Daniel Emilfork | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 April 1924 |
| Died | 17 October 2006 (aged 82) (natural causes) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
Daniel Emilfork (7 April 1924 – 17 October 2006) was a Chilean stage and film actor who made his career in France.
Biography
Emilfork was born in San Felipe, Chile[1] after his Jewish socialist parents from Kiev[2] fled a pogrom in Odessa. At age 25, he left Chile and settled in France, because, according to his friend Alejandro Jodorowsky, he didn't feel comfortable being a homosexual man in Chile.[3][4]
Emilfork's face was out of the norm and had made him a choice character actor for films such as The City of Lost Children (1995). He specialized in roles of villains. Previously he had played in The Devil's Nightmare (1971), Travels with My Aunt (1972) and Fellini's Casanova (1976), in Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986) and in Taxandria (1994). He carried on acting up until his death, his last film appearing in 2007.
Emilfork's voice and accent when speaking French were extremely striking and unique.
He died in Paris, France.
Selected filmography
- School for Love (1955) - Le professeur de violon
- Frou-Frou (1955) - Le critique en peinture (uncredited)
- Sophie et le Crime (1955) - Le barman du Montana (uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) - Andry le Rouge
- No Sun in Venice (1957)
- Les Espions (1957) - Helmut Petersen
- La Parisienne (1957) - Un huissier d'ambassade (uncredited)
- Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) - Manic (uncredited)
- Le Temps des œufs durs (1958) - L'expert en tableaux
- Goha (1958) - L'aveugle Ibrahim
- Sans famille (1958) - George, le valet de Milligan
- Les Motards (1959) - L'espion aux pompes funèbres
- Les Tripes au soleil (1959)
- Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) - Luigi le Napolitain
- Pantalaskas (1960) - Le baron
- Le Bal des espions (1960) - Un tueur
- Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1960) - Voice dubbing (uncredited)
- Le Triomphe de Michel Strogoff (1961) - Ben Routh
- Le Rendez-vous de minuit (1962) - Le joueur de baccara
- La Poupée (1962) - Gant de Crin
- Les Bricoleurs (1963) - Igor, le majordome
- Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (1963) - Yanakos - le grec
- Seul... à corps perdu (1963) - Le valet de chambre
- Ballade pour un voyou (1963) - Molok
- OSS 117 se déchaîne (1963) - Sacha
- Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963) - Gunther
- Commissaire mène l'enquête (1963) - L'aveugle (segment "Fermez votre porte")
- Mission to Venice (1964) - Mr. Coliso
- L'assassin viendra ce soir (1964) - Le chef du gang des pompes funèbres
- What's New Pussycat? (1965) - Gas Station man
- L'Or du duc (1965) - Le gardien
- The Liquidator (1965) - Gregory
- Dis-moi qui tuer (1965) - Teotihuacan
- Lady L (1965) - Kobeleff
- Trans-Europ-Express (1966) - Phony Policeman
- Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967) - Inspector Gonsart
- The Unknown Man of Shandigor (1967) - Herbert Von Krantz -le savant
- Midi minuit (1970) - Robert Lorrain
- The Devil's Nightmare (1971) - Satan
- Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971) - Mejid
- Travels with My Aunt (1972) - Colonel Hakim
- Fellini's Casanova (1976) - Marquis Du Bois
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) - Saint-Juste
- The Thief of Baghdad (1978) - The Genie
- Subversion (1979) - Cagliostro
- Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (1982) - Tatouius
- Meurtres à domicile (1982) - Julius Zepernick
- La Belle captive (1983) - Inspector Francis
- Pirates (1986) - Hendrik
- The Passage (1986) - La Mort (uncredited)
- The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988) - Le recteur
- Artcore oder Der Neger (1993)
- Taxandria (1994) - First Minister
- The Flying Dutchman (1995) - Ketterjager
- The City of Lost Children (1995) - Krank
- Babel (1999) - Yatscov's Voice
- Les Frères Sœur (2000) - André
- Let's Dance (2007) - Le médecin militaire (final film role)
References
- ^ Birth certificate # X.1977.0036..00133.
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article613558.ece
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-19.
- ^ http://www.elperiodista.cl/newtenberg/1351/article-31047.html