Claude Dauphin

Claude Dauphin (né Legrand; 19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978, including Barbarella, The Quiet American, The Tenant, Grand Prix and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.

Biography He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain, and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole. His elder brother was the writer Jean Nohain.

Dauphin's debut on film came in La Vagabonde (1930).

Private life Dauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress Maria Mauban with whom he had a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress Norma Eberhardt. The couple divided their time between Paris, Los Angeles, New York City and Ocean Township, New Jersey. They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.

Selected filmography A Tale of the Fox (1930) - Monkey (voice) Tout s'arrange (1931) - Émile The Fortune (1931) - Joannis To the Polls, Citizens (1932) - René Faradin (1932) - Bobby Moonlight (1932) - Jacques A Happy Man (1932) - Claude Moreuil Paris-Soleil (1933) - Fernand La Fille du régiment (1933) - Lieutenant Williams Le Rayon des amours (1933) - André Boubouroche (1933) - André The Abbot Constantine (1933) - Paul de Laverdens D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1933) - Andre (1933) - Prince Philippe Pas besoin d'argent (1933) - Paul (1934) - Jean Servin Dédé (1935) - André 'Dédé' de la Huchette The Slipper Episode (1935) - André Chabrolles (1935) - Le neveu Return to Paradise (1935) - Robert Ginet The Happy Road (1936) - Paul Venieri Let's Make a Dream (1936) - Un invité The Pearls of the Crown (1937) - Le prisonnier italien en Abyssinie The Tale of the Fox (1937) - Robert Grésillon The Curtain Rises (1938) - François Polti Conflit (1938) - Gérard The World Will Tremble (1939) - Docteur Jean Durand Radio Surprises (1940) - Himself Cavalcade d'amour (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges Beating Heart (1940) - Léandre, Hubert & Georges Paris-New York (1940) - Paul Landry Strange Suzy (1941) - Jacques Hébert Promise to a Stranger (1942) - Jean Cartier (1942) - Henri Vermont Les Petits Riens (1942) - Drial (uncredited) The Beautiful Adventure (1942) - Valentin Le Barroyer A Woman in the Night (1943) - François Rousseau Les Deux Timides (1943) - Jules Frémissin Une femme disparaît (1944) English Without Tears (1944) - François de Freycinet Felicie Nanteuil (1944) - Aimé Cavalier Dorothy Looks for Love (1945) - Robert Une femme coupée en morceaux (1946) Tombé du ciel (1946) - Maurice Cyrano de Bergerac (1946) - Cyrano de Bergerac We Are Not Married (1946) - Fernand Paris 1900 (1947) - Robert Chesnay aka Michel Trévines Naughty Martine (1947) - Jacques Brévannes Rendezvous in Paris (1947) - Robert Chesnay Van Gogh (1948) - Narrator (voice) Route sans issue (1948) - Jacques Audoin (1948) - M. de la Bergère Impeccable Henri (1948) - Henri, le majordome Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948) - Clément Fournil Jean de la Lune (1949) - Jeff, un marchand de fleurs follement amoureux de Marceline ("a flower seller madly in love with Marceline") Le Bal des pompiers (1949) - Camille, Olivier and Henri Grégeois (1949) - Harry Belmont (1949) - Le pianiste André Fuger The Chocolate Girl (1950) - Paul Normand Deported (1950) - Vito Bucelli Le Plaisir (1952) - Le docteur (segment "Le Masque") Casque d'or (1952) - Félix Leca Adorable Creatures (1952) - Récitant / Narrator (voice) April in Paris (1952) - Philippe Fouquet Innocents in Paris (1953) - Max de Lonne Little Boy Lost (1953) - Pierre Verdier Les Trois Mousquetaires (1953) - Commentant le film par la voix de (voice) Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) - Inspector Bonnard Les mauvaises rencontres (1955) - Le docteur Jacques Daniéli G.E. Summer Originals (TV series, 1956) Episode "The Green Parrot" (unsold television pilot) (1956) - Le récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited) The Quiet American (1958) - Inspector Vigot (1958) - Jean Servin Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? (1959) - René Dargillière Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 19: "Not the Running Type") - Co-host The Full Treatment (1960) - David Prade Tiara Tahiti (1962) - Henri Farengue Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962) - Georges Beaufort (segment "Luxurieux point ne seras") (1963) - Valoti La Bonne Soupe (1964) - M. Oscar The Visit (1964) - Bardick Compartiment tueurs (1965) - Le frère d'Eliane (uncredited) Lady L (1965) - Inspector Mercier Is Paris Burning? (1966) - Colonel Lebel Grand Prix (1966) - Hugo Simon Da Berlino l'apocalisse (1967) - Lasalle Two for the Road (1967) - Maurice Dalbret Lamiel (1967) - Le marquis d'Orpiez L'une et l'autre (1967) - Serebriakov Hamilchama al hashalom (1968 documentary) - Narrator Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre (1968) - Monsieur Rebecque Barbarella (1968) - President of Earth Hard Contract (1969) - Maurice The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) - Dr. Jadin Églantine (1972) - Clément La più bella serata della mia vita (1972) - Cancelliere Bouisson Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1973) - Father D'Aval Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973) - The President of the Italian Republic Vogue la galère (1973) - Le capitaine L'important c'est d'aimer (1975) - Mazelli Rosebud (1975) - Fargeau La Course à l'échalote (1975) - De Rovère The Tenant (1976) - Husband at the accident Mado (1976) - Vaudable The Anchorite (1976) - Boswell Le Point de mire (1977) - Maître Leroy Madame Rosa (1977) - Docteur Katz Le Pion (1978) - Albert Carraud Les Misérables (1978, TV Movie) - Bishop Myriel