JF
Jacques François
Actor, Additional Credits
Born May 16, 1920Died 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.
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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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
Filmography
| 2004 | Eros Therapy · as M. De La Touche |
| 2001 | Fifi Martingale · as Ambassador |
| 2000 | The King Is Dancing · as Cambefort |
| 1999 | Recto/Verso · as Bergman |
| 1998 | The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time · as Maurice |
| 1996 | My Man · as 2nd Client |
| 1996 | North Star · as Colonel Henry Johnson |
| 1995 | La veuve de l'architecte · as Jeannot |
| 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 | Triplex · as M. Challes |
| 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. Thuiliet |
| 1988 | Palace (TV Series) · as Félix, Le Maître D'hôtel |
| 1987 | La rusa · as Cast |
| 1986 | La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque · as L'avocat |
| 1986 | Twist Again in Moscow · as Marshal Bassounov |
| 1986 | Danielle Steel's Crossings (TV Series) · as Petain |
| 1985 | Liberté, égalité, choucroute · as Necker |
| 1984 | Led by the Nose · as Le Docteur Gaby 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 | Man, Woman and Child · as Louis |
| 1983 | L'africain · as Le Docteur Patterson |
| 1982 | Egmont · as Machiavel |
| 1982 | Mozart (TV Series) · as Friedrich Melchior Baron Von Grimm |
| 1982 | The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes · as Colonel |
| 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 | Mille milliards de dollars · as Fred Great |
| 1981 | Shut Up When You Speak! · as Diafoirus |
| 1981 | San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça · as Le Vieux |
| 1981 | We're Not Angels... Neither Are They · as Jacques Loriol |
| 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 |
| 1979 | Out of Whack · as Professeur Casternon |
| 1979 | Seven Days in January · as Don Thomas |
| 1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! · as Daniel Granier, Pharmacist, Friend Of Christine |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs · as Aurélien Brucheloir |
| 1979 | The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials · as Der Oberst |
| 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 |
| 1975 | Cat and Mouse · as Police Prefect |
| 1975 | Special Section · as Maurice Gabolde |
| 1974 | Chinese in Paris · as Hervé Sainfous De Montaubert |
| 1974 | Antoine and Sebastian · as Captain |
| 1973 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob · as General |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal · as Pascal |
| 1973 | Décembre · as Serge De La Prévoteraie |
| 1973 | Me, I Want to Have Dough · as Delfan |
| 1972 | The French Conspiracy · as Lestienne |
| 1972 | Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful · as Plantier |
| 1972 | Églantine · as Edmond |
| 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 | Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as John T. Arnold |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Charles Stanton |
| 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 Duke De Saint-Simon |
| 1953 | The Three Musketeers · as Aramis |
| 1953 | The Golden Mask · as Jacques Farnod |
| 1952 | Three Women · as Horace (segment "mouche") |
| 1951 | Foreign Intrigue (TV Series) · as Hans |
| 1951 | Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité · as Le Valet |
| 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 Count Of Artois (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Captain Fracasse · as Vidalenc |
| 1942 |