Jim Gérald
Jim Gérald ( born July 4, 1889 as Gerald Ernest Cuenot in Paris, France, † July 2, 1958 ) was a French actor.
Life and work
Gérald hitchhiked as a young man around the earth for a while he stayed in the Wild West. Back in Paris, Gérald joined in 1911 for the first time in front of the camera. Before he finally devoted himself to the 1923 film work, he had earned his living as a cowboy, a café singer, riding instructor and clown.
His collaboration with the young director René Clair, who several times answered him leading roles, Jim Gérald made yet known silent film era. In the transitional period from silent to sound film itself held the stocky Paris on in Germany and worked at the beginning of the 30s in a number of French versions of German films. In the French version of Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse he played a starring role, the Commissioner Lohmann.
Since 1933, he joined Moreover, from time to time in English-speaking films, initially in the UK, 1945 in U.S. productions with European locations. Gerald, who was until shortly before his death in front of the camera, most recently had to make do with tiny supporting roles, often barely had more than batch format.