Paul Vermoyal

Paul Vermoyal
Born Pierre Paul Vermoyal
(1888-10-18)18 October 1888
Braye-en-Laonnois, Aisne, France
Died 28 September 1925(1925-09-28) (aged 36)
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Occupation Actor
Years active 1910–1925

Paul Vermoyal (18 October 1888 - 28 September 1925) was a French stage and film actor.

Biography

Born Pierre Paul Vermoyal in Braye-en-Laonnois, Aisne, Picardy, he began his career on the stages of the Grand Guignol theatre in the in the Quartier Pigalle area of Paris in the 1910s. His first known film appearance was in the 1916 Maurice Mariaud directed short film Le roi de l'étain, produced by Pathé Frères.[1] He would go on to appear in a number of films during the 1910s directed by Mariaud, Abel Gance, Jean Manoussi and Robert Boudrioz, among others.[2]

In 1922 he appeared in the Charles Burguet directed serial film The Mysteries of Paris as Maître Ferrand. The film serial ran in twelve installments and was based on the novel of the same name by Eugène Sue. Other prominent film roles of the era include appearances in the Léonce Perret directed Koenigsmark (1923), starring Maurice Lehmann and Huguette Duflos; the Edward José directed Terreur (1924), opposite American actress Pearl White; and the American film The Arab (1924), directed by Rex Ingram and starring Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry.[3] His final film appearance was in the 1925 Benito Perojo directed Au-delà de la mort (also known as Plus loin que la mort and Pour l’amour de son frère.)[4]

Paul Vermoyal died 28 September 1925 at age 36 in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, France.[5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. Notre Cinéma Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. Notre Cinéma Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. legensducinema.com Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. legensducinema.com Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. Notre Cinéma Retrieved 18 September 2016.

External links

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