Alain Feydeau

Alain Feydeau

Born: July 21, 1934
Died: January 14, 2008
in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Georges Alain Thierry Feydeau (21 July 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a French actor, director and writer. He was a grandson of the playwright Georges Feydeau, and appeared in several of his grandfather's works, and directed new productions of two of them.

Feydeau was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, on 21 July 1934, son of Michel Feydeau (1900–1961) and his wife Françoise, née Hoentschel. At the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris he won the first prize for comedy in 1958, after which he joined the company of the Comédie-Française, of which he remained a member until 1983. During his time with the company Feydeau was appointed to the rank of Grand Pensionnaire, but was never made a full Sociétaire.

In a stage career lasting nearly fifty years, Feydeau played in a wide range of plays, from French and foreign classics, such as Corneille's Le Menteur, Hugo's Ruy Blas and Schiller's Marie Stuart to 20th-century works by writers including Anouilh, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Sacha Guitry and Marcel Pagnol. Among his more unusual roles was Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings in a stage adaptation of a Poirot story. The dramatist in whose plays he appeared most frequently was Molière – Les Archives du spectacle record 14 Molière productions in which he played between 1958 and 1973.

In his grandfather's plays Feydeau took the roles of Fontanet in Jacques Charon's production of Un fil à la patte (1961 and subsequent revivals), Moricet in his own production of Monsieur chasse! (1969), Pontagnac in Jean Meyer's production of Le Dindon (1970), Ribadier or Thommereux in his own production of Le Système Ribadier (1972), Etienne in Jacques-Henri Duval's production of Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1972), and Dr Finache in Jean-Laurent Cochet's production of La Puce à l'oreille (1978).

On television Feydeau appeared frequently in the long-running series Au théâtre ce soir (At the theatre tonight), taking 21 different roles between 1968 and 1985. He made numerous other television appearances, and did a small amount of work for the cinema. As a writer, Feydeau published two books about the distinguished actress Edwige Feuillère, whom he knew well. He also published some fiction.

Feydeau died in Paris on 14 January 2008, aged 73. He is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery with other family members including the playwright.

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Le don d'Adèle
Title: Le don d'Adèle
Character: Gaston Veyron-Lafitte
Released: September 20, 2006
Type: Movie
It's not easy to find good staff these days, but when your good Adele has extra-lucid gifts, life becomes clear: Adele can tell you all the disasters to come.
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The Three Kings
Title: The Three Kings
Character: Le théologien
Released: December 12, 2001
Type: Movie
The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thousand years into the future. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris, where they encounter a young woman called Macha who, they are convinced, will lead them to the newborn Messiah.
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La dame aux camélias
Title: La dame aux camélias
Character: Arthur de Varville
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
The beautiful Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gauthier (Cristiana Réali), who is called a "Lady of The Camellia" because of the preference for these flowers, has many devotees among Parisian aristocrats. He really loves one - young Armand Duval (Michaël Cohen). Under the influence of the beloved father's pleas, and despite himself, he declares to Armand that he no longer loves him. She is suffering from tuberculosis, but if possible, she is in company, and renews contacts with rich devotees. Armand tries to forget about her. One evening, at a party, their paths cross again.
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Title: Sacrée soirée
Character: Self
Released: September 2, 1987
Type: TV
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Adieu Prudence
Title: Adieu Prudence
Character: Jerry Barnett
Released: May 18, 1985
Type: Movie
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Le Traité d'Auteuil
Title: Le Traité d'Auteuil
Character: Edmond Janville
Released: August 2, 1981
Type: Movie
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Une sacrée famille
Title: Une sacrée famille
Character: Philippe d'Orcemont
Released: May 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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La Maîtresse de bridge
Title: La Maîtresse de bridge
Character: Robert Morisson
Released: November 28, 1980
Type: Movie
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La Route des Indes
Title: La Route des Indes
Character: Manfred
Released: February 8, 1980
Type: Movie
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La Puce à L'oreille
Title: La Puce à L'oreille
Character: Docteur Finache
Released: December 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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La Plume
Title: La Plume
Character: Albert
Released: May 26, 1978
Type: Movie
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La fessée
Title: La fessée
Character: Albert Grésillons
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
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La poudre aux yeux
Title: La poudre aux yeux
Character: Le Maître d'Hôtel
Released: October 9, 1976
Type: Movie
Created in 1861, this comedy by Eugène Labiche depicts two bourgeois families obsessed with appearances who intend to marry off their children. Labiche exposes the social rivalry between the two families through tyrannical female characters and submissive husbands, whose only concern is to create illusions in society.
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Chat en poche
Title: Chat en poche
Character: Tiburce, le majordome
Released: October 24, 1975
Type: Movie
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Le Système Ribadier
Title: Le Système Ribadier
Character: Thommereux
Released: April 10, 1975
Type: Movie
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L'amant de Madame Vidal
Title: L'amant de Madame Vidal
Character: Brézolles
Released: January 13, 1975
Type: Movie
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Maître Bolbec et son mari
Title: Maître Bolbec et son mari
Character: Robert Valentin
Released: June 22, 1973
Type: Movie
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La Vénus de Milo
Title: La Vénus de Milo
Character: Maurice Valax, l'architecte et ami de la maison
Released: May 26, 1973
Type: Movie
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L'École des contribuables
Title: L'École des contribuables
Character: Pierre Serigny, client et prétendant "ramant" de Juliette
Released: June 26, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Un fil à la patte
Title: Un fil à la patte
Character: Le marié
Released: December 26, 1970
Type: Movie
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Le Dindon
Title: Le Dindon
Character: Pontagnac
Released: October 18, 1968
Type: Movie
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Mademoiselle
Title: Mademoiselle
Character: Valentin
Released: March 7, 1968
Type: Movie
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Maurice Valax, l'architecte et ami de la maison
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Tiburce, le majordome
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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Mum's the Word
Title: Mum's the Word
Character: Le docteur Renaud
Released: April 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Martin is a nurse in a private clinic in Paris. The victim of a serious concussion, an unidentified casualty, arrives in the emergency room one night. He is operated on immediately. When he wakes up, half-unconscious, he tells Martin a confused story about stealing jewels from a maharajah visiting Marseille... before falling into total amnesia. Real and fake policemen interrogate Martin, gangsters kidnap him to get him to reveal precious information, but... the nurse keeps his mouth shut!
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Summer Storm
Title: Summer Storm
Released: December 22, 1949
Type: Movie
An attractive Englishman who is spending his holidays in France, breaks into a French family.
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Mysteries of Paris
Title: Mysteries of Paris
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Paris, 1830. Fleur de Marie is rescued from poverty by the mysterious Rodolphe, who is in fact the Grand Duke of Gérolstein, who has gone incognito in search of an illegitimate child he once had. Which is not at all to the taste of Sarah Mac Gregor, her current mistress who kidnaps Fleur and has her locked up in Saint-Lazare prison.