Georges Renavent Movies
French stage actor
Georges Renavent made his first American film appearance in 1915's
Seven Sisters. Fourteen years later,
Renavent made an impressive talking-picture bow as the villainous Kinkajou in RKO's musical spectacular
Rio Rita. He spent the rest of his Hollywood career playing roles of varying sizes, usually foreign ambassadors and international gigolos. An apparent favorite of producer
Hal Roach,
Renavent enjoyed a lengthy role in
Roach's
Turnabout (1940) as Mr. Ram, the ancient Indian god who performs a gender-switch on stars
John Hubbard and
Carole Landis. Sporadically during the 1930s and 1940s,
Renavent managed his own touring Grand Guignol theatrical troupe.
Georges Renavent was married to actress
Selena Royle. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
