Victor Francen
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Victor Francen.
Born: August 4, 1888
Place of Birth: Tirlemont, Belgium
Known For
Hollywood Canteen
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Madame Curie
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
The Mask of Dimitrios
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
Fanny
Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.
Hold Back the Dawn
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
The End of the Day
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
Passage to Marseille
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.
Forfaiture
Denise Moret joins her husband, Pierre, in Mongolia where he works as a civil engineer. One night she loose a lot of money on the roulette and therefore is forced to borrow money from Prince Lee-Lang. The Prince immediately begins to flirt and make advances towards Denise. Advances she rejects.
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
I Spy
A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.
Filmography
as Panisse's older brother
as Penitent
as Colonel Valentini
as Father Du Rocher
as Prof. Montel
as Brancardier
as Henri Brissac
as Dr. Coudray
as Henri Dumières
as Police Inspector Beauvais
as Dr. Marre
as Francis Ingram
as Anatole Giron
as Constantin Heger
as Legare
as Licata
as Self
as Hugo Von Mohr
as Wladislaw Grudek
as Captain Patain Malo
as Count Pawel Orwid
as Caid Yousseff
as President of University
as Vyshinsky, chief trial prosecutor
as Arturo Bellini
as Florimond Massey
as Dr. Blondin
as Van Den Luecken
as Le commandant Bréval
as Edouard VII, Prince and King
as Gilles Marny
as Marcel Armaury
as Grigory
as Jean Diaz
as Pierre Moret
as André Frémiet
as le capitaine Bruchot
as Professor Rougeon
as Le roi Jean IV de Cerdagne
as Commander Villette
as Le Chemineau
as Capitaine de Corlaix
as Étienne Ranson
as Fabrège
as Marcel, l'amant
as Constantin
as Pierre Meyran
as Flambeau
as Martial Novalic