Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993,[1] Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his career with small roles at the Comédie-Française. He appeared in close to eighty films, with his best remembered role being the stationmaster Roubaud in Jean Renoir's La Bête humaine (1938), but he remained primarily a theatrical actor for the duration of his career.
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| Born | Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux 24 January 1897 |
| Died | 21 September 1994 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 1918-1982 |
Married to Fernande Thabuy, with whom he had four children, Ledoux was an amateur painter, and lived for many years at Pennedepie in Normandy. Later he moved to Villerville, where he died and where he is buried.
Selected filmography
- L'homme à la barbiche (1933)
- Le Train de 8 heures 47 (1934) as Flick
- L'homme des Folies Bergère (1935) as François
- Mayerling (1936) as Philippe de Cobourg
- Taras Bulba (1936) as Tovkatch
- The Beloved Vagabond (1936) as Major Walters
- Altitude 3.200 (1938) as Le doctuer
- Alert in the Mediterranean (1938) as Martin
- La Bête Humaine (1938) as Roubaud
- Volpone (1941) as Corvino
- Premier Rendez-vous (1941) as Nicolas Rougemont
- Premier Bal (1941) as Michel Noblet
- L'assassinat du Père Noël (1941) as Noirgoutte, le maire
- Stormy Waters (1941) as Kerlo, le bosco
- Le Lit à colonnes (1942) as Porey-Cave
- Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) as Le baron Hugues - le châtelain, père d'Anne
- La grande marnière (1943) as Carvajan
- Untel père et fils (1943) as Le maire
- It Happened at the Inn (1943) as Léopold Goupi dit Goupi-Mains-Rouges
- Des jeunes filles dans la nuit (1943) as Auguste
- L'homme de Londres (1943) as Maloin
- Behold Beatrice (1944) as Le docteur Mauléon
- Girl with Grey Eyes (1945) as Le père Christophe
- The Bellman (1945) as Fabret, le 'lièvre'
- La fille du diable (1946) as Le docteur / The doctor
- The Sea Rose (1946) as Romain Jardehu
- Danger de mort (1947) as Le pharmacien Loiseau
- Eternal Conflict (1948) as Le professeur Janvier
- L'ombre (1948) as Firmin Blache
- Pattes blanches (1949) as Jock Le Guen
- The Barton Mystery (1949) as Beverley
- Histoires extraordinaires à faire peur ou à faire rire... (1949) as Montrésor
- Monseigneur (1949) as Piétrefond
- Wolves Hunt at Night (1952) as Thomas Mollert - un membre du Deuxième Bureau
- La Bergère et le ramoneur (1952) as Le roi (voice)
- Act of Love (1953) as Fernand Lacaud
- Papa, maman, la bonne et moi (1954) as Fernand Langlois
- Fortune carrée (1955) as Le Cadi
- Men in White (1955) as Dr. Delpuech
- Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (1955) as Fernand Langlois
- On ne badine pas avec l'amour (1955)
- Law of the Streets (1956) as Père Blain
- Les Aventures de Até L'Espiegle (1957) as Claes
- He Who Must Die (1957) as Priest Grigoris
- Les Violents (1957) as Pierre Tiercelin
- Les Misérables (1958) as Monseigneur Myriel
- Cristina (1958) as Weiring as le père de Christine
- J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (1959) as Horace Chandley
- Cartagine in fiamme (1960)
- Recours en grâce (1960) as Le curé
- The Truth (1960) as Le médecin légiste
- The Big Gamble (1961) as Customs Official
- The Longest Day (1962) as Louis
- Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) as Dr. Charcot
- The Trial (1962) as Chief Clerk of the Law Court
- Le Glaive et la Balance (1963) as Le procureur
- Up from the Beach (1965) as Barrelmaker
- La Communale (1965) as L'inspecteur
- Sous le signe du taureau (1969) as Le juge
- Peau d'Âne (1970) as Le roi rouge, le seconde roi
- Moi y'en a vouloir des sous (1973) as Sauveur Chouras
- Bel Ordure (1973) as Le gardien de prison
- Les Granges brûlées (1973) as Le doyen des juges
- Les Chinois à Paris (1974) as Abel Frugebelle, de l'Acamédie Française
- Alice ou la Dernière Fugue (1977) as Le Vieil Homme et le Docteur
- À chacun son enfer (1977) as Le père
- Mille milliards de dollars (1982) as Guérande
- Les Misérables (1982) as Gillenormand
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