Samson Fainsilber

Samson Fainsilber
Born	18 June 1904 Iași, Romania
Died	19 December 1983(1983-12-19) (aged 79) Paris, France
Other name	Louis André
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930 - 1983 (film)

Samson Fainsilber (French: [sɑ̃sɔ̃ fɛ̃silbɛʁ]; 18 June 1904, Iași – 19 December 1983, Paris) was a Romanian-born French film actor. During his career he appeared in around sixty films and television series. He featured in the 1933 historical drama Roger la Honte.

Partial filmography

• The Shark (1930, directed by Henri Chomette) - L'avocat
• La Fin du monde (1931, directed by Abel Gance) - Schomburg
• Les Trois Mousquetaires (1932, directed by Henri Diamant-Berger) - Cardinal Richelieu
• Mater dolorosa (1933)
• Roger la Honte (1933, directed by Gaston Roudès) - Lucien de Noirville
• Jocelyn (1933) - Jocelyn
• The Bread Peddler (1934) - Castel
• Le bossu (1934) - Monsieur de Peyrolles
• Gangster malgré lui (1935) - Marc
• Napoléon Bonaparte (1935) - Danton (voice)
• Thirteen Days of Love (1935) - Dario
• Odette (1935) - Dario d'Alhucemas
• Jérôme Perreau, héros des barricades (1935, directed by Abel Gance) - Conti
• Marie des angoisses (1935) - Paco
• Retour à l'aube (1938, directed by Henri Decoin) - L'inspecteur Veber
• Tourbillon de Paris (1939, directed by Henri Diamant-Berger)
• Dorothy Looks for Love (1945, directed by Edmond T. Gréville) - Sylvain
• Clandestine (1946) - Dr. Netter
• Le village de la colère (1947)
• Si Versailles m'était conté (1954, directed by Sacha Guitry) - Le cardinal de Mazarin (uncredited)
• Si Paris nous était conté (1956, directed by Sacha Guitry) - Mazarin (uncredited)
• Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973)
• Stavisky (1974) - L'employé au fichier
• Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974) - Gonzague
• Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975) - L'homme aux oiseaux
• Providence (1977, directed by Alain Resnais) - The Old Man
• Animal (1977) - Le vieux maquilleur russe
• Charles and Lucie (1979) - Le gobeur d'oeufs
• Subversion (1979)
• La vie est un roman (1983, directed by Alain Resnais) - Zoltán Forbek

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Samson Fainsilber at IMDb