Michel Duran, pen name of Michel Joseph Durand (22 April 1900, in Lyon – 18 February 1994, in Rambouillet) was a French actor, author, dialoguist and screenwriter. He was the son of Michel Jacques Durand and Marie Exbrayat. ^[1]

On 14 June 1940 he married Marie Thérèse Henriette Théodora Besnard, granddaughter of the painter Albert Besnard but they hd no child.

• 1964: Pierrots des alouettes [ fr], televised musical comedy by Henri Spade (screenwriter)
• 1968: Au théâtre ce soir [ fr] : Boléro, mise-en-scène Alfred Pasquali, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1969: Au théâtre ce soir : La mariée est trop belle by Michel Duran, mise-en-scène Jacques Mauclair, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1972: Au théâtre ce soir : Faites-moi confiance, mise-en-scène Alfred Pasquali] directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1977: Au théâtre ce soir : Bonne Chance Denis, mise-en-scène Claude Nicot, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

• 1922: La Femme de nulle part by Louis Delluc (a young man)
• 1924: La Galerie des monstres by Jaque Catelain (actor)
• 1931: Amours viennoises by Jean Choux and Robert Land
• 1933: Paris-Soleil by Jean Hémard (screenwriter and dialoguist under the pseudonym Michel Mourguet)
• 1934: Mauvaise Graine by Billy Wilder and Alexander Esway (actor : the lieder)
• 1934: Le Bonheur by Marcel L'Herbier (dialoguist)
• 1937: Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur by Max de Vaucorbeil (actor : Dornach)
• 1938: Beautiful Star by Jacques de Baroncelli (screenwriter and dialoguist)
• 1938: S.O.S. Sahara by Jacques de Baroncelli (dialogue and adaptation)
• 1939: Fric-Frac by Claude Autant-Lara and Maurice Lehmann (screenwriter)
• 1939: Le Grand Élan by Christian-Jaque (dialoguist)
• 1940: Beating Heart by Henri Decoin (dialoguist)
• 1941: Sins of Youth by Maurice Tourneur (screenwriter)
• 1941: Premier rendez-vous by Henri Decoin (screenwriter)
• 1942: Prince Charming by Jean Boyer (screenwriter)
• 1942: Twisted Mistress by André Cayatte (actor and dialoguist)
• 1944: Cécile est morte by Maurice Tourneur (dialoguist)
• 1945: False Alarm by Jacques de Baroncelli (screenwriter)
• 1945: The Last Metro by Maurice de Canonge (dialoguist)
• 1946: The Ideal Couple by Bernard Roland and Raymond Rouleau (dialoguist)
• 1946: We Are Not Married by Bernard Roland (screenwriter)
• 1946: Madame et son flirt by Jean de Marguenat (dialoguist)
• 1947: Are You Sure? de Jacques Houssin (dialoguist)
• 1948: Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés by Marcel Aboulker (screenwriter)
• 1952: Allô je t'aime by André Berthomieu (dialoguist)
• 1953: Plume au vent by Louis Cuny (dialoguist)
• 1959: Mon pote le gitan by François Gir (dialoguist)
• 1964: Male Hunt by Édouard Molinaro (screenwriter)

• 1931: Amitié under the name Michel Mourguet, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Théâtre du Marais Bruxelles
• 1932: Amitié under the name Michel Mourguet, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Théâtre des Nouveautés, Théâtre Saint-Georges
• 1934: Liberté provisoire, directed by Jacques Baumer, Théâtre Saint-Georges
• 1936: Trois...Six...Neuf..., directed by Jean Wall, Théâtre Michel
• 1938: Barbara, Théâtre Saint-Georges
• 1939: Nous ne sommes pas mariés, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
• 1940: Nous ne sommes pas mariés, Théâtre Saint-Georges, Théâtre de Paris
• 1941: Boléro, directed by Alfred Pasquali, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
• 1942: Trois...Six...Neuf..., directed by Roland Armontel, Théâtre de Paris
• 1946: Bonne Chance Denis, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
• 1947: Liberté provisoire, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
• 1947: Boléro, Théâtre Édouard VII
• 1948: Premier Rendez-vous operetta written with Henri Decoin, music René Sylviano, premiered in Nancy 22 December 1948, then at Gaîté Lyrique
• 1949: Sincèrement, directed by Alice Cocéa, Théâtre des Capucines
• 1950: La mariée est trop belle,
• 1952: Sincèrement, directed by Alice Cocéa, Théâtre de l’Ambigu
• 1953: Faites-moi confiance, directed by Jean Meyer, Théâtre du Gymnase
• 1954: La Roulotte, Théâtre Michel
• 1955 : José, Théâtre des Nouveautés
• [1957 : Mon cœur balance, directed by Alice Cocéa, Casino municipal de Nice, Théâtre des Arts

• 1924: Chacun sa vérité and Un imbécile by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Charles Dullin, Théâtre de l'Atelier
• 1925: La Femme silencieuse by Ben Jonson, directed by Charles Dullin, Théâtre de l'Atelier
• 1926: La Comédie du bonheur by Nikolai Evreinov, directed by Charles Dullin, Théâtre de l'Atelier
• 1930: Patchouli by Armand Salacrou, directed by Charles Dullin, Théâtre de l'Atelier
• 1934: Liberté provisoire by Michel Duran, directed by Jacques Baumer, Théâtre Saint-Georges
• 1954: La Roulotte by Michel Duran, directed by Alfred Pasquali, Théâtre Michel
• 1955: L’Amour fou ou la première surprise by André Roussin, directed by the author, Théâtre de la Madeleine

• Michel Duran at IMDb