Eugene Deckers

{{Short description|Belgian actor (1917–1977)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Eugene Deckers

| image = Eugene Deckers in Crack in the Mirror.jpg

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| caption = Deckers in Crack in the Mirror (1960)

| birth_name = Eugene Francis Deckers

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|10|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Antwerp, Belgium

| death_date = {{death year and age|1977|1917}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1947–1960

}}

Eugene Francis Deckers (22 October 1917, in Antwerp – 1977, in Paris, France) was a Belgian actor.

Career

File:Eugene Deckers in Sherlock Holmes (The Case of the Shy Ballerina).jpg (1954)]]

After establishing himself on the British stage, Deckers made his first English language film appearance in 1946.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/eugene-deckers-p18216|title=Eugene Deckers - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba82400e4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111211226/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba82400e4|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 11, 2017|title=Eugene Deckers|publisher=}} Formerly a romantic lead, he specialized in "continental" character roles, playing many an obsequious concierge and imperious diplomat. As he grew older, Deckers expanded his characterization range to include Germans and Italians as well as Frenchmen. One of his biggest and best roles was as the arms dealer Peters in North West Frontier (1959).{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1084834/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: North West Frontier (1959)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}} Deckers appeared in Sheldon Reynolds television series Foreign Intrigue in the early-1950s.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/foreign-intrigue/|title=Foreign Intrigue|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}} In 1954–55, Deckers played at least seven different characters in the French-filmed Sheldon Reynolds television series Sherlock Holmes.{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=55773|title=Eugene Deckers|website=www.aveleyman.com}} After appearing in over fifty film and television roles, Deckers made his final screen appearance in the 1969 film The Assassination Bureau.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/eugene-deckers-p18216/filmography|title=Eugene Deckers - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}} While working as an actor, Eugene Deckers also worked as a painter. He is the great uncle of singer Eliza Roe.

Filmography

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