Cast
Maurice Chevalier
Acting
Cast
Maurice Chevalier
Known for
Acting
Born
1888-09-12
From
Paris, France
Died
1972-01-01
Also known as Maurice Auguste Chevalier
Biography
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 â January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade, The Big Pond, The Smiling Lieutenant, One Hour with You and Love Me Tonight. His trademark attire was a boater hat and tuxedo. Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age before working in menial jobs as a teenager. In 1909, he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, FrĂ©hel. Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l'Alcazar in Marseille, for which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics. In 1917, he discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre. After this, he toured the United States, where he met the American composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and brought the operetta DĂ©dĂ© to Broadway in 1922. He developed an interest in acting and had success in DĂ©dĂ©. When talkies arrived, he went to Hollywood in 1928, where he played his first American role in Innocents of Paris. In 1930, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930), which secured his first big American hits, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight". In 1957, he appeared in Love in the Afternoon, which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years. In 1958, he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi. In the early 1960s, he made eight films, including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year. In 1970, he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Chevalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Gigi
as Honoré Lachaille
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Love in the Afternoon
as Claude Chavasse
Can-Can
as Paul Barriere
One Hour with You
as Dr. Andre Bertier
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pepe
as Maurice Chevalier
In Search of the Castaways
as Jacques Paganel
A Royal Affair
as The King
Fanny
as Panisse
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Personal Column
as Robert Fleury
A New Kind of Love
as Self
Chance at Love
as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
A Breath of Scandal
as Prince Philip
Monkeys, Go Home!
as Father Sylvain
The Merry Widow
as Count Danilo
Monkey Business
as Himself (voice)
Count Your Blessings
as Duc de St. Cloud
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Jessica
as Father Antonio
Silence Is Golden
as Ămile ClĂ©ment
Love Me Tonight
as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
The Love Parade
as Count Alfred Renard
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
The Big Pond
as Pierre Mirande
Panic Button
as Fontaine
Riviera Dream
as Maurice Chevalier
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
With a Smile
as Victor Larnois
The Stolen Jools
as Maurice Chevalier
L'Ăge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
My Seven Little Sins
as Comte André de Courvallon
Folies BergĂšre de Paris
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
100 Years of Love
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
The Way to Love
as François
Gonzague
as Gonzague / Maurice
Folies BergĂšre
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
Paris 1900
as Self (archive footage)
Paramount on Parade
as Apache
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Philip Dulaine
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
The Smiling Lieutenant
as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
Playboy of Paris
as Albert Loriflan
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Innocents of Paris
as Maurice Marney
Make Me a Star
as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
as Maurice
Just Me
as Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
as Gaston de Nerac
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
as Caston de Nerac
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self - Host
Black Tights
as Himself / Narrator
Par habitude
as Maurice
The Little Cafe
as Albert Lorifian
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
The Beloved Vagabond
as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)
Schlagerparade
as himself
A Bedtime Story
as Monsieur Rene
Break the News
as François Verrier
Une soirée mondaine
as Momo
Jim Bougne, boxeur
as Maurice
The Man of the Day
as Alfred Boulard
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
as Self
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
as Self
La Valse Ă la mode
Show - Charme - Chansons
as Self
Bad Boy
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre