Jean Mercanton

{{Short description|French actor (1920–1947)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean Mercanton | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 17 May 1920 | birth_place = Marseille, France | death_date = {{death date and age|4 November 1947|17 May 1920}} | death_place = Paris, France | other_names = Jean Louis Georges Mercanton | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1920 - 1946 (film) }} '''Jean Mercanton''' (20 May 1920 – 4 November 1947) was a French film actor.<ref>Goble p.106</ref> Mercanton began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in the year of his birth.

==Selected filmography== * ''Miarka'' (1920) * ''The Two Boys'' (1924) * ''Cinders'' (1926) * ''The Maid at the Palace'' (1927) * ''Croquette'' (1927) * ''The Passenger'' (1928) * ''Venus'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''Princess, At Your Orders!'' (1931) * ''Narcotics'' (1932) * ''Monsieur Albert'' (1932) * ''He Is Charming'' (1932) * ''Captain Benoit'' (1938) * ''The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''Three from St Cyr'' (1939) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * ''Lucrèce'' (1943) * ''The Ménard Collection'' (1944) * ''Destitute Mary'' (1945) * ''Distress'' (1946) * ''Son of France'' (1946)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0580196}}

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