Pierre Blanchar

Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He played Napoleon in the 1938 British film A Royal Divorce alongside Ruth Chatterton as Josephine. He later appeared alongside Michèle Morgan in the 1946 film Pastoral Symphony. Source: Article "Pierre Blanchar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1892-06-30 · Philippeville, Constantine, France [now Skikda, Algeria]
- Died
- 1963-11-21
Known for
- Zero for Conduct (1933) — Supervisor (uncredited)
- Wooden Crosses (1932) — Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
- Life Dances On (1937) — Thierry Raynal
- Katia (1959) — Koubaroff
- The Black Monocle (1961) — Le marquis de Villemaur
- The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938) — Bastien Robineau
- Pastoral Symphony (1946) — Pastor John Martens
- The Man from Nowhere (1937) — Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
- The Beautiful Sailor (1932) — Sylvestre
- The Chess Player (1927) — Boleslas Vorowski
- The Mistress of Atlantis (1932) — Le capitaine de Saint-Avit
- Courier of Lyons (1937) — Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
- Street of Shadows (1937) — Grégor Courdane alias : Condoyan
- Riff Raff Girls (1959) — Le Pirate
- Pontcarral, Empire Colonel (1942) — Pontcarral
- Captain Fracasse (1929) — Captain Fracasse