Alain Feydeau

Biography

Georges Alain Thierry Feydeau (21 July 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a French actor, director and writer. He was a grandson of the playwright Georges Feydeau, and appeared in several of his grandfather's works, and directed new productions of two of them. Feydeau was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, on 21 July 1934, son of Michel Feydeau (1900–1961) and his wife Françoise, née Hoentschel. At the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris he won the first prize for comedy in 1958, after which he joined the company of the Comédie-Française, of which he remained a member until 1983. During his time with the company Feydeau was appointed to the rank of Grand Pensionnaire, but was never made a full Sociétaire. In a stage career lasting nearly fifty years, Feydeau played in a wide range of plays, from French and foreign classics, such as Corneille's Le Menteur, Hugo's Ruy Blas and Schiller's Marie Stuart to 20th-century works by writers including Anouilh, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Sacha Guitry and Marcel Pagnol. Among his more unusual roles was Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings in a stage adaptation of a Poirot story. The dramatist in whose plays he appeared most frequently was Molière – Les Archives du spectacle record 14 Molière productions in which he played between 1958 and 1973. In his grandfather's plays Feydeau took the roles of Fontanet in Jacques Charon's production of Un fil à la patte (1961 and subsequent revivals), Moricet in his own production of Monsieur chasse! (1969), Pontagnac in Jean Meyer's production of Le Dindon (1970), Ribadier or Thommereux in his own production of Le Système Ribadier (1972), Etienne in Jacques-Henri Duval's production of Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1972), and Dr Finache in Jean-Laurent Cochet's production of La Puce à l'oreille (1978). On television Feydeau appeared frequently in the long-running series Au théâtre ce soir (At the theatre tonight), taking 21 different roles between 1968 and 1985. He made numerous other television appearances, and did a small amount of work for the cinema. As a writer, Feydeau published two books about the distinguished actress Edwige Feuillère, whom he knew well. He also published some fiction. Feydeau died in Paris on 14 January 2008, aged 73. He is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery with other family members including the playwright. Source: Article "Alain Feydeau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA0.

Known For

Sacrée soirée

At Theatre Tonight

La Comédie-Française

The Three Kings

Le Dindon

La Route des Indes

Mysteries of Paris

All Movies (27)

René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement2007 · as Le président d'Indosuez
Le Don d'Adèle2006 · as Gaston Veyron-Lafitte
The Three Kings2001 · as Le théologien
La dame aux camélias1997 · as Arthur de Varville
Adieu Prudence1985 · as Jerry Barnett
Le Traité d'Auteuil1981 · as Edmond Janville
Une sacrée famille1981 · as Philippe d'Orcemont
La Maîtresse de bridge1980 · as Robert Morisson
La Route des Indes1980 · as Manfred
La Puce à l'oreille1978 · as Docteur Finache
La Plume1978 · as Albert
La Fessée1978 · as Albert Grésillons
La Poudre aux yeux1976 · as Le Maître d'Hôtel
Chat en poche1975 · as Tiburce, le majordome
Le Système Ribadier1975 · as Thommereux
L'Amant de madame Vidal1975 · as Brézolles
Maître Bolbec et son mari1973 · as Robert Valentin
La Vénus de Milo1973 · as Maurice Valax, l'architecte et ami de la maison
L'École des contribuables1972 · as Pierre Serigny, client et prétendant "ramant" de Juliette
Un fil à la patte1970 · as Le marié
Le Dindon1969 · as Pontagnac
Mademoiselle1968 · as Valentin
Amphitryon1967 · as Argatiphonditas
Mum's the Word1960 · as Doctor Renaud
Le Fil à la patte1954 · as Un homme du mariage
Summer Storm1949
Mysteries of Paris1943 · as (uncredited)

All TV Shows (5)

Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
Samedi soir1971 · as Self
At Theatre Tonight1966 · as Maurice Valax, l'architecte et ami de la maison
At Theatre Tonight1966 · as Tiburce, le majordome
La Comédie-Française1952 · as Mario