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Director
Jacques François
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 34584
IMDb ID: nm0291979
Known for: Acting
Born: May 16, 1920
Died: November 25, 2003
Age: 83
Place of birth: Paris, France
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1942 - 2013
Years active: 72
Average TMDB rating: 6.33
Wikidata: Q162701
Also known as
Jacques Francois • Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François
Frequent jobs
Director (1)
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. 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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Jacques François.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Jacques François.
7.5
The Day of the Jackal
as Pascal
1973 Movie
7.4
Sorcerer
as Lefevre
1977 Movie
7.4
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as General
1973 Movie
7.3
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier
1982 Movie
6.9
The Toy
as Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper
1976 Movie
6.9
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant
1983 Movie
6.4
The Discord
as Le préfet
1978 Movie
6.4
Too Shy to Try
as Mr. Henri
1978 Movie
6.2
My Best Pals
as M. Thuiliet
1989 Movie
6.2
L'Opération Corned Beef
as Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale
1991 Movie
6.0
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Le colonel de gendarmerie
1979 Movie
6.0
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
as Maurice
1998 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Jacques François.
7.5
The Day of the Jackal
as Pascal
1973 Movie
7.4
Sorcerer
as Lefevre
1977 Movie
6.7
The Assassination
as Lestienne
1972 Movie
6.9
The Toy
as Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper
1976 Movie
5.4
Robinson and Company
as Robinson (Voice)
1991 Movie
Fifi Martingale
as Ambassador
2001 Movie
5.7
Actors
as Jacques François
2000 Movie
7.4
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as General
1973 Movie
4.8
Triplex
as M. Challes
1991 Movie
6.0
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Le colonel
1982 Movie
7.3
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier
1982 Movie
6.0
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Le colonel de gendarmerie
1979 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Jacques François.
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 3 eps
1982 Series
5.1
Sacrée Soirée
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.2
Stars 90
as Self • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.7
Palace
as Félix, le maître d'hôtel • 6 eps
1988 Series
7.0
Pause-café
as M. Le proviseur du lycée Jules Verne • 6 eps
1981 Series
5.5
La Brigade des maléfices
as L'inspecteur principal • 6 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Les Grands Airs de Tebaldo
as (Voice) • 10 eps
1992 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Jacques François.
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
as Self (archive footage)
2013 Movie
4.0
Eros Therapy
as M. de la Touche
2004 Movie
Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
as Self
2003 Movie
Fifi Martingale
as Ambassador
2001 Movie
6.4
The King Is Dancing
as Cambefort
2000 Movie
5.7
Actors
as Jacques François
2000 Movie
6.0
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
as Maurice
1998 Movie
5.7
My Man
as 2nd client
1996 Movie
4.7
North Star
as Colonel Henry Johnson
1996 Movie
La Veuve de l'architecte
as Jeannot
1995 Movie
George et Margaret
as Malcolm Smith
1993 Movie
3.7
My Wife's Girlfriends
as Gilbert Thonon
1992 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Jacques François.
7.0
Les Grands Airs de Tebaldo
as (Voice) • 10 eps
1992 Series
6.2
Stars 90
as Self • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.7
Palace
as Félix, le maître d'hôtel • 6 eps
1988 Series
5.1
Sacrée Soirée
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 3 eps
1982 Series
7.0
Pause-café
as M. Le proviseur du lycée Jules Verne • 6 eps
1981 Series
5.5
La Brigade des maléfices
as L'inspecteur principal • 6 eps
1971 Series