Pierre Palau
1883-1966 French actor
Pierre Palau (13 August 1883 – 3 December 1966), often known simply as Palau, was a French actor.
Palau was born Pierre Palau del Vitri in Paris and died at age 83 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Partial filmography
When Do You Commit Suicide? (1931)
Luck (1931)
Côte d'Azur (1932)
Monsieur Albert (1932)
Knock (1933)
La dame de chez Maxim's (1933)
Zouzou (1934)
The Typist Gets Married (1934)
The Midnight Prince (1934)
Hotel Free Exchange (1934)
If I Were Boss (1934)
Fanfare of Love (1935)
Tovaritch (1935)
Girls of Paris (1936)
The Heart Disposes (1936)
The Green Jacket (1937)
The Beauty of Montparnasse (1937)
The Man from Nowhere (1937)
Rasputin (1938)
Crossroads (1938)
The Lafarge Case (1938)
Paid Holidays (1938)
The Duraton Family (1939)
The Phantom Carriage (1939)
Annette and the Blonde Woman (1942)
Eight Men in a Castle (1942)
I Am with You (1943)
La Main du diable (1943)
Picpus (1943)
Florence Is Crazy (1944)
Box of Dreams (1945)
Mademoiselle X (1945)
Boule de suif (1945)
Messieurs Ludovic (1946)
The Queen's Necklace (1946)
Jericho (1946)
The Uncatchable Mr.
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