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
A Thousand Billion Dollars
A Thousand Billion Dollars

1982

as Fred Great

My Man
My Man

1996

as 2nd client

Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Santa Claus Is a Stinker

1982

as Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

1979

as Le colonel de gendarmerie

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Bankers Also Have Souls
Bankers Also Have Souls

1982

as Jacques Loriol

Chinese In Paris
Chinese In Paris

1974

as Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert

The Assassination
The Assassination

1972

as Lestienne

The Toy
The Toy

1976

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

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

1953

as Aramis

The Blood of Others
The Blood of Others

1984

as Colonel Catelas

L'Opération Corned Beef
L'Opération Corned Beef

1991

as Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale

Gramps Is in the Resistance
Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983

as Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant

The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

as Jacques Barredout

December
December

1973

as Serge de la Prévoteraie

North Star
North Star

1996

as Colonel Henry Johnson