Acting · b. 1897 · Tirlemont, Belgium

Fernand Ledoux

Biography

Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his career with small roles at the Comédie-Française. He appeared in close to eighty films, with his best remembered role being the stationmaster Roubaud in Jean Renoir's La Bête humaine (1938), but he remained primarily a theatrical actor for the duration of his career. Married to Fernande Thabuy, with whom he had four children, Ledoux was an amateur painter, and liv...

Acting
A Thousand Billion Dollars Mr. Guérande 1982 Les Misérables Mr. Gillenormand, uncle of Marius Pontmercy 1982 Alice or the Last Escapade Doctor / Old man at banquet 1977 To Each His Hell Le père 1977 Le Père Amable Father Amable Houlbrecque 1975 Chinese In Paris Frugebelle, l'académicien collabo 1974 The Burned Barns Dean of Judges 1973 Moi y'en a vouloir des sous Sauveur Chouras 1973 Donkey Skin The Red King 1970 Under the Sign of the Bull Le juge 1969 À la recherche de Jean Grémillon Self 1969 Public School L'inspecteur 1965 The Sword and the Balance Prosecutor 1963 Freud: The Secret Passion Dr. Charcot 1962 Les Célibataires Elie de Coëtquidan 1962 The Trial Chief Clerk of the Law Court 1962 The Longest Day Louis 1962 The Big Gamble Customs Official 1961 Recourse in Grace The priest 1960 The Truth Le médecin légiste 1960 I Spit on Your Grave Horace Chandley 1959 Les Misérables Monsignor Bienvenu Myriel 1958 Christine Mr Weiring 1958 Les Violents Pierre Tiercelin 1958 He Who Must Die Pope Grigoris 1957 Law of the Streets Father Blain 1956 Bold Adventure Claes, sower 1956 Fortune carrée Le Cadi 1955 Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me Fernand Langlois, le père, professeur 1955 Les Hommes en blanc Dr. Delpuech 1955
Other Credits
Le Père de Mademoiselle Stage Director 1966
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