Édouard Francomme
Acting
Biography
Born: November 8, 1893
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Le Cercle Rouge
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
The Truth
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.
Mon Oncle
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
The Phantom Wagon
French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.
Any Number Can Win
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
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.
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
Silence Is Golden
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.
Trouble Among Widows
When Guillaume Valmont dies in a car accident, the only thing he leaves his wife Isabelle is his pharmacy. She never loved her older husband and she regards his death as a deliverance. At the funeral, she meets Judith, widow too, and she soon realises that her husband had been leading a double life. A short while later, the pharmacy is broken into, but nothing is stolen. Police Inspector Laforêt is put in charge of the case. Isabelle becomes suspicious when Judith offers to buy the pharmacy.
Filmography
as Un homme lors de l'allocution politique (uncredited)
as Billiard hall watchman
as Client (uncredited)
as L'homme transportant des dossiers (sketch "Le Procès") (non crédité)
as Le serveur du restaurant (uncredited)
as Un homme qui discute sur le trottoir(non crédité)
as Spectator at Charles Aznavour's recital
as Peasant Talking with Kerjean (uncredited)
as Un consommateur (uncredited)
as Le garagiste (uncredited)
as Marcel (uncredited)
as Man at mass (uncredited)
as Old man
as Le conférencier
as Un greffier au tribunal (uncredited)
as Customer at the café (uncredited)
as Guest of the hostel (uncredited)
as Le serveur (uncredited)
as House Painter (uncredited)
as Town hall secretary
as A Regular at the Café (uncredited)
as Téléspectateur de l'émission (non crédité)
as (uncredited)
as Un voisin célibataire (uncredited)
as Un consommateur
as Le bistrot (uncredited)
as Restaurant Patron
as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
as Un voisin / Un laquais / Un révolutionnaire (uncredited)
as A spectator at the entrance to the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)
as Le Braconnier
as A man at the fair (uncredited)
as Ring attendant (uncredited)
as Friend of Raoul
as Un policier (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Newspaper seller (uncredited)
as Un inspecteur (uncredited)
as Passerby (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Un bagagiste
as Un vénitien
as (uncredited)
as Headwaiter
as L'homme au cabaret
as An elector
as (uncredited)
as Un prisonnier
as Soldier peeling potatoes (uncredited)
as Un membre de la bande à Fred (uncredited)