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Jacques François
Actor· Paris, France
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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Maurice · 1998
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier · 1982
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
General · 1973
The Day of the Jackal
Pascal · 1973
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Le colonel de gendarmerie · 1979
Sorcerer
Lefevre · 1977
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Le colonel · 1982
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant · 1983
Filmography
49 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Eros Therapy | M. de la Touche | Film |
| 2000 | The King Is Dancing | Cambefort | Film |
| 2000 | Actors | Jacques François | Film |
| 1998 | The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time | Maurice | Film |
| 1996 | North Star | Colonel Henry Johnson | Film |
| 1996 | My Man | 2nd client | Film |
| 1991 | L'Opération Corned Beef | Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale | Film |
| 1991 | Robinson and Company | Robinson (Voice) | Film |
| 1989 | My Best Pals | M. Thuiliet | Film |
| 1986 | Twist Again in Moscow | Marshal Bassounov | Film |
| 1985 | Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Necker | Film |
| 1984 | The Blood of Others | Colonel Catelas | Film |
| 1983 | The African | Le docteur Patterson | Film |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance | Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant | Film |
| 1982 | Bankers Also Have Souls | Jacques Loriol | Film |
| 1982 | The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | Le colonel | Film |
| 1982 | Tête à claques | Mr. Crispin-Vautier | Film |
| 1982 | Santa Claus Is a Stinker | Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier | Film |
| 1982 | A Thousand Billion Dollars | Fred Great | Film |
| 1981 | Shut Up When You Speak! | Diafoirus | Film |
| 1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses | Daniel Granier, pharmacist, friend of Christine | Film |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs | Aurélien Brucheloir | Film |
| 1979 | Seven Days in January | Don Thomas | Film |
| 1979 | The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space | Le colonel de gendarmerie | Film |
| 1978 | Too Shy to Try | Mr. Henri | Film |
| 1978 | The Discord | Le préfet | Film |
| 1977 | Sorcerer | Lefevre | Film |
| 1975 | Cat and Mouse | Police Prefect | Film |
| 1975 | Special Section | Maurice Gabolde | Film |
| 1974 | Chinese In Paris | Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert | Film |
| 1973 | Moi y'en a vouloir des sous | Delfan | Film |
| 1973 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | General | Film |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal | Pascal | Film |
| 1972 | Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful | Plantier | Film |
| 1972 | The Assassination | Lestienne | Film |
| 1971 | La Brigade des maléfices | L'inspecteur principal | TV |
| 1970 | Earth Light | Elstir, l'Éditeur | Film |
| 1966 | Un mois à la campagne | Rakitine | Film |
| 1955 | To Paris with Love | Victor de Colville | Film |
| 1955 | The Grand Manoeuvre | Rodolphe Chartier | Film |
| 1953 | South of Algiers | Jacques Farnod | Film |
| 1953 | The Three Musketeers | Aramis | Film |
| 1952 | Three Women | Horace (segment "Mouche") | Film |
| 1951 | Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny | Le valet | Film |
| 1951 | Encore | Pierre, French Steward | Film |
| 1951 | Edward and Caroline | Alain Beauchamp | Film |
| 1950 | Pact with the Devil | Andrea Mola | Film |
| 1949 | The Barkleys of Broadway | Jacques Barredout | Film |
| 1943 | Captain Fracasse | Vidalenc | Film |
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