
Alain Feydeau
Born
July 21, 1934
Died
January 14, 2008 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Georges Alain Thierry Feydeau (21 July 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a French actor, director and writer. He was a grandson of the playwright Georges Feydeau, and appeared in several of his grandfather's works, and directed new productions of two of them.
Feydeau was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, on 21 July 1934, son of Michel Feydeau (1900–1961) and his wife Françoise, née Hoentschel. At the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris he won the first prize for comedy in 1958, after which he joined the company of the Comédie-Française, of which he remained a member until 1983. During his time with the company Feydeau was appointed to the rank of Grand Pensionnaire, but was never made a full Sociétaire.
In a stage career lasting nearly fifty years, Feydeau played in a wide range of plays, from French and foreign classics, such as Corneille's Le Menteur, Hugo's Ruy Blas and Schiller's Marie Stuart to 20th-century works by writers including Anouilh, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Sacha Guitry and Marcel Pagnol. Among his more unusual roles was Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings in a stage adaptation of a Poirot story. The dramatist in whose plays he appeared most frequently was Molière – Les Archives du spectacle record 14 Molière productions in which he played between 1958 and 1973.
In his grandfather's plays Feydeau took the roles of Fontanet in Jacques Charon's production of Un fil à la patte (1961 and subsequent revivals), Moricet in his own production of Monsieur chasse! (1969), Pontagnac in Jean Meyer's production of Le Dindon (1970), Ribadier or Thommereux in his own production of Le Système Ribadier (1972), Etienne in Jacques-Henri Duval's production of Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1972), and Dr Finache in Jean-Laurent Cochet's production of La Puce à l'oreille (1978).
On television Feydeau appeared frequently in the long-running series Au théâtre ce soir (At the theatre tonight), taking 21 different roles between 1968 and 1985. He made numerous other television appearances, and did a small amount of work for the cinema. As a writer, Feydeau published two books about the distinguished actress Edwige Feuillère, whom he knew well. He also published some fiction.
Feydeau died in Paris on 14 January 2008, aged 73. He is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery with other family members including the playwright.
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Known For

René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement
Le président d'Indosuez
2007

Le don d'Adèle
Gaston Veyron-Lafitte
2006

The Three Kings
Le théologien
2001

La dame aux camélias
Arthur de Varville
1997

Sacrée soirée
Self · (2 episodes)
1987

Adieu Prudence
Jerry Barnett
1985

Le Traité d'Auteuil
Edmond Janville
1981

Une sacrée famille
Philippe d'Orcemont
1981

La Maîtresse de bridge
Robert Morisson
1980

La Route des Indes
Manfred
1980

La Puce à l'oreille
Docteur Finache
1978

La Plume
Albert
1978

La fessée
Albert Grésillons
1978
La Poudre aux yeux
Le Maître d'Hôtel
1976

Chat en poche
Tiburce, le majordome
1975

Le Système Ribadier
Thommereux
1975

L'amant de Madame Vidal
Brézolles
1975
Maître Bolbec et son mari
Robert Valentin
1973

La Vénus de Milo
Maurice Valax, l'architecte et ami de la maison
1973

L'École des contribuables
Pierre Serigny, client et prétendant "ramant" de Juliette
1972
Samedi soir
Self · (1 episode)
1971

Un fil à la patte
Le marié
1970

Le Dindon
Pontagnac
1968

Mademoiselle
Valentin
1968

Amphitryon
Argatiphonditas
1967

At Theatre Tonight
Maurice Valax, l'architecte et ami de la maison · (1 episode)
1966

At Theatre Tonight
Tiburce, le majordome · (1 episode)
1966

Mum's the Word
Doctor Renaud
1960

Summer Storm
1949

Mysteries of Paris
(uncredited)
1943