André Dumas
Acting
Biography
No biography available for André Dumas.
Born: August 3, 1921
Place of Birth: Dannes, Pas-de-Calais, France
Known For
La parole est au témoin
Mustapha, a cab driver in Paris, charges a customer in a hurry, without realizing that he is in a hurry to escape his pursuers after robbing a jewelry store. The next day, reading the newspapers, Mustapha becomes aware of the role he has played in this affair, and would gladly assist the police if a fortuitous incident didn't make him fear the criminals' vengeance. It's a cruel dilemma in which he is both suspected by some and threatened by others. Weak but honest, he manages to get out of this predicament at the risk of his life!
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
Le Huguenot récalcitrant
A historical and tragic backdrop: the dragonnades, the persecution of Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. And a comic situation: an insubordinate singer who taunts Louis XIV's soldiers from the top of his rock, driving Marshal Boutre half mad.
L'Exécution
Paris, at the start of the German Occupation, five men plan to sabotage a factory.
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
Police Commissioner Moulin
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
Janique Aimée
Les Misérables
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
Four episodes chronicle a mysterious phantom who appears in the Musée du Louvre in Paris at night. Neither guards nor police are able to make an arrest. But a curious young man tries to break the ice and discover what drives the creature and its activities.
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.
Filmography
as Le gérant
as Town hall employee
as Concierge hôtel
as Des Grieux père
as Jacques
as Louis XII
as Édouard
as Le commissaire Gravelle
as le Gérant (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
as Laquais Constance
as Le châtelain
as Fouché
as Cabries
as Le directeur du personnel
as Nicolas
as Le commaissaire de l'Identité de la Judiciaire
as Tom Smith
as Le Père Joly
as Le vendeur de billets
as Bertrand
as Doctor Paul
as Man
as Angelo
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Albert Mourssac
as La cardinal Graziani (uncredited)
as (uncredited)