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Georges Renavent is a Actor French born on 23 april 1892 at Paris (France)

Georges Renavent

Georges Renavent
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Birth name Georges de Cheux
Nationality France
Birth 23 april 1892 at Paris (France)
Death 2 january 1969 (at 76 years) at Guadalajara (Mexique)

Georges Renavent (April 23, 1894 – January 2, 1969) was an American actor in film, Broadway plays and operator of American Grand Guignol. He was born in Paris, France.

He was married to Selena Royle, an actress and daughter of Edwin Milton Royle, author of The Squaw Man, which was adapted for film and starred Cecil B. DeMille.

They left the United States to live in Mexico after Selena was unfairly entangled in the McCarthy era Communism investigations and Hollywood blacklist. While in Mexico, both Selena and Georges continued to be active in the arts and put out various cookbooks, including Pheasants for Peasants, A Gringa's Guide to Mexican Cooking, and Guadalajara As I Know, Live It, Love It.

Biography

Établi dans sa jeunesse aux États-Unis, Georges Renavent y débute au cinéma en 1915, mais ne tourne toutefois que cinq films muets en tout, les deux derniers sortis en 1919 (dont The Light de J. Gordon Edwards, avec Theda Bara).

Il se consacre par ailleurs au théâtre et joue à Broadway (New York) entre 1916 et 1928, dans dix pièces et une comédie musicale.

Le premier de ses cent-quarante-quatre films parlants américains est le film musical Rio Rita (film, 1929) , sorti en 1929, avec Bebe Daniels et John Boles. Du fait de ses origines, il tient souvent des seconds rôles de français (parfois non crédités). Ainsi, il est l'ambassadeur de France dans La Reine Christine de Rouben Mamoulian (1933, avec Greta Garbo dans le rôle-titre et John Gilbert), et Talleyrand dans La Maison des Rothschild d'Alfred L. Werker (1934, avec George Arliss, Boris Karloff et Loretta Young).

Parmi ses autres films notables, citons L'Insoumise de William Wyler (1938, avec Bette Davis et Henry Fonda), Camarade X de King Vidor (1940, avec Clark Gable et Hedy Lamarr), ou encore Les Voyages de Sullivan de Preston Sturges (1941, avec Joel McCrea et Veronica Lake).

Signalons également sa participation à cinq films tournés chacun en deux versions alternatives (avec des distributions différentes), l'une française, l'autre américaine. Ainsi, il contribue à la version française (sortie en 1935) de La Veuve joyeuse (version américaine sortie en 1934) d'Ernst Lubitsch, aux côtés de Maurice Chevalier et Jeanette MacDonald (jouant eux dans les deux versions). Autre exemple, il est le Président du Conseil dans Folies-Bergère de Marcel Achard et Roy Del Ruth (version française, 1935, avec Maurice Chevalier et Nathalie Paley) et Folies Bergère de Paris de Roy Del Ruth (version américaine, 1935, toujours avec Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon y remplaçant Nathalie Paley).

En 1948, Georges Renavent se marie avec l'actrice américaine Selena Royle. Celle-ci étant victime du maccarthysme en 1951 et mise sur liste noire, les époux s'exilent au Mexique et s'installent définitivement à Guadalajara (où ils meurent tous deux, lui en 1969, elle devenue sa veuve en 1983). De ce fait, les trois derniers films de l'acteur (dont Mara Maru de Gordon Douglas, avec Errol Flynn et Ruth Roman) sortent en 1952.

Deux ans auparavant, en 1950, il effectue son unique prestation à la télévision, dans un épisode de la série The Philco Television Playhouse, dédiée au théâtre.

Usually with

Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado
(18 films)
George Davis
George Davis
(15 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(12 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(14 films)
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Georges Renavent (96 films)

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Actor

Mara Maru
Mara Maru (1952)
, 1h38
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr, Paul Picerni, Richard Webb, Dan Seymour
Roles Ortega
Rating59% 2.996082.996082.996082.996082.99608
Gregory Mason and Andy Callahan are partners in a salvage business in Manila. Callahan is murdered after some drunken talk about sunken treasure; Mason is suspected by Lt Zuenon of the local police because he is in love with Callahan's wife, Stella.
Strangers on a Train, 1h37
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Tennis films
Actors Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Marion Lorne
Roles Monsieur Darville (uncredited)
Rating78% 3.948623.948623.948623.948623.94862
Amateur tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) wants to divorce his vulgar and promiscuous wife Miriam (Laura Elliott), so he can marry the elegant Anne Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a senator, and hopefully have a career in politics. On a train Haines accidentally meets Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who recognizes Guy. Bruno tells Guy about his idea for the perfect murders: Bruno will kill Miriam, and in exchange Guy will kill Bruno's father. They have no identifiable motive for the crimes, and therefore they will not be suspects. Guy hurriedly leaves, but Bruno feels he has agreed. Bruno pockets Guy's monogrammed cigarette lighter.
Secrets of Monte Carlo, 1h
Directed by George Blair
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Lois Hall, Warren Douglas, June Vincent, Stephen Bekassy, Robin Hughes, Otto Waldis
Roles Inspector Marcel Remy
Rating55% 2.795222.795222.795222.795222.79522
In Hong Kong, a British insurance investigator and an American businessman join forces to recover the jewels of a Rajah which had recently been stolen by a gang on the French Riviera.
Fortunes of Captain Blood, 1h31
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready, Curt Bois, Dona Drake, Lowell Gilmore
Roles Comte Harrouch
Rating57% 2.85752.85752.85752.85752.8575
The film follows the standard story about Captain Blood. An Irishman banished for his treatment on a wounded rebel during the Monmouth Rebellion, Dr. Peter Blood has become a feared buccaneer on the high seas. King Charles II of Spain (Curt Bois) thus calls upon the Marquis de Riconete to capture the evasive Captain Blood and end his attacks upon Spanish ships. Blood is safe until he docks to resupply his crew; while his men are out they are betrayed by their supplier, the slave trader George Fairfax. Once captured, the pirates are tortured by the Marquis to find Blood's whereabouts.
Rope of Sand, 1h44
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Corinne Calvet, Peter Lorre, Sam Jaffe
Roles Jacques, le maître-d'hôtel
Rating65% 3.2922853.2922853.2922853.2922853.292285
Hunting guide Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) comes across a cache of diamonds in a remote region of South West Africa, but refuses to reveal its location even under torture at the hand of the diamond company's security chief, Vogel.
It's a Great Feeling, 1h25
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Irving Bacon, Bill Goodwin, Claire Carleton
Roles Andre Bernet (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1973.1973.1973.1973.197
The film begins with a succession of real-life film directors - including Michael Curtiz, King Vidor, and Raoul Walsh - refusing to helm a new Warner's flick, Mademoiselle Fifi, because Jack Carson has been signed to star in it. Frustrated, fictional studio head Arthur Trent (Bill Goodwin) finally decides to let Carson direct it. Seeking the perfect co-star for himself and fellow lead, frenemy Dennis Morgan, Carson finds her in the person of studio commissary waitress Judy Adams (Doris Day). Judy has been in Hollywood for three months without even one audition, and sneaks her way into Carson's office, where she forces him to give her a chance. A self-proclaimed liar, Carson advises her to pose as his secret bride to Morgan. He, however, does not fall for Judy's act and reveals Carson as the liar Judy did not know he was. Following an angry outburst, she leaves the studio, having felt used by the two actors for their entertainment.
The Foxes of Harrow, 1h57
Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Haydn, Victor McLaglen, Vanessa Brown, Patricia Medina
Roles le prêtre
Rating64% 3.242693.242693.242693.242693.24269
In the pre-Civil War New Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Stephen Fox (Rex Harrison) buys his way into society – something he couldn't do in his homeland because he is illegitimate.
Tarzan and the Huntress, 1h12
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Patricia Morison, Barton MacLane, John Warburton
Roles Man Weighing King (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0459653.0459653.0459653.0459653.045965
Due to a shortage of animals in American zoos following World War II, Tanya Rawlins (Patricia Morison), a big-game "huntress," Carl Marley (John Warburton), her financial backer and Paul Weir (Barton MacLane), a cruel trail boss, are given permission by King Farrod (Charles Trowbridge), to capture a male and female of each species of animal on his land.
Ladies' Man, 1h31
Directed by William D. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eddie Bracken, Cass Daley, Virginia Field, Lewis Russell, Georges Renavent
Roles Mr. Jones, Hotel Manager
Rating66% 3.306013.306013.306013.306013.30601
The Hoodlum Saint, 1h31
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Rags Ragland
Roles Jeweler (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0485453.0485453.0485453.0485453.048545
Major Terry O'Neill (William Powell) returns to Baltimore in 1919, after the end of World War I, expecting to get his old newspaper night editor job back. However, the paper has recently changed owners, and his friend and former editor, Allan Smith (an uncredited Will Wright), has been told to cut costs. Disillusioned, Terry decides to abandon his ideals and make his fortune by whatever means necessary. Leaving the building, he runs into two less-than-savory friends, "Fishface" (Rags Ragland) and "Three Finger" (Frank McHugh). When they are arrested, it takes all his money to pay their fines and that of "Snarp" (James Gleason).
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, 1h12
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Acquanetta, Edgar Barrier, Dennis Hoey
Roles Ivory Merchant (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0474953.0474953.0474953.0474953.047495
Travelers near Zambezi are being killed, apparently by leopards. The commissioner (Dennis Hoey) asks Tarzan to look into the matter. Tarzan immediately doubts that leopards are the problem. At the same time, Tarzan, Jane, and Boy take in Kimba, a boy who claims to have become lost in the jungle. Kimba (Tommy Cook) is the brother of Queen Lea, leader of a leopard cult. She has dispatched him to spy on Tarzan. Queen Lea also conspires with Ameer Lazar (Edgar Barrier), a Western-educated doctor who resents the West's domination of the area.
Saratoga Trunk, 2h15
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson, Florence Bates, Curt Bois, John Warburton
Roles Ship Captain (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1962953.1962953.1962953.1962953.196295
In 1875, Clio Dulaine (Ingrid Bergman), the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic New Orleans Creole father and a light-skinned Creole woman of color who was his placée, returns from Paris to her birthplace in Rampart Street to avenge her mother's mistreatment at the hands of her father's family, the Dulaines. Years ago, Clio's mother accidentally killed Dulaine when he tried to prevent her from committing suicide, and the scandalized Dulaines then exiled Clio and her mother to Paris. Clio is accompanied by her Haitian maid, Angelique (Flora Robson), and her dwarf manservant, Cupidon (Jerry Austin).
The Mask of Dimitrios, 1h35
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Politic
Themes Films about writers, Spy films
Actors Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, Florence Bates
Roles Fisherman (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5960853.5960853.5960853.5960853.596085
Dutch mystery writer Cornelius Leyden (Peter Lorre) is visiting Istanbul. A fan of his, Colonel Haki (Kurt Katch) of the Turkish police (who appears in several Ambler books), believes he would be interested in the history of one Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott), whose body was just washed up on the beach. Leyden is so fascinated by what Haki tells of the dead arch-criminal that he becomes determined to learn more.
The Desert Hawk
Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Gilbert Roland, Mona Maris, Ben Welden, Kenneth MacDonald, Frank Lackteen, I. Stanford Jolley
Roles Emil of Telif
Rating64% 3.20543.20543.20543.20543.2054
The sinister Hassan starts plotting against the recently crowned Caliph, his twin brother Kasim. The evil twin engages the help of Faud who sends his man to the palace to kidnap the Caliph and murder him. These henchmen enter the palace and wound Kasim who manages to escape. A beggar named Omar finds him and cares for him until his health is restored. By the time the wounded Kasim recovers his brother has taken over the throne and plans to marry Princess Azala the daughter of the Emir of Telif who does not know that the current Caliph is an impostor. Kasim decides to fight for the throne and the princess after he finds a suit of chainmail displaying a hawk on the front.
Action in Arabia, 1h15
Directed by Robert Wise, Léonide Moguy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Robert Armstrong, Lenore Aubert, Gene Lockhart, H. B. Warner
Roles Préfet de police
Rating61% 3.0967553.0967553.0967553.0967553.096755
In the spring of 1941, American journalist Michael Gordon (George Sanders) and his colleague, William Chalmers (Robert Anderson), arrive in Damascus. When Chalmers is murdered, Gordon sets out to find out why. He is helped along by glamorous secret agent Yvonne (Virginia Bruce), who is on the trail of a group of Nazi saboteurs. Intrigue centers around the actions of Josef Danesco (Gene Lockhart) who offers to sell information, as well as French diplomatic official Andre Leroux (André Charlot) and Eric Latimer (Alan Napier), the owner of the Hotel International, both suspected of having connections with the Nazis.