Pierre Magnier

Pierre Magnier (February 22, 1869 - October 15, 1959) was a French actor who began on the stage in the 1890s and became a prominent silent film actor in France. He was the second actor to portray Cyrano de Bergerac in any film in 1925. He continued acting until the 1950s. He is most remembered for the role of the General in Jean Renoir's La règle du jeu, where he has one of the films more poignant quotes (and the film's final line) when he praises Marcel Dalio's character as one of "a vanishing breed."

Pierre Magnier (far right) with Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir and Pierre Nay in a scene from The Rules of the Game.

Selected filmography

• André Cornélis (1918)
• La Roue (1923)
• Tossing Ship (1932)
• All for Love (1933)
• The Two Orphans (1933)
• Second Bureau (1935)
• Lady Killer (1937)
• The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
• The Ladies in the Green Hats (1937)
• Golden Venus (1938)
• Personal Column (1939)
• Coral Reefs (1939)
• Serenade (1940)
• Mahlia the Mestiza (1943)
• Lessons in Conduct (1946)
• The Misfortunes of Sophie (1946)
• The Captain (1946)
• Paris Still Sings (1951)
• Monsieur Leguignon Lampiste (1952)

External links

• Pierre Magnier at the Internet Movie Database