Joseph Torin

He was particularly known for his comic roles in plays by Georges Feydeau, Maurice Hennequin, Georges Duval, Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Robert de Flers and other contemporary playwrights.

[1] He first acted in an amateur company in Lyon and as a professional he toured in the provinces and abroad in supporting roles in companies headed by Sarah Bernhardt, Gabrielle Réjane, Jeanne Granier, Anna Judic and Jane Hading.

Among the plays in which he appeared were Gigolette by Pierre Decourcelle (1893), Brignol et sa fille and Les Maris de Léontine by Alfred Capus (1903), La Douloureuse by Maurice Donnay (1897), Jalouse by Alexandre Bisson (1897) Le Coup de fouet by Maurice Hennequin and Georges Duval (1901), Florette et Patapan and Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?

[2][3] A large man – Le Figaro remarked on "la corpulence de Torin" – he died of congestion of the lungs after an unwisely energetic visit to a gym.

[3] In its obituary notice Le Figaro said: The sudden death of Torin so affected the Parisian theatre-going public that the production in which he had been appearing – La Puce à l'oreille – which had seemed set for a long run, closed prematurely.