Pierre Richard-Willm
| Pierre Richard-Willm | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Pierre-Alexandre Richard 3 November 1895 Bayonne |
| Died |
12 April 1983 (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Website | http://richardwillm.free.fr/ |
Pierre Richard-Willm (3 November 1895 – 12 April 1983) was a French actor during the 1930s and 1940s.[1]
Biography
Richard-Willm was born in south-western France in the city of Bayonne. His mother, Elisabeth-Fanny Willm, died at the age of thirty-one, and he was raised by his maternal grandmother. He attended the Beaux-Arts School, in Nantes between 1913 and 1914, then in 1916 he joined the army, and fought during World War I. After the war he became a sculptor, and in 1921 he started playing bit roles on stage.
In 1924 he took part of in the sculpturing art competition of the Games of the VIII Olympiad, making a group of sculptures on rugby and skating.[2]
His film debut came in the 1930s Toute sa vie, under the direction of Alberto Cavalcanti, followed by Les Vacances du diable, Daughter of the Regiment, Le Grand Jeu, and his most famous role as Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo.
After retiring from acting, in the 1950s, he directed Bussang's Théâtre du Peuple. In 1975 he published his autobiography named Loin des Étoiles.
Richard-Willm died in Paris, and is buried at the cemetery in Bussang, Vosges.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Toute sa vie | Alberto Cavalcanti | Stanley Vanning |
| 1931 | The Devil's Holiday | Alberto Cavalcanti | Dr. Reynolds |
| Un soir, au front | Alexandre Ryder | Lieutenant Siredon | |
| Autour d'une enquête | Robert Siodmak & Henri Chomette | Paul Bernt | |
| 1932 | Le Petit écart | Reinhold Schünzel & Henri Chomette | Bernard Heller, lawyer |
| Kiki | Pierre Billon & Karel Lamač | ||
| Baby | Pierre Billon & Karel Lamač | Lord Cecil | |
| Les Amours de Pergolèse | Guideau Brignonne | Pergolèse | |
| Sous le casque de cuir | Albert de Courville | ||
| 1933 | Pour être aimé | Jacques Tourneur | Gérard d'Ormoise |
| La Fille du régiment | Pierre Billon & Karel Lamač | ||
| L'Épervier | Marcel L'Herbier | René de Tierrache | |
| 1934 | Le Prince Jean | Jean de Marguenat | Prince Jean d'Axel |
| La Maison dans la dune | Pierre Billon | Sylvain | |
| Le Grand Jeu | Jacques Feyder | Pierre Martel | |
| Fanatisme | Gaston Ravel & Tony Lekain | Marcel Besnard | |
| Les Nuits moscovites | Alexis Granowsky | Captain Ignatoff | |
| 1935 | Stradivarius | Géza von Bolváry & Albert Valentin | Sándor Teleky |
| Barcarolle | Gerhard Lamprecht & Roger Le Bon | ||
| La Route impériale | Marcel L'Herbier | Lieut. Brent | |
| 1936 | Anne-Marie | Raymond Bernard | L'inventeur |
| L'Argent | Pierre Billon | ||
| 1937 | Courrier Sud | Pierre Billon | Jacques Bernis |
| Life Dances On | Julien Duvivier | Eric Irvin | |
| Woman of Malacca | Marc Allégret | Prince Selim | |
| Yoshiwara | Max Ophüls | Lieutenant Serge Polenoff | |
| Au service du tsar | Pierre Billon | Count Tomsky | |
| 1938 | The Novel of Werther | Max Ophüls | Werther |
| Rasputin | Marcel L'Herbier | Count Igor Kourloff | |
| Princess Tarakanova | Fedor Ozep | Count Orloff | |
| 1939 | La Loi du nord | Jacques Feyder | Robert Shaw |
| Entente cordiale | Marcel L'Herbier | Captain Charles Roussel | |
| 1941 | Les Jours heureux | Jean de Marguenat | Michel |
| 1942 | La Duchesse de Langeais | Jacques de Baroncelli | Armand de Montriveau |
| La Croisée des chemins | Pascal Rouvray | ||
| 1943 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Robert Vernay | Edmond Dantès |
| 1945 | La Fiancée des ténèbres | Serge de Poligny | Roland Samblaca |
| 1947 | Rêves d'amour | Christian Stengel | Franz Liszt |
| Le Beau Voyage | Louis Cuny | Richard |
References
External links
Pierre Richard-Willm at Find a Grave
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