Victor Boucher

French actor (1877–1942)

Victor Louis Armand Boucher (24 August 1877 – 21 February 1942) was a French actor.^[1]

Biography

Victor Boucher was born, on 24 August 1877, in Rouen, in a house on the rue Saint-Étienne-des-Tonneliers. His parents had a café-restaurant in Bihorel. Educated at the école Bellefonds in Rouen, he began acting in youth groups.

He worked as an accountant in Rouen.^[2] After his military service, he moved to Paris. He married Mariotta Claire in Neufchâtel-en-Bray in 1902.^[3] He had the luck, one day, to replace a sick actor in the Théâtre des Mathurins in Paris, and made a name for himself with his comic performance based on his stammering.

In 1927, he became a director of the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris. He was president of the Association des artistes dramatiques.^[4]

He died in Ville-d'Avray, on 21 February 1942, from a heart attack.^[4]

Filmography

Source: IMDb^[5]

La petite chocolatière (1913)
L'idée de Françoise (1914)
La douceur d'aimer (English release: The Sweetness of Loving) (1930)
Gagne ta vie (1931)
Les vignes du seigneur (English release: Our Lord's Vineyard) (1932)
Le sexe faible (English release: The Weaker Sex) (1933)
Votre sourire (1934)
La banque Nemo (English release: Nemo's Bank) (1934)
Bichon (1935)
Faisons un rêve (English: Let's Make a Dream) (1936)
L'amant de Madame Vidal (English release: The Lover of Madame Vidal (1936)
L'habit vert (English release: The Green Jacket) (1937)
Chipée (1937)
Le train pour Venise (English release: The Train for Venice) (1938)
Ils étaient neuf célibataires (English release: Nine Bachelors) (1939)
Le bois sacré (English release: Sacred Woods) (1939)
Parade en sept nuits (1941)
Ce n'est pas moi (1941)

References

^ British Film Institute website: Victor Boucher
^ André Page, "Dans la vie et sur l'écran"Ric et Rac, n°468, 23 February 1938, p.6 (in French)
^ Archives départementales de Seine-Maritime, état-civil de Rouen, acte de naissance de Victor Boucher
^ ^a ^b "LA MORT DE VICTOR BOUCHER", Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 24 February 1942, p.1 (in French)
^ Internet Movie Database: Victor Boucher (1877–1942)