Jacques Varennes
Acting
Biography
Jacques Varennes (6 September 1894 – 8 November 1958) was a French film actor who appeared in around seventy films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1938 historical film The Patriot. Source: Article "Jacques Varennes" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: November 8, 1894
Place of Birth: Mantes-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Oise [now Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines], France
Known For
L'Ange Gardien
A former colonial official lives far from Paris with a dry cousin who pays attention to his heritage. He never took care of his son, married to a singer, even less of his granddaughter Colette. The chances of life mean that the grandfather is obliged to take in Colette for a while. This works wonders, unmasks the cousin conniving with cronies, unravels the intrigues, thwarts the machinations and reconciles all the members of the family.
Diabolique
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Orpheus
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
Vautrin the Thief
A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet Lucien de Rubempré, an impetuous and eternal lover who, when he is dismissed, collapses. Moved by this fragility, he takes him under his wing, and will do everything possible to ensure that his creature reaches happiness, even if it means imagining the worst shenanigans and other scams, with the help of a band of clever villains.
Poison
Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...
The Eagle with Two Heads
Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.
Courier of Lyons
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.
On Trial
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.
Three Sinners
A man assists his gravely ill wife to die and wants to face justice for this, but his brothers try everything to keep the family's name clean.
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Filmography
as Arthur, manservant
as The president of the assizes
as Scherer
as Le Président
as Dr. Bridoux
as President of the tribunal
as Le juge d'instruction
as Colbert
as Attorney General
as Garbo
as Le procureur
as Le marquis de Bièvre
as Hervé Annequin
as Judge
as Comte de Foehn
as General de La Fayette
as Le duc de Montgobert
as Rochecotte
as (voice)
as General de La Fayette
as Grandville
as The prefect of police
as Maître Frasne
as Octave
as La Marzelière
as Tirandier
as The Duke of Langeais
as Firmin, the butler (uncredited)
as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte / le Roi Charles XIV de Suède
as Step-father
as Rouaumont
as Maxime
as Mérignan
as Tintin
as Lucette
as Chassigny
as Panine
as 'Le Jouyeux'
as Doctor
as Jacques
as President Gohier
as Jehan Buridan
as Durand
as Robert Bernier
as Paulo
as Maitre Clisson
as Prince of Gonzague
as Daniel Mortal
as Pierre Violey
as Bermasse
as Henri Corradin
as Julot
as M. de Saurin
as Alfred Tortoran
as Robert Fournier
as Gaston Bouchard