Maurice Chevalier

. [1] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cromwell_richard.shtml)[2] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cromwell_oliver.shtml) [3] (http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon48a.html). Maurice Chevalier's trademark laugh is transcribed as "Onh-onh-onh," according the experts on the topic.
. Maurice Chevalier died on January 1, 1972 and was interred in the Cemetery of Marnes la Coquette, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1651 Vine Street. He retired to obscurity, going into exile on the Continent under the soubriquet of "John Clarke", but returning in 1680 to live out the remainder of his life in Britain.

Chevalier's trademark was a casual straw hat, which he always wore on stage with his tuxedo. Unlike his father, Richard was not held accountable for the death of King Charles I. By the 1950s and 1960s, he rediscovered his popularity with new audiences, appearing in the movie musical, Gigi (1958) with Leslie Caron and several Walt Disney films. This was the beginning of a short period of restoration of the Commonwealth of England but led to a state of anarchy that resulted in the return of the exiled King Charles II of England and the English Restoration. He returned to France in 1935, and spent most of World War II in seclusion, though he made brief appearances, on one occasion as part of a prisoner exchange. After the war it was rumored that he had been a collaborator, though these rumours were later disproved. He gave it up with little hesitation, resigning or "abdicating" after a demand by the Rump Parliament. In 1930, Chevalier was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for two roles: The Love Parade and The Big Pond. Richard was an unlikely successor, coming to prominence only because his two elder brothers both died before their father. Having previously sat in parliament, but only having joined the Council of State a year before his appointment as Protector, he had neither the political experience nor the interest required to maintain his position.

By 1929 he had recovered and moved to Hollywood, where he landed his first American film role in Innocents of Paris. Richard Cromwell's enemies called him Tumbledown Dick. After the war he became popular in Britain, and began a film career. At this time, he also made his first attempt at a career on Broadway, but this came to a grinding halt when he had to give up performing for several months because of a mental breakdown. Richard Cromwell (October 4, 1626- July 12, 1712) was the third son of Oliver Cromwell, and was Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, for little over eight months, from September 3, 1658 until May 25, 1659. During World War I, he entered the armed services, was shot in the back, won the Croix de Guerre and became a prisoner of war. In 1909 he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Mistinguett at the Folies Bergère: they were eventually to become long-time lovers.

He did, got the part, and the rest is history. He was singing at a cafe for free when a well-known member of the theater saw him and suggested that he try out for a local musical. It was in 1901 that he first began in show business. He was born in Paris, France in 1888 and made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age.

Maurice Chevalier (September 12, 1888 - January 1, 1972) was a French actor and popular entertainer.