Portrait of the actor Henry Roussell by Thomas Staedeli
The actor and director Henry Roussell belonged to the French silent movie pionieers.
He began his career as an actor already in 1912 and he took part in movies like "L'agence Cacahouète" (12), "Jean la Poudre" (12), "Soeurette" (13), "Le camée" (13), "La Marseillaise" (13), "La dame de Monsoreau" (13), "Monsieur Lecoq" (14), "Le friquet" (14) and "Le corso rouge" (14).
In 1913 he directed his first movie called "Les enfants du capitaine Grant" (13).
Henry Roussell was busy both as an actor and director from the middle of the 10s and remained active till to the 30s. Beside it he also wrote some scripts.
As an actor he appeared in the productions "Léda" (16), "La désolation" (16), "Les frères corses" (17), "Le torrent" (17), "Gosse de riche" (22) und "Les nouveaux messieurs" (29) and as a director he realised the movies "La femme blonde" (16), "L'âme du bonze" (18), "La faute d'Odette Maréchal" (21), "La vérité" (23), "La terre promise" (25), "Destinée" (26), "Une java" (28) and "Paris-Girls" (29).
His last cinematical works came in the 30s into being, as an actor he performed in "Ca aussi!...c'est Paris" (30), "Idylle au Caire" (33), "Le billet de mille" (35), "Le bébé des l'escadron" (35) and "Café de Paris" (38).
His last movies as a director were "Atout coeur" (31), "Violettes impériales" (32) and "L'amour veille" (37).
Other movies with Henry Roussell:
Trompe-la-Mort (13) Les gaîtes de l'escadron (13) Le dernier pardon (13) L'aiglon (13) La bergère d'Ivry (13) Mathilde (13) Autour d'un testament (13) Le système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume (13) L'affaire d'Orcival (14) La dame blonde (14) Figures de cire (14) Le puits mitoyen (14) Vengeance diabolique (16) La maion sans enfant (16) L'affaire du Grand-Théâtre (16) Apache d'amour (16) Pardon glorieux (16) Sous la menace (16) Le médecin des enfants (16) L'imprévu (17) Renoncement (18) La nuit est à nous (30) Les gaîtés de l'escadron (32) Vers l'abîme (34) Vogue, mon coeur (35) L'école des cocottes (35) Valse éternelle (36) Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur (39)
Un homme passa (17) Visages violés...âmes doses (22) Les opprimés (23) Violettes impériales (24) L'île enchantée (27) La valse de l'adieu (29) La nuit est à nous (29) La barcarolle d'amour (31) La fleur d'oranger (32) Arlete et ses papas (34)
La faute d'Odette Maréchal (21) The Soul of Bronze (21) Les opprimés (23) Violettes impériales (24) Destinée (26) Paris-Girls (29) La fleur d'oranger (32) Arlette et ses papas (34) L'amour veille (37)