Alexandre Dumas
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- July 24, 1802
- Died
- December 5, 1870 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France
Biography
Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His historical adventure novels were initially published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. Since the early 20th century, his novels have been adapted into nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing successfully produced plays. He wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, an African slave. At age 14, his father took Thomas-Alexandre to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career. Alexandre acquired work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, a career that led to his early success. Decades later, after the election of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in 1851, Dumas fell from favour and left France for Belgium, where he stayed for several years. He moved to Russia for a few years and then to Italy. In 1861, he founded and published the newspaper L'Indépendent, which supported Italian unification. He returned to Paris in 1864. English playwright Watts Phillips, who knew Dumas in his later life, described him as "the most generous, large-hearted being in the world. He also was the most delightfully amusing and egotistical creature on the face of the earth. His tongue was like a windmill – once set in motion, you would never know when he would stop, especially if the theme was himself." Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexandre Dumas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
An Amazon
Movie · Short Story
The Countess of Monte Cristo
TV · Novel · 8 eps
All for One
Movie · Original Story
L'Homme Au Masque de Fer
Movie · Original Story
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · Novel · 8 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers: Milady
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Montecristo
TV · Novel · 6 eps
The Fourth Musketeer
Movie · Novel
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
Movie · Novel
Kean
Movie · Theatre Play
The King's Musketeers
Movie · Characters
The Musketeers
TV · Novel · 30 eps
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Three Heroes
Movie · Characters
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini
TV · Characters · 4 eps
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Nesmrteľní
TV · Book · 1 ep
The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini
Movie · Characters
The Three Musketeers
TV · Original Story · 40 eps
La Dame de Monsoreau
TV · Novel · 2 eps
Монтекристо
TV · Characters · 117 eps
The Three Musketeers: Saving the Crown
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Montecristo
TV · Novel · 94 eps
Montecristo
TV · Book · 144 eps
Фаворский
TV · Characters · 10 eps
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
TV · Novel · 2 eps
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Luisa Sanfelice
Movie · Novel
Gankutsuou
TV · Novel · 24 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
Monte Cristo
Movie · Book
The Musketeer
Movie · Novel
Young Blades
Movie · Novel
The King's Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · Novel · 4 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
Queen Margot
TV · Novel · 18 eps
Dogtanian: One for All and All for One
Movie · Novel
Queen Margot
Movie · Novel
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
Movie · Novel
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Movie · Characters
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Musketeers Twenty Years Later
TV · Novel · 4 eps
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Story
The Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Return of Dogtanian
TV · Novel · 26 eps
The Prisoner of If Castle
Movie · Novel
The Return of the Musketeers
Movie · Book
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · Novel
The Amazing Adventures of the Musketeers
Movie · Characters
Kean
Movie · Novel
The Black Tulip
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers: Pilot Episode - The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · Original Concept
The Three Musketeers: Adventure of Aramis
TV · Novel · 52 eps
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers, or Twenty Years Later
Movie · Author
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · Novel
Dogtanian Special
Movie · Novel
La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros
Movie · Novel
Tři mušketýři
TV · Novel · 2 eps
Padayottam
Movie · Original Story
The Dog in Boots
Movie · Characters
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
TV · Novel · 26 eps
The Fifth Musketeer
Movie · Novel
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
TV · Novel · 3 eps
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
TV · Novel · 4 eps
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
The Circle of Revenge
Movie · Novel
I tre moschettieri
TV · Novel · 15 eps
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Movie · Novel
Kean
Movie · Theatre Play
The Four Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Four Charlots Musketeers 2
Movie · Novel
The Four Charlots Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Joseph Balsamo
TV · Novel · 7 eps
Parížski mohykáni
TV · Novel · 6 eps
Twenty Years Later
Movie · Author
La Dame de Monsoreau
TV · Novel · 7 eps
Theatre Macabre
TV · Short Story · 1 ep
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
Movie · Novel
Alta comedia
TV · Novel · 1 ep
D'Artagnan
TV · Novel · 4 eps
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Movie · Novel
Emma Hamilton
Movie · Novel
Tower of Screaming Virgins
Movie · Novel
Kean - Roi de théâtre
Movie · Theatre Play
The Man in the Iron Mask
TV · Novel · 9 eps
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
TV · Novel · 16 eps
A Rainha Louca
TV · Original Story · 215 eps
Üç Korkusuz Arkadaş
Movie · Novel
The Invincible
Movie · Novel
La tour de Nesle
Movie · Theatre Play
The Three Musketeers
TV · Novel · 10 eps
Les Compagnons de Jéhu
TV · Novel · 13 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · Novel · 8 eps
Os Irmãos Corsos
TV · Original Story · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · Theatre Play · 1 ep
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · Novel · 4 eps
The Black Tulip
Movie · Novel
Prince of Cunningness
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · Novel · 12 eps
Zorro and the Three Musketeers
Movie · Characters
The Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
The Triumph of Robin Hood
Movie · Novel
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Fighting Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Very Important Person
Movie · Novel
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · Novel
Prisoner of the Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
El fin de un imperio
Movie · Screenplay
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Movie · Theatre Play
Soul of Steel
Movie · Story
Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Movie · Screenplay
Cuatro contra el imperio
Movie · Screenplay
Island Consultant
Movie · Original Story
The Black Brigand
TV · Story · 8 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Los hermanos corsos
Movie · Novel
Tower of Lust
Movie · Theatre Play
Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
Movie · Theatre Play
The Count of Bragelonne
Movie · Novel
Il prigioniero del re
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
Queen Margot
Movie · Novel
Knights of the Queen
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Screenplay
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Author
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Book
The Lady of the Camelias
Movie · Novel
Charade
Movie · Short Story
Lady in the Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
Milady and the Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Mask of the Avenger
Movie · Novel
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Movie · Story
Todos Por Um
Movie · Novel
Prince of Revenge
Movie · Novel
Blades of the Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Black Magic
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Lady of the Camelias
Movie · Novel
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
Los Tres Mosqueteros
Movie · Author
Queen's Necklace
Movie · Novel
The Fighting Guardsman
Movie · Novel
Camino de Sacramento
Movie · Screenplay
El hombre de la máscara de hierro
Movie · Story
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 2 - The Retaliation
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
Movie · Novel
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
El conde de Montecristo
Movie · Novel
Una perrita para dos
Movie · Original Story
The Son of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Corsican Brothers
Movie · Novel
Le educande di Saint-Cyr
Movie · Theatre Play
The Tower of Nesle
Movie · Novel, Theatre Play
The Black Tulip
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Author
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
Die Königsloge
Movie · Theatre Play
Der Mann, der nicht liebt
Movie · Novel
The Queen's Necklace
Movie · Novel
El conde de Maravillas
Movie · Novel
Henry, King of Navarre
Movie · Novel
Kean
Movie · Theatre Play
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · Novel
The Countess of Monsoreau
Movie · Novel
Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Three Must-Get-Theres
Movie · Novel
Vingt ans après
Movie · Novel
Kean
Movie · Theatre Play
A Stage Romance
Movie · Theatre Play
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Mad Love
Movie · Story
The Black Tulip
Movie · Novel
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · Novel
The Black Tulip Festival
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
Madame du Barry
Movie · Novel
A Modern Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · Story
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Novel
Where Is My Father?
Movie · Story
The King's Daughter
Movie · Novel
Chicot the Jester
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Lady of Monsoreau
Movie · Novel
Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Novel