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. In 1914 Catelain met Marcel L'Herbier, then a writer and critic, who became a major influence on his life and career, and with whom...
French Cancan
1955
Stolen Affections
1948
The Secret Spring
1923
The Inhuman Woman
1924
La Marseillaise
1938
Comedy of Happiness
1940
Experiment in Evil
1960
Le Bonheur
1934
Adrienne Lecouvreur
1938
Illegitimate Child
1930
The Last Days of Pompeii
1950
Le Bercail
1919
The Tomboy
1936
Cordial Agreement
1939
The Gallery of Monsters
1924
The Blindness of Youth
1917
The Man of the Sea
1920
The Woman Thief
1938
Prometheus, Banker
1921
El Dorado
1921
Le Vertige
1926
Dream Castle
1933
The Dream
1931
Le Prince charmant
1925
Little Devil May Care
1928
Apaches of Paris
1927
La Mode rêvée
1940
Love and Companionship
1950
Rose-France
1919
Escadrille of Chance
1938
Princely Nights
1929
The West
1928
The Imperial Road
1935
Love's Springtime
1927
Le Carnaval des vérités
1920
Le marchand de plaisirs
1923
La vocation
1929