[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Albert Decoeur was a French actor known for his prolific career in silent cinema, particularly in historical dramas, literary adaptations, and serial films during the early 20th century.
Born Albert Thomas Decoeur on May 5, 1879, in Bouligney, Haute-Saône, France, he began his screen career in 1912 with appearances in prestigious early French productions, most notably alongside Sarah Bernhardt in “Les amours de la reine Élisabeth” and “Adrienne Lecouvreur”. He went on to feature in numerous films throughout the 1920s, often in supporting or character roles in multi-episode serials (feuilletons) such as “Les premières armes de Rocambole”, “Les amours de Rocambole”, and “Jean Chouan”, as well as in international co-productions including Alexandre Volkoff's “Casanova” (1927) with Ivan Mosjoukine. His work extended into the sound era with his final credited role in “La châtelaine du Liban” (1934). Decoeur died on March 29, 1942, in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
Albert Thomas Decoeur appeared in one Euro-western, “Le Pouce” in 1911.
DECOEUR, Albert (aka Decoeur)
(Albert Thomas Decoeur) [5/9/1879, Bouligney, Haute-Saône, France –
3/29/1942, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France] – theater, film actor.
Le Pouce – 1911
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