Etienne Girardot

Etienne Girardot
Born	(1856-02-22)22 February 1856 London, England, UK
Died	10 November 1939(1939-11-10) (aged 83) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Nationality	English
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1870s-1939

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 Ernest Gustave Girardot, 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 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 after a short stay in the hospital. He was survived by his wife Dr. Violetta Shelton, an "eye, ear, nose and throat specialist."

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)
• The Firebird (1934)
• Clive of India (1935)
• The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
• Curly Top (1935)
• The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
• I Live My Life (1935)
• Metropolitan (1935)
• In Old Kentucky (1935)
• The Garden Murder Case (1936)
• Hearts Divided (1936)
• The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
• Go West, Young Man (1936)
• The Music Goes 'Round (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)

External links

• Etienne Girardot at the Internet Broadway Database
• Etienne Girardot at IMDb
• Etienne Girardot at AllMovie
• Etienne Girardot at Find a Grave