Alain Feydeau
Georges Alain Thierry Feydeau (21 July 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a French actor, director and writer. He was a grandson of the playwright Georges Feydeau, and appeared in several of his grandfather's works, and directed new productions of two of them. Feydeau was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, on 21 July 1934, son of Michel Feydeau (1900–1961) and his wife Françoise, née Hoentschel. At the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris he won the first prize for comedy in 1958, after which he joined the company of the Comédie-Française, of which he remained a member until 1983. During his time with the company Feydeau was appointed to the rank of Grand Pensionnaire, but was never made a full Sociétaire. In a stage career lasting nearly fifty years, Feydeau played in a wide range of plays, from French and foreign classics, such as Corneille's Le Menteur, Hugo's Ruy Blas and Schiller's Marie Stuart to 20th-century works by writers including Anouilh, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Sacha Guitry and Marcel Pagnol. Among his more unusual roles was Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings in a stage adaptation of a Poirot story. The dramatist in whose plays he appeared most frequently was Molière – Les Archives du spectacle record 14 Molière productions in which he played between 1958 and 1973. In his grandfather's plays Feydeau took the roles of Fontanet in Jacques Charon's production of Un fil à la patte (1961 and subsequent revivals), Moricet in his own production of Monsieur chasse! (1969), Pontagnac in Jean Meyer's production of Le Dindon (1970), Ribadier or Thommereux in his own production of Le Système Ribadier (1972), Etienne in Jacques-Henri Duval's production of Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1972), and Dr Finache in Jean-Laurent Cochet's production of La Puce à l'oreille (1978). On television Feydeau appeared frequently in the long-running series Au théâtre ce soir (At the theatre tonight), taking 21 different roles between 1968 and 1985. He made numerous other television appearances, and did a small amount of work for the cinema. As a writer, Feydeau published two books about the distinguished actress Edwige Feuillère, whom he knew well. He also published some fiction. Feydeau died in Paris on 14 January 2008, aged 73. He is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery with other family members including the playwright. Source: Article "Alain Feydeau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Credits
- 2006 · Le don d'Adèle as Gaston Veyron-Lafitte
- 2001 · The Three Kings as Le théologien
- 1997 · La dame aux camélias as Arthur de Varville
- 1987 · Sacrée soirée as Self
- 1985 · Adieu Prudence as Jerry Barnett
- 1981 · Le Traité d'Auteuil as Edmond Janville
- 1981 · Une sacrée famille as Philippe d'Orcemont
- 1980 · La Maîtresse de bridge as Robert Morisson
- 1980 · La Route des Indes as Manfred
- 1978 · La Puce à l'oreille as Docteur Finache
- 1978 · La Plume as Albert
- 1978 · La fessée as Albert Grésillons
- 1976 · La Poudre aux yeux as Le Maître d'Hôtel
- 1975 · Chat en poche as Tiburce, le majordome
- 1975 · Le Système Ribadier as Thommereux
- 1975 · L'amant de Madame Vidal as Brézolles
- 1973 · Maître Bolbec et son mari as Robert Valentin
- 1973 · La Vénus de Milo as Maurice Valax, l'architecte et ami de la maison
- 1972 · L'École des contribuables as Pierre Serigny, client et prétendant "ramant" de Juliette
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1970 · Un fil à la patte as Le marié
- 1968 · Le Dindon as Pontagnac
- 1968 · Mademoiselle as Valentin
- 1966 · At Theatre Tonight as Maurice Valax, l'architecte et ami de la maison
- 1966 · At Theatre Tonight as Tiburce, le majordome
- 1960 · Mum's the Word as Le docteur Renaud
- 1949 · Summer Storm as
- 1943 · Mysteries of Paris as (uncredited)