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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 23, 1903
Place of Birth:
Arcisse, Isère, France
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Louis Seigner
Biography
Louis Seigner (23 June 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a French actor.
He was born in Saint-Chef, Isère, France, the son of Louise (Monin) and Joseph Seigner, and died in Paris. He is the father of actress Françoise Seigner, with Marie Cazeaux, and the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathilde Seigner and Marie-Amélie Seigner.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Les Misérables | Monsignor Bienvenu Myriel, Bishop of Digne |
| 1981 | Asphalt | Old man from the junkyard |
| 1979 | On purge bébé | Adhémar Chouilloux |
| 1977 | Lorenzaccio | Philippe Strozzi |
| 1976 | La Femme de paille | Karl Richmond |
| 1976 | Mr. Klein | Mr. Klein's Father |
| 1975 | Special Section | Le garde des Sceaux Joseph Barthélémy |
| 1975 | From Hong Kong with Love | Vannier |
| 1974 | Creezy | Garcin |
| 1973 | Prêtres interdits | L'éveque |
| 1968 | Pasha | Paul, le directeur de la police |
| 1966 | Black Sun | Gaston Rodier |
| 1964 | This Special Friendship | Father Lauzon |
| 1962 | L'Eclisse | Ercoli |
| 1962 | Bells Without Joy | Colonel of the Fourth R.C.A. |
| 1962 | The Masseuses | Cipriano Paoloni - the President |
| 1962 | The Little Boy from the Lift | Uncle Anselme |
| 1962 | Al otro lado de la ciudad | |
| 1961 | The President | Henri Lauzet-Duchet, le gouverneur de la Banque de France |
| 1960 | The Truth | Le président des assises |
| 1960 | Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur | Tartuffe |
| 1960 | With Both Hands | Inspecteur Toussaint |
| 1960 | The Cossacks | Bibikoff, old Russian General |
| 1960 | The Crab Basket | Jordan |
| 1960 | Les frangines | Monsieur Maréchal - le directeur de l'institution |
| 1960 | The Baron of the Locks | Léon Duval, horse owner |
| 1960 | Le Barbier de Séville | Bartholo |
| 1959 | The Price of Flesh | Inspector Max |
| 1959 | Rue de Paris | Public prosecutor |
| 1959 | Eyes of Love | Surgeon |
| 1959 | Marriage of Figaro | Bartholo |
| 1959 | Quai des illusions | Monsieur Vincent |
| 1959 | The Dreadful | Lebreteuil |
| 1959 | The Magistrate | Chief Prosecutor Roncuzzi |
| 1958 | The Possessors | Raoul Leroy |
| 1958 | Dangerous Games | Mr. Leroy-Gomez |
| 1958 | Would-Be Gentleman | Monsieur Jourdain, bourgeois |
| 1958 | Revenge | Merlín |
| 1957 | Nathalie | Pipart |
| 1957 | The Spies | Valette |
| 1957 | The Big Bluff | Chairman of the board of directors |
| 1957 | Miss Catastrophe | Edwin Scott |
| 1957 | Quelle sacrée soirée | The room manager |
| 1956 | Paris, Palace Hôtel | Émile Brugnon |
| 1955 | La rue des bouches peintes | Spears |
| 1955 | Marguerite of the Night | The man from the hotel |
| 1955 | Girls of Today | Mongardi padre |
| 1955 | Nights of Montmartre | L'inspecteur Doirel |
| 1955 | The First Outrages | Mr. Arnaud, professor |
| 1954 | Obsession | L'avocat général |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Lavoisier |
| 1954 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Monsieur Joannès |
| 1954 | The Lovers of Manon Lescaut | Duca di Forchamps |
| 1954 | The Beautiful Otero | Marcel |
| 1954 | Zoé | Monsieur Delay |
| 1953 | The Most Wanted Man | Prison Warden |
| 1953 | Fatal Affair | Lanzel |
| 1953 | Les Dents longues | Antoine Josserand, le directeur de l'hebdomadaire Lyonnais « Le Canut » |
| 1953 | The Lovers of Midnight | Monsieur Paul |
| 1953 | Lucrèce Borgia | The magician |
| 1953 | The Slave | Dr. Denis |
| 1953 | Koenigsmark | Le professeur Cyrus Beck |
| 1952 | Holiday for Henrietta | Script Writer |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir | Monsieur Tourneveau |
| 1952 | Alone in the World | Director |
| 1952 | Judgement of God | Le bourgmestre d'Augsbourg |
| 1952 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Uncle Henri (segment "Pride") |
| 1952 | Rooster in dough | Maitre Poulard |
| 1952 | Her Last Christmas | Professor Valensio |
| 1952 | Adorable Creatures | Gaston Lebridel |
| 1952 | We Are All Murderers | L'abbé Roussard |
| 1951 | Skipper Next to God | Pastor Lewis |
| 1951 | L'enfant des neiges | Gisèle's father |
| 1951 | Le cas du docteur Galloy | Doctor Clarenz |
| 1951 | Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français | Narrator (voice) |
| 1951 | Hotbed of Sin | Constanzo / Boris Armanian |
| 1951 | The Most Beautiful Girl in the World | Monsieur Dumont |
| 1951 | Monsieur Octave | |
| 1951 | The Turkey | Le Major Pinchard |
| 1951 | Dakota 308 | Commissaire Jaillot |
| 1951 | Clara de Montargis | Clara's husband |
| 1950 | A Certain Mister | Le commissaire Clergé |
| 1950 | Marie of the Port | Jules |
| 1950 | Miquette | L'évêque |
| 1950 | Tête blonde | Maître Canard |
| 1950 | Jamaican Man | Captain Hoggan |
| 1949 | Vire-vent | Monsieur Bourride |
| 1949 | Maya | Le paysan |
| 1949 | Rendezvous in July | Levase, drama professor |
| 1949 | The Wind Is My Lover | Chaplain (French version) |
| 1948 | La Carcasse et le Tord-cou | Casimir Gros |
| 1948 | Colonel Durand | Commander Millet |
| 1948 | The Bouquinquant Brothers | Investigating judge |
| 1948 | Man to Men | Philibert Routorbe |
| 1948 | The Charterhouse of Parma | Grillo - le gardien de la Tour Farnese |
| 1947 | Dreams of Love | Count d'Agoult |
| 1947 | The Royalists | Abbot Gudin |
| 1947 | The Woman in Red | Malvet |
| 1946 | Un revenant | Edmond Gonin |
| 1946 | The Eternal Husband | Magistrat |
| 1946 | Homeland | Le père Vargas |
| 1946 | Behind These Walls | Doctor Noblet |
| 1945 | The Last Judgment | Bora |
| 1944 | First in Line | Le docteur |
| 1944 | Night Shift | Doctor Renaud |
| 1943 | Le Corbeau | Bertrand |
| 1943 | Des jeunes filles dans la nuit | (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Angels of Sin | Prison director |
| 1943 | The Secret of Madame Clapain | Ancelin |
| 1943 | The Roquevillards | Public prosecutor (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Vautrin the Thief | Nucingen |
| 1943 | Lucrèce | François' tutor |
| 1943 | Le Voyageur de la Toussaint | Maître Hervineau |
| 1943 | It Happened at the Inn | L'instituteur |
| 1942 | Forbidden to Love | Le directeur de l'hôtel (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Law of Spring | Doctor |
| 1942 | La Symphonie fantastique | Habeneck (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Marriage of Chiffon | Philippe de Bray |
| 1941 | Portrait of Innocence | Le directeur de l'école |
| 1941 | The Chain Breaker | Le Ministre |
| 1939 | Cordial Agreement | German ambassador |
| 1938 | S.O.S. Mediterranean | Investigating judge |
| 1935 | Pitiless Gendarme | M. Punez |
| 1933 | Chotard and Co. | le Capitaine |
| 1931 | A story among a thousand |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Molière pour rire et pour pleurer | Poquelin père |
| 1972 | The Accursed Kings | Spinello Tolomeï, capitaine général des comptoirs banquiers |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self - Main guest |
| 1968 | À bout portant | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |