Jacques François

Jacques François

1920-05-16 – 2003-11-25 (age 83) Paris, France
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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.

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Known For

The Day of the Jackal
Sorcerer
Sorcerer

1977

as Lefevre

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

1979

as Le colonel de gendarmerie

L'Opération Corned Beef
L'Opération Corned Beef

1991

as Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale

The Toy
The Toy

1976

as Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper

Actors
Actors

2000

as Jacques François

Robinson and Company
Robinson and Company

1991

as Robinson (Voice)

The Assassination
The Assassination

1972

as Lestienne

Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Santa Claus Is a Stinker

1982

as Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

1953

as Aramis

Eros Therapy
Eros Therapy

2004

as M. de la Touche

The Discord
The Discord

1978

as Le préfet

A Thousand Billion Dollars
A Thousand Billion Dollars

1982

as Fred Great

The Grand Manoeuvre
The Grand Manoeuvre

1955

as Rodolphe Chartier

Royal Affairs in Versailles
Royal Affairs in Versailles

1953

as Duke de Saint-Simon

The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

as Jacques Barredout

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