Fernand Ledoux

Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his career with small roles at the Comédie-Française. He appeared in close to eighty films, with his best remembered role being the stationmaster Roubaud in Jean Renoir's La Bête humaine (1938), but he remained primarily a theatrical actor for the duration of his career. Married to Fernande Thabuy, with whom he had four children, Ledoux was an amateur painter, and lived for many years at Pennedepie in Normandy. Later he moved to Villerville, where he died and where he is buried. Selected filmography L'homme à la barbiche (1933) (1934) as Flick L'homme des Folies Bergère (1935) as François Mayerling (1936) as Philippe de Cobourg Taras Bulba (1936) as Tovkatch The Beloved Vagabond (1936) as Major Walters (1938) as Le doctuer Alert in the Mediterranean (1938) as Martin La Bête Humaine (1938) as Roubaud Volpone (1941) as Corvino (1941) as Nicolas Rougemont First Ball (1941) as Michel Noblet L'assassinat du Père Noël (1941) as Noirgoutte, le maire Stormy Waters (1941) as Kerlo, le bosco Le Lit à colonnes (1942) as Porey-Cave Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) as Le baron Hugues - le châtelain, père d'Anne La grande marnière (1943) as Carvajan (1943) as Le maire It Happened at the Inn (1943) as Léopold Goupi dit Goupi-Mains-Rouges (1943) as Auguste The Man from London (1943) as Maloin Behold Beatrice (1944) as Le docteur Mauléon Girl with Grey Eyes (1945) as Le père Christophe The Bellman (1945) as Fabret, le 'lièvre' La fille du diable (1946) as Le docteur / The doctor The Sea Rose (1946) as Romain Jardehu (1947) as Le pharmacien Loiseau Eternal Conflict (1948) as Le professeur Janvier The Shadow (1948) as Firmin Blache White Paws (1949) as Jock Le Guen The Barton Mystery (1949) as Beverley Histoires extraordinaires à faire peur ou à faire rire... (1949) as Montrésor Monseigneur (1949) as Piétrefond Wolves Hunt at Night (1952) as Thomas Mollert - un membre du Deuxième Bureau La Bergère et le ramoneur (1952) as Le roi (voice) Act of Love (1953) as Fernand Lacaud Papa, maman, la bonne et moi (1954) as Fernand Langlois (1955) as Le Cadi Men in White (1955) as Dr.