Maurice de Féraudy

Maurice de Féraudy (born in Joinville-le-Pont on December 3, 1859 – died in Paris May 12, 1932) was a French songwriter, stage and film director, and actor at the Comédie-Française. He was the father of actor Jacques de Féraudy.

Life and career He joined the Théâtre Français in 1880, the company in 1887, and became dean in 1929. His best-known role, which he played 1200 times in thirty years and on which he had a monopoly, is that of Isidore Lechat in Octave Mirbeau's Les affaires sont les affaires (1903). As part of the Comédie-Française in 1922 he toured Quebec, Montreal, and New York, performing two plays by Molière. He has been applauded in the use of comedy, his playing full of cheerfulness.

Féraudy also wrote the lyrics of many songs for , including the famous "Fascination," taken up by later by Suzy Delair and Diane Dufresne.

Selected filmography 1926 : The Clown as circus director James Bunding 1929 : Ça aussi!... c'est Paris 1928 : Two Timid Souls as Thibaudier 1927 : Fleur d'amour as Maître Sourgueil 1926 : Lady Harrington as Bréhaut 1926 : The Clown as James Bunding 1925 : Le Cœur des gueux as Père Larue 1923 : The Secret of Polichinelle as Mr. Jouvenel 1923 : (directed by Jacques Robert) as Pons 1922 : Crainquebille as Crainquebille 1921 : Blanchette as Père Rousset 1920 : In Old Alsace 1913 : The Gaieties of the Squadron 1913 : The Last Pardon