Louis Velle

{{Short description|French actor (1926–2023)}}

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Louis Velle (29 May 1926 – 2 February 2023) was a French actor. He appeared in numerous films including Stopover in Orly, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, and Kings for a Day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/20230203-d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s-%C3%A0-96-ans-du-com%C3%A9dien-louis-velle-un-des-doyens-du-cin%C3%A9ma-fran%C3%A7ais|title=Décès à 96 ans du comédien Louis Velle, un des doyens du cinéma français|date=3 February 2023|website=RFI}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=3 February 2023 |title=Le comédien Louis Velle est décédé |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/cinema/le-comedien-louis-velle-est-decede-03-02-2023-2507305_35.php |website=Le Point}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/people/cinema/mort-a-96-ans-du-comedien-louis-velle-un-des-doyens-du-cinema-francais_AD-202302030346.html|title=Mort à 96 ans du comédien Louis Velle, un des doyens du cinéma français|website=BFMTV}}

Personal

Louis Velle was married since 1949 to writer, director, actress and novelist Frédérique Hébrard, with whom he lived for over 70 years{{Cite news |title=Le comédien Louis Velle est décédé |work=Le Pointe |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/cinema/le-comedien-louis-velle-est-decede-03-02-2023-2507305_35.php}} and with whom he has three children, Catherine, Nicolas and François, director and screenwriter.

He died on 2 February 2023 at the age of 96.{{Cite web |last=Bricard |first=Manon |date=3 February 2023 |title=Louis Velle, comédien connu pour "La demoiselle d'Avignon", est mort à 96 ans |url=https://www.linternaute.com/cinema/biographie/2737843-louis-veille-acteur-de-la-demoiselle-d-avignon-est-mort-a-96-ans/ |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=www.linternaute.com |language=fr}}

Filmography

= Feature films =

1951: Marriage agency of Jean-Paul Le Chanois

1953: The Three Musketeers by André Hunebelle

1953: A boy's life by Jean Boyer

1954: The Eye behind the scenes by André Berthomieu

1954: I had seven daughters by Jean Boyer

1954: Stopover at Orly by Jean Dréville

1955: The Impossible Monsieur Pipelet by André Hunebelle

1955: The Best Part of Yves Allégret

1956: The Joyful Prison by André Berthomieu

1956: The Inspector loves the fight by Jean Devaivre

1957: The Quiet Corner by Robert Vernay

1961: Over the Wall by Jean-Paul Le Chanois

1962: Because, because of a woman by Michel Deville

1964: Among the Vultures (Unter geiern) by Alfred Vohrer

1966: Martin soldier by Michel Deville

1968: The Unfaithful Night by Antoine d'Ormesson

1971: La Poudre d'escampette by Philippe de Broca

1972: The Angels by Jean Desvilles

1973: Jean Girault 's driving license

1974: The walls have ears by Jean Girault

1975: Intrepid by Jean Girault

1975: When the City Awakens by Pierre Grasset

1976: A husband is a husband by Serge Friedman

1985: Kikuo Kawasaki 's Private Passions

1987: Duo solo by Jean-Pierre Delattre (unreleased in theaters)

1996: Like Kings by François Velle

= Short films =

1972: The Line of Seals by Jean-Paul Torok

1996: Bitumen by François Velle

= Television =

1958: Snow Hotel by Jean Vernier

1962: Just published by Édouard Bourdet , directed by André Pergament

1963: Things see by André Pergament

1964: Subscriber to line U by Yannick Andréi: Monsieur Roux

1965: How Not to Marry a Billionaire by Roger Iglésis: Robert de Gissac (television adaptation of the novel by Spanish author Luisa-Maria Linarès: Sous la coupe de Barbe-Bleue ).

1966: The blue train stops 13 times by Serge Friedman, episode: Beaulieu, the trap

1966: The Happy Age of Odette Joyeux: Frédéric Aubry

1970: The Thursdays of Madame Giulia (I giovedi della signora Giulia): Luciano Barsanti[6]

1972: La Demoiselle d'Avignon by Michel Wyn: François Fonsalette

1972: The Man Who Returns from afar by Michel Wyn based on the novel by Gaston Leroux

1972: The 16th at Kerbriant by Michel Wyn: Captain Franz Madelin

1973: Docteur Caraïbes by Jean-Pierre Decourt (+ short version theatrically released): title role

1974: Laurels for Lila by Claude Grinberg

1979: The Strange Mr. Duvallier by Victor Vicas

1982: The Lys in the Valley by Fabrice Maze based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac: Monsieur de Mortsauf

1988 : The Happiness Opposite by Teff Erhat (episode 24)

1990 : The Ambassador 's Husband by François Velle : Pierre-Baptiste Lambert

1993 : The Castle of Olive Trees by Nicolas Gessner

1997 : Le Grand Batre by Laurent Carceles

2005 : We only lend to the rich by Arnaud Sélignac

2006 : The Secrets of the Volcano by Michaëla Watteaux

2010 : Chestnuts of the Desert by Caroline Huppert

= At the theater tonight =

1969: The Love of the Four Colonels by Peter Ustinov, adapted by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by Jean-Pierre Grenier, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

1972: Scrap metal and rags by Garson Kanin , directed by Pierre Mondy, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

1972: Eve and the Men by Gabriel Arout , directed by Bernard Dhéran, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

1979: Nina by André Roussin , directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

1980: Ninotchka by Melchior Lengyel , adapted by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by Jacques Ardouin, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

= Voice-over =

1964: 1989 by Roger Leenhardt (short film): Narrator

1964: The Archives of France by Henri Calef (short film): Narrator

1971: In war as in war (Le eccitanti guerre di Adeline) by Bernard Borderie: Narrator

== Dubbing ==

1968: Bullitt: Senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn)

= Radio =

1982: Chloé by Jérôme Touzalin.

= Theater =

== Playwright ==

1956: At the Pope 's Currency by Louis Velle, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont

1959: Mousseline by Louis Velle, directed by the author, Théâtre Fontaine

1967: The Sentimental Life of Louis Velle, directed by Michel Fagadau, Théâtre des Ambassadeurs

= Actor =

1946: The Holy Family by André Roussin, directed by Jean Meyer, Théâtre Saint-Georges

1948: The Revenge of a Russian Orphan by Henri Rousseau, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre de l'Œuvre

1949: The Revenge of a Russian Orphan by Henri Rousseau, directed by René Dupuy, Studio des Champs-Elysées

1949: L'Habit vert by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers , directed by Pierre Aldebert , Théâtre de Chaillot

1952: Vice-Versa by Louis Velle, Fontaine Theater

1953: Hamlet de Tarascon by Jean Canolle, directed by Christian-Gérard, Théâtre La Bruyère

1954: The Love of the Four Colonels by Peter Ustinov, directed by Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Fontaine

1959: Mascarin by José-André Lacour, directed by Jean Négroni, Théâtre Fontaine

1959: Mousseline by Louis Velle, directed by the author, Théâtre Fontaine

1960: Histoire de rire by Armand Salacrou, directed by Jean Meyer, Théâtre de la Madeleine

1960: My father was right by Sacha Guitry, directed by André Roussin, Théâtre des Célestins

1963: Laure and the Jacques by Gabriel Arout, directed by Jean Piat, Saint-Georges Theater

1963: Six Men in Question by Frédéric Dard & Robert Hossein, directed by Robert Hossein, Théâtre Antoine

1963: You Can Never Say by George Bernard Shaw, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont

1965: La Crécelle by Charles Dyer, directed by Michel Fagadau, Théâtre des Célestins, Georges Herbert tour

1966: Tonight in Samarkand by Jacques Deval, directed by Jean Piat, Théâtre de Paris

1967: The Sentimental Life of Louis Velle, directed by Michel Fagadau, Théâtre des Ambassadeurs

1973: The Arc de Triomphe by Marcel Mithois , directed by Jacques Charon , Saint-Georges Theater

1976: Nina by André Roussin , directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, Théâtre des Nouveaux

1978: Nina by André Roussin, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, Théâtre des Célestins, Karsenty-Herbert tour

1992: The Girl in the Back Seat by Bernard Slade, directed by Jacques Sereys, Antoine Theater

1995: The Absence of War by David Hare, directed by Daniel Benoin, Comédie de Saint-Étienne

1995: The Rubicon by Maurice Horgues, directed by Daniel Delprat, Boulogne-Billancourt Theater

2002: Festen by Thomas Vinterberg, directed by Daniel Benoin, National Theater of Nice

2003: Festen by Thomas Vinterberg, directed by Daniel Benoin, Théâtre du Rond-Point

2004: Festen by Thomas Vinterberg, directed by Daniel Benoin, National Theater of Nice, Theater La Criée

= Director =

1959: Mousseline by Louis Velle, Fontaine Theater

Sentimental Life, Antoine Theater.

= Publications =

Louis Velle is co-author, with his wife Frédérique Hébrard of:

  • The Lady of Avignon, 1971
  • The Protestant and the Catholic , 1999 (memorabilia)
  • As long as there are cats... in a family, 2010
  • The young lady of Avignon is back, 2014

Louis Velle is also the author of the books:

  • Triumph in the Stock Market Despite Hard Times, 1989 (Le Rocher)
  • Ma petite femme, 1953 (Éditions La Bougie du Sapeur, taken over in club edition by France Loisirs), Prix Alphonse-Allais

References

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