Daniel Emilfork
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Daniel Emilfork Berenstein (7 April 1924 – 17 October 2006), known professionally as Daniel Emilfork, was a Chilean stage and film actor who made his career in France.[1]
Early life
Emilfork was born on 7 April 1924 in Providencia[a], Chile to Jewish-Ukrainian parents.[3][1] Emilfork had one brother.[2]
Emilfork's parents were socialists who fled persecution in the Soviet Union.[1][2][4]
Career
Emilfork was a teacher at Internado Nacional Barros Arana.[5] According to his friend Alejandro Jodorowsky, Emilfork didn't feel comfortable being a homosexual man in Chile.[2][5][6] In 1949, aged 25, Emilfork settled in Paris to work as an English teacher.[1] Emilfork first began studying acting under Tania Balachova.[2]
Emilfork's distinctive facial features helped contribute to his career as a character actor for films such as The City of Lost Children (1995). He specialized in roles of villains. Previously he had played in The Devil's Nightmare (1971), Travels with My Aunt (1972) and Fellini's Casanova (1976), in Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986) and in Taxandria (1994). He carried on acting up until his death, his last film appearing in 2007.
Personal life
In 1951, Emilfork married Denise Péron (1925–1996), a French actress.[1][2] Emilfork and Péron had one daughter, the actress and director Stéphanie Loïk (born 1951).[1][2]
From 1980 onwards Emilfork was the partner of the actor Frédéric Leidgens.[2][4]
On 17 October 2006 Emilfork died in Paris, aged 82.[3] Emilfork was cremated at Père Lachaise Cemetery on the 20 October 2006 .[4]
Selected filmography
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- School for Love (1955) - Le professeur de violon
- Frou-Frou (1955) - Le critique en peinture (uncredited)
- Sophie and the Crime (1955) - Le barman du Montana (uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) - Andry le Rouge
- No Sun in Venice (1957)
- Les Espions (1957) - Helmut Petersen
- La Parisienne (1957) - Un huissier d'ambassade (uncredited)
- Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) - Manic (uncredited)
- Le Temps des œufs durs (1958) - L'expert en tableaux
- Goha (1958) - L'aveugle Ibrahim
- Sans famille (1958) - George, le valet de Milligan
- Les Motards (1959) - L'espion aux pompes funèbres
- Les Tripes au soleil (1959)
- Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) - Luigi le Napolitain
- Pantalaskas (1960) - Le baron
- Le Bal des espions (1960) - Un tueur
- Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1960) - Voice dubbing (uncredited)
- The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961) - Ben Routh
- Le Rendez-vous de minuit (1962) - Le joueur de baccara
- La Poupée (1962) - Gant de Crin
- Les Bricoleurs (1963) - Igor, le majordome
- Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (1963) - Yanakos - le grec
- Seul... à corps perdu (1963) - Le valet de chambre
- Ballade pour un voyou (1963) - Molok
- OSS 117 se déchaîne (1963) - Sacha
- Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963) - Gunther
- Commissaire mène l'enquête (1963) - L'aveugle (segment "Fermez votre porte")
- Mission to Venice (1964) - Mr. Coliso
- L'assassin viendra ce soir (1964) - Le chef du gang des pompes funèbres
- What's New Pussycat? (1965) - Gas Station man
- The Duke's Gold (1965) - Le gardien
- The Liquidator (1965) - Gregory
- Dis-moi qui tuer (1965) - Teotihuacan
- Lady L (1965) - Kobeleff
- Trans-Europ-Express (1966) - Phony Policeman
- Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967) - Inspector Gonsart
- The Unknown Man of Shandigor (1967) - Herbert Von Krantz -le savant
- Midi minuit (1970) - Robert Lorrain
- The Devil's Nightmare (1971) - Satan
- Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971) - Mejid
- Travels with My Aunt (1972) - Colonel Hakim
- Fellini's Casanova (1976) - Marquis Du Bois
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) - Saint-Juste
- The Thief of Baghdad (1978) - The Genie
- Subversion (1979) - Cagliostro
- Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (1982) - Tatouius
- Meurtres à domicile (1982) - Julius Zepernick
- La Belle captive (1983) - Inspector Francis
- Pirates (1986) - Hendrik
- The Passage (1986) - La Mort (uncredited)
- The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988) - Le recteur
- Artcore oder Der Neger (1993)
- Taxandria (1994) - First Minister
- The Flying Dutchman (1995) - Ketterjager
- The City of Lost Children (1995) - Krank
- Babel (1999) - Yatscov's Voice
- Les Frères Sœur (2000) - André
- Let's Dance (2007) - Le médecin militaire (final film role)
Notes
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- ^ Also cited as San Felipe.[1][2]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Daniel Emilfork". The Times. London. 26 October 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Solis, René (18 February 1998). "Daniel Emilfork, 74 ans, est une «gueule» du ciné-théâtre. Comment s'arranger d'effrayer? Dernières de son spectacle confession. Le monstre de service". Libération (in français). Paris, France. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."EMILFORK Daniel". matchID (in français). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.La Bardonnie, Mathilde (19 October 2006). "Emilfork s'est réveillé mort". Libération (in français). Paris, France. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jouffe, Andre (17 March 2003). "La generación del 50 y la homosexualidad: Cuando ser gay no era un problema". El Periodista (in français). Archived from the original on 17 July 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-19.
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