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Jacques François

Actor

Jacques François

Born May 16, 1920 in Paris, FranceDied November 25, 200387 films

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.

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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.

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Filmography

87 films as actor
  1. 2004Eros TherapyM. de la Touche
  2. 2001Fifi MartingaleAmbassador
  3. 2000The King Is DancingCambefort
  4. 2000ActorsJacques François
  5. 1998The Visitors II: The Corridors of TimeMaurice
  6. 1996My Man2nd client
  7. 1996North StarColonel Henry Johnson
  8. 1995La Veuve de l'architecteJeannot
  9. 1993George et MargaretMalcolm Smith
  10. 1992My Wife's GirlfriendsGilbert Thonon
  11. 1992Les Danseurs du MozambiqueTheodore
  12. 1992Leopard TiesBergaux Latour
  13. 1991Des cadavres à la pelleLe Comte Emile
  14. 1991Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignoblesLouis
  15. 1991Robinson and CompanyRobinson (Voice)
  16. 1991TriplexM. Challes
  17. 1991L'Opération Corned BeefLe Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale
  18. 1989My Best PalsM. Thuiliet
  19. 1986Twist Again in MoscowMarshal Bassounov
  20. 1986Sauve-toi, LolaCharles Schneider
  21. 1985Liberté, égalité, choucrouteNecker
  22. 1984Le Tueur tristeNotaire
  23. 1984Led by the NoseLe Docteur Gaby Choulet
  24. 1984Until SeptemberM Mauriac
  25. 1984The Blood of OthersColonel Catelas
  26. 1983Gramps Is in the ResistanceJacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant
  27. 1983The AfricanLe docteur Patterson
  28. 1983Man, Woman and ChildLouis
  29. 1982The Gendarme and the GendarmettesLe colonel
  30. 1982Santa Claus Is a StinkerDocteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier
  31. 1982Bankers Also Have SoulsJacques Loriol
  32. 1982Tête à claquesMr. Crispin-Vautier
  33. 1982A Thousand Billion DollarsFred Great
  34. 1981Shut Up When You Speak!Diafoirus
  35. 1981San-Antonio ne pense qu'à çaLe vieux
  36. 1981We're Not Angels... Neither Are TheyJacques Loriol
  37. 1981The Ones That Got AwayThe stylish traveler
  38. 1981Il est important d'être aiméJack Worthing
  39. 1980L'Amant complaisantVictor Rhodes
  40. 1979Cause toujours... tu m'intéressesDaniel Granier, pharmacist, friend of Christine
  41. 1979I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin HairsAurélien Brucheloir
  42. 1979Seven Days in JanuaryDon Thomas
  43. 1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer SpaceLe colonel de gendarmerie
  44. 1979Heart to HeartM. Delorme
  45. 1978Too Shy to TryMr. Henri
  46. 1978One, Two, Two: 122, rue de ProvenceDeputy Bouillaud-Crevel
  47. 1978The DiscordLe préfet
  48. 1978Le Greluchon délicatMichel
  49. 1977SorcererLefevre
  50. 1976The ToyMr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper
  51. 1976Chi dice donna, dice donnaCharles
  52. 1975Cat and MousePolice Prefect
  53. 1975Special SectionMaurice Gabolde
  54. 1974Chinese In ParisHervé Sainfous de Montaubert
  55. 1974Antoine and SebastianCaptain
  56. 1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi JacobGeneral
  57. 1973The Day of the JackalPascal
  58. 1973Moi y'en a vouloir des sousDelfan
  59. 1973DecemberSerge de la Prévoteraie
  60. 1972The AssassinationLestienne
  61. 1972Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is BeautifulPlantier
  62. 1972ÉglantineEdmond
  63. 1970Earth LightElstir, l'Éditeur
  64. 1970Un jeu d'enferBenjamin Constant
  65. 1967An Adventure of Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes
  66. 1966Un mois à la campagneRakitine
  67. 1963CaterinaGiorgio
  68. 1961La Mort de PompéePhotin
  69. 1955The Grand ManoeuvreRodolphe Chartier
  70. 1955To Paris with LoveVictor de Colville
  71. 1954At the Order of the CzarFranz Liszt
  72. 1953Royal Affairs in VersaillesDuke de Saint-Simon
  73. 1953The Three MusketeersAramis
  74. 1953The Father of the GirlMichel Leclair
  75. 1953My Childish FatherGérard Morrison
  76. 1953South of AlgiersJacques Farnod
  77. 1952Three WomenHorace (segment "Mouche")
  78. 1951Adhémar or the Toy of DestinyLe valet
  79. 1951EncorePierre, French Steward
  80. 1951Edward and CarolineAlain Beauchamp
  81. 1951Skipper Next to GodThe doctor
  82. 1950Pact with the DevilAndrea Mola
  83. 1949The Barkleys of BroadwayJacques Barredout
  84. 1948Just a Big Simple GirlMick
  85. 1946Queen's NecklaceCount of Artois (uncredited)
  86. 1943Captain FracasseVidalenc
  87. 1942Business Is Business