Henry Roussel
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Born: September 8, 1870
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Café de Paris
This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the creditor, and a playboy) and all of them have motives, none of them did it. So whodunit?
Fun in the Barracks
The life of disorderly soldiers in the barracks dealing with daily routines.
The New Gentlemen
The plot focuses on Gaillac (Albert Prejean), an electrician employed by the Paris Opera. In love with gorgeous ballerina Suzanne (Gaby Morlay), Gaillac must play second fiddle to Suzanne's wealthy "protector," powerful politician Count Montoire (Henry Roussell). When the Opera personnel go on strike, Gaillac is appointed leader of the strikers, doing his job so well that he is ultimately elected Secretary of Labor in the French cabinet. Now on equal footing with Montoire, Gaillac is at last a "worthy" suitor for Suzanne -- who can't make up her mind between her two well-connected admirers, leading to a political rivalry the likes of which Paris has never seen. This harmless political satire ended up being banned by the French government for undermining "the dignity of Parliament and its ministers". (moviefone.com)
Dr. Goudron's System
A visitor to an insane asylum realises that the inmates have taken control.
Shepherdess of Ivry
Hortense Fauvel, the wife of a village postmaster, takes Aimée, a young shepherdess, under her wing. Aimée soon becomes engaged to François, the Fauvel’s loyal servant. At a fête hosted by the Count of Granval, Aimée gives her fiancé a knife, telling him that he should kill her if ever she ceases to be faithful to him. That same day, the Count is planning to have an amorous liaison with Hortense, but Aimée intervenes. To save her mistress from a scandal, Aimée tells the postmaster that it is she, not Hortense, who has been seeing the Count. Disgraced, Aimée is dismissed by the postmaster. François contemplates his revenge and recalls what Aimée said to him.
The Man with Wax Faces
A man does not know what fear is. His good friend dares him to spend one night in a scary place. A house of wax will get the job done.
Le Friquet
Tells the tragic story of a young trapeze artist (Polaire) abandoned and found by a clown when she was a baby.
School for Coquettes
Ginette, a Parisian seamstress, lives poorly but happily with her musician lover. When Count la Ferronnière offers to teach her the manners and behaviours that will open her the doors to a richer world, she quickly chooses wealth over love.
Vers l'abîme
The dramatic story of a military attaché, in a European embassy who will sign a fake check, in order to recover important secret documents that have been stolen from him.
Le Billet de mille
The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
Filmography
as Le général allemand
as L'ambassadeur
as Commandant of Gondrecourt
as Racinet
as Russian prince
as The Ambassador
as General
as Léon Grandet
as Comte de Montoire Grandpre
as Alban Stary
as Comte Hubert de Ganges
as Pierre de Lionne
as Le Comte de Granval