Georges Douking
Acting
Biography
Georges Douking (born Georges Ladoubée; 6 August 1902 – 20 October 1987) was a French stage, film, and television actor. He also directed stage plays such as the premier presentation of Jean Giraudoux's Sodom and Gomorrah at the Théâtre Hébertot in 1943. He is perhaps best known for his role in the surreal 1972 comedy The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. He was one of the favorite actors of the French filmmaker Pierre Chenal. Douking appeared in more than 75 films between 1934 and 1981. Source: Article "Georges Douking" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: August 6, 1902
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Bargekeepers Daughter
Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his family was exiled from. But Chautard, a French financier, who has business there (the country is rich in oil), wouldn't mind a little political stability. So why not restore the ancient royal family to the throne? But is Prince Sacha up to his role ? And will Marianne make a suitable princess?
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.
Daybreak
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
Koba is a princess, a real one. To meet up the men she loves, she finds herself in Paris... François is a diplomat. He thinks he loves a student. Little does he know that his Cinderella wears a crown. To find her again he becomes ambassador of France in her country: Kurland...
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
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.
The Milky Way
Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way, they meet a vast assortment of characters—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.
Mademoiselle
A sexually repressed school teacher releases her pent up passions in a series of shocking crimes.
The Man from Nowhere
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
Crime and Punishment
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
Filmography
as Old man
as Le papé
as Le paysan
as Gardener
as Prisoner
as M. Cornelius
as Stage manager
as Neighbor of 'P'tit Louis'
as Pet owner
as Jailer of women
as Le berger avec la chèvre
as Marshall At. Arnaud
as Marquis de Caylus
as Zwarck
as Polish Interrogator
as The Priest
as Financier of Marko (uncredited)
as Clochard
as The old Manuel
as Marquis de Caylus
as Lighthouse keeper
as Commissioner
as Le fou
as Le guérisseur
as A Thief
as Le moine Enrique - commissaire de l'inquisition
as Le paysan
as Le parlementaire, un ami de Fred
as Un soultier
as Le préparateur
as The painter
as Father Biondi
as Gregor
as The thief (uncredited)
as Un ivrogne
as L'aveugle
as Ahmed
as Player
as (uncredited)
as Brazoux
as Firmin
as Spy
as Pausanias
as The bartender
as Parent
as Soldier Rémuset
as Planque
as le domestique simplet de la pension Paleari
as Unnamed Character
as Hubert
as Nicolas