Birth Day: 1920-05-16
Place of birth: Paris, France
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. Source: Article "Jacques François" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Credits
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As Self (archive footage) -
As M. de la Touche -
As Self -
As Ambassador -
As Jacques François -
As Cambefort -
As Maurice -
As 2nd client -
As Colonel Henry Johnson -
As Jeannot -
As Malcolm Smith -
As Theodore -
As Gilbert Thonon -
As Bergaux Latour -
As M. Challes -
As Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale -
As Louis -
As Le Comte Emile -
As Robinson (Voice) -
As M. Thuiliet -
As Marshal Bassounov -
As Charles Schneider -
As Necker -
As M Mauriac -
As Le Docteur Gaby Choulet -
As Notaire -
As Colonel Catelas -
As Le docteur Patterson -
As Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant -
As Fred Great -
As Jacques Loriol -
As Le colonel -
As Mr. Crispin-Vautier -
As Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier -
As Jacques Loriol -
As The stylish traveler -
As Diafoirus -
As Le vieux -
As Jack Worthing -
As Victor Rhodes -
As Daniel Granier, pharmacist, friend of Christine -
As Don Thomas -
As Le colonel de gendarmerie -
As Aurélien Brucheloir -
As M. Delorme -
As Mr. Henri -
As Deputy Bouillaud-Crevel -
As Michel -
As Le préfet -
As Lefevre -
As Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper -
As Charles -
As Police Prefect -
As Maurice Gabolde -
As Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert -
As Captain -
As Delfan -
As Pascal -
As Serge de la Prévoteraie -
As General -
As Plantier -
As Lestienne -
As Edmond -
As Benjamin Constant
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As Elstir, l'Éditeur -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Rakitine -
As Giorgio -
As Photin -
As Rodolphe Chartier -
As Victor de Colville -
As Franz Liszt -
As Gérard Morrison -
As Aramis -
As Duke de Saint-Simon -
As Jacques Farnod -
As Michel Leclair -
As Horace (segment "Mouche") -
As Alain Beauchamp -
As Le valet -
As The doctor -
As Pierre, French Steward -
As Andrea Mola
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As Jacques Barredout -
As Mick -
As Count of Artois (uncredited) -
As Vidalenc -
