# Jean Mercanton

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{{Short description|French actor (1920–1947)}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Jean Mercanton
| image        =
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| birth_date   = 17 May 1920
| birth_place  = [Marseille](/source/Marseille), [France](/source/France)
| death_date   = {{death date and age|4 November 1947|17 May 1920}}
| death_place  = [Paris](/source/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](/source/film_actor).<ref>Goble p.106</ref> Mercanton began his career as a [child actor](/source/child_actor), making his film debut in the year of his birth.

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Miarka](/source/Miarka_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[The Two Boys](/source/The_Two_Boys_(1924_film))'' (1924)
* ''[Cinders](/source/Cinders_(1926_film))'' (1926)
* ''[The Maid at the Palace](/source/The_Maid_at_the_Palace)'' (1927)
* ''[Croquette](/source/Croquette_(film))'' (1927)
* ''[The Passenger](/source/The_Passenger_(1928_film))'' (1928)
* ''[Venus](/source/Venus_(1929_film))'' (1929)
* ''[The Mystery of the Villa Rose](/source/The_Mystery_of_the_Villa_Rose)'' (1930)
* ''[Princess, At Your Orders!](/source/Princess%2C_At_Your_Orders!)'' (1931)
* ''[Narcotics](/source/Narcotics_(film))'' (1932)
* ''[Monsieur Albert](/source/Monsieur_Albert)'' (1932)
* ''[He Is Charming](/source/He_Is_Charming)'' (1932)
* ''[Captain Benoit](/source/Captain_Benoit)'' (1938)
* ''[The Little Thing](/source/The_Little_Thing_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[Three from St Cyr](/source/Three_from_St_Cyr)'' (1939)
* ''[The Phantom Carriage](/source/The_Phantom_Carriage_(1939_film))'' (1939)
* ''[Lucrèce](/source/Lucr%C3%A8ce_(film))'' (1943)
* ''[The Ménard Collection](/source/The_M%C3%A9nard_Collection)'' (1944)
* ''Destitute Mary'' (1945)
* ''[Distress](/source/Distress_(1946_film))'' (1946)
* ''[Son of France](/source/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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Category:French male film actors
Category:French male silent film actors
Category:20th-century French male actors
Category:Male actors from Marseille

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