1936My Father Was Right as Emile Perducay - son serviteur
1936Adventure in Paris as le vicomte de Joymont
1936Ménilmontant as Hardel
1936L'Amant de Madame Vidal as Unknown
1936The Two Boys as Firmin
1936Train de plaisir as Traveler
1936Bichon as Unknown
1936Meet Miss Mozart as Monsieur Lecourtois
1935The Queen and the Cardinal as Unknown
1935Dora Nelson as Genneval
1935Good Luck as le maître d’hôtel
1935Paris, mes amours as Unknown
1935Gangster malgré lui as Unknown
1935Count Obligado as Unknown
1935Le Billet de mille as Unknown
1934Le Père Lampion as Dubul
1933Âme de clown as Unknown
1933Chotard and Co. as le Commandant
1932Love and Luck as Unknown
1931Bric a Brac and Company as Félix