Jaque Catelain
Actor
Born February 9, 1897 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
Jaque Catelain was a French actor who came to prominence in silent films of the 1920s, and who continued acting in films and on stage until the 1950s. He also wrote and directed two silent films himself and was a capable artist and musician. He had a close association with the director Marcel L'Herbier. He was born as Jacques Guérin-Castelain in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. His father was then the mayor and also moved in literary and theatrical circles, which allowed the young Jacques to encounter many famous names in his childhood. He showed early enthusiasm for the arts and music, and at the age of 16 he entered the Académie Julian in Paris to study fine arts. With the outbreak of war in the following year, he changed direction and chose to study acting at the Conservatoire, enrolling in the class of Paul Mounet, before being mobilised into the artillery.
Filmography
Experiment in Evil
Ambassador
French Cancan
Le ministre (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii
Claudius
Love and Companionship
Mr. Zoïca
Stolen Affections
Christian Darbel
Comedy of Happiness
Le directeur de Radio Azur (uncredited)
La Mode rêvée
Cordial Agreement
Prince Consort
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Escadrille of Chance
Alain
The Woman Thief
La Marseillaise
Capitaine Langlade
The Tomboy
Georges Blanchet
The Imperial Road
Dan
Le Bonheur
Geoffroy de Chabré
Dream Castle
Prince Mirano
The Dream
Félicien
Illegitimate Child
Maurice Orland
Princely Nights
Prince Vassia Heridze
La vocation
The West
Arnaud de Saint-Guil
Little Devil May Care
Delphin Leherg - le fils de Leherg qu'aime Ludivine
Apaches of Paris
Love's Springtime
Marquis
Le Vertige
Henri de Cassel - le sosie de Dimitrieff, abattu par Svirsky
Le Prince charmant
Le comte Patrice
The Inhuman Woman
Einar Norsen
The Gallery of Monsters
Riquet's
Le marchand de plaisirs
Gosta / Donald
The Secret Spring
Professeur Raoul Vignerte
Don Juan et Faust
Don Juan de Manara
El Dorado
Hedwick
Prometheus, Banker
Toudieu
The Man of the Sea
Michel
Le Carnaval des vérités
Juan Tristan
Le Bercail
Rose-France
Laurs
The Blindness of Youth
Inio