Etienne Girardot
Acting
Biography
Etienne Girardot was a diminutive character actor in Hollywood films through the 1930s, often portraying pestering types. He was born in London, England, UK and died in Hollywood, California, USA.
Born: February 22, 1856
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Danger – Love at Work
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
There Goes My Heart
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Blood Money
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
The Devil Is a Sissy
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
The Whole Town's Talking
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.
Twentieth Century
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
Grand Old Girl
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
Curly Top
Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones". As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.
Filmography
as Doc Spriggs
as Professor Artemus Glenwater
as Alonzo Dilman
as Doctor
as Hotel Caretaker Herman
as Papa Aubel
as Christopher Oates
as Hinkley - Secretary
as Judge Henry
as Bruneau
as Jean Cabot
as Mr. Meggs
as Albert Pemberton
as Waldo Peebles
as Mayor
as Hercules Dove
as Prof. Herbert Rigby
as Kendrick Kinney
as Principal
as Du Fresne
as Dr. Cotton
as Brewster
as Dr. Doremus
as Pluvius J. Aspinwall, the Rainmaker
as Nello
as Professor
as Brooke
as Mr. Wyckoff
as Judge Peterby
as Mouche
as Seaver
as Mr. Warburton
as Mellis
as Professor Peterson
as Dr. Doremus - Coroner
as Mr. Tuttle
as Matthew J. Clark
as Glass
as Mr. Abernathie
as Bail Bond Clerk
as Dr. Doremus
as Hungarian Officer (uncredited)
as Salomon
as Old Nick Jr.
as Isadore - Brummel's Valet
as Gryde