Etienne Girardot
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| Born | February 22, 1856 London |
| Died | November 10, 1939 (aged 83) Hollywood |
| Nationality |  United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actor |
Etienne Girardot (22 February 1856 – 10 November 1939) was a diminutive stage and film actor of Anglo-French parentage born in London, England.
The son of an artist, he studied at an art school, but left at age seventeen to go on stage. Having played in the provinces, he made his debut on the London stage at the Haymarket Theatre. He went to America in 1893, where he continued his career. He was a success, with numerous Broadway shows to his credit, including the original 1893 production of Charley's Aunt, in which he played Lord Fancourt Babberley for three years.
He also worked in film, both silents and talkies, debuting in 1911 in Intrepid Davy. Among his film roles were the harmless lunatic who fancies himself a millionaire in the 1934 screwball comedy Twentieth Century, with John Barrymore and Carole Lombard, and the harassed coroner in three murder mysteries starring William Powell as detective Philo Vance.
Girardot died in Hollywood, California on 10 November 1939 and was buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[1]
[edit] Partial filmography
- The Witness for the Defense (1919)
- The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
- Blood Money (1933)
- Mandalay (1934)
- Fashions of 1934 (1934)
- Twentieth Century (1934)
- The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
- Clive of India (1935)
- The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
- Curly Top (1935)
- I Live My Life (1935)
- Metropolitan (1935)
- The Garden Murder Case (1936)
- Hearts Divided (1936)
- The Devil is a Sissy (1936)
- Go West, Young Man (1936)
- College Holiday (1936)
- The Road Back (1937)
- Wake Up and Live (1937)
- Danger – Love at Work (1937)
- Breakfast for Two (1937)
- The Great Garrick (1937)
- There Goes My Heart (1938)
- Fast and Loose (1939)
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
- Exile Express (1939)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
- Isle of Destiny (1940)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Etienne Girardot at the Internet Broadway Database
- Etienne Girardot at the Internet Movie Database
- Etienne Girardot at AllRovi
- Etienne Girardot at Find a Grave
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