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Jacques François

Actor, Additional Credits
Died November 25, 2003 (83 years)
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. 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 (Charles Walters, 1949) he returned to France. François regularly dubbed Gregory Peck into French.

During World War II, he served as a captain in the French First Army under General de Lattre.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
  • North Star
  • Sherlock Holmes (1954)
Known For
  • The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
  • The Toy
  • Santa Claus Is a Stinker
  • The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials
  • The Barkleys of Broadway
  • La zizanie
  • I'm Shy, But I'll Heal
  • Operation Corned Beef
  • My Man
  • The King Is Dancing
  • L'africain
  • North Star
  • The Grand Maneuver
  • Edward and Caroline
  • Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
  • Mes meilleurs copains
  • Bankers Also Have Souls
  • Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses!
  • Twist Again in Moscow
  • To Paris with Love
  • Chinese in Paris
  • Cat and Mouse
  • Seven Days in January
  • La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque

Filmography

2004
Eros Therapy · as M. De La Touche
2001
2000
The King Is Dancing · as Cambefort
1999
Recto/Verso · as Bergman
1998
1996
My Man · as 2e Client
1996
North Star · as Colonel Henry Johnson
1995
1992
Les amies de ma femme · as Gilbert Thonon
1992
Les grands airs de tebaldo (TV Series) · as (voice)
1991
Nestor Burma (TV Series) · as Rosenthal
1991
Robinson et compagnie · as Robinson (voice)
1991
1991
Operation Corned Beef · as Le Général Masse, Supérieur Hiérarchique Du Squale
1989
L'invité surprise · as Le Directeur De La P.j.
1989
Mes meilleurs copains · as M. Thillet
1988
Palace (TV Series) · as Félix, Le Maître D'hôtel
1987
La rusa · as Cast
1986
1986
Twist Again in Moscow · as Maréchal Bassounov
1986
Danielle Steel's Crossings (TV Series) · as Petain
1985
1984
Le tueur triste · as Notaire
1984
Led by the Nose · as Doctor Choulet
1984
Until September · as M. Mauriac
1984
Le mystérieux docteur Cornélius (TV Series) · as Lord Burydan
1984
The Blood of Others · as Colonel Catelas
1983
Gramps Is in the Resistance · as Jacques De Frémontel Dit « Félix », Résistant
1983
1983
L'africain · as Le Docteur Patterson
1982
Egmont · as Machiavel
1982
Mozart (TV Series) · as Le Baron Grimm
1982
1982
Santa Claus Is a Stinker · as Docteur Poinsot, Le Pharmacien De Quartier
1982
Bankers Also Have Souls · as Jacques Loriol
1982
Tête à claques · as Mr. Crispin-Vautier
1982
1981
1981
1981
1981
Celles qu'on n'a pas eues... · as The Stylish Traveler
1981
Joëlle Mazart (TV Series) · as M. Le Proviseur Du Lycée Jules Verne
1980
My Friend Winnetou (TV Series) · as Stevens
1980
Julien Fontanes, magistrat (TV Series) · as Quinzac
1979
Out of Whack · as Professeur Casternon
1979
Seven Days in January · as Don Thomas
1979
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! · as Daniel Granier, Pharmacien, Ami De Chritine
1979
1979
1979
Heart to Heart · as M. Delorme
1978
I'm Shy, But I'll Heal · as Mr. Henri
1978
One Two Two · as Deputy Bouillaud-Crevel
1978
La zizanie · as Le Préfet
1977
Sorcerer · as Lefevre
1976
The Toy · as Mr. De Blénac, Editor-In-Chief Of The Newspaper
1976
1975
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Bertrand
1975
Cat and Mouse · as Le Préfet De Police
1975
Washington Square · as Augustin Sloper
1975
Special Section · as Maurice Gabolde
1974
Chinese in Paris · as Hervé Sainfous De Montaubert
1974
1973
1973
1973
Décembre · as Serge De La Prévoteraie
1973
1972
The French Conspiracy · as Lestienne
1972
1972
1971
Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq (TV Series) · as Blanchet
1970
Earth Light · as Elstir, L'éditeur
1970
The Brigade of the Evil (TV Series) · as L'inspecteur Principal
1967
Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes · as Sherlock Holmes
1967
La plaie et le couteau, Charles Baudelaire · as Un Causeur Dans Le Boudoir
1967
Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as John T. Arnold
1966
Un mois à la campagne · as Rakitine
1966
At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Charles Stanton
1964
La comtesse de Tende · as Le Comte De Tende
1961
1960
The Youth Theater (TV Series) · as Bruyéres
1955
The Grand Maneuver · as Rodolphe Chartier
1955
To Paris with Love · as Victor De Colville
1954
At the Order of the Czar · as Franz Liszt
1954
Sherlock Holmes (1954) (TV Series) · as Count Magor
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles · as Duc De Saint-Simon
1953
1953
The Father of the Girl · as Michel Leclair
1953
The Golden Mask · as Jacques Farnod
1951
Foreign Intrigue (TV Series) · as Hans
1951
1951
Encore · as Pierre, French Steward
1951
Edward and Caroline · as Alain Beauchamp
1951
Skipper Next to God · as The Doctor
1949
The Barkleys of Broadway · as Jacques Barredout
1946
The Queen's Necklace · as Le Comte D'artois (uncredited)
1943
Captain Fracasse · as Vidalenc
1942

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