Jacques François
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1920-05-16
- Died
- 2003-11-25
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Jacques Francois · Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François
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
TV Shows (7)
Movies (88)
Sorcerer
1977
as Lefevre
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Pascal
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
as General
My Man
1996
as 2nd client
A Thousand Billion Dollars
1982
as Fred Great
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982
as Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Le colonel
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
as Le colonel de gendarmerie
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
as Maurice
Bankers Also Have Souls
1982
as Jacques Loriol
The Toy
1976
as Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper
The Three Musketeers
1953
as Aramis
December
1973
as Serge de la Prévoteraie
Chinese In Paris
1974
as Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert
The Assassination
1972
as Lestienne
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Duke de Saint-Simon
L'Opération Corned Beef
1991
as Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
as Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
as Jacques Barredout
The Blood of Others
1984
as Colonel Catelas
North Star
1996
as Colonel Henry Johnson
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955
as Rodolphe Chartier
The Discord
1978
as Le préfet
My Best Pals
1989
as M. Thuiliet
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1979
as Daniel Granier, pharmacist, friend of Christine
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985
as Necker
Encore
1951
as Pierre, French Steward
Twist Again in Moscow
1986
as Marshal Bassounov
Special Section
1975
as Maurice Gabolde
Until September
1984
as M Mauriac
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979
as Aurélien Brucheloir
Edward and Caroline
1951
as Alain Beauchamp
The African
1983
as Le docteur Patterson
Actors
2000
as Jacques François
The King Is Dancing
2000
as Cambefort
Earth Light
1970
as Elstir, l'Éditeur
Eros Therapy
2004
as M. de la Touche
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
1981
as Le vieux
At the Order of the Czar
1954
as Franz Liszt
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973
as Delfan
Captain Fracasse
1943
as Vidalenc
Heart to Heart
1979
as M. Delorme
The Ones That Got Away
1981
as The stylish traveler
Antoine and Sebastian
1974
as Captain
My Childish Father
1953
as Gérard Morrison
My Wife's Girlfriends
1992
as Gilbert Thonon
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972
as Plantier
Triplex
1991
as M. Challes
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
1951
as Le valet
South of Algiers
1953
as Jacques Farnod
To Paris with Love
1955
as Victor de Colville
Robinson and Company
1991
as Robinson (Voice)
Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
2003
as Self
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
as Charles
Shut Up When You Speak!
1981
as Diafoirus
Too Shy to Try
1978
as Mr. Henri
Sauve-toi, Lola
1986
as Charles Schneider
Three Women
1952
as Horace (segment "Mouche")
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Pact with the Devil
1950
as Andrea Mola
Cat and Mouse
1975
as Police Prefect
Églantine
1972
as Edmond
Tête à claques
1982
as Mr. Crispin-Vautier
We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
1981
as Jacques Loriol
Seven Days in January
1979
as Don Thomas
Led by the Nose
1984
as Le Docteur Gaby Choulet
Queen's Necklace
1946
as Count of Artois (uncredited)
Les Danseurs du Mozambique
1992
as Theodore
La Mort de Pompée
1961
as Photin
Fifi Martingale
2001
as Ambassador
Business Is Business
1942
Just a Big Simple Girl
1948
as Mick
Il est important d'être aimé
1981
as Jack Worthing
One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence
1978
as Deputy Bouillaud-Crevel
Skipper Next to God
1951
as The doctor
Des cadavres à la pelle
1991
as Le Comte Emile
The Father of the Girl
1953
as Michel Leclair
Un mois à la campagne
1966
as Rakitine
Le Tueur triste
1984
as Notaire
Leopard Ties
1992
as Bergaux Latour
La Veuve de l'architecte
1995
as Jeannot
Le Greluchon délicat
1978
as Michel
Un jeu d'enfer
1970
as Benjamin Constant
Caterina
1963
as Giorgio
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
1991
as Louis
L'Amant complaisant
1980
as Victor Rhodes
An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
1967
as Sherlock Holmes
George et Margaret
1993
as Malcolm Smith
About Jacques François
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 Pier… With 95 credits spanning from 1942 to 2013, Jacques François has appeared in 88 films and 7 TV shows.
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- Sorcerer (1977) — as Lefevre
- The Day of the Jackal (1973) — as Pascal
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) — as General
- My Man (1996) — as 2nd client
- A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982) — as Fred Great
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