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Jacques François

1920–2003 · Acting

57.2avg grm
3titles
3honors

Honors

3
—Croix de guerre 1939–1945
—Officer of the Legion of Honour
—Officer of Arts and Letters

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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1980s1 titleSSanta Claus Is a Stinker1982 · as M. Poinsot, le pharmacien56.7
1970s2 titlesTThe Toy1976 · as Blénac56.9EEarth Light1970 · as Elstir, l'éditeur57.9

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Jacques François

J
born1920
died2003
known forActing
titles on site3
avg GRM57.2
honors3 · Croix de guerre 1939–1945
Honors
  • —Croix de guerre 1939–1945
  • —Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • —Officer of Arts and Letters
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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s

1 title
S56.7Santa Claus Is a Stinker1982 · as M. Poinsot, le pharmacien

1970s

2 titles
T56.9The Toy1976 · as BlénacE57.9Earth Light1970 · as Elstir, l'éditeur

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