Louis Mercanton

{{Short description|Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor}}

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Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117035510/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/16328 BFI Database]

Mercanton was born in Nyon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.