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 – 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, Fréhel. 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 Dédé to Broadway in 1922. He developed an interest in acting and had success in Dédé. 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.
★4.5
MOVIE1962
Jessica
as Father Antonio
★9.0
MOVIE1914
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
★6.2
MOVIE1958
Gigi
as Honoré Lachaille
★7.4
MOVIE1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1949
A Royal Affair
as The King
MOVIE1950
Riviera Dream
as Maurice Chevalier
MOVIE1917
Une soirée mondaine
as Momo
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Love in the Afternoon
as Claude Chavasse
★6.5
MOVIE1962
In Search of the Castaways
as Jacques Paganel
★6.6
MOVIE1932
Love Me Tonight
as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
★5.5
MOVIE1950
Just Me
as Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
MOVIE1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1935
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
★7.0
MOVIE1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1934
The Merry Widow
as Count Danilo
★5.5
MOVIE1960
A Breath of Scandal
as Prince Philip
★4.0
MOVIE1923
Gonzague
as Gonzague / Maurice
★6.1
MOVIE1930
Paramount on Parade
as Apache
★9.0
MOVIE1923
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
as Maurice
★6.7
MOVIE1960
Can-Can
as Paul Barriere
★6.5
MOVIE2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE1954
100 Years of Love
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
★6.7
MOVIE1929
The Love Parade
as Count Alfred Renard
★7.0
MOVIE1931
Monkey Business
as Himself (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE1967
Monkeys, Go Home!
as Father Sylvain
★6.3
MOVIE1960
Pepe
as Maurice Chevalier
★6.7
MOVIE1961
Fanny
as Panisse
★7.3
MOVIE1936
With a Smile
as Victor Larnois
★7.5
MOVIE1931
The Little Cafe
as Albert Lorifian
★5.6
MOVIE1931
The Stolen Jools
as Maurice Chevalier
★6.8
MOVIE1931
The Smiling Lieutenant
as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
★9.0
MOVIE2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
★6.2
MOVIE1963
A New Kind of Love
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1954
My Seven Little Sins
as Comte André de Courvallon
★6.9
MOVIE1947
Silence Is Golden
as Émile Clément
MOVIE1968
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Personal Column
as Robert Fleury
★10.0
MOVIE1923
Jim Bougne, boxeur
as Maurice
★6.1
MOVIE1930
The Big Pond
as Pierre Mirande
★7.0
MOVIE1923
Bad Boy
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
★6.5
MOVIE1932
One Hour with You
as Dr. Andre Bertier
★5.7
MOVIE1948
Paris 1900
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
★5.7
MOVIE1933
A Bedtime Story
as Monsieur Rene
★4.8
MOVIE1959
Count Your Blessings
as Duc de St. Cloud
MOVIE1965
Show - Charme - Chansons
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE1964
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Philip Dulaine
MOVIE2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1961
Black Tights
as Himself / Narrator
★7.0
MOVIE1930
Playboy of Paris
as Albert Loriflan
★4.7
MOVIE1964
Panic Button
as Fontaine
★6.5
MOVIE1964
Chance at Love
as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE2021
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
MOVIE1962
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self - Host
★10.0
MOVIE1935
Folies Bergère
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
★8.0
MOVIE1933
The Way to Love
as François
★6.4
MOVIE1932
Make Me a Star
as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Break the News
as François Verrier
★8.0
MOVIE2019
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
as Self (archive footage)
★8.5
MOVIE1931
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE1936
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
as Caston de Nerac
★5.6
MOVIE1936
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
as Gaston de Nerac
★8.0
MOVIE1929
Innocents of Paris
as Maurice Marney
★6.0
MOVIE1936
The Beloved Vagabond
as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
MOVIE1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1937
The Man of the Day
as Alfred Boulard
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Schlagerparade
as himself
★7.0
MOVIE1923
Par habitude
as Maurice
★6.0
MOVIE1908
The Merry Widow Waltz
★8.0
MOVIE2022
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)