Person
Jacques François
Acting · 1920–2003 · Paris, France
Biography
Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François (16 May 1920 – 25 November 2003), known as Jacques François was a French actor. During a sixty-year career (1942–2002) he appeared in more than 120 films and over 30 stage productions. During World War II, he served as a captain in the French First Army under General de Lattre. In 1948 he went to Hollywood with a view to playing the lead in Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948) but the part went to Louis Jourdan. After appearing alongside Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as the playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) he returned to France. François regularly dubbed Gregory Peck into French. Source: Article "Jacques François" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Sacrée soirée
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self
Stars 90
Self
Palace
Félix, le maître d'hôtel
The Day of the Jackal
Pascal
Pause-café
M. Le proviseur du lycée Jules Verne
Sorcerer
Lefevre
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
General
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Necker
La Brigade des maléfices
L'inspecteur principal
Filmography
- 2013Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du sonSelf (archive footage)
- 2004Eros TherapyM. de la Touche
- 2003Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autresSelf
- 2001Fifi MartingaleAmbassador
- 2000The King Is DancingCambefort
- 2000ActorsJacques François
- 1998The Visitors II: The Corridors of TimeMaurice
- 1996My Man2nd client
- 1996North StarColonel Henry Johnson
- 1995La Veuve de l'architecteJeannot
- 1993George et MargaretMalcolm Smith
- 1992My Wife's GirlfriendsGilbert Thonon
- 1992Les Danseurs du MozambiqueTheodore
- 1992Leopard TiesBergaux Latour
- 1992Les Grands Airs de Tebaldo(Voice)
- 1991Des cadavres à la pelleLe Comte Emile
- 1991Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignoblesLouis
- 1991Robinson and CompanyRobinson (Voice)
- 1991TriplexM. Challes
- 1991L'Opération Corned BeefLe Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale
- 1990Stars 90Self
- 1989My Best PalsM. Thuiliet
- 1988PalaceFélix, le maître d'hôtel
- 1987Sacrée soiréeSelf
- 1986Twist Again in MoscowMarshal Bassounov
- 1986Sauve-toi, LolaCharles Schneider
- 1985Liberté, égalité, choucrouteNecker
- 1984Le Tueur tristeNotaire
- 1984Led by the NoseLe Docteur Gaby Choulet
- 1984Until SeptemberM Mauriac
- 1984The Blood of OthersColonel Catelas
- 1983Gramps Is in the ResistanceJacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant
- 1983The AfricanLe docteur Patterson
- 1982The Gendarme and the GendarmettesLe colonel
- 1982Santa Claus Is a StinkerDocteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier
- 1982Bankers Also Have SoulsJacques Loriol
- 1982Tête à claquesMr. Crispin-Vautier
- 1982A Thousand Billion DollarsFred Great
- 1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
- 1981Shut Up When You Speak!Diafoirus
- 1981San-Antonio ne pense qu'à çaLe vieux
- 1981We're Not Angels... Neither Are TheyJacques Loriol
- 1981The Ones That Got AwayThe stylish traveler
- 1981Pause-caféM. Le proviseur du lycée Jules Verne
- 1981Il est important d'être aiméJack Worthing
- 1980L'Amant complaisantVictor Rhodes
- 1979Cause toujours... tu m'intéressesDaniel Granier, pharmacist, friend of Christine
- 1979I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin HairsAurélien Brucheloir
- 1979Seven Days in JanuaryDon Thomas
- 1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer SpaceLe colonel de gendarmerie
- 1979Heart to HeartM. Delorme
- 1978Too Shy to TryMr. Henri
- 1978One, Two, Two: 122, rue de ProvenceDeputy Bouillaud-Crevel
- 1978The DiscordLe préfet
- 1978Le Greluchon délicatMichel
- 1977SorcererLefevre
- 1976The ToyMr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper
- 1976Chi dice donna, dice donnaCharles
- 1975Cat and MousePolice Prefect
- 1975Special SectionMaurice Gabolde
- 1974Chinese In ParisHervé Sainfous de Montaubert
- 1974Antoine and SebastianCaptain
- 1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi JacobGeneral
- 1973The Day of the JackalPascal
- 1973Moi y'en a vouloir des sousDelfan
- 1973DecemberSerge de la Prévoteraie
- 1972The AssassinationLestienne
- 1972Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is BeautifulPlantier
- 1972ÉglantineEdmond
- 1971La Brigade des maléficesL'inspecteur principal
- 1970Earth LightElstir, l'Éditeur
- 1970Un jeu d'enferBenjamin Constant
- 1967An Adventure of Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes
- 1967La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles BaudelaireUn causeur dans le boudoir
- 1966Un mois à la campagneRakitine
- 1963CaterinaGiorgio
- 1961La Mort de PompéePhotin
- 1955The Grand ManoeuvreRodolphe Chartier
- 1955To Paris with LoveVictor de Colville
- 1954At the Order of the CzarFranz Liszt
- 1953Royal Affairs in VersaillesDuke de Saint-Simon
- 1953The Three MusketeersAramis
- 1953The Father of the GirlMichel Leclair
- 1953My Childish FatherGérard Morrison
- 1953South of AlgiersJacques Farnod
- 1952Three WomenHorace (segment "Mouche")
- 1951Adhémar or the Toy of DestinyLe valet
- 1951EncorePierre, French Steward
- 1951Edward and CarolineAlain Beauchamp
- 1951Skipper Next to GodThe doctor
- 1950Pact with the DevilAndrea Mola
- 1949The Barkleys of BroadwayJacques Barredout
- 1948Just a Big Simple GirlMick
- 1946Queen's NecklaceCount of Artois (uncredited)
- 1943Captain FracasseVidalenc
- 1942Business Is Business
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