Duhour, Clément

(December II, 191I, Anglet, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France - January 3, 1983, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France)

   The son of wealthy merchants, he was a first-rate sportsman and took part in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games. He started an artistic career under the pseudonym of Guy Lormont as a music hall and cabaret singer. A film actor (and often producer) (1942 L'Âge d'Or, Jean de Limur; Dernier Atout, Jacques Becker; 1945 La Route du Bagne, Léon Mathot; 1947 La Colère des Dieux, Carl Lamac; 1948 Gli uomini sono nemici / Le Carrefour des Passions / USA: Crossroads of Passion, Ettore Giannini, Italy / France; 1951 Passion, Georges Lampin; 1952 Paris chante toujours!, also producer, Pierre Montazel; Promenades à Paris, thir-teen-short series, Stany Cordier; 1953 La Route du Bonheur / Saluti e baci, also producer, Maurice Labro, Giorgio C. Simonelli, France / Italy; Monsieur et Mad­ame Curie, short, Georges Franju; Embarquement pour le Ciel, short, Jean Aurel; Le Chemin de l'Etoile, short, Jean Mousselle; La Montagne au Bout du Monde, short, Lionel Terray; Histoires de Bicyclettes, short, Emile Roussel; 1954 Si Versailles m'était conté / UK: Fabulous Versailles / USA: Royal Affairs in Versailles / Affairs in Versailles, also producer; Sacha Guitry; 1956 Napoléon / Napoleone / Napoleone Bonaparte, also producer, Sacha Guitry, France / Italy; Si Paris nous était conté, also producer, Sacha Guitry; 1957 Assassins et Voleurs / USA: Lovers and Thieves, also producer, Sacha Guitry; Le Naïf aux Quarante Enfants, also producer, Philippe Agostini; 1960 Candide ou L'Optimisme au XXème Siè­cle / USA: Candide, Norbert Carbonnaux), in 1943 he had married actress Viviane Romance (1912-1991), with whom he created a production company, Izarra, in 1949. After their divorce, he founded a new society, La C.L.M. (Courts et Longs Métrages). He financed several of Sacha Guitry's films. In the early 1960s, he gave up cinema to dedicate himself to catering. Other credit (as producer): 1956 Le Pays d'où je viens (Marcel Carné).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Trois font la Paire (co-director with Sacha Guitry; also producer, actor)

        ◘ La Vie à Deux / UK: Life Together / USA: Life as a couple (also producer)

        ◘ Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? (also producer, actor)