Georges Tréville

Georges Tréville
Born	28 July 1875 Paris France
Died	30 May 1944 Wy-dit-Joly France
Other names	Georges Troly
Occupation(s)	Film actor, Film director

Georges Tréville (1875–1944) was a French actor and film director. During the silent era he played the gentlemen thief Arsène Lupin in several short films. He also went to Britain to film short Sherlock Holmes stories for the Éclair film company. Tréville later directed two British films for the Ideal Film Company.

He was married to actress Fanny Delisle (1881-1969) and their son Roger Tréville (1902-2005) was also a stage and film actor.

Selected filmography

Actor

• The Copper Beeches (1912)
• I Will Repay (1923)
• Das Spielzeug von Paris (1925)
• Moulin Rouge (1928)
• Our Masters, the Servants (1930)
• La Femme d'une nuit (1931)
• Companion Wanted (1932)
• The Blaireau Case (1932)
• Kiss Me (1932)
• The Regiment's Champion (1932)
• A Happy Man (1932)
• Bach the Millionaire (1933)
• Bach the Detective (1936)

Director

• Married Life (1921)
• All Sorts and Conditions of Men (1921)

Bibliography

• Abel, Richard. The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914. University of California Press, 1998.
• St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010

External links

• Georges Tréville at IMDb