Maurice de Canonge

Maurice de Canonge
Born	Maurice Camille Louis de Canonge 18 March 1894 Toulon, France
Died	10 January 1979 Paris, France
Other names	Maurice Cannon
Occupation	Actor, Director
Years active	1917 - 1971 (film)

Maurice de Canonge (March 18, 1894 – January 10, 1979) was a French actor and film director. He is also sometimes known by the name Maurice Cannon.

Selected filmography

Director

• Inspector Grey (1936)
• Captain Benoit (1938)
• Thérèse Martin (1939)
• The Last Metro (1945)
• Special Mission (1946)
• Judicial Error (1948)
• The Two Girls (1951)
• Boum sur Paris (1953)
• The Price of Love (1955)
• Three Sailors (1957)
• Happy Arenas (1958)

Actor

• La nouvelle aurore (1919) - Fric-Frac
• Les parias de l'amour (1921)
• Rapax (1922)
• Trilby (1923) - Zouzou
• Shadows of Paris (1924) - Robert, A Taxi Driver
• The Side Show of Life (1924) - Horatio Bakkus
• The Alaskan (1924) - Tautuk
• Love's Wilderness (1924) - Pierre Bazin
• Peter Pan (1924) - Cookson
• The Little French Girl (1925) - Jerry Hamble
• The Nude Woman (1926) - Rouchard
• Forbidden Hours (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• L'évadée (1929) - Drackson
• Quand nous étions deux (1930) - Rouchard
• Amours viennoises (1931) - Muller
• Les quatre vagabonds (1931) - Novac
• Olive se marie (1931)
• Olive passager clandestin (1931) - Olive
• Un de la montagne (1934) - Le directeur de l'hôtel (uncredited)
• Adémaï in the Middle Ages (1935) - Un officier anglais
• Le coup de trois (1936) - Le marchand de poissons
• The Call of Silence (1936)
• Le grand refrain (1936)
• La bataille du feu (1949)
• Dernière heure, édition spéciale (1949) - (uncredited)
• Me and the Colonel (1958) - Hollander (uncredited)
• The Roots of Heaven (1958) - Haas
• Cervantes (1967)
• Hot Line (1968) - Director of Hotel (uncredited)
• Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971) - 1st Client (final film role)

Bibliography

• Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Maurice de Canonge at the Internet Movie Database