disappearance – This has played hundreds of roles in cinema as in theater and writing more songs yet. He died Saturday in a Paris hospital. He had just turned 84.
We will not see his mischievous eyes and tender to wrinkle into big smiles. We no longer hear his loud voice, sounding a lively flow. His childhood laughter. His indignation. He did not go in the morning, read the newspaper at the corner bistro, not far from the subway Antwerp. Roger Dumas died Saturday, July 2. He had been hospitalized a few days ago. The heart of him who was the wonderful Mr. Henry, the theater, there are some seasons, the one who made the success of this piece of Ivan Calbérac, The student and Mr. Henri , who s ‘was made beautiful with her boyfriend Trintignant Less than two , Samuel Benchetrit, died quietly. On May 9, he had 84 years. He kept reading, discover, share. He projects. He had written a text using scènele old Firs, the servant that we forget in the house at the end of The Cherry Orchard . He also dreamed to take About Martin , this wonderful story in which he evoked in part his childhood and youth.
Everyone, theater lovers, film, good television knew this man able to interpret very different characters. The public associated it less to his happy songs lyricist activity. And yet! What work! What diversity of inspiration! He loved to tell the sometimes unexpected circumstances that led to the birth of some of its “tubes”. So was he the author of the theme song of the cartoon Jurassic Park that more than forty years may not be familiar, but all children of the world have heard! He had completely forgotten to respond to this command. He went on holiday with his family. He was already in the car, ready to start … and in minutes, he composed this song! To As a boy which he also wrote, he saw in the street a little androgynous character … And it was this little paradoxical miracle!
His great friend, in the song, was Jean-Jacques Debout and together they lived many adventures camaraderie, beyond the beautiful melodies and sensitive lyrics. And Roger Dumas has written with him for shows Chantal Goya.
Never big star, but a great career
But its founder passion was acting, comedy . He was born in Annonay, in 1932, in a loving family that war would change as much then. But Roger Dumas in the books of major world and dreams of becoming an actor. His parents have a bakery in Neuilly. During the war, children in the province are sent. Roger Dumas will end in Auvergne. Later, he will buy the school in which he was little boy and he spent his holidays. He finds Paris in 1945.
This man thin and frail -this was expanded with the time- appears in many films of the 50s: in 1953 he toured with Hervé Bromberger (The Fruits wild ), André Cayatte ( Before the flood ), Robert Hossein ( Forgive our trespasses in 1956), Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Yves Robert.
in 1959 the wonderful Rue des prairies Dionysius of Patellière with dialogues of Michel Audiard, it is an adopted boy. He met Jean Gabin, Claude Brasseur and the lovely Marie-Jose Nat whom he married at the edge of the 60 A very important movie in his life, really, since for his interpretation Roger Dumas received the prize Suzanne Bianchetti, normally reserved girls. It was the only exception! Later, in 2006, it would receive a “Molière” for Less than two .
Meanwhile he had joined the troupe of Michel de Ré with whom he began a deep run at the theater . He also played with Robert Hossein in Limited Liability .
We can say that Roger Dumas never stopped. Never a big star, but a great career in Chabrol to Assayas, Philippe de Broca in Claude Zidi, Enki Bilal, Alain Corneau or Yamina Benguigui to Jean-Marie Poiré or Claude Berri.
Another his great friends, Claude Berri. Ah! Roger Dumas as well recounted their years of youth and how Claude Berri’s parents greet their son’s friends, including Jean-Louis Trintignant and Roger Dumas. These two accomplices forever, would end up years later in Less than two Samuel Benchetrit.
An intelligence, a deep culture
In Dumas, in Neuilly apartment was the same thing: we welcomed friends. Some worked at Les Halles -even Trintignant! We came to eat, pour out his heart, sleep.
We worked a lot in those years and the movie theater or the one passed to the studios of the Ecole des Buttes Chaumont with ease.
on television, Roger Dumas -in addition to his important work for Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier, the varieties masters, durant- years participates in the series. the last five minutes and later Julie Lescaut and Navarro. He had great esteem and friendship for Roger Hanin and never let himself impress by the masks are beings, or postures.
We can not here mention all his films, all pieces he marked his strong personality, generous, his interpreter subtlety. It was eclectic and everybody loved him. It could be big mouth, because he did not like fools, but it was tender. There was a lot of dignity. Intelligence, profound culture. He remained playful and they laughed a lot with him.
In 2015, he toured with Jérôme Le Maire First thought .
We dreamed to see him play “his” old Firs. Life has decided otherwise. One thinks of his friends, his family, his two grown children, Sylvain and Julia, a second marriage, long ago. And then we think his wife for years, painter, wonderful visual artist whose work appears in the famous collections, a great character, Hélène Delprat.
Roger Dumas’s funeral will be held at the Saint-Roch church. The actor will be buried at Pere Lachaise.
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