Bressol, Pierre

(Pierre Dubois / January 12, 1874, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - April 9, 1925, Paris, France)

   He made his film debut as an actor portraying de­tective Nick Carter in several shorts directed by Victorin Jasset (1908 Nick Carter, le Roi des Détectives, episodes "Le Guet-apens", "L'affaire des Bijoux", "Les Faux-Monnayeurs" / USA: The Coiners, or Catching the Counterfeiters; Les Dévaliseurs de Banque / USA: The Banker; Les Empreintes; Les Bandits en Habits noirs; 1909 Les Nouveaux Exploits de Nick Carter, episodes "En Danger", "Le Sosie" / USA: The Double; Nick Carter—Le Club des Suicidés / USA: The Suicide Club; Nick Carter—Les Dragées soporifiques / USA: The Sleeping Pills; 1910 Nick Carter acrobate / USA: Nick Carter as an Acrobat; 191I Le Mystère du Lit blanc). He played in most of the films he directed and notably performed the character of Nat Pinkerton.

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Rats d'Hôtel (short; also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ L'Affaire d'Excelsior Park (short; also actor)

        ◘ L'Auberge sanglante (short; also actor)

        ◘ La Bande des Habits noirs (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Buvard révélateur (short; also actor)

        ◘ Les Cavaliers noirs (short; also actor)

        ◘ L'Emmuré (short; also actor)

        ◘ L'Enigme de la Villa des Saules / L'Enigme de la

        ◘ Maison des Saules (short; also actor)

        ◘ Limmy le Chauffeur (short; also actor)

        ◘ La Maison de l'Effroi (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Masque de Cire (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Mystère du Lit blanc (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Mystère du Val maudit (short; also actor)

        ◘ Les Perceurs de Murailles (short; also actor)

        ◘ Qui a tué le Prêteur sur Gages, (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Secret du Coffre (short; also actor)

1912

        ◘ Les Cent Mille Dollars de la Banque Norton (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Cheveu d'Or (short; also actor)

        ◘ L'Homme au Trois Doigts (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Mystère du Coffre-Fort (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Mystère du Train de Sept Heures (short; also actor)

        ◘ Nick Pinkerton contre tous (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Phare tragique (short; also actor)

        ◘ Une Réhabilitation (short; also actor)

        ◘ Le Valet de Coeur (also actor)

        ◘ Le Vol de la Malle des Indes (short; also actor)

1913

        ◘ L'Armoire secrète (short; also actor)

        ◘ La Course au Rubis (also actor)

        ◘ Les Diamants du Hollandais (also actor)

        ◘ Le Nocturne (short; also actor)

        ◘ Les Pilleurs de Musée (also actor)

1914 ◘ L'Affaire des Cinq (short; also actor)

        ◘ Nat Pinkerton contre Nat Pinkerton (also actor)

        ◘ Nat Pinkerton contre Pegomas (short; also actor)

        ◘ Les Pilleurs de Chalands (also actor)

        ◘ Le Trésor de Guatemaya (also actor)

        ◘ Un Chouan (short)

1916

        ◘ Dans le Gouffre (also screenwriter, adapter, actor)

        ◘ Le Grand Crime (short; also actor)

        ◘ Les Petits Soldats de Plomb (short; also actor)

1917

        ◘ Ainsi va la Vie (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Loin du Foyer (also screenwriter, adapter)

1919

        ◘ Histoire d'un Oncle, d'une Nièce et d'un Sabot (also actor)

        ◘ La Rétive

        ◘ Le Mystère de la Villa Mortain (four parts; also actor)

        ◘ La Mission du Docteur Klivers (also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ Les Figures de Cire

1920 ◘ Une Goutte de Sang (co-director with Etienne Michel; also co-screenwriter, producer, actor)

1924 ◘ Le Loup-Garou (five episodes; co-director with Jacques Roullet; also actor)