Pierre Alcover

Pierre Alcover was born on Mar 14, 1893 in France. Pierre Alcover's big-screen debut came with La petite Lise directed by Jean Grémillon in 1930, strarring Victor Berthier (as Alcover). Pierre Alcover is known for Le colonel Chabert directed by René Le Hénaff, Raimu stars as Le colonel Hyacinthe Chabert and Marie Bell as La comtesse Rosine Ferraud. The upcoming new movie Pierre Alcover plays is Le colonel Chabert which will be released on Dec 01, 1943.

It was not obvious from the start that Pierre Alcover, a hefty John Blunt, would become a stage and movie actor. In fact he seems to be one of his kind for they are few those who made the transition from warehouseman at Les Halles (Paris' traditional central market) to winner of a first prize at the Conservatoire de Paris. But Alcover was both able to carry a 200 kilo load on his broad back as to tell the lines of famous playwrights on the boards of l'Odéon, the prestigious theater where he debuted in 1916. On the silver screen, his imposing stature and his gruff tone predisposed him to violent roles, on either side of the law. He was either a bandit (