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Born:
1920-05-16

Birthplace:
Paris, France

Credits:
95 Total Roles

Jacques François

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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.

Source: Article "Jacques François" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2013 Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2004 Eros Therapy MOVIE M. de la Touche
2003 Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres MOVIE Self
2001 Fifi Martingale MOVIE Ambassador
2000 The King Is Dancing MOVIE Cambefort
2000 Actors MOVIE Jacques François
1998 The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time MOVIE Maurice
1996 My Man MOVIE 2nd client
1996 North Star MOVIE Colonel Henry Johnson
1995 La Veuve de l'architecte MOVIE Jeannot

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