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Abel Tarride
Abel Tarride (1865–1951) was a French actor. He was the father of the actor Jacques Tarride and the director Jean Tarride. He played the role of Jules Maigret in the 1932 film "The Yellow Dog", directed by his son.
Selected filmography.
- "Jocaste" (1925)
- "The Yellow Dog" (1932)
- "Kiss Me" (1932)
- "A Love Story" (1933)
- "Aux portes de Paris" (
brother Jean Renoir; the same year brought "The Yellow Dog" with Abel Tarride, and Harry Baur played him in 1933's "La Tête d'un homme", directed by Julien Duvivier. In 1950, Charles Laughton played the first English-language Maigret in "The Man on the Eiffel Tower", adapted from same source: the 1931 novel "A Battle of Nerves". The film co-starred Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, and Wilfrid Hyde-White. In France, Jean Gabin played the part in