Georges Grey

Georges Grey, born Georges-Jean-Joseph Gacon (1911–1954) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry.

Biography

He studied engineering at university, before going to the Saumur Cavalry School. He then went to Paris to begin a career as an actor, where he was noticed by Sacha Guitry who began giving him roles in his films. He toured with Marcel Pagnol and Gilles Grangier later on in life.

He died of tuberculosis in a sanatorium on April 2, 1954, in Passy.

Filmography Film 1937: Cinderella, Pierre Caron 1937: The Pearls of the Crown, Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque 1937: Quadrille, Sacha Guitry 1938: Remontons les Champs-Élysées, Sacha Guitry 1938: Nine Bachelors, Sacha Guitry 1940: Narcisse, Ayres d'Aguiar 1940: Monsieur Hector, Maurice Cammage 1940: Room 13, André Hugon 1940: Hangman's Noose, Léon Mathot 1940: The Well-Digger's Daughter, Marcel Pagnol 1941: Cartacalha, reine des gitans, Léon Mathot 1941: The Master Valet, Paul Mesnier 1941: Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary, Sacha Guitry 1942: La Duchesse de Langeais, Jacques de Baroncelli 1942: The Blue Veil, Jean Stelli 1942: Eight Men in a Castle, Richard Pottier 1942: Patricia, Paul Mesnier 1943: Adémaï bandit d'honneur, Gilles Grangier 1945: Monsieur Grégoire Escapes, Jacques Daniel-Norman 1947: Plume la poule, Walter Kapps 1947: Third at Heart, Jacques de Casembroot 1947: Le Comédien, Sacha Guitry 1948: The Lame Devil, Sacha Guitry 1948: The Farm of Seven Sins, Jean Devaivre 1948: Le Colonel Durand, René Chanas

Theatre 1937: Quadrille, Sacha Guitry (Théâtre de la Madeleine) 1948: Le Diable boiteux (theatre adaptation), Sacha Guitry (Théâtre Édouard VII) 1949: Quadrille, Sacha Guitry (Théâtre des Célestins)

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