Charles de Rochefort

Charles de Rochefort (7 July 1887 – 2 February 1952) also known as Charles d'Authier de Rochefort, son of Paul Charles Dominique d'Authier de Rochefort and Camille Caroline Rose Félicité Guelfucci, was a French film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 34 films between 1911 and 1932.

He also directed seven films between 1930 and 1931, including the French-language version of Paramount on Parade (1930), and Magie moderne (1931), a French film about television released as Televisione in Italy, along with five other versions in five different languages. This latter film was produced at the Paramount Pictures studio at Joinville-le-Pont in Paris.

In 1943 he wrote the book Le Film de Mes Souvenirs (Secrets de Vedettes).

He was born in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France and died in Paris.

Selected filmography

• The Mask of Horror (1912)
• Fille du peuple (1920)
• The Spanish Jade (1922)
• The Cheat (1923)
• Hollywood (1923) cameo appearance
• The Marriage Maker (1923)
• The Ten Commandments (1923)
• Shadows of Paris (1924)
• Madame Sans-Gene (1925) with Gloria Swanson
• Paramount en parade (1930) director; French-language version of Paramount on Parade
• Magie moderne (1931) co-director with Dimitri Buchowetzki; other versions released by Paramount: in Dutch (De Sensatie van de Toekomst), Italian (Televisione), Swedish (Tradlost och karleksfullt), Polish (Swiat bez grnic), Czech (Svet bez hranic), and Romanian (Televiziune) versions

External links

• Charles de Rochefort at the Internet Movie Database
• Photographs and literature