Chauvelin — The Scarlet Pimpernel Character Profile

About Chauvelin

The ambitious French ambassador to England who pursues the Scarlet Pimpernel. Arrests Armand to blackmail Marguerite, tracks the rescue leader to a tavern, and stages a fake execution to capture him. Ultimately outsmarted by Percy's clever deception and escapes unharmed.

Character Facts

Played by

Raymond Massey

Appears in

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Chauvelin — Conflict Arch Enemy — Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel (Leslie Howard)

  Primary antagonists engaged in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game.

• Chauvelin — Conflict Hostage & Leverage — Armand St. Just (Walter Rilla)

  Antagonist uses the agent as a political pawn.

• Chauvelin — Conflict Captor & Prisoner — Count de Tournay (O.B. Clarence)

  Revolutionary official holding a targeted aristocrat.

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More characters from The Scarlet Pimpernel

• Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel (Leslie Howard)
• Lady Marguerite Blakeney (Merle Oberon)
• The Priest (Bramwell Fletcher)
• Sir Andrew Ffoulkes (Anthony Bushell)
• The Prince of Wales (Nigel Bruce)
• Armand St. Just (Walter Rilla)
• Robespierre (Ernest Milton)
• Count de Tournay (O.B. Clarence)
• Suzanne de Tournay (Joan Gardner)
• Countess de Tournay (Mabel Terry-Lewis)
• The Barber (Gibb McLaughlin)
• Lord Wilmot (Hindle Edgar)