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'
 * Devil's Daughter (1946) as Le docteur / The doctor
 * The Sea Rose (1946) as Romain Jardehu
 * Danger of Death (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. Delpuech
 * Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (1955) as Fernand Langlois
 * On ne badine pas avec l'amour (1955)
 * Law of the Streets (1956) as Père Blain
 * Les Aventures de Até L'Espiegle (1957) as Claes
 * He Who Must Die (1957) as Priest Grigoris
 * The Violent (1957) as Pierre Tiercelin
 * Les Misérables (1958) as Monseigneur Myriel
 * Christine (1958) as Weiring as le père de Christine
 * J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (1959) as Horace Chandley
 * Cartagine in fiamme (1960)
 * Recours en grâce (1960) as Le curé
 * The Truth (1960) as Le médecin légiste
 * The Big Gamble (1961) as Customs Official
 * The Longest Day (1962) as Louis
 * Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) as Dr. Charcot
 * The Trial (1962) as Chief Clerk of the Law Court
 * Le Glaive et la Balance (1963) as Le procureur
 * Up from the Beach (1965) as Barrelmaker
 * La Communale (1965) as L'inspecteur
 * Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) as Le juge
 * Peau d'Âne (1970) as Le roi rouge, le seconde roi
 * Moi y'en a vouloir des sous (1973) as Sauveur Chouras
 * Bel Ordure (1973) as Le gardien de prison
 * Les Granges brûlées (1973) as Le doyen des juges
 * Les Chinois à Paris (1974) as Abel Frugebelle, de l'Acamédie Française
 * Alice ou la Dernière Fugue (1977) as Le Vieil Homme et le Docteur
 * À chacun son enfer (1977) as Le père
 * Mille milliards de dollars (1982) as Guérande
 * Les Misérables (1982) as Gillenormand