About Robert Ancelin
Lived 1898 – 1986 (aged 87). Robert Ancelin was a French actor and theater director.
Robert Ancelin (22 November 1898 – 25 January 1986) was a French actor and theater director. He was married with the soprano Fanély Revoil from 1937 to 1942 and directing manager of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin from 1940 to 1949.
Filmography 1930 : Hai-Tang by Richard Eichberg and Jean Kemm as Boris Ivanoff 1931 : Y'en a pas deux comme Angélique by Roger Lion as Jean Larivière 1931 : About an Inquest by Robert Siodmak and Henri Chomette as Klate 1932 : Y'a erreur by Joseph Tzipine (short film) 1932 : Love and Luck by Monty Banks as Jackson 1932 : Clochard by Robert Péguy as Poum 1932 : The Last Blow by Jacques de Baroncelli as Lucien 1933 : La Poule by René Guissart as Paul Cellier 1933 : Vilaine histoire by Christian-Jaque (short film) as the amateur detective 1933 : L'Empreinte sanglante by Jean Mamy (short film) as the amateur detective 1933 : Deux blondes by Jean Mamy (short film) as the amateur detective 1933 : Le Client du numéro 16 by Jean Mamy (short film) 1933 : Ce n'est pas lui, anonymous direction (short film) 1933 : L'Atroce Menace by Christian-Jaque (short film) as the amateur detective 1934 : Crime d'amour by Roger Capellani (short film) 1934 : Lui...ou...elle by Roger Capellani (court métrage) as the amateur detective 1935 : Sans elle by M. Deleric (short film) 1935 : La Bandera by Julien Duvivier as the lieutenant 1936 : Prince of the Six Days by Robert Vernay as Teddy, the barman 1938 : Café de Paris by Yves Mirande and Georges Lacombe 1939 : La Loi du Nord by Jacques Feyder
Theatre Comedian 1930: Arsène Lupin banquier, operetta, libretto Yves Mirande, couplets Albert Willemetz, composer Marcel Lattes after Maurice Leblanc, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens 1942: Occupe-toi d'Amélie by Georges Feydeau, directed by Robert Ancelin, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1943: Pour avoir Adrienne by Louis Verneuil, directed by Robert Ancelin, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
Theatre director 1940: Le Bossu by Paul Féval and Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1941: Le Maître de forges by Georges Ohnet, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1941: The Two Orphans by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1941: Mon curé chez les riches by Clément Vautel, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1941: La Porteuse de pain by Xavier de Montépin, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1941: Le Contrôleur des wagons-lits and Les Surprises du divorce by Alexandre Bisson, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1941: Les Deux Gosses by Pierre Decourcelle, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1942: La Bouquetière des Innocents by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Ferdinand Dugué, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1942: Occupe-toi d'Amélie! by Georges Feydeau, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1942: Et moi je te dis qu'elle t'a fait de l'œil by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1943: Pour avoir Adrienne by Louis Verneuil, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1943: Mon oncle et mon curé by Jean de La Brète, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1943: Le Pavillon d'Asnières by Charles Méré after Georges Simenon, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1943: Mon curé chez les riches after the novel by Clément Vautel, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1945: A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1948: Un p'tit mari en or by André Mouëzy-Éon, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
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Who was Robert Ancelin?
French actor (1898–1986)
When was Robert Ancelin born?
Robert Ancelin was born on 22 November 1898 in Poitiers.
When did Robert Ancelin die?
Robert Ancelin died on 25 January 1986 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
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Robert Ancelin was an actor and theater director.
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Robert Ancelin was French.
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