Rouleau, Raymond

(Edgard Marie Raymond Rouleau / June 4, 1904, Brussels, Belgium-December 11, 1981, Paris, France)

   He enrolled in the Brussels Conservatoire at age fourteen and won three first prizes. Having settled in France in 1927, he worked with the most remarkable stage directors of his time (Charles Dullin, Georges Pitoëff, Antonin Artaud) and founded a theater in­spired by the surrealist avant-garde. He soon became one of the major figures of the French stage (mostly as a director) and managed Le theatre de l'Oeuvre from 1944 to 1951. He entered films in 1927 in Mar­cel L'Herbier's L'Argent (unfortunately, his role was cut). He played leading and then supporting roles in more than forty films, including two excellent Jacques Becker movies (1942 Dernier Atout; 1945 Falbalas / USA: Paris Frills). He was married to actress Françoise Lugagne (1914—1991). His sons Philippe (b. 1940) and Fabrice (1947-2001) were also actors.

 Filmography

        ◘ Suzanne (co-director with Léo Joannon; also actor)

        ◘ Une Vie perdue (with the collaboration of Al­exandre Esway; also actor)

        ◘ Rose

        ◘ Trois . . . Six . . . Neuf

        ◘ Le Messager / USA: The Messenger 1957 Les Sorcières de Salem / Hexenjagd / UK: The Witches of Salem / USA: The Crucible (also actor; France / East Germany)

1962 ◘ Les Amants de Teruel / USA: The Lovers of Teruel (also screenwriter, adapter)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Les Papiers d'Aspern

        ◘ Ruy Blas

        ◘ L'Ecole des Femmes

        ◘ Nouvelles de Henry James (episode "Le Tour d'Ecrou")

        ◘ Ondine

        ◘ Bérénice

        ◘ La Fleur des pois

        ◘ La Jalousie

        ◘ L'Eau sale (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Destin de Priscilla Davies (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Inconnu d'Arras (also adapter)

        ◘ La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu