- Navarre, René
- (Victor René Navarre / July 8, 1877, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France - February 8, 1968, Azay-sur-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, France)A stage actor at the Théâtre Saint-Michel, he played supporting roles on-screen before making his big break as Fantômas in a successful Louis Feuillade serial (1913-1914). Until his last screen appearance in 1940 (Les Surprises de la Radio, Marcel Paul = Marcel Aboulker), he starred or co-starred in more than 100 movies, including a few he directed himself.Filmography1916 ◘ Christophe Colomb (two-episode short)1918 ◘ Document secret (also producer, actor)◘ Tue-la-Mort (twelve episodes: "L'Auberge du petit Chaperon rouge", "La Forge des Quatre Chemins", "Les Contrebandiers", "L'Inconnu", "Tue-la-Mort et Ovilla", "Une Etrange Hypothèse", "L'Incendie", "Canzo-nette", "Tu ne tueras point", "Un et un font un", "Tiberio", "La Vengeance d'Ovilla"; also producer, actor)◘ L'Aiglonne (co-director with Emile Keppens; thirteen episodes: "Le Lieutenant Bonaparte", "L'Enfant des Prisons", "Pour tuer l'Empereur", "Le Regard de l'Aigle", "La Revanche de Fouché", "Un Secret d'Etat", "Wagram", "Le Drame des Cœurs", "La Peau du Renard", "L'Echauffourée", "Pitié", "L'Aigle, l'Aiglonne", "L'Aiglon"; also producer)◘ Le Sept de Trèfle (twelve episodes: "La Carte fatale", "L'Idylle de Lottie", "La Princesse Irène", "Le Fond de l'Abîme", "Les Deux Frères", "En Cage", "Le Mariage de Lottie", "Ce que Femme veut", "La Dernière Route", "L'Enjeu suprême", "Les Cachots de Venise", "Le Vainqueur du Sept de Trèfle")
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.