Louis Arbessier

French actor (1907–1998)

Louis Arbessier
Born	(1907-04-09)9 April 1907 Vienne, Isère, France
Died	23 March 1998(1998-03-23) (aged 90) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1942-1995 (film & TV)

Louis Arbessier (9 April 1907 – 23 March 1998) was a French film and television actor.^[1] 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)
Paysans noirs [fr] (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)
Les Mémoires d'un flic [fr] (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
Les Violents [fr] (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
Le fric [fr] (1959) - Le juge
Ce soir on tue (1959) - Interpol Man #3
Le Panier à crabes [fr] (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
Du blé en liasses [fr] (1969) - Le ministre
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) - Aupagneur
Sapho ou la Fureur d'aimer (1971) - M. Monestier
The Lion's Share (1971) - Cornille - l'éditeur
La michetonneuse (1972) - Le père de Justine
Charlotte (1974) - Le père du Charlotte
Mesrine (1984) - Lelièvre

References

^ Goble p.122

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Louis Arbessier at IMDb

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