Quiz

Was one of the role models, along with Sacha Guitry, for the title character portrayed by Philippe Noiret in Le roi de Paris (1995).

Tall, narrow-faced French leading actor, with extensive experience on the stage in Paris and Brussels. In films from 1911, increasingly gravitating towards portraying irredeemable villainy, culminating in his role as the devil in Marcel Carne's L'amore e il diavolo (1942).