Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Auguste Chevalier was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including his first American hit "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade (1929), The Big Pond (1930) and Love Me Tonight (1932). His trademark attire was a boater hat, which he always wore on stage with a tuxedo.

Disney Films
Chevalier played the roles of Jacques Paganel in In Search of the Castaways (1962) and Father Sylvain in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967). His final contribution to the film industry before his death in 1972 was singing the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats (1970). He was also caricatured by Joe Grant in the Mickey Mouse short Mickey's Gala Premier (1933).

Death
He died in Paris of kidney failure, on New Year's Day 1972, aged 83, and was interred in the cemetery of Marnes-la-Coquette in Hauts-de-Seine, outside Paris, France.