Hugues de Bagratide

Hugues de Bagratide
Born	Bayazad Haïgazoun Bey Bagratide 27 December 1890 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	19 December 1960 Paris, France
Other names	Bayazad
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1923-1956 (film)

Hugues de Bagratide (27 December 1890 – 19 December 1960) was a stage and film actor.^[1] Born in Constantinople of Armenian descent, he spent his working life in France. Because of his ethnic background he was cast in a variety of non-European roles. He appeared as judges and public officials, of both clearly different ethnicities and non-defined ones as well.

Selected filmography

• Mandrin (1924)
• Princess Masha (1927)
• In Old Stamboul (1928)
• Sidonie Panache (1934)
• The New Men (1936)
• The Phantom Gondola (1936)
• The Lover of Madame Vidal (1936)
• Men of Prey (1937)
• Captain Benoit (1938)
• The Two Schemers (1938)
• The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
• The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)
• Deputy Eusèbe (1939)
• Miquette (1940)
• Death on the Run (1954)

References

1. Klossner p.241

Bibliography

• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

• Hugues de Bagratide at IMDb