Léon Walther

French actor

Léon Walther
Born
Léon Valadier

2 June 1874
Sorgues (Vaucluse)
Died2 March 1973(1973-03-02) (aged 98)
Lagny
Occupation(s)Film and stage actor

Léon Walther (2 June 1874 – 2 March 1973) was a French film and stage actor who played on numerous occasions in Sacha Guitry's films and plays.

Filmography

  • 1935: Odette / Déchéance by Jacques Houssin – Count Hubert de Clermont-Latour
  • 1937: The Pearls of the Crown by Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque – Anne de Montmorency
  • 1938: Remontons les Champs-Élysées by Sacha Guitry and Robert Bibal – a lord
  • 1939: Nine Bachelors by Sacha Guitry – Le maître d'hôtel
  • 1941: Le fabuleux destin de Désirée Clary by Sacha Guitry – Count Morner
  • 1941: Madame Sans-Gêne by Roger Richebé – Despréaux
  • 1941: Ne bougez plus by Pierre Caron – Le grand chambellan
  • 1942: Prince Charming by Jean Boyer – Count Danrémont
  • 1942: The Guardian Angel by Jacques de Casembroot – Molignon
  • 1942: Une étoile au soleil by André Zwoboda – Adalbert de Merlerault
  • 1943: My Last Mistress by Sacha Guitry – the physician
  • 1943: La Malibran by Sacha Guitry
  • 1943: La vie de plaisir by Albert Valentin – Célestin
  • 1945: As Long as I Live by Jacques de Baroncelli
  • 1946: Roger la Honte by André Cayatte – the president of the court
  • 1946: La femme en rouge by Louis Cuny – Le directeur des beaux-arts
  • 1947: Le Comédien by Sacha Guitry – Aubril
  • 1948: The Lame Devil by Sacha Guitry – a physician
  • 1949: Monseigneur de Roger Richebé – the majordome
  • 1949: The Treasure of Cantenac by Sacha Guitry
  • 1951: La Poison by Sacha Guitry – the prosecutor
  • 1952]: The Call of Destiny by Georges Lacombe – the critic
  • 1952: The Virtuous Scoundrel by Sacha Guitry – Maître Denisot, le notaire
  • 1953]: The Earrings of Madame de… by Max Ophüls – L'administrateur
  • 1953: Royal Affairs in Versailles de Sacha Guitry – Lévêque de Paris
  • 1954]: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Robert Vernay – film shot in two periods – a courtesan
  • 1954: Napoléon by Sacha Guitry
  • 1955: If Paris Were Told to Us by Sacha Guitry – the man addressing Beaumarchais

Theatre

External links

  • Léon Walther sur Les Archives du spectacle.