theloudestvoice:

Happy Birthday René Navarre (July 8, 1877-February 8, 1968)

It is also THIS DUDE’S birthday. LOOK AT HIM. I mean, holy cats he is something else.

Anyway, René Navarre was a French actor most famous today for his role as Fantômas the master thief in Louis Feuillade’s Fantômas series of the 1910s. There were five of these serials in all – each still exists and can be viewed on Fandor.

1. Fantômas (1913)
2. Juve Contre Fantômas (1913)
3. Le Mort Qui Tue (1913)
4. Fantômas contre Fantômas (1914)
5. Le Faux Magistrat (1914)