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Roger Duchesne

Actor | * 07/27/1906 († 90, 12/25/1996) | Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône (France)
Roger Duchesne (27 July 1906, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône – 25 December 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1934 and 1957, but is best remembered for playing the lead in Bob le Flambeur (1956). He was the first husband of French film actress Yvette Lebon. Controversy surrounds Duchesne for activities during the German occupation of France during World War II. An history of French cinema during the war (1985), citing a French film historian, states that Duchesne had been among three film workers who suffered "serious sanctions" for wartime activities on behalf of the German occupiers; he "was suspected of working for the Gestapo." According to a 2019 review of the Kino-released DVD of Bob le Flambeur, a featurette on the disc informs that the actor's "gambling debts caught the attentions of the Nazis during the Occupation, and Duchesne became a collaborator, actively participating in the torture of at least one member of the French Resistance." Not surprisingly, the review notes Bob le Flambeur was Duche... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Movies with Roger Duchesne as Actor(29)

as Gofferi1957 Girl Merchants
as Robert 'Bob le Flambeur' Montagné1956 Bob le Flambeur
as Étienne1943 Adrien
as Pierre Levasseur1943 Jeannou
as Philippe1943 Le mistral
as Jacques Eymard1943 L'auberge de l'abîme
as Henri Duboin1942 L'ange gardien
as Abbot1942 The Lost Woman
as André Varony1940 Nadia la femme traquée
as Gérard Gallois1939 The World Will Shake
as Grand-duc Paul1939 Savage Brigade
as Lt. Robert Jackson1938 Gibraltar
as Robert1938 Conflit
as Guy Maréchal1938 Prison Without Bars
as Jacques de Chardin1937 L'ange du foyer
as Chavarax1936 The Bureaucrats
as Ostap Bulba1936 Taras Bulba
as Trignac1936 The Golem
as De Villiers1936 Seven Men, One Woman
as Serge Abramitch1936 The Story of a Cheat
as Roll1934 Vers l'abîme

Full Name: Roger Duchesne
Citizenship: France
Born: Friday, 07/27 1906 (July) in Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône (France)
Died: Wednesday, 12/25 1996 (December) in Les Mureaux (aged: 90)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Other names for Roger Duchesne (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Роже Дюшен"
"Roger André Charles Jordens"
Roger Duchesne frequently works together with these people:
Pierre Labry (5x, Actor)
Erich von Stroheim (4x, Actor)
Léonide Moguy (4x, Crew)
Léon Mathot (4x, Crew)
Yves Mirande (4x, Crew)
Pierre Larquey (4x, Actor)
Paul Demange (4x, Actor)
Pauline Carton (4x, Actress)
Georges Paulais (4x, Actor)
Viviane Romance (3x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:709469, Added: 10/30/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024