--- name: "Louis Seigner" canonical: "https://film.one/person/louis-seigner" fi1m_id: "louis-seigner" imdb_id: "nm0782564" tmdb_id: 24885 wikidata_id: "Q430212" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 June 1903" died: "20 January 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T14:34:29.052008+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Louis Seigner ## Identity Louis Seigner - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louis-seigner - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** louis-seigner - **IMDb ID:** nm0782564 - **TMDB ID:** 24885 - **Wikidata ID:** Q430212 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Seigner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q430212, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24885 Actor. Born 23 June 1903 in Arcisse, Isère, France. Died 20 January 1991. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 June 1903, Arcisse, Isère, France - **Died:** 20 January 1991 - **Also known as:** Луи Сенье - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Seigner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q430212, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24885 ## Biography Louis Seigner (23 June 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a French actor. He was born in Saint-Chef, Isère, and trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1939 and became a sociétaire in 1943, appearing in numerous stage productions including many performances of Molière works. Seigner appeared in over 150 films between the 1930s and 1980s. His screen credits include *Le Corbeau* (1943), *Le Plaisir* (1952), *The Truth* (1960), *L'Eclisse* (1962) as Ercoli, *This Special Friendship* (1964), *Pasha* (1968), *Mr. Klein* (1976) and *Les Misérables* (1982). He was the father of actress Françoise Seigner and grandfather of actresses Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathilde Seigner. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *L'Eclisse* (1962), Fi1m 88, as Ercoli — [page](https://film.one/film/leclisse.md) ## Complete filmography (129) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Les Misérables* (1982), as Monsignor Bienvenu Myriel, Bishop of Digne - *Asphalt* (1981), as Old man from the junkyard - *On purge bébé* (1979), as Adhémar Chouilloux - *Lorenzaccio* (1977), as Philippe Strozzi - *La Femme de paille* (1976), as Karl Richmond - *Mr. Klein* (1976), as Mr. Klein's Father - *From Hong Kong with Love* (1975), as Vannier - *Special Section* (1975), as Le garde des Sceaux Joseph Barthélémy - *Creezy* (1974), as Garcin - *Prêtres interdits* (1973), as L'éveque - *Molière pour rire et pour pleurer* (1973), series, as Poquelin père - *The Accursed Kings* (1972), series, as Spinello Tolomeï, capitaine général des comptoirs banquiers - *Pasha* (1968), as Paul, le directeur de la police - *Black Sun* (1966), as Gaston Rodier - *This Special Friendship* (1964), as Father Lauzon - *The Masseuses* (1962), as Cipriano Paoloni - the President - *Al otro lado de la ciudad* (1962), Actor - *Bells Without Joy* (1962), as Colonel of the Fourth R.C.A. - *L'Eclisse* (1962), as Ercoli — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/leclisse.md) - *The Little Boy from the Lift* (1962), as Uncle Anselme - *The President* (1961), as Henri Lauzet-Duchet, le gouverneur de la Banque de France - *The Truth* (1960), as Le président des assises - *Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur* (1960), as Tartuffe - *Le Barbier de Séville* (1960), as Bartholo - *The Crab Basket* (1960), as Jordan - *The Baron of the Locks* (1960), as Léon Duval, horse owner - *With Both Hands* (1960), as Commissioner Toussaint - *Les Frangines* (1960), as Monsieur Maréchal - le directeur de l'institution - *The Cossacks* (1960), as Bibikoff, old Russian General - *The Price of Flesh* (1959), as Inspector Max - *Eyes of Love* (1959), as Surgeon - *Marriage of Figaro* (1959), as Bartholo - *Rue de Paris* (1959), as Public prosecutor - *The Magistrate* (1959), as Chief Prosecutor Roncuzzi - *The Dreadful* (1959), as Lebreteuil - *Quai des illusions* (1959), as Monsieur Vincent - *Dangerous Games* (1958), as Mr. Leroy-Gomez - *The Possessors* (1958), as Raoul Leroy - *Would-Be Gentleman* (1958), as Monsieur Jourdain, bourgeois - *Revenge* (1958), as Merlín - *Nathalie* (1957), as Pipart - *The Spies* (1957), as Valette - *Quelle sacrée soirée* (1957), as The room manager - *The Big Bluff* (1957), as Chairman of the board of directors - *Miss Catastrophe* (1957), as Edwin Scott - *Paris, Palace Hôtel* (1956), as Émile Brugnon - *Marguerite of the Night* (1955), as The man from the hotel - *Girls of Today* (1955), as Mongardi padre - *The First Outrages* (1955), as Mr. Arnaud, professor - *Nights of Montmartre* (1955), as L'inspecteur Doirel - *La Rue des bouches peintes* (1955), as Spears - *The Lovers of Manon Lescaut* (1954), as Duca di Forchamps - *The Beautiful Otero* (1954), as Marcel - *Obsession* (1954), as L'avocat général - *Zoé* (1954), as Monsieur Delay - *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1954), as Monsieur Joannès - *Royal Affairs in Versailles* (1953), as Lavoisier - *The Most Wanted Man* (1953), as Prison Warden - *Lucrèce Borgia* (1953), as The magician - *The Slave* (1953), as Dr. Denis - *Fatal Affair* (1953), as Lanzel - *Koenigsmark* (1953), as Le professeur Cyrus Beck - *The Lovers of Midnight* (1953), as Monsieur Paul - *Les Dents longues* (1953), as Antoine Josserand, le directeur de l'hebdomadaire Lyonnais « Le Canut » - *Holiday for Henrietta* (1952), as Script Writer - *Her Last Christmas* (1952), as Professor Valensio - *Judgement of God* (1952), as Le bourgmestre d'Augsbourg - *Alone in the World* (1952), as Director - *Rooster in dough* (1952), as Maitre Poulard - *We Are All Murderers* (1952), as L'abbé Roussard - *La Comédie-Française* (1952), series, Actor - *The Seven Deadly Sins* (1952), as Uncle Henri (segment "L'Orgueil") - *Le Plaisir* (1952), as Monsieur Tourneveau - *Adorable Creatures* (1952), as Gaston Lebridel - *The Turkey* (1951), as Le Major Pinchard - *Monsieur Octave* (1951), Actor - *The Most Beautiful Girl in the World* (1951), as Monsieur Dumont - *Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français* (1951), as Narrator (voice) - *Hotbed of Sin* (1951), as Constanzo / Boris Armanian - *Le Cas du docteur Galloy* (1951), as Doctor Clarenz - *Clara de Montargis* (1951), as Clara's husband - *Dakota 308* (1951), as Commissaire Jaillot - *L'Enfant des neiges* (1951), as Gisèle's father - *Skipper Next to God* (1951), as Pastor Lewis - *Jamaican Man* (1950), as Captain Hoggan - *Tête blonde* (1950), as Maître Canard - *A Certain Mister* (1950), as Le commissaire Clergé - *Miquette* (1950), as L'évêque - *Marie of the Port* (1950), as Jules - *Singoalla* (1949), as Chaplain (French version) - *Maya* (1949), as Le paysan - *Rendezvous in July* (1949), as Levase, drama professor - *Vire-vent* (1949), as Monsieur Bourride - *Man to Men* (1948), as Philibert Routorbe - *Colonel Durand* (1948), as Commander Millet - *La Carcasse et le Tord-cou* (1948), as Casimir Gros - *The Charterhouse of Parma* (1948), as Grillo - le gardien de la Tour Farnese - *The Bouquinquant Brothers* (1948), as Investigating judge - *The Woman in Red* (1947), as Malvet - *The Royalists* (1947), as Abbot Gudin - *Dreams of Love* (1947), as Count d'Agoult - *Homeland* (1946), as Le père Vargas - *A Lover's Return* (1946), as Edmond Gonin - *The Eternal Husband* (1946), as Magistrat - *Behind These Walls* (1946), as Doctor Noblet - *The Last Judgment* (1945), as Bora - *Night Shift* (1944), as Doctor Renaud - *First in Line* (1944), as Le docteur - *Lucrèce* (1943), as François' tutor - *Vautrin the Thief* (1943), as Nucingen - *Le Corbeau* (1943), as Bertrand - *The Secret of Madame Clapain* (1943), as Ancelin - *The Roquevillards* (1943), as Public prosecutor (uncredited) - *Angels of Sin* (1943), as Prison director - *It Happened at the Inn* (1943), as L'instituteur - *Des jeunes filles dans la nuit* (1943), as (uncredited) - *Le Voyageur de la Toussaint* (1943), as Maître Hervineau - *Forbidden to Love* (1942), as Le directeur de l'hôtel (uncredited) - *The Marriage of Chiffon* (1942), as Philippe de Bray - *The Law of Spring* (1942), as Doctor - *La Symphonie fantastique* (1942), as Habeneck (uncredited) - *The Chain Breaker* (1941), as Le Ministre - *Portrait of Innocence* (1941), as Le directeur de l'école - *Cordial Agreement* (1939), as German ambassador - *S.O.S. Mediterranean* (1938), as Investigating judge - *Pitiless Gendarme* (1935), as M. Punez - *Chotard and Co.* (1933), as le Capitaine - *A story among a thousand* (1931), Actor - *Opération Jericho*, as Le docteur Noblet ## Gallery - ![Louis Seigner](https://film.one/media/person/3908468/gallery-f4afe3ff1336.png) Louis Seigner — Studio Harcourt., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/LouisSeigner-1956-StudioHarcourt.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Louis Seigner](https://film.one/media/person/3908468/gallery-48f692101af2.jpg) Louis Seigner — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/louis-seigner