- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1897
- Place of Birth
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
- Died
- March 5, 1965
Jaque Catelain
Jaque Catelain was a French actor who came to prominence in silent films of the 1920s, and who continued acting in films and on stage until the 1950s. He also wrote and directed two silent films himself and was a capable artist and musician. He had a close association with the director Marcel L'Herbier. He was born as Jacques Guérin-Castelain in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. His father was then the mayor and also moved in literary and theatrical circles, which allowed the young Jacques to encounter many famous names in his childhood. He showed early enthusiasm for the arts and music, and at the age of 16 he entered the Académie Julian in Paris to study fine arts. With the outbreak of war in the following year, he changed direction and chose to study acting at the Conservatoire, enrolling in the class of Paul Mounet, before being mobilised into the artillery. In 1914 Catelain met Marcel L'Her…
Filmography
movieExperiment in Evil
1960 · Ambassador
movieFrench Cancan
1955 · Le ministre (uncredited)
Les mousquetaires du roi
movieLes mousquetaires du roi
1951
movieThe Last Days of Pompeii
1950 · Claudius
movieLove and Companionship
1950 · Mr. Zoïca
movieStolen Affections
1948 · Christian Darbel
movieComedy of Happiness
1940 · Le directeur de Radio Azur (uncredited)
movieLa Mode rêvée
1940
movieCordial Agreement
1939 · Prince Consort
movieAdrienne Lecouvreur
1938
movieEscadrille of Chance
1938 · Alain
movieThe Woman Thief
1938
movieLa Marseillaise
1938 · Capitaine Langlade
movieThe Tomboy
1936 · Georges Blanchet
movieThe Imperial Road
1935 · Dan
movieLe Bonheur
1934 · Geoffroy de Chabré
movieDream Castle
1933 · Prince Mirano
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
movieMonsieur de Pourceaugnac
1932 · Éraste
movieThe Dream
1931 · Félicien
movieIllegitimate Child
1930 · Maurice Orland
In A Small Café
movieIn A Small Café
1930
moviePrincely Nights
1929 · Prince Vassia Heridze
movieLa vocation
1929
movieThe West
1928 · Arnaud de Saint-Guil
movieLittle Devil May Care
1928 · Delphin Leherg - le fils de Leherg qu'aime Ludivine
movieApaches of Paris
1927
movieLove's Springtime
1927 · Marquis
movieLe Vertige
1926 · Henri de Cassel - le sosie de Dimitrieff, abattu par Svirsky
The Knight of the Rose
movieThe Knight of the Rose
1925 · Octavian
movieLe Prince charmant
1925 · Le comte Patrice
movieThe Inhuman Woman
1924 · Einar Norsen
movieThe Gallery of Monsters
1924 · Riquet's, Director
movieLe marchand de plaisirs
1923 · Gosta / Donald, Director
movieThe Secret Spring
1923 · Professeur Raoul Vignerte
movieDon Juan et Faust
1922 · Don Juan de Manara
movieEl Dorado
1921 · Hedwick
moviePrometheus, Banker
1921 · Toudieu
movieThe Man of the Sea
1920 · Michel, Editor
movieLe Carnaval des vérités
1920 · Juan Tristan
movieLe Bercail
1919
movieRose-France
1919 · Laurs, Production Design
movieThe Blindness of Youth
1917 · Inio