Roger Karl (29 April 1882 – 4 May 1984) was a French actor. Karl was born Roger Trouvé in Bourges.
A friend of Paul Léautaud he long hesitated between literary career, painting and theater. He first published his Journal under the name of Michel Balfort with the title Journal d'un homme de nulle part (Diary of a Man out of Nowhere). He tried theater before 1914 with the cast of Jacques Copeau, he also published with Mercure de France a novel, Une mère (A Mother), using the pseudonym PR Carle. Hired by Antoine at the Odeon Theater , he still participated in tours with Sarah Bernhardt and played the role of Dmitri Karamazov in The Brothers Karamazov, an adaptation of Jean Jacques Copeau and Croué. Member of the first troupe of the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1913-1914, he did not appreciate the ascetic atmosphere or gymnastic methods and became postwar interpreter of Porche Francis and Henry Bataille.
He then turned to film, where he played great supporting roles, notably in 1920 in L'Homme du large (Man of the Open Seas) by Marcel L'Herbier, after Un drame au bord de la mer (A Drama on the Seashore) by Honoré de Balzac, and La Femme de nulle part (The Woman from Nowhere) under the direction of Louis Delluc. He then toured with Julien Duvivier, Jean Grémillon, Abel Gance, Marc Allégret, Christian-Jaque, but he did not appreciate the constraints of film any more than those of theater and hide his talents in routine jobs.
Actor
1974
La mort d'un enfant (TV Movie) as
Moloy
1973
Fin de saison (TV Movie) as
Louis Caracal
1971
La part des lions as
Ferdinand
1970
Le sixième sens (TV Mini Series) as
Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.10 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.9 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.8 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.7 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.6 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.5 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.4 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.3 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.2 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
- Episode #1.1 (1970) - Martin Ferrer
1969
Marie Waleska (TV Movie) as
L'archevêque
1967
Vidocq (TV Series) as
Walzmeyer
- Le système du docteur Terrier (1967) - Walzmeyer
1965
L'amour à la chaîne as
L'homme qui meurt
1964
Mademoiselle Molière (TV Movie)
1962
Le navire étoile (TV Movie) as
1er Hors-la-loi
1957
The Case of Dr. Laurent as
Le docteur Guillot
1946
L'ennemi sans visage as
Le professeur Artus / Professor Artus
1946
Mission spéciale as
Roeckel alias Poldermann - un membre du réseau d'espionnage allemand
1945
Angel and Sinner as
Le major-colonel Folsborg - un officier prussien
1944
La vie de plaisir as
Maître Gaëtan de Merly - un avocat noceur
1943
Mahlia la métisse as
Tchang
1943
Secrets of a Ballerina as
Le marquis de La Noue
1943
Le voyageur de la Toussaint as
Pénoux-Rataud
1941
Le valet maître as
Ravier 'de l'Orne' - un champion de bridge
1940
Après Mein Kampf mes crimes as
Le colonel
1939
Cas de conscience as
Jacques Grandval
1939
La belle revanche as
Édouard Guillemin
1939
Fort Dolorès as
Dom Ramirez de Avila
1938
Le joueur as
Le général Kiriloff
1938
Le tombeau hindou as
Prince Ramigani
1938
La principessa Tarakanova as
Il principe Radziwill / Le prince Radziwill
1938
Le tigre du Bengale as
Le prince Ramigani
1937
À Venise, une nuit as
Mortal - le mari de Nadia
1937
Street of Shadows as
Le colonel Bourget
1937
La bête aux sept manteaux as
Sir H.W. Bruckly
1937
L'homme à abattre as
Le commissaire Werter
1936
Quand minuit sonnera as
Rouque
1936
Au service du tsar as
Le grand-duc Pierre
1936
Under Western Eyes as
Le Ministre
1936
La gondole aux chimères as
Sélim Pacha / Selim Pascia
1936
The Man of Stone as
Lang - Le chancelier
1935
Lucrezia Borgia as
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI
1935
Un homme de trop à bord as
Petersen
1935
Les mystères de Paris as
Le grand-duc de Gérolstein
1935
Le diable en bouteille as
Le marchand
1935
Le miroir aux alouettes as
L'armateur Dekalf
1935
Barcarolle as
Alfredo Zubaran
1934
Le prince Jean as
Le comte de Wavre
1934
Moscow Nights as
Le colonel Kovrine
1933
La bataille as
Le peintre Jean-François Feize
1933
Un certain monsieur Grant as
Tchernikoff
1933
Idylle au Caire (uncredited)
1933
L'étoile de Valencia as
Le commissaire
1933
Le cas du docteur Brenner
1932
Stupéfiants as
Le marquis d'Esquillon
1932
Coup de feu à l'aube as
Joachim Taft
1932
Fantômas as
Le président Jean-Marie Bonnet - un magistrat
1929
Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers
1928
Le désir as
Le caïd Baïlich - qui veut une deuxième épouse
1928
L'Argent as
Un banquier (uncredited)
1927
The Devil in the Heart as
Le père Leherg - le père de Delphin
1926
The Living Image, or the Lady of Petrograd as
Le général Svirsky - le mari jaloux de Natacha
1926
L'espionne aux yeux noirs as
Le prince Vladimir Aryad
1925
Le calvaire de Dona Pia as
Géronimo
1924
La goutte de sang as
Justin Chenevat
1923
L'affaire du courrier de Lyon as
Joseph Lesurques / Dubosc
1922
Jocelyn as
Pierre - Évêque de Grenoble
1922
The Woman from Nowhere as
Le mari
1921
The Jade Casket as
Kosroës-le-sage
1921
L'ombre déchirée as
Arnault
1920
Man of the Sea as
Nolff - un rude pêcheur breton
1919
Le siège des trois K (Short)
1912
Le mystère de Notre-Dame de Paris (Short) as
Claude Duval
1910
The Assassination of Admiral Coligny (Short)
1909
Mireille's Sincere Love (Short) as
Vincent
1909
Cyrano de Bergerac (Short)
