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Pierre Alcover

Pierre Alcover

Actor

Born March 14, 1893 in Châtellerault, Vienne, France

Died November 10, 1957

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Biography

It was not obvious from the start that Pierre Alcover, a hefty John Blunt, would become a stage and movie actor. In fact he seems to be one of his kind for they are few those who made the transition from warehouseman at Les Halles (Paris' traditional central market) to winner of a first prize at the Conservatoire de Paris. But Alcover was both able to carry a 200 kilo load on his broad back as to tell the lines of famous playwrights on the boards of l'Odéon, the prestigious theater where he debuted in 1916. On the silver screen, his imposing stature and his gruff tone predisposed him to violent roles, on either side of the law. He was either a bandit (L'affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937), Un Carnet de bal (1937) Louis Jouvet 's accomplices) or a cop (the inefficient policeman in Marcel Carné's comedy Drôle de drame (1937), also with Jouvet). A bad boy (in Fritz Lang's only French film Liliom (1934)), a head spy (in Jacques Robert's La chèvre aux pieds d'or (1925), En plongée (1926), a convict (with a heart) in the touching La petite Lise (1930) directed by Jean Grémillon, he was the head warden in Criminel (1933), the French version of The Criminal Code (1931), the chief of the Czar's police in Pierre Billon's Au service du tsar (1936) and even Sanson the executioner in Sous la terreur (1935)! Anyway, whether a lawbreaker or a law enforcer, Pierre Alcover brought the same conviction (no pun intended) to the role he was given to play. One of the great character actors of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Filmography

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Ciné Follies Poster

Ciné Follies Documentary1977

Le colonel Chabert Poster

Le colonel Chabert Feature Film1943Le directeur de l'asile

Parade en 7 nuits Poster

Parade en 7 nuits Feature Film1941Le client mécontent

Saturnin de Marseille Poster

Saturnin de Marseille Feature Film1941Le père Morgan

L'étrange nuit de Noël Poster

L'étrange nuit de Noël Feature Film1939Monsieur Rafet

Le château des quatre obèses Poster

Le château des quatre obèses Feature Film1939Eugene

Ernest the Rebel Poster

Ernest the Rebel Feature Film1938Tonio

Les pauvres gens Feature Film1938

Nuits de princes Poster

Nuits de princes Feature Film1938Rizine

Street Without Joy Poster

Street Without Joy Feature Film1938Monsieur Antoine

Bizarre, Bizarre Poster

Bizarre, Bizarre Feature Film1937L'inspecteur-chef Bray

L'affaire du courrier de Lyon Poster

L'affaire du courrier de Lyon Feature Film1937Valentin Durochat

La griffe du hasard Poster

La griffe du hasard Feature Film1937Trémois

The Citadel of Silence Poster

The Citadel of Silence Feature Film1937Le gouverneur de Varsovie

The Man from Nowhere Poster

The Man from Nowhere Feature Film1937Malagna

The Messenger Poster

The Messenger Feature Film1937Morel

Un carnet de bal Poster

Un carnet de bal Feature Film1937Teddy Mélanco

Au service du tsar Poster

Au service du tsar Feature Film1936Le général Platoff

Coup de vent Poster

Coup de vent Feature Film1936Maître Poque

Donogoo Feature Film1936Sabourin

Fiordalisi d'oro Feature Film1936Sanson

Sous la terreur Poster

Sous la terreur Feature Film1936Sanson

Bourrasque Poster

Bourrasque Feature Film1935Pierre Bardet

L'heureuse aventure Poster

L'heureuse aventure Feature Film1935Broïdo

Le billet de mille Poster

Le billet de mille Feature Film1935

Second Bureau Poster

Second Bureau Feature Film1935Weygelmann

Liliom Feature Film1934Alfred

Criminel Poster

Criminel Feature Film1933Le gardien chef

Theodore and Company Poster

Theodore and Company Feature Film1933L'oncle Chénerol

Tout pour rien Poster

Tout pour rien Feature Film1933Landry

Le mariage de Mlle Beulemans Poster

Le mariage de Mlle Beulemans Feature Film1932Monsieur Meulemeester

Le Million Poster

Le Million Feature Film1931Le Policier

Little Lise Poster

Little Lise Feature Film1930Victor Berthier

Autour de l'argent Poster

Autour de l'argent Documentary1929Self

L'Argent Poster

L'Argent Feature Film1928Nicolas Saccard - un banquier véreux

En plongée Feature Film1926Howell

La chèvre aux pieds d'or Poster

La chèvre aux pieds d'or Feature Film1926Le baron Friedrich

The Swallow and the Titmouse Poster

The Swallow and the Titmouse Feature Film1924Michel - le nouveau pilote de la péniche

La faute des autres Feature Film1923Jean Lorne

Les Roquevillard Poster

Les Roquevillard Feature Film1922Philippeaux - le clerc

Champi-Tortu Feature Film1921Monsieur Pablo

La maison vide Feature Film1921Maurice Ferraud - un industriel

Le drame des eaux mortes Feature Film1921Fédor Askine

La mort rédemptrice Short Film1918

Le baron mystère Feature Film1918

Marion de Lorme Feature Film1918Laffemas

Le sorcier Short Film1917

Macbeth Feature Film1915

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