French actor. He is remembered for his performances in Marcel Pagnol's Marseilles Trilogy of 1930-1935 (Marius, Fanny, Cesar). The well-fed Charpin was cast as Honore Panisse, the affable middle-aged sailmaker who marries the pregnant Fanny (Orane Demazis) when she's deserted by the irresponsible Marius (Pierre Fresnay). In much the same vein, Charpin went on to appear in Pagnol's The Baker's Wife and The Well-Digger's Daughter. In 1931, Pagnol decided to adapt his Marseilles trilogy in film, Charpin played the role of Panisse for the screen in Marius (Korda, 1931), Fanny (Allegret, 1932) and Cesar (Pagnol, 1936). He also played in Chotard and company, resumed piece by Renoir in 1932, The Heartbeat (Pagnol, 1937), The Beautiful Team (Duvivier, 1936) Pepe le Moko (Duvivier, 1936), The Baker's Wife (Marcel Pagnol, 1938) and The Daughter of the driller (Pagnol, 1940).
French actor. He is remembered for his performances in Marcel Pagnol's Marseilles Trilogy of 1930-1935 (Marius, Fanny, Cesar). The well-fed Charpin was cast as Honore Panisse, the affable middle-aged sailmaker who marries the pregnant Fanny (Orane Demazis) when she's deserted by the irresponsible Marius (Pierre Fresnay). In much the same vein, Charpin went on to appear in Pagnol's The Baker's Wife and The Well-Digger's Daughter. In 1931, Pagnol decided to adapt his Marseilles trilogy in film, Charpin played the role of Panisse for the screen in Marius (Korda, 1931), Fanny (Allegret, 1932) and Cesar (Pagnol, 1936). He also played in Chotard and company, resumed piece by Renoir in 1932, The Heartbeat (Pagnol, 1937), The Beautiful Team (Duvivier, 1936) Pepe le Moko (Duvivier, 1936), The Baker's Wife (Marcel Pagnol, 1938) and The Daughter of the driller (Pagnol, 1940).
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