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Georges Renavent

Georges Renavent

Actor · Died January 2, 1969, aged 76 · Paris, France

From Wikipedia Georges Renavent (April 23, 1894 – January 2, 1969) was an American actor in film, Broadway plays and operator of American Grand Guignol. He was born in Paris, France. His first American film appearance was in The Seven Sisters (1915). Fourteen years later he played an impressive starring role as the Kinkajou in the musical spectacular Rio Rita (1929). Renavent also starred in East of Borneo (1931), a film that went on to achieve latter-day fame when avant-garde filmmaker Joseph Cornell spliced together all of the leading lady's close-ups and came up with a surrealistic exercise titled Rose Hobart (1936). Renavent's final film, Mara Maru, was made in 1952.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 23, 1892
Died
January 2, 1969 (aged 76)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 98 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 32% in 30 days

What are Georges Renavent's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
39%
Morality
34%
Power
19%
Self
7%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
4
Romantic
4
Tense
4
Thrilling
2
Warm
3
Other
3

How their films linger

Fun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Georges Renavent's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Georges Renavent's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

98 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page.

  • Spy Smasher Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Gov. LeConte

  • Son of Ali Baba(1952)

    as Shah of Persia (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Mara Maru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Ortega

  • Strangers on a Train(1951)

    as Monsieur Darville (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Secrets of Monte Carlo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Inspector Marcel Remy

  • It's a Great Feeling(1949)

    as Andre Bernet (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Rope of Sand(1949)

    as Jacques -- Headwaiter (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Philco Television Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Trespasser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Waiter

  • Tarzan and the Huntress(1947)

    as Man Weighing King (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Ladies' Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Mr. Jones, Hotel Manager

  • The Searching Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Ambassador de Frontigny

  • The Catman of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Guillard

  • The Hoodlum Saint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Jeweler (uncredited)

  • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman(1946)

    as Ivory Merchant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Cornered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Actor

  • Saratoga Trunk(1945)

    as Ship Captain (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • You Came Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Headwater (uncredited)

  • Experiment Perilous(1944)

    as Voice Instructor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Our Hearts Were Young and Gay(1944)

    as Monsieur Darnet (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Till We Meet Again(1944)

    as Gabriel

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Desert Hawk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Emil of Telif

  • The Mask of Dimitrios(1944)

    as Fisherman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Passage to Marseille(1944)

    as Guard (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Around the World(1943)

    as French Captain

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Secret Service In Darkest Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Armand

  • Background to Danger(1943)

    as Customs Official with Ana (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Mission to Moscow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as President Paul van Zeeland (uncredited)

  • Casablanca(1942)

    as Conspirator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Hard Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Embassy Club Headwaiter (Uncredited)

  • Silver Queen(1942)

    as Andres

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Perils of Nyoka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Maghreb - Vultura's High Priest

  • Spy Smasher(1942)

    as Governor LeComte

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Paris Calling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Butler

  • Sullivan's Travels(1941)

    as Old Tramp

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Night of January 16th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Anton Haraba - Man With Briefcase (uncredited)

  • They Dare Not Love(1941)

    as Belgian Captain

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • That Night in Rio(1941)

    as Ambassador

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • That Hamilton Woman(1941)

    as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Comrade X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Laszlo

  • The Son of Monte Cristo(1940)

    as Marquis de Chatante

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Christmas in July(1940)

    as Office Door Sign-Painter (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • A Dispatch from Reuters(1940)

    as French Official (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Brother Orchid(1940)

    as Cable Office Clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Turnabout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mr. Ram (as George Renavent)

  • The House Across the Bay(1940)

    as French Official

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Old Hickory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Jean Lafitte

  • Everything Happens at Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Gendarme on Dock

  • Pack Up Your Troubles(1939)

    as Col. Giraud

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Lady of the Tropics(1939)

    as Hotel Manager

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Indianapolis Speedway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Headwaiter

  • The Three Musketeers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Captain Fageon

  • Mr. Moto's Last Warning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Adm. Jacques Delacour (uncredited)

  • Topper Takes a Trip(1938)

    as Magistrate

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Artists and Models Abroad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Prefect of Police

  • Suez(1938)

    as Bank President

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • I'll Give a Million(1938)

    as Gendarme

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Gold Diggers in Paris(1938)

    as Gendarme

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Blind Alibi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Art Dealer

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood(1938)

    as Saxon peasant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Jezebel(1938)

    as De Lautruc

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Judge Hardy's Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Mr. Cortot (uncredited)

  • Love and Hisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Count Guerin

  • Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo(1937)

    as Renault

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Fight for Your Lady(1937)

    as Joris

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Wife, Doctor and Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Nick

  • The Sheik Steps Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Count Mario

  • Café Metropole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Captain

  • Seventh Heaven(1937)

    as Sergeant Gendarme

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • History Is Made at Night(1937)

    as Insp. Millard (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Rose Hobart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Lloyd's of London(1936)

    as French Lieutenant

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Charge of the Light Brigade(1936)

    as Gen. Canrobert (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Sky Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Baron Ankrovith (uncredited)

  • China Clipper(1936)

    as Pan American Union Speaker (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Invisible Ray(1936)

    as Chief of the Surete

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Captain Blood(1935)

    as French Captain (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Whipsaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Monetta

  • Folies Bergère (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Premier of France

  • Folies Bergère de Paris(1935)

    as Premier of France

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The White Cockatoo(1935)

    as Pierre

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Stingaree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Coutouriere (uncredited)

  • Fashions of 1934(1934)

    as Paris Couturier (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Queen Christina(1933)

    as French Ambassador

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Moulin Rouge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Frenchman

  • Bombay Mail(1934)

    as Dr. Maurice Lenoir

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Private Detective 62(1933)

    as Ship's Captain Henri LaFarge (Uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Whistlin' Dan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Captain Serge Karloff

  • Arsène Lupin(1932)

    as Duval (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • East of Borneo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Prinz Hashin

  • Scotland Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Dr. Dean

  • The Green Specter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Dr. Ballon

  • Slightly Scarlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Inspector

  • Rio Rita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Gen. Ravinoff

  • Erstwhile Susan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Emanual Dreary

  • The Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Auchat

  • American - That's All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Lounge Lizard

  • The Seven Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Toni

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 98 titles from 1915 to 1966.

Highest rated

Queen Christina (1933)

Midcredits 92nd

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting98 of 98: 98 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

By decade

1910s4 · acting1920s1 · acting1930s47 · acting1940s41 · acting1950s4 · acting1960s1 · acting

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
3338

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Georges Renavent's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 50; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 50 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th21
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 50 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Crowd Pleaser30
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

Spy Smasher (1942)

70th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Casablanca (1942)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Georges Renavent work with?

People who share at least 2 of Georges Renavent's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bess Meredyth shares the most, 2.

Writers

Composers and cinematographers

Producers