Occupation Actor and director Years active 1901-1939 | Name Andre Deed Role Actor | |
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Full Name Henri Andre Augustin Chapais Born February 22, 1879 ( 1879-02-22 ) Le Havre, France Died October 4, 1940, Paris, France Spouse Valentina Frascaroli (m. 1918–1940) Movies The Mechanical Man, Cretinetti troppo bello, Distractions of Foolshead, Sowing the Wind People also search for Valentina Frascaroli, Mathilde Lambert | ||
Henri André Chapais, known as André Deed (22 February 1879 – 4 October 1940), was a French-born actor and director, best known for his Foolshead comedies, produced in the 1900s and 1910s. André Deed was one of the first named actors in cinema, and his film series based around Foolshead were a global success.
Contents
- Life and career
- Start of film and stage career
- Move to Italy and world tour
- World War One
- Post war period between Italy and France
- End of career
- Death
- Pseudonym in various countries
- Filmography
- References
Life and career
Born Henri André Augustin Chapais in Le Havre on February 22, 1879, Chapais was the son of a customs official. The family moved to Nice when Henri André was young. Unusually for an actor, he attended lycée in Nice, while acting with a small theatre company.
Start of film and stage career
André Deed moved to Paris and began to appear in vaudeville theatre and cabaret, including at the Folies Bergère.
In 1901, cinema pioneer Georges Méliès directed André Deed in several films. Deed would later incorporate many of Méliès' trick-shots into his comedies.
Move to Italy and world tour
In 1908, Deed negotiated a lucrative move to the Itala studios in Turin, and he began starring and directing in the Cretinetti comedy series. Alberto Collo and Emilio Ghione, who would become two of the most famous Italian actors of the 1910s, and Deed's future wife, Valentina Frascaroli, were amongst the supporting cast in these films.
In 1913, Deed embarked on a world theatrical tour with Frascaroli, taking in Europe and Latin America.
World War One
Despite being thirty-five years of age, André was conscripted into the reserves. In 1915, Giovanni Pastrone asked him to return to Turin to continue the Cretinetti series for Itala films. Deed made the feature film, Cretinetti e gli stivali del brasilero (Cretinetti and the Brazilian's boots), which featured Bartolomeo Pagano, the star of Cabiria and the Maciste series, in a cameo role.
By 191X, Deed returned to France and served in various logistics and infantry regiments. It is likely that he served in the trenches at some point, but nothing is known about his war service, beyond the dates of his transfers between regiments. In 1918, Deed married Valentina Frascaroli. Deed was demobilised in 1919.
Post-war period: between Italy and France
Deed planned a trilogy of fantasy-adventure films: Il documento umano (1920), L'Uomo Meccanico (The Mechanical Man) (1921) and Lo strano amore di Mado, which was never made.
End of career
Deed finished his career working as a warehouseman at the Pathe film studios located in the Parisian suburb of Joinville-le-Pont.
Death
André Deed died on October 4, 1940 and is buried at the Cimetière de Thiais, near Paris. He was survived by his wife, Valentina Frascaroli, who died in 1955.
Pseudonym in various countries
Filmography
Actor
1938
Coeur de gosse
1937
La rose effeuillée
1936
Les frères Delacloche (Short)
1932
Léon tout court as
Eugène, vieux régisseur des Folies Impériales
1932
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
1932
Affaire classée (Short) as
Marcel, le bon-vivant (uncredited)
1932
He as
L'adjoint maire (uncredited)
1929
Sowing the Wind
1928
Miss Helyett as
Le vieux monsieur de la montagne
1927
Phi-Phi
1923
Le nègre du rapide numéro 13 as
Oscar Ribouis
1923
Tao as
Bilboquet
1921
The Mechanical Man as
Saltarello
1920
Cretinetti al buio (Short) as
Cretinetti
1920
Il femminista (Short)
1920
Il documento umano as
Modestino D'Ara
1916
Cretinetti e gli stivali del Brasiliano (Short) as
Cretinetti
1916
L'insaisissable Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1916
Les trente-six métiers de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1916
La résurrection de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1916
Il metodo di Cretinetti per la rigenerazione l'umanità (Short) as
Cretinetti
1916
La frusta di Cretinetti (Short) as
Cretinetti
1915
Boireau somnambule (Short) as
Boireau
1915
Gribouillette fiancée d'une heure (Short)
1915
Je te présente ma cousine (Short)
1915
L'âne de Gribouillette (Short)
1915
La paura degli aeromobili nemici (Short) as
Cretinetti
1915
Cretinetti avvelenatore (Short) as
Cretinetti
1914
Boireau, statue par amour as
Boireau
1914
Boireau enragé fumeur (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Boireau et l'appareil électrique (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Gribouillette (Short)
1914
Gribouillette dactylographe (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Gribouillette et l'oncle Dufroussard (Short)
1914
La fugue de Gribouillette (Short) as
Boireau
1914
La pipe de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1914
La ruse de Gribouillette (Short)
1914
Le Noël de Gribouillette (Short)
1914
Les caprices de Gribouillette (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Les émotions de Gribouillette (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Les maladresses de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Une extraordinaire aventure de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Le rocking-chair de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1914
L'indienne à Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Boireau sert les maçon (Short) as
Boireau
1914
Boireau et le casque colonial (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau bonhomme de pain d'épice (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau champion de cross-country (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau cherche sa femme (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau dame de compagnie (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau enlève la Bohémienne (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau en voyage (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau est fort au billard (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau et les deux policemen (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau pendu par amour (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau pris pour Gribouille (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau professeur du maintien (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau s'expatrie (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau victime de sa probité (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Les fiançailles de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1913
André Deed veut être comique (Short)
1913
Leo, the Indian (Short) as
Boireau / Leo
1913
Leo's Great Cure (Short) as
Boireau / Leo
1913
Just for Luck (Short) as
Boireau / Leo
1913
Leo Makes Good (Short) as
Boireau / Leo
1913
Boireau fait des conquêtes (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Leo's Waterloo (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau empoisonneur (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau danseur de corde (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau spadassin (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Nervous Leo (Short) as
Boireau / Leo
1913
Leo's Love Letter (Short) as
Boireau / Leo
1913
Leo's Vacation (Short) as
Boireau / Leo
1913
Boireau sauveteur (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Boireau à la pêche (Short) as
Boireau
1913
Les incohérences de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau au harem (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau courtier d'assurances (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau enfant d'adoption (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau en mission scientifique (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau et Gribouillette s'amusent (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau et la demi-mondaine (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau et la fille du voisin (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau et la gigolette (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau fille de ferme (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau veut être élégant (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau veut se débarrasser de sa belle-mère (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Escamillo a le ver solitaire (Short) as
Escamillo
1912
La vengeance de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Les confitures de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau se venge (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau cuirassier (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau, roi de la boxe (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau huissier (Short) as
Boireau
1912
La fête de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau magistrat (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau domestique (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau protecteur de la police (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Boireau à l'école (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Gribouille redevient Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1912
Foolshead's Six Duels (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Cretinetti: Foolshead's Last Roundup (Short)
1911
Cretinetti a teatro (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Le 36 cadute di Cretinetti (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Tutti amano Cretinetti (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead's Christmas (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead, a Professor of Innocence (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead's Holiday (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Quarrels with His Sweetheart (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead a Model Guest (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Charges Himself with Removal (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead, Hypnotizer (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Cretinetti ha o non ha la licenza? (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Manikin (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead's Last Roguery (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
I tacchi di Cretinetti (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead, Waiter (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Is Jealous (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead, Somnambulist (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead, Life Insurance Agent (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Two Girls Are in Love with Foolshead (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Cretinetti ha smarrito un ago (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Has Lost a Needle (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead, Telegraph Boy (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead, Wrangler for Love (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Lady of Company (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Goes to See a Cockfight (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead in Soiree (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Shooting (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead More Than Usual (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead Present (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead at the Cinematograph (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
An Odd Adventure of Foolshead (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
The Feast of Foolshead (Short)
1911
Cretinetti inventore (Short) as
Cretinetti
1911
Foolshead as Inspector of Hygiene (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Cretinetti ciclista imatatore del Giro di Francia (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Cretinetti e le donne (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Cretinetti fra gli indiani (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Cretinetti rompe tutto (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Greediness Spoiled Foolshead's Christmas (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Cretinetti è un gentleman (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Knows How to Take His Precautions (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead, Victim of His Honesty (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Knows All and Does All (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead, Volunteer of the Red Cross (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Between Two Fires (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead the Fisherman (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Has Been Presented with a Football (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Employed in a Bank (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead as a Policeman (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead in the Lion's Cage (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead, Chauffeur (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Let Us Die Together (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
A Cannon Duel (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Cretinetti troppo bello (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
The Man Suffragette for the Abolition of Work for Women (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Distractions of Foolshead (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
A Pennyworth of Potatoes (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead as a Porter (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Marries Against His Will (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Learns How to Somersault (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
The False Friar (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
The Three Brothers (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
The Fashionable Sport (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Cretinetti va a bottega (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Wishes to Marry the Governor's Daughter (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Am I Mad? (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead, Chief of the Reporters (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead at the Ball (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Receives (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Il delitto di Cretinetti (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Foolshead Preaches Temperance (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
A Good Winning (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
The Timid One (Short) as
Cretinetti
1910
Le delizie della caccia (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Boireau fiancé (Short) as
Boireau
1909
Boireau n'est pas mort (Short) as
Boireau
1909
Boireau perdu par les femmes (Short) as
Boireau
1909
Cretinetti al bagno (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Cretinetti alla guerra (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Cretinetti ha rubato un tappeto (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Il portafortuna (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Le creazioni svariate di Cretinetti (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Le suicide de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1909
Foolshead Pays a Visit (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead's Christmas (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Cretinetti ceremonioso (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Cretinetti è di sortita (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
La fidanzata di Cretinetti (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Mr. Nosey Parker (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Dramma in un albergo (Short)
1909
Le due ordinanze (Short)
1909
Too Much Beauty (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Cretinetti eroe (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Cretinetti ha ingoiato un gambero (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead, Sportsman of Love (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead Matrimony (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead, King of Robbers (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead's Trousers (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead Wrestling (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
How Foolshead Paid His Debts (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead on the Alps (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Snowball (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
The Man Monkey (Short) as
Boireau
1909
Foolshead Looks for a Duel (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead Wishes to Commit Suicide (Short) as
Cretinetti
1909
Foolshead, King of Police (Short) as
Cretinetti
1908
Boireau émigrant (Short) as
Boireau
1908
L'homme aux trente-six chutes (Short)
1908
Le costume blanc (Short)
1908
Voyage de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1908
Un coeur trop enflammable (Short) as
Boireau
1908
Rubber Heels (Short) as
Boireau
1908
The Magic Handkerchief (Short) as
Boireau
1908
Old College Chums (Short) as
Boireau
1908
The Mysterious Knight (Short)
1908
The Fake Doctor (Short) as
Baptiste
1908
A Dozen Fresh Eggs (Short)
1908
The Hapless Hubby (Short) as
Boireau
1908
Jim Is Fond of Garlic (Short) as
Boireau
1908
Manual of a Perfect Gentleman (Short)
1908
King Scatterbrain's Troubles (Short) as
Tétaclaque
1908
Oscar's Elopement (Short) as
Oscar
1908
Music Teacher (Short)
1908
Unwilling Chiropodist (Short) as
Chiropodist
1908
Jim Gets a New Job (Short) as
Boireau
1908
Mr. and Mrs. Jollygood Go Tandeming (Short) as
Boireau
1908
Modern Sculptors (Short)
1907
Boireau lutteur (Short) as
Boireau
1907
Boireau roi des voleurs (Short) as
Boireau
1907
The First Row (Short)
1907
Our Band's Going to the Competition (Short)
1907
Les apprentissages de Boireau (Short) as
Boireau
1907
A Hooligan Idea (Short)
1906
The Inexperienced Chauffeur (Short)
1906
Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp (Short)
1906
Mephisto's Son (Short)
1906
Three Cent Leeks (Short)
1906
Boireau déménage (Short) as
Boireau
1906
The Wig Chase (Short)
1904
Le squelette merveilleux (Short)
1904
The Barber of Seville (Short)
1904
A Moonlight Serenade; or, The Miser Punished (Short) as
Pierrot
1903
The Kingdom of the Fairies (Short) as
Role (uncredited)
1902
Robinson Crusoe (Short)
1901
Les échappes de Charenton (Short)
1901
The Clown with the Portable Body (Short) as
Pierrot
Director
1921
The Mechanical Man
1920
Il femminista (Short)
1920
Il documento umano
1916
Cretinetti e gli stivali del Brasiliano (Short)
1916
Il metodo di Cretinetti per la rigenerazione l'umanità (Short)
1916
La frusta di Cretinetti (Short)
1915
Gribouillette fiancée d'une heure (Short)
1915
Je te présente ma cousine (Short)
1915
L'âne de Gribouillette (Short)
1915
La paura degli aeromobili nemici (Short)
1914
Gribouillette (Short)
1914
Gribouillette dactylographe (Short)
1914
Gribouillette et l'oncle Dufroussard (Short)
1914
La fugue de Gribouillette (Short)
1914
La ruse de Gribouillette (Short)
1914
Le Noël de Gribouillette (Short)
1914
Les caprices de Gribouillette (Short)
1914
Les émotions de Gribouillette (Short)
1914
Boireau sert les maçon (Short)
1913
Leo, the Indian (Short)
1913
Leo's Great Cure (Short)
1913
Just for Luck (Short)
1913
Leo Makes Good (Short)
1913
Nervous Leo (Short)
1913
Leo's Love Letter (Short)
1913
Leo's Vacation (Short)
1912
Boireau et Gribouillette s'amusent (Short)
1912
Boireau et la demi-mondaine (Short)
1912
Boireau et la fille du voisin (Short)
1912
Boireau et la gigolette (Short)
1912
Boireau fille de ferme (Short)
1912
La vengeance de Boireau (Short)
1912
Boireau se venge (Short)
1912
Boireau huissier (Short)
1912
La fête de Boireau (Short)
1912
Boireau magistrat (Short)
1912
Boireau à l'école (Short)
1912
Gribouille redevient Boireau (Short)
1911
Cretinetti: Foolshead's Last Roundup (Short)
1911
Foolshead's Christmas (Short) (uncredited)
1911
Two Girls Are in Love with Foolshead (Short)
1910
Greediness Spoiled Foolshead's Christmas (Short) (uncredited)
1910
Foolshead, Victim of His Honesty (Short)
1910
Foolshead Between Two Fires (Short)
1910
Foolshead Has Been Presented with a Football (Short)
1910
Foolshead Employed in a Bank (Short)
1910
Foolshead in the Lion's Cage (Short)
1910
Foolshead Learns How to Somersault (Short)
1910
Foolshead, Chief of the Reporters (Short)
1910
Il delitto di Cretinetti (Short)
1910
Le delizie della caccia (Short) (uncredited)
1909
Foolshead's Christmas (Short)
1909
Too Much Beauty (Short)
1909
How Foolshead Paid His Debts (Short) (uncredited)
1909
Foolshead on the Alps (Short)
1909
Foolshead Looks for a Duel (Short)
Writer
1921
The Mechanical Man
Archive Footage
2021
Italia. Il fuoco, la cenere (Documentary) as
Self
1983
Historia del cine: Epoca muda (Video documentary) as
Boireau (uncredited)
References
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