Frédéric Duvallès

Frédéric Duvallès

Born: September 26, 1884
Died: February 14, 1972
in Paris, France

Movies for Frédéric Duvallès...

Chaste Susan
Title: Chaste Susan
Character: Alexis
Released: June 28, 1963
Type: Movie
The young wife of an officer who, in reality, has several lovers receives an award for virtue.
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The Burning Court
Title: The Burning Court
Character: Mathias Desgrez
Released: March 30, 1962
Type: Movie
A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
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Oh! What a Mambo
Title: Oh! What a Mambo
Character: Le monsieur pressé
Released: May 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness instructor.
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Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Title: Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Character: M. Dubenoit, le maire
Released: April 23, 1958
Type: Movie
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
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Love in Jamaica
Title: Love in Jamaica
Character: Siméon Legrand
Released: April 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Manuel, a landowner in Jamaica, arrives in Paris on vacation. There he meets Olivia, a Spanish popular singer and falls in love. Olivia leaves Paris to play in a casino of the Riviera and Manuel follows her there. Maxime lives in Cannes, uncle of Olivia, a trickster who poses as a magician and has great influence on Annie, an eccentric billionaire. At the same time, Simeon, Annie's secretary tries to bribe the magician to influence Annie to accept to marry him, but as Maxime also wants to marry her, Simeon uses the services of a private detective. Manuel receives a telegram asking him to return to Jamaica. So, Annie proposes them a cruise aboard his yacht and invites Olivia.
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Elena and Her Men
Title: Elena and Her Men
Character: Gaudin
Released: September 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.
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My Priest, Champion of the Regiment
Title: My Priest, Champion of the Regiment
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
How a weak priest, armed up with love, a hat, an umbrella and a breviary became the regiment's champ.
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Piédalu député
Title: Piédalu député
Released: January 20, 1954
Type: Movie
In the 1953 elections, Piédalu was elected mayor of Marboue-Chambourcy. The esteem of his fellow citizens won him popularity, but he had to reckon with the wiles of his political opponents if he ran for deputy. The support of the son of one of his rivals, who loves Françoise Piédalu, and above all his stubborn common sense and natural malice, help him to overcome all obstacles.
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His Father's Portrait
Title: His Father's Portrait
Character: M. Boudignon, le directeur du magasin
Released: October 29, 1953
Type: Movie
Paul has to leave his country home to collect his father's inheritance of a department store. A natural-born son, Paul's stepmother gives him a cold reception, and he's appalled by the behavior of his half-sister Dominique, an existentialist of the highest order. Paul's gumption restores the Galeries Parisiennes to its former glory, and he gives a farewell present to a more subdued Dominique. He returns to his village, arm in arm with the wise Marie-Louise, ex-saleswoman at the Grand Magasin.
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Quand te tues-tu ?
Title: Quand te tues-tu ?
Released: July 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A viscount is ruined and wants to commit suicide. A young noceur pursued by his creditors is to inherit 60 million on condition that he marries a widow. The latter proposes to the former to do him the favor of marrying his mistress before committing suicide in order to fulfill the conditions of the will, while marrying the woman he likes. But once married, the viscount regains a taste for life. Everything will work out in everyone's best interests.
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The Parish Priest of Saint-Amour
Title: The Parish Priest of Saint-Amour
Character: Le curé
Released: November 14, 1952
Type: Movie
The Marquise de Saint-Ange wants to marry her niece Nicole, but the young girl, put off by the chosen suitor, flees with her friend Jacques.
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Rooster in dough
Title: Rooster in dough
Character: Antoine Moulinot nicknamed 'L'Anguille'
Released: June 2, 1952
Type: Movie
A famous lawyer is irritated to see his fiancée spending her time trying to educate Languille, a tramp. Wanting to discourage his Saint-Bernard side, he asks a young engineer to introduce himself to her, under the guise of a tramp. But his plan turns against him, because the young man falls in love with his beautiful.
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This Rascal of Anatole
Title: This Rascal of Anatole
Character: Me Bonneteau
Released: May 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Anatole, quivering nostrils and greedy lips, is the resourceful clerk of Mrs. Paufilat, a butcher. It takes a fancy to take on the identity of the Paufilat son, Paul. He must then undergo the assaults of the tumultuous Germaine, exhilarated by the money of Paul Paufilat.
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Hello… I love you
Title: Hello… I love you
Character: Mr. Petitpas
Released: May 8, 1952
Type: Movie
Since he met Odette, Pierre thinks only of her. Every day, he calls her saying only "Hello...I love you". Then he manages to get hired in the factory where Odette works...
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Trois vieilles filles en folie
Title: Trois vieilles filles en folie
Character: Vicar
Released: March 21, 1952
Type: Movie
A marquis organizes a matrimonial contest with the aim of enriching three spinsters.
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In the Land of the Sun
Title: In the Land of the Sun
Character: Mr. Bouffetranche
Released: December 26, 1951
Type: Movie
A band of Marseilles, lazy and happy to live, are involved in trafficking; Titin, put in prison for a while, is finally released and can marry Miette.
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Le Passage de Vénus
Title: Le Passage de Vénus
Character: Lazare Chantoiseau
Released: August 30, 1951
Type: Movie
Yesterday night, Lazare Chantoiseau painted the town red. This morning he wakes up with a very unsettling idea in mind: he is sure to have stolen and raped a strange woman in the Luxembourg Gardens, so he decides to give himself up. On that occasion he gets to know his victim, Hortense, as well as her husband, an astronomer. Lazare realizes he is innocent, which does not prevent from becoming... Hortense's lover!
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Sweet Madness
Title: Sweet Madness
Character: Mr Lancer-Léger
Released: July 4, 1951
Type: Movie
Passing for crazy and locked up, the CEO of a company escapes from the asylum and claims that he is the captain of a troop of pirates. To the disappointment of the director of the company and in the company of three employees, he accomplishes many extravagances which will be beneficial for his acolytes.
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Cherished by her concierge
Title: Cherished by her concierge
Released: May 9, 1951
Type: Movie
Eugène, who works for Radio-Europe, is a bit dim-witted. He lives in a block of flats whose caretaker is Madame Motte, and the lady is in love with the young man. Just for laughs, Eugène's friends circulate on the air the rumor that Eugène has inherited millions of francs. It does not take long before a swarm of 'friends' start mixing with him. After a while, considering that the joke has lasted long enough, the jokers reveal the truth. Eugène immediately loses all his 'friends' but not he girl he loves. Even better, Eugène actually inherits a big sum of money. He who laughs last laughs best!
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Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
Title: Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
Character: Auguste
Released: December 20, 1950
Type: Movie
André Courvalin, a merry bachelor, considers marrying, but not his exuberant mistress Aurélie. He would much rather wed sweet Suzanne. Trouble is that Suzanne is already engaged to Yves, one of his friends. But every problem has its solution. Accordingly, André finalizes a cynical stratagem. He sends Yves to negotiate his own breakup with Aurélie while he warns Aurélie's husband about Yves' presence by her side.All goes according to plan : Yves is mistakenly taken for Aurélie's husband.
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Trois marins dans un couvent
Title: Trois marins dans un couvent
Released: October 13, 1950
Type: Movie
In a small village, an abbot tries to take lightly the jokes of three men, recalcitrant to religion.
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Le tampon du capiston
Title: Le tampon du capiston
Character: Captain Hector Reverchon
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
Cochu, a peasant, is the whipping boy of his regimental comrades. He is called "buffer of the capiston", that is to say the captain's order. But he finds himself in the service of Hortense, the captain's sister.
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Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés
Title: Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés
Character: Monsieur Miradoux
Released: March 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Although suspected and hunted down by policeman Sherlock Coco and inspector Hector, the Pieds Nickelés (Croquignol, Filochard and Ribouldingue) manage to save the legacy of Monsieur Miradoux, who will be very grateful to them.
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Une femme par jour
Title: Une femme par jour
Character: Léon
Released: February 23, 1949
Type: Movie
Following a winning game, a young man finds himself at the head of the harem of an oriental prince who has seven wives. One of them escapes, replaced by the young girl her family wants the young partygoer to marry. Everything ends in songs and as desired.
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Monsieur chasse
Title: Monsieur chasse
Character: Duchatel
Released: June 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A husband covers his weekly infidelities with the pretext of hunting. His best friend intends to take advantage of the situation and makes an appointment with the outraged wife in a bachelor flat where the situation is resolved, not without morality being undermined.
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My Last Mistress
Title: My Last Mistress
Released: November 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A renowned sculptor aged about fifty years, François Bressolles falls for the young Catherine Collet whom he convinces without difficulty to pose for him. Complications ensue when he starts to go blind.
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Vacances payées
Title: Vacances payées
Released: December 14, 1938
Type: Movie
Prosper, the accountant of a fashion house, takes a vacation to Monte Carlo without his wife Sabine. And if he goes alone it is for a very good reason: he has a rendezvous with Olga, a beautiful woman. Once in Monte Carlo, he wins a large sum of money at the casino. Unfortunately for him he immediately becomes the prey of three gangsters who proceed to relieve him of his newly acquired fortune.
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Tricoche and Cacolet
Title: Tricoche and Cacolet
Character: Cacolet, l'associé de Tricoche
Released: September 6, 1938
Type: Movie
Two friends, Tricoche and Cacolet, are partners in a detective agency. Chance has it that Cacolet is hired by Van der Pouf, a rich banker who wants him to watch over his wife Bernardine while the latter, on her part, seeks the services of Thicoche.
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Les Gaietés de l'exposition
Title: Les Gaietés de l'exposition
Character: Perfecto
Released: May 18, 1938
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of the 1937 Paris Exposition, a mistaken identity plot where a travel agent from Morocco is confused by the French police with a dangerous swindler.
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Une de la cavalerie
Title: Une de la cavalerie
Released: April 13, 1938
Type: Movie
The merry Vigoulette wants to escape the yoke of his wife and asks to be recalled to a barracks regiment in Nice. Every night, he and his friend Poupardin have a great time. But one evening, he is missing. Fortunately his wife, who had arrived to spy on him, takes her place in the bedroom.
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Neuf de trèfle
Title: Neuf de trèfle
Released: January 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Miche Doulin is a wife who like to spend. Her husband Henri, who is a diplomat and worried about several large bills, wins an unexpected gain at play. He hides his luck and invents an incredible burglary. His wife to repay the imaginary theft will commit a big imprudence, when she learns the truth.
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The Beauty of Montparnasse
Title: The Beauty of Montparnasse
Character: Monsieur Pontbichot
Released: June 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Mr. Pontbichot has long dreamed of cheating on his wife. To achieve his goals, he looks for a son-in-law who could help him, and finds him in the person of a young painter, who pleases his daughter.
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La Dame de Vittel
Title: La Dame de Vittel
Released: February 5, 1937
Type: Movie
In Paris, Jean Bourselet, a great lover of pretty women, meets the charming Madeleine, whom men are not afraid of, and whose husband is a hotelier in Vittel. Provided with a note from his doctor, Bourselet goes off to Vittel. His wife Henriette, on her guard, joins her there and discovers that her husband is pretending to be a widower to better woo his beautiful. Henriette declares herself a widow, and flirts with a man. The lesson will bear, and after a few adventures, Bourselet is delighted to find his wife.
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Train de plaisir
Title: Train de plaisir
Character: Prosper Biscoton
Released: March 14, 1936
Type: Movie
Marguerite and Verdurin, both employed in l'Atout Prix, a store run by Prosper Biscoton, would like to take a vacation at the beach, but they need more money than they earn. They decide to trick their boss into paying for the trip by pretending Marguerite is interested in him. Biscoton falls in the trap and puts himself in a difficult position with his own wife.
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Dora Nelson
Title: Dora Nelson
Released: November 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Dora Nelson, a famous actress, leaves both her husband Philippe de Moreuil and the role she was playing in a movie directed by Nivert, to follow her lover Santini in Italy. But she soon realizes that Santini deceives her with a girl named Elsa. In vexation she decides to return to her husband and to her career. Unfortunately for her, Suzanne Verdier, a little working girl, has in the meantime replaced her not only in the film she had left unfinished but in her husband's heart as well. Dora eventually understands she must step aside.
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Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait de l'oeil
Title: Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait de l'oeil
Character: Yves Ploumanach
Released: September 6, 1935
Type: Movie
When a young woman named Aurélie throws a fit of jealousy at her husband and her lover, daily life becomes more complicated.
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Le Billet de mille
Title: Le Billet de mille
Character: The reveler
Released: January 11, 1935
Type: Movie
The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
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Chourinette
Title: Chourinette
Character: Laloupe
Released: March 2, 1934
Type: Movie
When Vernonet learns that Chourinette is to marry another man, he is so upset that he decides to commit suicide on her wedding day. The young woman gets wind of his intention and is so moved by his act of love that she drops everything and runs away with Vernonet. But the groom's family and hers are on their trail to settle a few scores.
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L'héritier du Bal Tabarin
Title: L'héritier du Bal Tabarin
Released: October 20, 1933
Type: Movie
A prudish man becomes, by inheritance, owner of the Bal Tabarin which, according to the testamentary provisions, he must manage himself. He launches himself happily into this life of pleasures and hides it from his family.
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All for Nothing
Title: All for Nothing
Character: Jean Durand
Released: October 15, 1933
Type: Movie
An honest but naive young man is manipulated by a gang of crooks who use him as as a cover for their misdeeds. His honesty will be rewarded though and he will find the way to the heart of his beloved.
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The Wonderful Day
Title: The Wonderful Day
Character: Blaise
Released: November 23, 1932
Type: Movie
An assistant pharmacist in the South of France , Blaise works for Mrs. Pinède, a well-endowed hot-blooded woman who has developed a crush on him, and her husband ... who hasn't! One day, Blaise meets Felloux, a rich man who is convalescing in Cassis. Felloux takes a liking to Blaise and decides to offer him a perfect day in Juan-les-Pins. Gambling in the casino, Blaise wins an astronomical sum. A new life seems to open to him but not for long. Indeed he loses all, but not before he has given a beautiful necklace to a young woman.
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Companion Wanted
Title: Companion Wanted
Character: Anatole Biscotte
Released: February 19, 1932
Type: Movie
Young love blossoms between a salesgirl and a handsome man on the French Riviera.