Paul Amiot
Birthday: 1886-03-29
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Biography: Paul Amiot (29 March 1886 – 26 January 1979) was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973. In 1920 he appeared in Robert Péguy's Être aimé pour soi-même. He was noted for his consistent roles as a figures of authority. He regularly played police inspectors or detectives, lawyers and physicians. He starred in some 100 films between 1908 and 1930. On his death in 1979 he donated his body to scientific research. Source: Article "Paul Amiot" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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The Last Train
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Le Cercle Rouge
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Taras Bulba
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Savage Brigade
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Lilac
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Verdun, memories of history
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Mannequins
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Ces messieurs de la Santé
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Fedora
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La cinquième empreinte
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3 of the navy
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Moscow Nights
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Gangster malgré lui
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Dawn Over France
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Sous la Terreur
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One of the Legion
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Mr. Nobody
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À nous deux, madame la vie
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The Citadel of Silence
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Bouquets from Nicholas
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Marked Girls
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Cordial Agreement
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The Royalists
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L'ange qu'on m'a donné
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La Route du bagne
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The Inheritor
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Martin Roumagnac
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Le Mystérieux Monsieur Sylvain
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Mirror
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Orpheus
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Fantômas
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La Grande Maguet
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Third at Heart
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Secret Cargo
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Du Guesclin
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Run Away Mr. Perle
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Germinal
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Happy Hearts
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I Accuse
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The Son
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Flesh and the Woman
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Three from St. Cyr
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Crossroads
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Toboggan
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Will
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Flight Into Darkness
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Midnight in Paris
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Mr. Nobody
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L'aventure est au coin de la rue
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Nest of Spies
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Justin de Marseille
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The Sword and the Balance
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Madame Sans-Gêne
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The New Men
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Queen's Necklace
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The Dream
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Impasse of Two Angels
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The Postmaster's Daughter
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The Postmaster's Daughter
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The Lafarge Case
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Jean Chouan
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Rapax
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Dakota 308
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La Peau d’un homme
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The Queen's Lover
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Where There's Smoke
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Verdun: Visions of History
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Le Voleur
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