Fernand Ledoux

Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993[1], Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his career with small roles at the Comédie-Française. He appeared in close to eighty films, with his best remembered role being the stationmaster Roubaud in Jean Renoir's La Bête humaine (1938), but he remained primarily a theatrical actor for the duration of his career.

Fernand Ledoux
Ledoux in 1992
Born
Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux

(1897-01-24)24 January 1897
Tirlemont, France
Died21 September 1994(1994-09-21) (aged 97)
Villerville, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1918-1982

Ledoux was married to Fernande Thabuy, with whom he had four children; he was an amateur painter, and lived for many years at Pennedepie in Normandy. Later he moved to Villerville, where he died and where he is buried.

Selected filmography
  • L'homme à la barbiche (1933)
  • Le Train de 8 heures 47 (1934) as Flick
  • L'homme des Folies Bergère (1935) as François
  • Mayerling (1936) as Philippe de Cobourg
  • Taras Bulba (1936) as Tovkatch
  • The Beloved Vagabond (1936) as Major Walters
  • Altitude 3.200 (1938) as Le doctuer
  • Alert in the Mediterranean (1938) as Martin
  • La Bête Humaine (1938) as Roubaud
  • Volpone (1941) as Corvino
  • Premier Rendez-vous (1941) as Nicolas Rougemont
  • Premier Bal (1941) as Michel Noblet
  • L'assassinat du Père Noël (1941) as Noirgoutte, le maire
  • Stormy Waters (1941) as Kerlo, le bosco
  • Le Lit à colonnes (1942) as Porey-Cave
  • Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) as Le baron Hugues - le châtelain, père d'Anne
  • La grande marnière (1943) as Carvajan
  • Untel père et fils (1943) as Le maire
  • It Happened at the Inn (1943) as Léopold Goupi dit Goupi-Mains-Rouges
  • Des jeunes filles dans la nuit (1943) as Auguste
  • L'homme de Londres (1943) as Maloin
  • Behold Beatrice (1944) as Le docteur Mauléon
  • Girl with Grey Eyes (1945) as Le père Christophe
  • The Bellman (1945) as Fabret, le 'lièvre'
  • La fille du diable (1946) as Le docteur / The doctor
  • The Sea Rose (1946) as Romain Jardehu
  • Danger de mort (1947) as Le pharmacien Loiseau
  • Eternal Conflict (1948) as Le professeur Janvier
  • L'ombre (1948) as Firmin Blache
  • Pattes blanches (1949) as Jock Le Guen
  • The Barton Mystery (1949) as Beverley
  • Histoires extraordinaires à faire peur ou à faire rire... (1949) as Montrésor
  • Monseigneur (1949) as Piétrefond
  • Wolves Hunt at Night (1952) as Thomas Mollert - un membre du Deuxième Bureau
  • La Bergère et le ramoneur (1952) as Le roi (voice)
  • Act of Love (1953) as Fernand Lacaud
  • Papa, maman, la bonne et moi (1954) as Fernand Langlois
  • Fortune carrée (1955) as Le Cadi
  • Men in White (1955) as Dr. Delpuech
  • Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (1955) as Fernand Langlois
  • On ne badine pas avec l'amour (1955)
  • Law of the Streets (1956) as Père Blain
  • Les Aventures de Até L'Espiegle (1957) as Claes
  • He Who Must Die (1957) as Priest Grigoris
  • Les Violents (1957) as Pierre Tiercelin
  • Les Misérables (1958) as Monseigneur Myriel
  • Cristina (1958) as Weiring as le père de Christine
  • J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (1959) as Horace Chandley
  • Cartagine in fiamme (1960)
  • Recours en grâce (1960) as Le curé
  • The Truth (1960) as Le médecin légiste
  • The Big Gamble (1961) as Customs Official
  • The Longest Day (1962) as Louis
  • Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) as Dr. Charcot
  • The Trial (1962) as Chief Clerk of the Law Court
  • Le Glaive et la Balance (1963) as Le procureur
  • Up from the Beach (1965) as Barrelmaker
  • La Communale (1965) as L'inspecteur
  • Sous le signe du taureau (1969) as Le juge
  • Peau d'Âne (1970) as Le roi rouge, le seconde roi
  • Moi y'en a vouloir des sous (1973) as Sauveur Chouras
  • Bel Ordure (1973) as Le gardien de prison
  • Les Granges brûlées (1973) as Le doyen des juges
  • Les Chinois à Paris (1974) as Abel Frugebelle, de l'Acamédie Française
  • Alice ou la Dernière Fugue (1977) as Le Vieil Homme et le Docteur
  • À chacun son enfer (1977) as Le père
  • Mille milliards de dollars (1982) as Guérande
  • Les Misérables (1982) as Gillenormand
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References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496614/
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