About Yves Deniaud
Lived 1901 – 1959 (aged 57). Yves Deniaud was a French chansonnier, actor, radio personality, television actor and film actor.
Yves Hyacinthe Deniaud (December 6, 1901 – December 7, 1959) was a French comic actor and musical comedian.
Born in Paris, Deniaud died of cancer in Vésinet, in 1959 the day after his birthday.
Selected filmography Women's Prison (1938) People Who Travel (1938) The Gutter (1938) Coral Reefs (1939) Latin Quarter (1939) Midnight Tradition (1939) Radio Surprises (1940) The Mondesir Heir (1940) Tobias Is an Angel (1940) False Alarm (1940) Love Letters (1942) The Benefactor (1942) Goodbye Leonard (1943) A Woman in the Night (1943) Domino (1943) Night Shift (1944) Florence Is Crazy (1944) Fantômas (1946) The Ideal Couple (1946) Jericho (1946) Lessons in Conduct (1946) Not So Stupid (1946) Four Knaves (1947) The Idol (1948) The Cupboard Was Bare (1948) Barry (1949) The Red Signal (1949) The Lovers Of Verona (1949) Monseigneur (1949) Millionaires for One Day (1949) The Heroic Monsieur Boniface (1949) The Little Zouave (1950) A Man Walks in the City (1950) Women Are Crazy (1950) Dr. Knock (1951) The King of Camelots (1951) The Sleepwalker (1951) Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman (1952) The Smugglers' Banquet (1952) My Priest Among the Rich (1952) The Case Against X (1952) The Lottery of Happiness (1953) The Porter from Maxim's (1953) Leguignon the Healer (1954) My Priest Among the Poor (1956)
Filmography
1936: Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (dir. Jean Renoir) (uncredited) 1936: Rigolboche (dir. Christian-Jacque) as Le caissier du Gloria (uncredited) 1937: Drôle de drame (dir. Marcel Carné) as Policeman 1938: Je chante (dir. Christian Stengel) as The butcher 1938: Prisons de femmes (dir. Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara) as Victor 1938: Le Ruisseau (dir. Maurice Lehmann et Claude Autant-Lara) (uncredited) 1938: Les Gens du voyage (dir. Jacques Feyder) as Le bonimenteur 1939: Angélica (dir. Jean Choux) 1939: Le Récif de corail (dir. Maurice Gleize) as The seller in the bazaar 1939: Le Déserteur (dir. Léonide Moguy) 1939: La Tradition de minuit (dir. Roger Richebé) as Le bonimenteur (uncredited) 1939: Latin Quarter (dir. Pierre Colombier, Christian Chamborant, Alexander Esway) as Napoléon 1939: Dernière Jeunesse (dir. Jeff Musso) as Reynaud 1940: L'Héritier des Mondésir (dir. Albert Valentin) as Gaston 1940: Les Surprises de la radio (dir. Marcel Aboulker) as the first duelist 1940: Tobie est un ange (dir. Yves Allégret) 1942: Signé illisible (dir. Christian Chamborant) as Tatave 1942: L'Appel du bled (dir. Maurice Gleize) as The Arabic seller 1942: Le Bienfaiteur (dir. Henri Decoin) as Vinchon 1942: Lettres d'amour (dir. Claude Autant-Lara) as The Mayor 1943: Une femme dans la nuit (dir. Edmond T. Gréville) as Maxime 1943: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo "Edmond Dantès" (dir. Robert Vernay) as Pénelan 1943: Départ à zéro (dir. Maurice Cloche) as Jules 1943: Les Deux Timides (dir. Yves Allégret) as Le commis-voyageur 1943: A la belle frégate (dir. Albert Valentin) as Raoul 1943: Des jeunes filles dans la nuit (dir. René Le Hénaff) as The client of the visionary 1943: Domino (dir. Roger Richebé) as Mirandole 1943: Adieu Léonard (dir. Pierre Prévert) as Leon, The waiter 1943: Feu Nicolas (dir. Jean Faurez) as Rigaud 1944: Cécile est morte (dir. Maurice Tourneur) as Machepied 1944: Service de nuit (dir. Jean Faurez) as Victor 1944: La Vie de plaisir (dir. Albert Valentin) as Gaston 1944: Florence est folle (dir. Georges Lacombe) as Bianco 1945: Comédiens ambulants (Short, dir. Jean Canolle) as Le presenter 1945: Fausse Alerte (tourné en 1940) (dir. Jacques de Baroncelli) as Le peddler 1945: L'Extravagante Mission (dir. Henri Calef) as Gilbert, "Patte de velours" 1945: La Part de l'ombre (dir. Jean Delannoy) as Auguste 1946: Jéricho (dir. Henri Calef) as Robert Detaille 1946: Leçon de conduite (dir. Gilles Grangier) as Angelo 1946: Le Couple idéal ou "Voyage au pays des loufoques", "Diavolo contre Judex" (dir. Bernard Roland) as Julien 1946: La Foire aux chimères (dir. Pierre Chenal) as The intermediary 1946: Pas si bête (dir. André Berthomieu) as Antony 1947: La Colère des dieux (dir. Carl Lamac) as Truche 1947: L'Arche de Noé (dir. Henri Jacques) as Maclou 1947: Fantomas (dir. Jean Sacha) as Arthur 1947: Carré de valets (dir. André Berthomieu) as Jules 1948: L'Idole (dir. Alexander Esway) as Al Simon 1948: L'Armoire volante (dir. Carlo Rim) as Martinet 1949: Jean de la Lune (dir. Marcel Achard) as Le colonial dans le train (uncredited) 1949: Le Signal rouge (dir. Ernst Neubach) as The tramp 1949: Fantomas Against Fantomas (dir. Robert Vernay) as L'ordonnateur 1949: Les amants de Vérone (dir. André Cayatte) as Ricardo 1949: La Bataille du feu ou Les Joyeux Conscrits (dir. Maurice de Canonge) as Sergeant Poirier 1949: Barry (dir. Richard Pottier) as Le sergent Brocard, "Lafleur" 1949: Barry, moines du Mont Saint-Bernard (version Suisse du film précédent) (dir. Karl Anton et Richard Pottier) as Le sergent Brocard, "Lafleur" 1949: L'Héroïque Monsieur Boniface (dir. Maurice Labro) as gangster #1 1949: Appel d'Yves Deniaud (Short documentary) (anonyme) as himself 1949: On demande un assassin (dir. Ernst Neubach) as Tom 1949: Millionnaires d'un jour (dir. André Hunebelle) as Antoine Bergas, the tramp 1949: Monseigneur (dir. Roger Richebé) as Bouaffre, le patron serrurier 1949: Séraphins et truands (Short, dir. René Sti) 1950: Le 84 prend des vacances (dir. Léo Joannon) as Jules Laplanche 1950: Au p'tit zouave (dir. Gilles Grangier) as Henri 1950: Un homme marche dans la ville (dir. Marcello Pagliero) as Albert 1950: Les Femmes sont folles (dir. Gilles Grangier) as Hector Robilleau 1951: Le Roi des camelots (dir. André Berthomieu) as Gaston 1951: La rose rouge (dir. Marcello Pagliero) as Albert 1951: La Peau d'un homme (dir. René Jolivet) as Daniel Mareuil 1951: Knock (dir. Guy Lefranc) as Le tambour de ville 1951: Boniface somnambule (dir. Maurice Labro) as René, the gangster 1951: La Maison Bonnadieu (dir. Carlo Rim) as Mouffe 1951: Les Deux Gosses (I due derelitti) (dir. Flavio Calvazara) as Lumaca 1952: Le Banquet des fraudeurs (dir. Henri Storck) as Brigadier Achille Van Moll 1952: Monsieur Leguignon Lampiste (dir. Maurice Labro) as Diogène Leguignon, lampiste 1952: Ouvert contre X (dir. Richard Pottier) as Inspector Bonnardel 1952: Mon curé chez les riches (dir. Henri Diamant-Berger) as Abbé Pellegrin 1952: La Bergère et le Ramoneur dessin animé (dir. Paul Grimault) as police (voice) 1953: La Loterie du bonheur (dir. Jean Gehret) as Léon Lucas 1953: Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (dir. Henri Diamant-Berger) as Julien Pauphilat 1953: Autant en emporte le gang (dir. Jacques Moisy et Michel Gast) (voice) 1954: L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (dir. Geza Radvanyi) as Antonio, l'ami de M. Bard 1954: Si Versailles m'était conté (dir. Sacha Guitry) as The farmer 1954: Crainquebille (dir. Ralph Habib) as Crainquebille, marchand des quatre saisons 1954: Leguignon guérisseur (dir. Maurice Labro) as Diogène Leguignon 1954: Huis clos (dir. Jacqueline Audry) as Le garçon d'étage 1955: Fantaisie d'un jour (dir. Pierre Cardinal) as Papa Bénard 1955: Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs (dir. Robert Darène) as Djibouti 1955: Le Couteau sous la gorge (dir. Jacques Séverac) as Commissaire Lucas 1955: On déménage le colonel (dir. Maurice Labro) as Roméo 1956: Mon curé chez les pauvres (dir. Henri Diamant-Berger) as Abbé Pellegrin 1956: Le Colonel est de la revue (dir. Maurice Labro) as Calla, le mari de Cora 1957: This Pretty World (dir. Carlo Rim) as Pepito, chef de bande 1957: Quand la femme s'en mêle (dir. Yves Allégret) as Bobby 1958: Les Copains du dimanche (film qui n'est jamais sorti en salle) (dir. Henri Aisner) as The old workman 1958: Why Women Sin (dir. Guy Lefranc) as Parola 1958: Sérénade au Texas (dir. Richard Pottier) as Roderick, le saltimbanque 1958: Nuits de Pigalle (dir. Georges Jaffe) as Boursier (final film role)
Television 1955 : Monsieur Brotonneau by François Gir – Mr Brotonneau 1956 : Affaire vous concernant by Claude Loursais 1958 : Là-haut by Jean-Paul Carrère 1959 : L'Ange de miséricorde by François Gir
Theatre 1942 : Colinette by Marcel Achard, mise en scène Pierre Dux, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1952 : Madame Filoumé by Eduardo De Filippo, mise en scène Jean Darcante, Théâtre de la Renaissance 1957 : La Guerre du sucre by Robert Collon, mise en scène Yves Allégret, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
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Who was Yves Deniaud?
French actor
When was Yves Deniaud born?
Yves Deniaud was born on 11 December 1901 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
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Yves Deniaud died on 7 December 1959 in Le Vésinet.
What was Yves Deniaud's occupation?
Yves Deniaud was a chansonnier, actor, radio personality, television actor and film actor.
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Yves Deniaud was French.
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