Saturnin Fabre
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1884-04-04
- Died
- 1961-10-24
- Place of birth
- Sens, Yonne, France
Biography
Saturnin Fabre, born April 4, 1884 in Sens (Yonne) and died October 24, 1961 in Montgeron (Essonne), is a French actor.
His paternal family was from the south of France (Var and Bouches-du-Rhône). He lived in Deuil-la-Barre. He won a first prize at the Conservatoire and played dramas, boulevard comedies and operettas as well, setting himself up as the "thundering", out of phase phrasing, of French cinema. He approaches the silent cinema since 1911 with Albert Capellani to whom we owe since 1909 the first French feature film: L'Assommoir. In 1929, he switched to talking with The Road is Beautiful Robert Florey. Known for his strong personality, he is one of the most singular supporting roles of pre-war and post-war French cinema, in the tradition of Jean Tissier and Julien Carette. He occupies the screen with such a presence that he often forget the many turnips in which he participates. He is particularly remembered for his tremendous choppy voice and perfect diction.
In the film Marie-Martine Albert Valentin, he addresses to Bernard Blier, who plays his nephew, his most famous replica: "Hold your candle right! ". It is said that at the third resumption of the repartee, it is the public who answered. He has played in almost 79 talking films, mostly comedies, under the direction of 57 different directors (mostly prestigious). In 1948, he signs, from the anagram Ninrutas Erbaf, perfectly wacky memories, under the title Scottish Shower.
He was also a very good clarinetist, and the author of several songs and sketches he performed on stage early in his career.
For the actress Danièle Delorme, "Saturnin Fabre was a hallucinated comedian". Still according to her, "It was a baroque actor, certainly, there was a grain of madness in him. But he was furiously intelligent, with great lucidity ... He embodied excess. " Saturnin Fabre died in 1961 in his property in Montgeron, overwhelmed by pulmonary edema. He is buried in the Carrières-sous-Poissy cemetery in the Yvelines. He never consoled himself for the death of his wife, Suzanne Marie Benoist, in 1957 with whom he was married on November 26, 1925 in Paris XVIII.
Known For
Movies (76)
Casanova
1934
Pépé le Moko
1937
as The Great Father
Si jeunesse savait...
1948
as Abdul
Holiday for Henrietta
1952
as Antoine - a consumer
The J3
1946
as The high school principal
Beautiful Star
1938
as Lemarchal
Dr. Laennec
1949
as Laennec Père
We Found a Naked Woman
1934
as Le marquis
Désiré
1937
as Adrien Corniche
Scandals of Clochemerle
1948
as Alexandre Bourdillat
Nine Bachelors
1939
as Count Adhémar Colombinet de La Jonchère
Seven Men, One Woman
1936
as Deputy Derain
The Free Trade Hotel
1934
as M. Mathieu
The Mayor's Dilemma
1939
as le père Rossignol
The French Way
1940
as Monsieur Dalban
The Smart People of the 11th
1937
as Inspector General Burnous
A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946
as Philippe Prunier
Miquette
1950
as Le marquis
The Woman Thief
1938
as Academician
Confessions of a Newlywed
1937
as Professeur Puget
Lunegarde
1946
as Monsieur de Vertumne
Gates of the Night
1946
as Monsieu Sénéchal
Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre
1935
as Bévallan
Generals Without Buttons
1936
as Schoolteacher Simon
It's the Paris Life
1954
as Comte Gontran de Barfleur
Service Entrance
1954
as Mr Delécluze, père et bourreau officiel
The Most Wanted Man
1953
as W.W. Stone
Opéra-musette
1942
as Monsieur Honoré
The Bureaucrats
1936
as 'Le tondu'
La Veuve et l'innocent
1949
as Achille Panoyau, accused
Love Songs
1930
as Monsieur Crespin
Marie-Martine
1943
as Uncle Parpain
Cavalcade of Love
1939
as Monsieur Dupont-Dufort
Le Soleil de minuit
1943
as Ireniev
Son autre amour
1934
as Monsieur Léopard, director
Pasha's Wives
1939
as Djemal Pacha
Mam'zelle Spahi
1934
as Le Colonel du 32ème Spahis
Fantastic Night
1942
as Professor Thalès
Colonial Canteen
1937
Rome Express
1950
as Pofessor
Virgile
1953
as Le président
Carnival
1953
as Dr. Caberlot
Toi, c'est moi
1936
Ne bougez plus !
1941
as Andromaque de Miremir
Tricoche and Cacolet
1938
as Monsieur Van der Pouf
Beating Heart
1940
as Aristide
Golden Venus
1938
as Duke of Sartène
Les Petites Cardinal
1951
as Horace Cardinal
White Wings
1943
as Siméon
The Suitors Club
1941
as Cabarus
Jeannou
1943
as Frochard
Train de plaisir
1936
as Mr. Bring
Coral Reefs
1939
as Hobson
Ignace
1937
as Le baron Gédéon des Orfrais
She Played and Paid
1920
as comte de Bréchebel
The Road Is Fine
1929
as Le professeur Pique
A Hen on a Wall
1936
as Monsieur Amédée
Le Chanteur de minuit
1937
Brasil
1950
as Self
Christine se marie
1946
as Sébastien Aurelle, the musician
We Request a Household
1946
as Horace Rouvière
The Tamer
1938
as Maître Anatole Dupont
Les Deux Canards
1934
The White Blackbird
1944
as Jules Leroy
The Darling of Paris
1931
The Improvised Son
1932
as Mr. Brassart
Girl from Maxim's
1950
as Le général Petypon du Grêlé
Ploum, ploum, tra-la-la
1947
as Basile Samara
Women's Games
1946
as Uncle Hubert
Gargousse
1938
as Lebrennois, le maire
L'enfant du carnaval
1934
The Premature Father
1933
as Puma father
Hearts Are Trumps
1931
as Lefol
Mademoiselle Swing
1942
as Grégoire Dimitresco
The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans
1950
as Mr. Delpierre
Monsieur Brotonneau
1939
About Saturnin Fabre
Saturnin Fabre, born April 4, 1884 in Sens (Yonne) and died October 24, 1961 in Montgeron (Essonne), is a French actor. His paternal family was from the south of France (Var and Bouches-du-Rhône). He lived in Deuil-la-Barre. He won a first prize at the Conservatoire and played dramas, boulevard comedies and operettas as well, setting himself up as the "thundering", out of phase phrasing, of French cinema. He approaches the silent cinema since 1911 with Albert Capellani to whom we owe since 1909 the first French feature film: L'Assommoir. In 19… With 76 credits spanning from 1920 to 1954, Saturnin Fabre has appeared in 76 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Casanova (1934)
- Pépé le Moko (1937) — as The Great Father
- Si jeunesse savait... (1948) — as Abdul
- Holiday for Henrietta (1952) — as Antoine - a consumer
- The J3 (1946) — as The high school principal
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