Marcel Melrac
Acting
Biography
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Known For
Children of Paradise
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
Beautiful Star
Meg decides to commit suicide to escape the marriage to which her father intends her. She is saved by Jean-Pierre, another candidate for suicide, and Léon, a tramp who was just trying to reason with him. The trio then becomes inseparable and organizes a new life based on friendship and freedom.
Daybreak
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
The Rules of the Game
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
Casque d'Or
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
Hatred
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the victim of a malicious attack, he returns to his hometown of Dunkirk. Mollenard receives a frosty welcome from his wife Mathilde, who resents the way in which he has neglected his family for so many years. Mollenard’s only wish is to get back to sea as soon as he can, but a sudden heart-attack leaves him paralysed and entirely in his wife’s power...
Hôtel du Nord
A young couple's suicide pact goes awry, leaving the woman to face her survival with a new admirer while pining for her lost love.
The Benefactor
A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and carries out dishonest activities.
The Inevitable Mr. Dubois
With a hand of steel, Hélène efficiently runs a big luxury perfume factory in Grasse. There is no room for fun in her dull businesswoman's life. Then, a car accident drops Claude Dubois, a painter, into her lap. But the artist will have to deploy all his subtle wiles and clever tricks to rouse Hélène's feelings and get her to enjoy the cozy life of a cherished wife.
Stormy Waters
A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.
Filmography
as Policeman
as The chauffeur
as Commissioner
as L'agent
as Inspector
as L'employé à la gare
as Monsieur Henri
as Journalist (uncredited)
as Fernand
as Frédéric
as A track boy
as The Owner
as Circus artist
as (uncredited)
as Un inspecteur (uncredited)
as Un gendarme (uncredited)
as Le chauffeur de taxi (uncredited)
as Garage owner
as Jim
as Un marin du « Cyclope » (uncredited)
as The driver (uncredited)
as Un soldat
as Un soldat (uncredited)
as Gas Worker (uncredited)
as Célestin, l'aide cuisinier
as Crew member
as Un agent de police (uncredited)
as Gendarme
as Doholu
as Bob
as (as Melrac)
as Mechanic (uncredited)
as Homme d'équipage
as Agent
as Bartender
as Le planton