Pierre Blanchar

Personal Info

Birthday

June 30, 1892

Day of Death

1963-11-21

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Philippeville, Constantine, France [now Skikda, Algeria]

Also Known As

Gustave Pierre Blanchard

Pierre Blanchar

Biography

Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He played Napoleon in the 1938 British film A Royal Divorce alongside Ruth Chatterton as Josephine. He later appeared alongside Michèle Morgan in the 1946 film Pastoral Symphony. Source: Article "Pierre Blanchar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Zero for Conduct

Katia

The Black Monocle

The Strange Monsieur Victor

The Mistress of Atlantis

Life Dances On

Street of Shadows

Wooden Crosses

Filmography

1961
The Black Monocle
as Le marquis de Villemaur
1959
Katia
as Koubaroff
Riff Raff Girls
as Le Pirate
1950
My Friend Sainfoin
as Sainfoin
1949
Dr. Laennec
as Dr. Laennec
The Cupid Club
as Flip
1948
After Love
as François Mésaule
1947
Sky Battalion
as Captain Ferane
1946
Homeland
as Le comte de Rysoor
Pastoral Symphony
as Pastor John Martens
1945
Le Journal de la Résistance
as Himself - Narrator
1944
The Hunchback
as Knight Henri de Lagardère
The Liberation of Paris
as (voice)
1943
Secrets of a Ballerina
as Gérard de Clergue
Secrets
as René
1942
La Neige sur les pas
as Marc Romanay
Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
as Pontcarral
1941
Night in December
as Pierre Darmont
La Prière aux étoiles
as Pierre Florent
1940
Two Women
as Domitien Van Bergen
1938
A Royal Divorce
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Le Joueur
as Alexeï Nikitine
The Strange Monsieur Victor
as Bastien Robineau
1937
Courier of Lyons
as Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
Life Dances On
as Thierry Raynal
The Queen of Spades
as Hermann
Street of Shadows
as Grégor Courdane alias : Condoyan
The Man from Nowhere
as Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
Culprit
as Jérôme Lescuyer
1935
Lovers and Thieves
as Claude Brévin
Les Bateliers de la Volga
as Le lieutenant Vadime Borzine
Crime and Punishment
as Raskolnikov
The Devil in the Bottle
as Keave
Turandot, princesse de Chine
as Kalaf
1934
L’Or
as François Berthier
At the End of the World
as Jean Arnaud
1933
Zero for Conduct
as Supervisor (uncredited)
The Old Devil
as Jean Trapeau
1932
The Beautiful Sailor
as Sylvestre
The Dreamy Mouth
as Pierre, le mari
The Mistress of Atlantis
as Le capitaine de Saint-Avit
Wooden Crosses
as Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
1929
Captain Fracasse
as Captain Fracasse
1927
The Chess Player
as Boleslas Vorowski
1925
La terre promise
as David
1923
Heritage
as Xavier
Geneviève
as Alphonse de Lamartine