Samson Fainsilber

Romanian-born French film actor

Samson Fainsilber
Born	18 June 1904 Iași, Romania
Died	19 December 1983(1983-12-19) (aged 79) Paris, France
Other names	Louis André
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930 - 1983 (film)

Samson Fainsilber^{[needs IPA]} (18 June 1904, Iași – 19 December 1983, Paris) was a Romanian-born French film actor. During his career he appeared in around sixty films and television series. He featured in the 1933 historical drama Roger la Honte.^[1]

Partial filmography

The Shark (1930, directed by Henri Chomette) - L'avocat
La Fin du monde (1931, directed by Abel Gance) - Schomburg
Les Trois Mousquetaires (1932, directed by Henri Diamant-Berger) - Cardinal Richelieu
Mater dolorosa (1933)
Roger la Honte (1933, directed by Gaston Roudès) - Lucien de Noirville
Jocelyn (1933) - Jocelyn
The Bread Peddler (1934) - Castel
Le bossu (1934) - Monsieur de Peyrolles
Gangster malgré lui (1935) - Marc
Napoléon Bonaparte (1935) - Danton (voice)
Thirteen Days of Love (1935) - Dario
Odette (1935) - Dario d'Alhucemas
Jérôme Perreau, héros des barricades (1935, directed by Abel Gance) - Conti
Marie des angoisses (1935) - Paco
Retour à l'aube (1938, directed by Henri Decoin) - L'inspecteur Veber
Tourbillon de Paris (1939, directed by Henri Diamant-Berger)
Dorothy Looks for Love (1945, directed by Edmond T. Gréville) - Sylvain
Clandestine (1946) - Dr. Netter
Le village de la colère (1947)
Si Versailles m'était conté (1954, directed by Sacha Guitry) - Le cardinal de Mazarin (uncredited)
Si Paris nous était conté (1956, directed by Sacha Guitry) - Mazarin (uncredited)
Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973)
Stavisky (1974) - L'employé au fichier
Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974) - Gonzague
Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975) - L'homme aux oiseaux
Providence (1977, directed by Alain Resnais) - The Old Man
Animal (1977) - Le vieux maquilleur russe
Charles and Lucie (1979) - Le gobeur d'oeufs
Subversion (1979)
La vie est un roman (1983, directed by Alain Resnais) - Zoltán Forbek