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Jacques François

Acting
Known For

83 Years Old

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.

Born

Paris, France on 16th May 1920

Died

25th November 2003

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Sacrée soirée
Self
Champs-Elysées Image
Champs-Elysées
Self
Stars 90 Image
Stars 90
Self
Palace Image
Palace
Félix, le maître d'hôtel
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Pause-café
M. Le proviseur du lycée Jules Verne
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The Day of the Jackal
Pascal
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La Brigade des maléfices
L'inspecteur principal
Les Grands Airs de Tebaldo Image
Les Grands Airs de Tebaldo
(Voice)
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Sorcerer
Lefevre
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The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Maurice
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
General
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Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier
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The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
der Oberst
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The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Colonel
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Gramps Is in the Resistance
Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant
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The African
Le docteur Patterson
My Man Image
My Man
2nd client
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The Blood of Others
Colonel Catelas
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A Thousand Billion Dollars
Fred Great
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The Toy
Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper
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The Grand Manoeuvre
Rodolphe Chartier
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The Discord
Le préfet
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L'Opération Corned Beef
Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale
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Actors
Jacques François
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Chinese In Paris
Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert
The Ones That Got Away Image
The Ones That Got Away
The stylish traveler
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The King Is Dancing
Cambefort
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
Duke de Saint-Simon
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Special Section
Maurice Gabolde
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Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Plantier
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The Three Musketeers
Aramis
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The Barkleys of Broadway
Jacques Barredout
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Earth Light
Elstir, l'Éditeur
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North Star
Colonel Henry Johnson
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The Assassination
Lestienne
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Bankers Also Have Souls
Jacques Loriol
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Twist Again in Moscow
Marshal Bassounov
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To Paris with Love
Victor de Colville
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Shut Up When You Speak!
Diafoirus
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Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Daniel Granier, pharmacist, friend of Christine
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Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
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Cat and Mouse
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Led by the Nose
Le Docteur Gaby Choulet
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Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Necker
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Eros Therapy
M. de la Touche
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One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence
Deputy Bouillaud-Crevel
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My Wife's Girlfriends
Gilbert Thonon
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Queen's Necklace
Count of Artois (uncredited)
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Edward and Caroline
Alain Beauchamp
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I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Aurélien Brucheloir
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Seven Days in January
Don Thomas
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Antoine and Sebastian
Captain
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Captain Fracasse
Vidalenc
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Three Women
Horace (segment "Mouche")
Heart to Heart Image
Heart to Heart
M. Delorme
Encore Image
Encore
Pierre, French Steward
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Too Shy to Try
Mr. Henri
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South of Algiers
Jacques Farnod
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Skipper Next to God
The doctor
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Chi dice donna, dice donna
Charles
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Pact with the Devil
Andrea Mola
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles Image
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Louis
We're Not Angels... Neither Are They Image
We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
Jacques Loriol
La Veuve de l'architecte Image
La Veuve de l'architecte
Jeannot
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Sauve-toi, Lola
Charles Schneider
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Robinson and Company
Robinson (Voice)
Églantine Image
Églantine
Edmond
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous Image
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
Delfan
George et Margaret Image
George et Margaret
Malcolm Smith
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Fifi Martingale
Ambassador
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Tête à claques
Mr. Crispin-Vautier
December Image
December
Serge de la Prévoteraie
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The Father of the Girl
Michel Leclair
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Il est important d'être aimé
Jack Worthing
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Un jeu d'enfer
Benjamin Constant
La Mort de Pompée Image
La Mort de Pompée
Photin
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San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
Le vieux
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Des cadavres à la pelle
Le Comte Emile
My Childish Father Image
My Childish Father
Gérard Morrison
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Les Danseurs du Mozambique
Theodore
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Triplex
M. Challes
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Business Is Business
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Leopard Ties
Bergaux Latour
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An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
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Just a Big Simple Girl
Mick
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Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
Self
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At the Order of the Czar
Franz Liszt
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Le Tueur triste
Notaire
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L'Amant complaisant
Victor Rhodes
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Caterina
Giorgio
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Un mois à la campagne
Rakitine
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Le Greluchon délicat
Michel