Pierre Blanchar

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-06-30 (71 years old)

Deathday

1963-11-21

Place of Birth

Philippeville, Constantine, France [now Skikda, Algeria]

Pierre Blanchar

Biography

Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He played Napoleon in the 1938 British film A Royal Divorce alongside Ruth Chatterton as Josephine. He later appeared alongside Michèle Morgan in the 1946 film Pastoral Symphony. Source: Article "Pierre Blanchar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting

1932

Wooden Crosses

as Adjudant Gilbert Demachy

1943

Secrets of a Ballerina

as Gérard de Clergue

1935

Crime and Punishment

as Raskolnikov

1937

Courier of Lyons

as Pierre-Joseph Lesurques

1937

Life Dances On

as Thierry Raynal

1937

Street of Shadows

as Grégor Courdane alias : Condoyan

1945

Le Journal de la Résistance

as Himself - Narrator

1927

The Chess Player

as Boleslas Vorowski

1932

1946

Pastoral Symphony

as Pastor John Martens

1938

The Strange Monsieur Victor

as Bastien Robineau

1932

The Mistress of Atlantis

as Le capitaine de Saint-Avit

1959

Riff Raff Girls

as Le Pirate

1959

Katia

as Koubaroff

1937

1925

1923

Geneviève

as Alphonse de Lamartine

1947

Sky Battalion

as Captain Ferane

1929

Captain Fracasse

as Captain Fracasse

1944

The Hunchback

as Knight Henri de Lagardère

1949

Dr. Laennec

as Dr. Laennec

1935

Lovers and Thieves

as Claude Brévin

1937

The Man from Nowhere

as Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis

1941

Night in December

as Pierre Darmont

1938

Le Joueur

as Alexeï Nikitine

1933

The Old Devil

as Jean Trapeau

1937

Culprit

as Jérôme Lescuyer

1946

Homeland

as Le comte de Rysoor

1934

1948

After Love

as François Mésaule

1923

Heritage

as Xavier

1932

The Dreamy Mouth

as Pierre, le mari

1935

Les Bateliers de la Volga

as Le lieutenant Vadime Borzine

1950

1961

The Black Monocle

as Le marquis de Villemaur

1949

1943

Secrets

as René

1942

La Neige sur les pas

as Marc Romanay

1940

Two Women

as Domitien Van Bergen

1938

A Royal Divorce

as Napoléon Bonaparte

1934

L’Or

as François Berthier

1941

La Prière aux étoiles

as Pierre Florent

1933

Zero for Conduct

as Supervisor (uncredited)

Production

1943

1945

1943

Secrets

as Director

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