Henri Guisol
Acting
Biography
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Born: October 12, 1904
Place of Birth: Aix-en-Provence, France
Known For
Monsieur Badin
Based on the short story by Georges Courteline. The story of Monsieur Badin, a model employee who can't bring himself to go to the office and suffers as a result. He can no longer live under these conditions, and to better endure this tedious chore, he needs a raise.
Six Little Girls in White
On his fiftieth birthday, Serge Charan, a large industrialist overloaded with activities, decides to leave everything to go on an adventure. In a train heading for the Côte d'Azur, he meets six young girls returning to their boarding school. Arrived at their destination, Serge Charan rents, under an assumed name, a villa with a view of the garden of the boarding school. His presence arouses questions and the interest of young girls who are sensitive to his charm. But one of them, Simone, falls completely in love and runs away from boarding school.
Minuit treize
Joseph Balsamo
Balsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the days before the Revolution.
The Roundup is for Tonight
Three sketches that all start in the police station, where Léa, La Pintade and the brigadier himself tell their little stories. The story of Danielle, who bamboozled the impresario Mortimer so well that he made her his wife; the story of the sad little Simon, deprived of a father and unable to stand the mockery of his friends; and the story of the daughter of an ex-convict who - by golly - steals a statue on the day of her First Communion.
La Chienne
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
The Messenger
Nick, a Parisian businessman, divorces his rich American wife, marries his new secretary Marie, but is prevented from success in France so travels without his wife to an African outpost. He tells his young assistant Gilbert about his wife. When Gilbert takes sick and returns to Paris, he begins to fall in love with Marie.
Fruits of Summer
Sabine Gravières, married to Edouard, the High Commissioner for Criminal Youth, has a problem: Juliette, her daughter, is not only pregnant but she also refuses to marry Claude, the young man who got her pregnant. It is fair to say that the model set by Juliette's parents is far from ideal. Aware at last of the problem, Sabine decides to try and make it up with her husband.
Filmography
as Count Alexandre de Valrude
as Baron de Taverney
as Capitaine Le Marroy
as Maxence aîné
as Adrien
as Cabissol
as L'abbé Faria
as Georges Meliot
as Le juge Dubois
as Christian Brenner
as Horsema Maurice
as Edouard Gravières
as Claude Bertrand, le directeur de l'Alcazar
as Jean Dupont
as Giovanni di Cappadocia
as Jacques Montet
as M. Morand
as Olivier Cabrol
as Jeweler
as Robert Bobin
as Jeff, un compositeur de chansons
as Prosecutor Georges Beryl
as Ulysse
as Claude Martin
as Monsieur Charles
as Jasmin
as The Chief
as Bernard Ancelin
as Olivier, the journalist
as André Vincent
as Robert Dupont
as Pierre Forestier
as Le médecin
as Constant
as Armand Le Noir
as Anatole Garadou
as Gustave
as Arsène
as Duvernier
as Bébé-Fakir
as Almaido
as Ulysse
as Charlie
as Dr. Milo
as Le Docteur
as Scherz
as Brunner Jr.
as Buffington - un journaliste alcoolique
as le lieutenant Capelle
as Jack
as Coco de La Baule
as Son Meunier
as Max Perez
as Amédée, waiter (uncredited)