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Jean Gabin
Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born May 17, 1904Died November 15, 1976 (72 years)
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema.
Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military.
After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928.
Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney.
He divorced his second wife in 1939. ...
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Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military.
After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928.
Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney.
He divorced his second wife in 1939. ...
Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Filmography
| 2018 | The Image Book · as (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Natan · as Fricot |
| 2010 | The Clock · as Cast |
| 2007 | Louis de Funès intime · as Grandgil |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema · as (segment "cinéma De Boulevard") |
| 1992 | Ca détourne · as Cast |
| 1989 | Things I Like, Things I Don't Like · as Cast |
| 1976 | Holy Year · as Max Lambert |
| 1974 | Verdict · as Leguen |
| 1973 | Two Men in Town · as Germain Cazeneuve |
| 1973 | The Dominici Affair · as Gaston Dominici |
| 1972 | Killer · as Commissioner Le Guen |
| 1971 | The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow · as Victor Ploubaz |
| 1971 | Le Chat · as Julien Bouin |
| 1970 | Horse · as Auguste Maroilleur |
| 1969 | The Sicilian Clan · as Vittorio Manalese |
| 1969 | Under the Sign of the Bull · as Albert Raynal |
| 1968 | The Tattoo · as Count Enguerand De Montignac,aka 'legrain' |
| 1968 | Pasha · as Comissaire Joss, Le Pacha |
| 1967 | Action Man · as Denis Ferrand |
| 1966 | The Gardener of Argenteuil · as M. Martin Dit « Le Père Tulipe » |
| 1966 | The Upper Hand · as Paul Berger Dit Paulo Les Diam's |
| 1965 | The Thunder of God · as Léandre Brassac |
| 1964 | That Tender Age · as Émile Malhouin |
| 1964 | Monsieur · as The Banker René Duchêne, Alias Georges Baudin Known As “monsieur” |
| 1963 | Maigret voit rouge · as Commissaire Jules Maigret |
| 1963 | Any Number Can Win · as Charles |
| 1962 | The Gentleman from Epsom · as Richard Briand-Charmery |
| 1962 | A Monkey in Winter · as Albert Quentin |
| 1961 | The Counterfeiters of Paris · as Ferdinand Maréchal, Aka 'le Dabe' |
| 1961 | The President · as Emile Beaufort |
| 1960 | Les vieux de la vieille · as Jean-Marie Pejat, Bicycle Repairer |
| 1960 | Le baron de l'écluse · as Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine |
| 1959 | Rue de Paris · as Henri Neveu |
| 1959 | Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case · as Commissioner Jules Maigret |
| 1959 | Archimède, le clochard · as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville Dit : Archimède |
| 1958 | The Possessors · as Noël Schoudler, Le Patriarche Financier |
| 1958 | Love Is My Profession · as Maître André Gobillot |
| 1958 | The Night Affair · as Inspecteur Georges Vallois |
| 1958 | Les Misérables · as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu |
| 1958 | Inspector Maigret · as Commissaire Maigret |
| 1957 | Speaking of Murder · as Louis Bertain/louis Le Blond |
| 1957 | The Case of Dr. Laurent · as Le Docteur Laurent |
| 1956 | Crime and Punishment · as Commissaire Gallet |
| 1956 | The Crossing of Paris · as Grandgil, Artist Painter |
| 1956 | Blood to the Head · as François Cardinaud |
| 1956 | Deadlier Than the Male · as André Chatelin |
| 1956 | People of No Importance · as Jean Viard |
| 1955 | Hi-Jack Highway · as Jean Chape |
| 1955 | The Little Rebels · as Julien Lamy |
| 1955 | French Cancan · as Henri Danglard |
| 1955 | House on the Waterfront · as Commander Lequévic |
| 1955 | Razzia · as Henri Ferré Dit 'le Nantais' |
| 1955 | Napoleon · as Marshal Jean Lannes |
| 1954 | Air of Paris · as Victor Le Garrec |
| 1954 | Don't Touch the Loot · as Max Dit Max Le Menteur |
| 1953 | Rhine Virgin · as Martin Schmidt, Alias Jacques Ledru |
| 1953 | Their Last Night · as Pierre Ruffin |
| 1953 | Bufere · as Il Professore Antonio Sanna |
| 1952 | The Moment of Truth · as Dr Pierre Richard |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir · as Joseph Rivet |
| 1952 | The Truth About Bebe Donge · as François Donge |
| 1951 | The Night Is My Kingdom · as Raymond Pinsard |
| 1951 | Victor · as Victor |
| 1950 | Twelve Hours to Live · as Carlo Bacchi |
| 1950 | La Marie du Port · as Henri Chatelard |
| 1949 | The Walls of Malapaga · as Pierre Arrignon |
| 1947 | Miroir · as Pierre Lussac |
| 1946 | The Room Upstairs · as Martin Roumagnac |
| 1944 | Strange Confession · as Clément / Maurice Lafarge |
| 1942 | Moontide · as Bobo |
| 1941 | Stormy Waters · as Le Capitaine André Laurent |
| 1939 | Daybreak · as François |
| 1939 | Coral Reefs · as Ted "trott" Lennard |
| 1938 | The Human Beast · as Lantier |
| 1938 | Port of Shadows · as Jean |
| 1937 | Lady Killer · as Lucien Bourrache, Dit 'gueule D'amour' |
| 1937 | The Messenger · as Nicolas Dange |
| 1937 | The Grand Illusion · as Le Lieutenant Maréchal |
| 1937 | Pépé le Moko · as Pépé Le Moko |
| 1936 | The Lower Depths · as Pepel Wasska |
| 1936 | They Were Five · as Jean Dit Jeannot |
| 1935 | Variétés · as Georges |
| 1935 | La bandera · as Pierre Gilieth |
| 1935 | Behold the Man · as Ponce Pilate |
| 1934 | Zou Zou · as Jean |
| 1934 | Maria Chapdelaine · as François Paradis |
| 1933 | High and Low · as Charles Boulla |
| 1933 | The Tunnel · as Mac Allan |
| 1933 | L'étoile de Valencia · as Pedro Savedra |
| 1932 | La belle marinière · as Le Capitaine |
| 1932 | Coeurs joyeux · as Charles |
| 1932 | La foule hurle · as Joe Greer |
| 1932 | Fun in the Barracks · as Fricot |
| 1932 | Lilac · as Martousse |
| 1932 | Pour un soir..! · as Jean |
| 1931 | All That is Not Worth Love · as Jean Cordier |
| 1931 | Méphisto · as Jacques Miral |
| 1930 | Everyone Has Their Chance · as Marcel Grivot |