Actor
Maurice Schutz
Born 4 August 1866 · Paris, France — died 22 March 1955
Maurice Schutz (1866–1955) was a Paris-born French actor whose screen career stretched from the silent era into the early 1950s. He is best remembered for supporting roles in major films by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Abel Gance and Marcel Carné, bridging silent and sound French cinema.
Key films
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)On Cinespective
Appeared in Dreyer's silent landmark, one of the most celebrated films of the era.
Vampyr (1932)
Featured in Dreyer's atmospheric early sound horror film, now regarded as a classic of the genre.
Napoleon (1927)
Took part in Abel Gance's monumental silent epic, a landmark of cinematic innovation.
Children of Paradise (1945)
Part of the cast of Marcel Carné's acclaimed classic of French poetic cinema.
Les Misérables (1934)
Appeared in Raymond Bernard's well-regarded French adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 85
- 1919Sa gosseActor
- 1921Les Trois masques · as LuigiActor
- 1921Ninety-ThreeActor
- 1921Le méchant hommeActor
- 1923Cyrano de Bergerac · as Le BretActor
- 1923Gossette · as Comte de SavièresActor
- 1923Flanders under Philip II · as Ferdinand Alvarez de Tolède, duc d'AlbeActor
- 1923Tillers of the SoilActor
- 1924La vierge du portailActor
- 1925The Phantom of the Moulin-Rouge · as Victor Vincent, ex ministreActor
- 1925Heart of a VagabondActor
- 1925Before the Battle · as Commandant de CorlaixActor
- 1925A Night of RomanceActor
- 1925La course du flambeauActor
- 1926The Imaginary Voyage · as La sorcièreActor
- 1926Mauprat · as Tristan de Mauprat / Hubert de MaupratActor
- 1926Jean Chouan · as Jean Cottereau / Jean Chouan - un vieux Vendéen royalisteActor
- 1926Le Juif ErrantActor
- 1926Boy · as L’oiseau vertActor
- 1927Napoleon · as Filippo Antonio Pasquale di PaoliActor
- 1927Revelation · as Marc VerdierActor
- 1928The Passion of Joan of Arc · as Nicolas LoyseleurActor
- 1928Verdun: Visions of History · as Marshal of the EmpireActor
- 1929VénusActor
- 1929A Foolish MaidenActor
- 1929L'âme de PierreActor
- 1929La maison des hommes vivantsActor
- 1930L'Arlésienne · as Balthazar, le vieux bergerActor
- 1931Verdun, memories of historyActor
- 1931The Devil's Holiday · as David StoneActor
- 1932Vampyr · as The Lord of the ManorActor
- 1932Fantômas · as L'abbé SicotActor
- 1933The Little KingActor
- 1933The 1002nd NightActor
- 1933GitanesActor
- 1934Les Misérables · as Bit PartActor
- 1935Pasteur · as GrandfatherActor
- 1936The CallActor
- 1936Assault · as Joseph, Mérital's butler (uncredited)Actor
- 1937La Rose effeuillée · as Le pape Léon XIIIActor
- 1938Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées · as Louis XIV ÂgéActor
- 1938Three Waltzes · as Cyprien (uncredited)Actor
- 1938KatiaActor
- 1938GargousseActor
- 1938Legions of Honor · as Grandfather MichelActor
- 1939The End of the Day · as VerneuilActor
- 1939Raphaël le tatoué · as le grand pèreActor
- 1939Métropolitain · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1942Fantastic Night · as Old manActor
- 1942La Symphonie fantastique · as Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)Actor
- 1943It Happened at the Inn · as Goupi-L'EmpereurActor
- 1943Vautrin the ThiefActor
- 1943Secrets of a Ballerina · as The father of the notaryActor
- 1943Adémaï bandit d'honneur · as Angelico BrazziaActor
- 1943Jeannou · as Éloi des FargesActor
- 1943The Roquevillards · as Étienne RoquevillardActor
- 1943La Chèvre d'or · as 'Peu-Parle'Actor
- 1943The White TruckActor
- 1945Children of Paradise · as L'encaisseur agressé par LacenaireActor
- 1945The Great Pack · as Patrice de LambrefautActor
- 1946A Friend Will Come Tonight · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1946The Murderer Is Not Guilty · as CollectorActor
- 1946HomelandActor
- 1946Le Capitan (1ère époque) Flamberge au vent · as Le vieux conseillerActor
- 1947Danger of Death · as Loiseau's stepfatherActor
- 1947The Lost Village · as ChardonActor
- 1947Noah's Ark · as Representative of the board of directors (uncredited)Actor
- 1947Coïncidences · as Old peasantActor
- 1947The Village of Wrath · as AnneActor
- 1948The Devil Who Limped · as VoltaireActor
- 1949Return to Life · as Old man (segment "Le retour de Jean")Actor
- 1949Unusual Tales · as The Old ManActor
- 1949Just Out · as Old masterActor
- 1949Night Round · as Old beggarActor
- 1950Justice Is Done · as Old man who comforts the little girl (uncredited)Actor
- 1950Miquette · as PanouillardActor
- 1950Brasil · as SelfActor
- 1950Adémaï at the border postActor
- 1950Véronique · as The old gentlemanActor
- 1950L’extravagante ThéodoraActor
- 1951The Cape of Hope · as Marquis du TaillisActor
- 1951Good Enough to Eat · as Grandfather LucActor
- 1952Judgement of God · as Le sujet faisant la queue devant la boutique (uncredited)Actor
- 1952La demoiselle et son revenant · as Le doyenActor
- 1953The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird · as Old Beggar (voice)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.