Tarride, Jean

(March 15, 1901, Paris, France - June 5, 1980, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France)

   The son of actor Abel Tarride (1865-1951) and ac­tress Marthe Régnier (1880-1967), he played in a few films (1920 La Belle Dame sans Merci, Germaine Dulac; 1938 Hercule, Alexandre Esway; 1939 La Famille Dura-ton, Christian Stengel; 1943 Après l'Orage, Pierre-Jean Ducis, shot in 1941). After being an assistant director to Jean de Size (1928 Une Java) and chief editor of a magazine program (Les Lumières de la Ville), he directed his first film in 1930. His brothers, Jacques (1903­1994) and Sacha Tarride (b. 1918), were also actors.

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Homme qui assassina

        ◘ Radio-Folies (short)

        ◘ Seul (short)

        ◘ On opère sans Douleur (short)

        ◘ Prisonnier de mon Cœur

        ◘ Le Chien jaune

        ◘ Etienne

        ◘ Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon Adémaï Aviateur / UK: Skylark

        ◘ Tovaritch (co-director with Jacques Deval, Vic­tor Trivas)

1937 ◘ Records 37 (short)

1944 ◘ Le Mort ne reçoit plus