Paul Vermoyal
{{short description|French actor}}
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| birth_place = Braye-en-Laonnois, Aisne, France
| birthname = Pierre Paul Vermoyal
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|9|28|1888|10|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1910–1925
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Pierre Paul Vermoyal (18 October 1888 – 28 September 1925) was a French stage and film actor.
Biography
Vermoyal was born in Braye-en-Laonnois, Aisne, Picardy. He began his career on the stages of the Grand Guignol theatre in the Quartier Pigalle area of Paris in the 1910s. His first known film appearance was in the 1916 Maurice Mariaud directed short film Le roi de l'étain, produced by Pathé Frères.[http://www.notrecinema.com/communaute/stars/stars.php3?staridx=125723 Notre Cinéma] Retrieved 18 September 2016. He would go on to appear in a number of films during the 1910s directed by Mariaud, Abel Gance, Jean Manoussi and Robert Boudrioz, among others.[http://www.notrecinema.com/communaute/stars/stars.php3?staridx=125723 Notre Cinéma] Retrieved 18 September 2016.
In 1922 he appeared in the Charles Burguet directed serial film The Mysteries of Paris as Maître Ferrand. The film serial ran in twelve installments and was based on the novel of the same name by Eugène Sue. Other prominent film roles of the era include appearances in the Léonce Perret directed Koenigsmark (1923), starring Maurice Lehmann and Huguette Duflos; the Edward José directed Terreur (1924), opposite American actress Pearl White; and the American film The Arab (1924), directed by Rex Ingram and starring Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry.[http://www.lesgensducinema.com/biographie/VermoyalPaul.htm legensducinema.com] Retrieved 18 September 2016. His final film appearance was in the 1925 Benito Perojo directed Au-delà de la mort (also known as Plus loin que la mort and Pour l’amour de son frère.)[http://www.lesgensducinema.com/biographie/VermoyalPaul.htm legensducinema.com] Retrieved 18 September 2016.
Paul Vermoyal died on 28 September 1925 at age 36 in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, France.[http://www.notrecinema.com/communaute/stars/stars.php3?staridx=125723 Notre Cinéma] Retrieved 18 September 2016.
Partial filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Le Roi de l'étain | ||
| 1917 | Le droit à la vie | Pierre Veryal | |
| 1917 | The Torture of Silence (French release title: Mater dolorosa) | Jean Dormis | |
| 1917 | Barberousse | ||
| 1917 | Les mouettes | Jean Kervil | |
| 1917 | The Zone of Death (French: La Zone de la mort) | Zésine | |
| 1917 | L'épave | ||
| 1919 | La sultane de l'amour | Sultan Malik | |
| 1919 | Fanny Lear | ||
| 1921 | La nuit du 13 | Jean Renez | |
| 1921 | Mathias Sandorf | Sarcany | |
| 1922 | La nuit du 11 septembre | Ivan Goubine | |
| 1922 | The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les mystères de Paris) | Maître Ferrand - le notaire | Serial |
| 1923 | Le costaud des Épinettes | Doizeau | |
| 1923 | Koenigsmark | Cyrus Beck | |
| 1924 | Terror | Erdmann | |
| 1924 | The Arab | Iphraim | |
| 1924 | La cible | James Wood | |
| 1924 | Au-delà de la mort | Burner | (final film role) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0894468|name=Paul Vermoyal}}
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Category:French male stage actors
Category:French male film actors
Category:French male silent film actors
Category:Male actors from Hauts-de-France
Category:20th-century French male actors
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