Etienne Girardot

Etienne Girardot (22 February 1856 – 10 November 1939) was a diminutive stage and film actor of Anglo-French parentage born in London, England.

Biography The son of French painter Ernest Gustave Girardot, he studied at an art school, but left at age seventeen to go on stage. Having played in the provinces, he made his debut on the London stage at the Haymarket Theatre. He went to America in 1893,

He also worked in film, both silents and talkies, debuting in 1911 in Intrepid Davy. Among his film roles were the harmless lunatic who fancies himself a millionaire in the 1934 screwball comedy Twentieth Century, with John Barrymore and Carole Lombard, and the harassed coroner in three murder mysteries starring William Powell as detective Philo Vance.

Girardot died after a short stay in the hospital. He was survived by his wife Dr. Violetta Shelton, an "eye, ear, nose and throat specialist."

Complete filmography

Intrepid Davy (1911 short) Her Hero (1911 short) An Innocent Burglar (1911 short) as The Real Burglar A Slight Mistake (1911 short) One Touch of Nature (1911 short) as Mr. Grochberg - the Jewish Father, the Rabbi Nicholas Nickleby (1912 short) as Gryde Beau Brummel (1913 short) as Isadore - Brummel's Valet Betty in the Lions' Den (1913 short) Up in a Balloon (1913 short) as The Minister Goodness Gracious (1913 short) Bunny's Birthday (1914 short) as Neighbor Smith A Good Little Devil (1914) as Old Nick Jr. The Hall-Room Rivals (1914 short) as 2nd Sea Captain Cherry (1914 short) Too Many Husbands (1914 short) as Chauncey Chilton The Violin of Monsieur (1914 short) as Pere Gerome Pigs Is Pigs (1914 short) Bread Upon the Waters (1914 short) as Jean David Garrick (1914 short) The New Stenographer (1914 short) as Mr. Brown The Barrel Organ (1914 short) as Bunions - the Organ Grinder Underneath the Paint (1914 short) as William Marsh The Treason of Anatole (1915 short) as Anatole Mary's Duke (1915 short) as Duke d'Enfetti Uncle John (1915 short) as Uncle John Waldron - the Landlord The Broken Toy (1915 short) as Sylvain - the Dancing Instructor The Blank Page (1915 short) as The Scientist The Toy-Maker of Leyden (1915 short) as Martha's Father - the Toy-Maker Circus Mary (1915 short) Artie, the Millionaire Kid (1916) as The widow The Belle of New York (1919) The Witness for the Defense (1919) as Richard Pettifer A Stage Romance (1922) as Salomon Storm at Daybreak (1933) as Hungarian Officer (uncredited) The Kennel Murder Case (1933) as Dr. Doremus Blood Money (1933) as Bail Bond Clerk Mandalay (1934) as Mr. Abernathie Fashions of 1934 (1934) as Glass Twentieth Century (1934) as Mathew J. Clark Born to Be Bad (1934) as J. K. Brown - Claim Adjustor (uncredited) Little Man, What Now? (1934) as Spannfuss Return of the Terror (1934) as Mr. Tuttle The Dragon Murder Case (1934) as Dr. Doremus The Firebird (1934) as Prof. Peterson Clive of India (1935) as Mr. Warburton Grand Old Girl (1935) as Mellis The Whole Town's Talking (1935) as Seaver Chasing Yesterday (1935) as M. Mouche Hooray for Love (1935) as Judge Peterby Curly Top (1935) as Mr. Wyckoff The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) as Brooke I Live My Life (1935) as Professor Metropolitan (1935) as Nello In Old Kentucky (1935) as Pluvius J. Aspinwall, the Rainmaker The Garden Murder Case (1936) as Dr. Doremus The Music Goes 'Round (1936) as Brewster Half Angel (1936) as Dr. Alexander Cotton Hearts Divided (1936) as Du Fresne The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) as Principal The Longest Night (1936) as Kendrick Kinney Go West, Young Man (1936) as Prof. Herbert Rigby College Holiday (1936) as Prof. Hercules Dove The Road Back (1937) as Mayor Wake Up and Live (1937) as Waldo Peebles Danger – Love at Work (1937) as Albert Pemberton Breakfast for Two (1937) as Mr. Meggs The Great Garrick (1937) as Jean Cabot Professor Beware (1938) as Judge Henry Pitts (uncredited) Port of Seven Seas (1938) as Bruneau Having Wonderful Time (1938) as Mr. G (scenes deleted) There Goes My Heart (1938) as Hinkley - Secretary The Arizona Wildcat (1939) as Judge White Fast and Loose (1939) as Christopher Oates The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) as Papa Aubel For Love or Money (1939) as Poindexte Exile Express (1939) as Caretaker Hawaiian Nights (1939) as Alonzo Dilman Little Accident (1939) as Professor Artemus Glenwater The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) as Doctor (posthumously) Isle of Destiny (1940) as "Doc" Spriggs (posthumously)