André Numès
Acting
Biography
No biography available for André Numès.
Born: November 9, 1896
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Katia
In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again.
A Blonde Like That
Myra, daughter of the circus king, has been kidnapped in South America. Or so her father believes. In reality, Miss Shumway has escaped into the Indian jungle in the company of a conjurer. Millan, a mischievous and adventurous journalist, tracks down the young woman in the Indian sector of Tamazunchale. They get to know each other and Myra tells the young man what drove her to flee her father. But she's run out of money and expects her adventure to come to an end soon. Then she meets a man named Doc, who suggests she contact an old Indian sorcerer.
Children of Paradise
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.
Beautiful Star
Meg decides to commit suicide to escape the marriage to which her father intends her. She is saved by Jean-Pierre, another candidate for suicide, and Léon, a tramp who was just trying to reason with him. The trio then becomes inseparable and organizes a new life based on friendship and freedom.
Jenny Lamour
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.
French Cancan
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.
Return at Dawn
Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily express trains to Budapest. An incident will force her to leave her province: she has to go to Budapest to attend the funeral of an aunt and receive a share of the inheritance. After completing the formalities, Anita misses the train to go back home and then she finds herself alone in the capital.
Personal Column
To try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the services of Adrienne Charpentier, friend of the latest missing person.
Order of the Daisy
Matou is an innocuous, gentle-looking man. He is married to a formidable, even a frightening woman, who is as dissatisfied with him as he is with her. He knows everything there is to know about restoring and authenticating manuscripts, particularly ancient ones, through his job at the museum. One day, it occurs to him that his skills could be put to use in a more personal way, and he embarks on a private career of re-arranging the documents of people who have had the misfortune to be married to the wrong people.
Good Luck
A girl, Marie, who got engaged to a boy who is leaving for military training (thirteen days) wins two million on the raffle, thanks to an older man, Claude, whom she calls her good luck …
Filmography
as Principal
as L'avocat général
as Mademoiselle Richter (uncredited)
as Worker (uncredited)
as Spy
as Archivist
as Bailiff at Loïna's
as Le voisin (uncredited)
as Mr. Amédée, funeral director
as Agent bringing the summons (uncredited)
as Policeman
as The peanut eater
as Police Constable Vernier
as The clerk
as Doctor
as Jules, manservant at the Grand Hôtel
as Industrialist (uncredited)
as Police secretary (uncredited)
as Eugène Labouille
as The bailiff of the Prima Company
as Le garçon
as Fisherman
as A guardian
as Inspector #2
as Soulier
as Guest of the studio
as Stunned customer
as L'homme qui se fait voler sa montre (uncredited)
as The buddy
as Accountant
as Madman
as Brouillon
as Le spectateur barbu
as Machinist
as Le cousin Édouard
as Fireman (uncredited)
as The notary
as Consumer
as Le joueur de billard (uncredited)
as Charles Dumard, aka 'Charlot'
as Sub-prefect
as Emile Dutoit
as Sainthomme
as Roussignol
as The secretary-collector
as Prosper
as Justin
as The Bystander
as le pharmacien
as Philibert
as Laplotte