Acting
Émile Chautard
EN, FR, XX cinema · 102 credits
Born
6 September 1864
Died
24 April 1934 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Emil Chautard · Emile Chautard
Émile Chautard (7 September 1864 – 24 April 1934) was a French-American film director, actor, and screenwriter, most active in the silent era. He directed 107 films between 1910 and 1924. He also appeared in 66 films between 1911 and 1934. Chautard was born in Paris. After a significant career beginning as a stage actor at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and moving up to the head of film production at Éclair Films' Paris studio in 1913, Chautard emigrated to the United States around 1914. From 1914 to about 1918, Chautard worked for the World Film Company based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At World, along with a group of other French-speaking film technicians including Maurice Tourneur, Léonce Perret, George Archainbaud, Albert Capellani and Lucien Andriot, he developed such films as the 1915 version of Camille, and taught a young apprentice film cutter at the World studio: Josef von Sternberg. In 1919 Chautard hired von Sternberg as his assistant director for The Mystery of the Yellow Room, for his own short-lived production company. Choosing Hollywood over a return to France, Chautard went to work for Famous Players-Lasky and other studios. He received some high-profile assignments, for instance a Colleen Moore vehicle and two features for Derelys Perdue, but he was a generation older than other directors in Hollywood's French colony. After 1924 Chautard did not direct again, but continued to make film appearances, in the von Sternberg film Blonde Venus (1932), where he appears for his former protege as "Night club owner Chautard". Chautard died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Known for
Filmography
Wonder Bar
as Pierre (uncredited)
Man of Two Worlds
as Natkusiak
The California Trail
as Don Marco Ramirez
The Three Musketeers
as Gen. Pelletier
The Devil's in Love
as Father Carmion
The Solitaire Man
as French Hotel Clerk
Design for Living
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Shanghai Express
as Major Lenard
The bluffer
as Oscar Brown
Cock of the Air
as French Ambassador
The Man from Yesterday
as Priest
Blonde Venus
as Chautard, Cabaret Manager in France (uncredited)
The Common Law
as Doorman (uncredited)
The Little Cafe
as Philibert
The Big Trail
as Padre
The Yellow Ticket
as Headwaiter
The Road to Reno
as Andre
The Green Specter
as Abdoul
Just Like Heaven
as Dulac
A Man from Wyoming
as French Mayor
Morocco
as French General (uncredited)
Counter-Investigation
as O'Brien
Échec au roi
1930
Échec au roi
as King Eric VIII
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
as Sylvester Corbett
Tiger Rose
as Frenchman
Marianne
as Père Joseph
House of Horror
as Old Miser
Lilac Time
as The Mayor
The Noose
as Priest
Caught in the Fog
as The Old Man
Adoration
as Murajev
His Tiger Lady
as Stage Manager
Out of the Ruins
as Père Gilbert
The Olympic Hero
1928
The Olympic Hero
as Grandpa Brown
Whispering Sage
as José Arastrade
Blonde or Brunette
as Father-in-Law
Upstream
as Campbell-Mandare
7th Heaven
as Father Chevillon
Now We're in the Air
as Monsieur Chelaine
The Love Mart
as Louis Frobelle
Paris at Midnight
as Père Goriot
My Official Wife
as Count Orloff, Hélène's Father
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
as Director
The Flaming Forest
as André Audemard
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Anatol
Untamed Youth
Director
Daytime Wives
Director
Forsaking All Others
Director
Living Lies
Director
Youth to Youth
Director, Producer
Whispering Shadows
Director
His Parisian Wife
Director
The Marriage Price
Director
Eyes of the Soul
Director
Out of the Shadow
Director
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Paid in Full
Director
The Marionettes
Director
Forget-Me-Not
Director
The Fires of Youth
Director
Magda
Director
A Hungry Heart
Director
The Man Who Forgot
Director, Scenario Writer
The Heart of a Hero
Director
All Man
Director
Sudden Riches
Director
The Boss
Director
The Rack
Director
A Cashier's Novel
Director
The Mystery of Notre-Dame de Paris
Scenario Writer, Director
Hearts and Eyes
Director, Writer
Chiens et loups
1911
Dog and Wolf
Director, Scenario Writer
La fleur des neiges
1911
La fleur des neiges
Director, Screenplay