Émile Drain
In 1925, he starred as Napoleon with Gloria Swanson in Madame Sans-Gêne. In 1927, he played Napoleon in the Donald Crisp directed The Fighting Eagle. In 1948, he appeared, again as Napoleon, in the film The Lame Devil.
Also recorded as Emile Drain
Émile Drain

J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
- Name
- Émile Drain
- Birth Name
- Émile Pierre Charles Drain
- Born
- 1 February 1890
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 22 November 1966
- Occupation
- Actor, comedian
- Full name
- Émile Pierre Charles Drain.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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• Name — Émile Drain • Birth Name — Émile Pierre Charles Drain • Born — 1 February 1890 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 22 November 1966 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Actor, comedian • Years Active — 1909-1965 Émile Drain (1890–1966) was a French actor and comedian.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Après la chute de l'aigle (1909) • Androcles and the Lion (1911) • Trois Familles (Three Families) (1918) • Papa bon cœur (1919) - Marcel Daubenton • La Double Existence du docteur Mozart (1919) - Docteur André • Un drame sous (Drama With Napoleon) (1921) - Napoleon • L'Aiglonne (1921) - Napoleon • Molière, sa vie, son œuvre (1922) • Château historique (1923) • After Love (1924) • Madam Sans-Gêne (1925) - Napoleon • The Fighting Eagle (1927) • Madame Récamier (1928) - Napoleon • The Foreigner (1931) - M. Mauriceau • L'Aiglon (The Eagle) (1931) - Napoleon • Imperial Violets (1932) • Casanova (1934) - Monseigneur de Bernis • La vie est à nous (1936) - Old Bertin • Le Perles de la couronne (1937) - Napoleon • Remontons les Champs-Élysées (1938) - Napoleon • La rue sans joie (Joyless Road) (1938) - President • Le Bal de passants (1943) - Dr. Baudouin • Master Love (1945) • Panique (Panic (1946) - M. Breteuil • La Kermesse rouge (1946) - a Dominican reverend • La Revanche de Roger la Honte (1946) • Les Portes de la nuit (Night Gates) (1946) • Antoine and Antoinete (Antoine et Antoinette) (1946) • Les amoureux sont seuls au monde (1947) - a critic • Croisière pour l'inconnu (1947) • Le Diamant de cent sous (1947) • The Scarlet Bazaar (1947) • The Lame Devil (1948) - Napoleon • La Marie du Port (1949) • Superpacific (1949) • Justice est faite (1950) - Prof. Dutoit • Si Versailles m'était conté... (1953) - Napoleon • Si Paris nous était conté (1955) - Victor Hugo • Le Pays d'où je viens (1956)
Theatre
Theatre
• Year — Play — Director — Theater • 1913 — La Rue de Sentier — Pierre Decourcelle et André Maurel — Théâtre de l'Odéon • 1920 — La Fille de Roland Daughter of Roland — Henri de Bornier — Comédie-Française • La Mort enchaînée — Maurice Magre — Comédie-Française • Les Effrontés — Émile Augier — Comédie-Française • Barberine — Alfred de Musset — Comédie-Française • 1921 — Circé Circe — Alfred Poizat — Comédie-Française • La Coupe enchantée The Enchanted Cup — Jean de La Fontaine and Champmeslé — Comédie-Française • An Enemy of the People — Henrik Ibsen — Comédie-Française • Cleopatra — André-Ferdinand Hérold, based on a play by Plutarch and William Shakespeare — Comédie-Française • Le Paon — Francis de Croisset — Comédie-Française • 1922 — Marion Delorme — Victor Hugo — Comédie-Française • Les Phéniciennes The Phoenicians — Georges Rivollet — Comédie-Française • Vautrin — Edmond Guiraud, based on a play by Honoré de Balzac — Comédie-Française • Le Chevalier de Colomb — François Porché — Comédie-Française • Ésope Aesop — Théodore de Banville — Comédie-Française • 1923 — Le carnaval des enfants Children's Carnival — Saint-Georges de Bouhélier — Comédie-Française • Rome vaincue — Alexandre Parodi — Comédie-Française • Les Deux Trouvailles de Gallus — Victor Hugo — Comédie-Française • Oreste Orestes — René Berton, based on the play Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides — Comédie-Française • Jean de La Fontaine ou Le Distrait volontaire — Louis Geandreau and Léon Guillot de Saix — Comédie-Française • Poliche — Henry Bataille — Comédie-Française • 1924 — Molière et son ombre Molière and the Shadow — Jacques Richepin — Comédie-Française • L'École des quinquagénaires — Tristan Bernard — Comédie-Française • 1929 — Histoires de France Histories of France — Sacha Guitry — Théâtre Pigalle • 1931 — Frans Hals ou L'Admiration — Sacha Guitry — Théâtre de la Madeleine • 1934 — Le Chef The Chief — Drieu La Rochelle — Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier • 1935 — Saint Joan — George Bernard Shaw — Théâtre des Mathurins • La Complainte de Pranzini et de Thérèse de Lisieux — Henri Ghéon — Théâtre des Mathurins • 1938 — Le Comédien The Comedian — Sacha Guitry — Théâtre de la Madeleine • 1940 — Le Bossu — Paul Féval and Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois — Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin • 1941 — Les Deux Orphelines — Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon — Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin • 1942 — La Tornade (The Tornado) — Pierre Maudru — Théâtre Charles de Rochefort • 1946 — Le Cocu magnifique — Fernand Crommelynck — Théâtre des Célestins • 1947 — The Trial — Franz Kafka — Théâtre Marigny • 1948 — The Lame Devil — Sacha Guitry — Théâtre Édouard VII
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11th arrondissement of Paris.
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