Louis Arbessier

Louis Arbessier (9 April 190723 March 1998) was a French film and television actor. He played Napoleon III in the 1952 musical film Imperial Violets. Amongst his television roles was that of Maigret.

Arbessier was married and divorced four times, and had four children born between 1929 and 1964. His youngest son, Arnaud (born 1964), is a professional voice actor.

Selected filmography

Les petits riens (1942) (1948) - L'administrateur Suzanne and the Robbers (1949) - Docteur Vinson Thirst of Men (1950) - Collet We Are All Murderers (1952) - L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants The Happiest of Men (1952) - Valise Imperial Violets (1952) - Napoléon III Mandat d'amener (1953) - M. Delanglade The Three Musketeers (1953) - Louis XIII Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) - Louis XIII (uncredited) Cadet Rousselle (1954) - Le tribun La bella Otero (1954) - Le directeur du Café de Paris Queen Margot (1954) - L'amiral de Coligny Série noire (1955) - Le commissaire Lefranc Napoléon (1955) - Le maréchal Louis Berthier (uncredited) If Paris Were Told to Us (1956) - Louis XIII (uncredited) (1956) - Le président de la Cour Michel Strogoff (1956) - Tsar Alexandre II Action immédiate (1957) - Le Colonel The She-Wolves (1957) - Le commissaire de police Drouin (1957) - Me Rodier Not Delivered (1958) - Le chirurgien Bailleul Les Misérables (1958) - Le préfet Women's Prison (1958) - Le directeur de la prison One Life (1958) - Monsieur Dandieu (1959) - Le juge Ce soir on tue (1959) - Interpol Man #3 (1960) - Le professeur Liberty Bar (1960) - Maigret Captain Blood (1960) - (uncredited) The Truth (1960) - Le professeur The President (1961) - Jussieu Âme qui vive (1961) Le Miracle des loups (1961) - Comte Hesselin The Lions Are Loose (1961) - Frédéric Moine The Reluctant Spy (1963) - Le directeur du musée The Great Spy Chase (1964) - The Swiss colonel The Dirty Game (1965) - Ivanov La corde au cou (1965) - L'avocat God's Thunder (1965) - Bricard, le ministre To Skin a Spy (1966) - Le colonel Pasha (1968) - Le directeur chez Boucheron (1969) - Le ministre Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) - Aupagneur Sapho ou la Fureur d'aimer (1971) - M. Monestier La Part des lions (1971) - Cornille - l'éditeur La michetonneuse (1972) - Le père de Justine Charlotte (1974) - Le père du Charlotte Mesrine (1984) - Lelièvre