Occupation Actor Education Conservatoire de Paris Role Film actor | Name Paul Capellani Years active 1902–1930 Siblings Albert Capellani | |
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Born 9 September 1877 ( 1877-09-09 ) Paris, France Died November 7, 1960, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Movies Quatre-vingt-treize, The Hunchback of Notre Dame Similar People Albert Capellani, Andre Antoine, Marcel L'Herbier |
Paul Capellani (September 9, 1877 – November 7, 1960) was a noted French silent film actor. His brother was the director Albert Capellani and his uncle the film director Roger Capellani who died May 1940 at the Battle of Dunkirk.

He starred in some 100 films between 1908 and 1930.
In 1920 he appeared in Guy du Fresnay's De la coupe aux lèvres.
Filmography
Actor
1931
The Letter as
Maître Joyce
1930
Une femme a menti as
Robert Chapelain
1929
La robe (Short)
1921
Phroso as
Constantinopoulos
1921
Quatre-vingt-treize as
Gauvain
1920
L'étau
1920
De la coupe aux lèvres (Short)
1920
Le carnaval des vérités as
Paul Dorsenne
1920
Suzanne et les brigands as
Paul d'Allèges
1919
Le bercail
1918
The Richest Girl as
Felix
1917
Babbling Tongues as
Louis Moreau
1917
Marie Tudor as
Fabiano Fabiani
1917
One Law for Both as
Slezak
1916
The Common Law as
Querida
1916
The Foolish Virgin as
Dr. Mulford
1916
The Dark Silence as
Dr. Mario Martinez
1916
La vie de Bohème as
Rudolphe
1916
The Feast of Life as
Don Armada
1915
Camille as
Armand Duval
1915
Traitors to Their King
1915
La faute de Jean Perlot (Short) as
Jean Perlot
1914
Les deux gosses (Short)
1914
Mariage d'inclination (Short)
1914
Pro Patria as
Karl Van der Noot
1914
The Quality of Mercy (Short) as
Charles Leslie
1914
La maison du baigneur as
Bernard de Bourdot
1914
His Sweetheart's Child (Short) as
Philippe Sartile
1914
The Reign of Terror (unconfirmed)
1913
La zingara (Short)
1913
The Siren as
Marie-Pierre
1913
Germinal; or, The Toll of Labor
1913
A Man's Shadow (Short)
1913
Un roman parisien (Short)
1913
Nobility (Short) as
Le duc Georges de Saint-Elme
1912
Anna Karénine (Short)
1912
La mort du duc d'Enghien
1912
Marion de Lorme (Short)
1912
Les millions de l'orpheline (Short) as
Raymond
1912
Le fils de Charles Quint (Short)
1912
Don Juan and Charles V (Short)
1912
Josette (Short) as
Charles Vernecourt
1912
Mysteries of Paris as
Rodolphe
1912
The Clemency of Isabeau (Short)
1912
La Bohème (Short) as
Rodolphe
1912
La dame aux camélias as
Sadoul
1912
The Adopted Child (Short) as
Verdier
1912
Les aventures de Cyrano de Bergerac (Short) as
Raoul de Brienne
1912
Tristan et Yseult (Short)
1911
Barbe-Grise (Short)
1911
Cyrano et d'Assoucy (Short)
1911
Jacintha la cabaretière (Short)
1911
L'homme de peine (Short)
1911
L'illusion des yeux (Short)
1911
La gouvernante (Short)
1911
Le chef d'oeuvre (Short)
1911
Le meilleur ami de Rigadin (Short)
1911
Le rideau noir (Short) as
Christian Marnie
1911
Par respect de l'enfant (Short)
1911
Robert Bruce, épisode des guerres de l'indépendance écossaise (Short)
1911
Un clair de lune sous Richelieu (Short)
1911
Un mauvais garnement (Short)
1911
The Siege of Calais (Short)
1911
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Short)
1911
Au temps des grisettes (Short) as
L'étudiant
1911
A Bald Lie (Short)
1911
The Courier of Lyons (Short)
1911
L'épouvante (Short)
1910
Hernani (Short)
1910
La haine (Short)
1910
Le lépreux de la cité d'Aoste (Short)
1910
Le Noël du peintre (Short)
1910
My Daughter (Short)
1910
Un drame en wagon (Short)
1910
Voleur d'amour (Short)
1910
Le spoliateur (Short)
1910
The Escape from the Tuileries (Short)
1910
La vengeance de la morte (Short)
1910
Sémiramis (Short)
1910
Messaline (Short)
1910
Paul and Francesca (Short)
1910
The Cherries (Short)
1910
Les caprices de Marion (Short)
1910
Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Short)
1910
The Two Portraits (Short) as
Le peintre
1910
La vengeance de Jean Le Loup (Short) as
Roger Verdier
1910
Miss Pinson (Short) as
Marcel
1910
Simone (Short)
1909
Lucrèce Borgia (Short)
1909
Rigoletto (Short)(as Capellani)
1909
The Death of the Duke D'Enghien (Short)
1909
L'oeuvre de Jean Serval (Short) as
Jean Serval
1909
Le roi s'amuse (Short) as
François 1er
1909
The Nobleman's Dog (Short)
1909
The Wild Ass's Skin (Short)
1909
The Tower of Nesle (Short)
1909
Sister Angelica (Short)
1908
Guillaume Tell (Short)
1908
Salomé (Short)
1908
The Troubadour (Short)
1908
Drink (Short)
1908
L'Arlésienne (Short)
1908
Mary Stuart (Short)
1908
Don Juan (Short)
1908
Engulfed in Quicksands (Short)
1906
The Wrestler's Wife (Short)
1906
Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp (Short)
Writer
1913
Les Misérables, Part 4: Cosette and Marius (Short) (adaptation)
1913
Les Misérables, Part 3: Cosette (Short) (adaptation)
1913
Les Misérables, Part 2: Fantine (adaptation)
1913
Les misérables (adaptation)
1913
Les Misérables, Part 1: Jean Valjean (adaptation)
1910
Les caprices de Marion (Short) (scenario)
References
Paul Capellani Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA