Jacques François
Acting·May 16, 1920·† November 25, 2003 — 83 years old·Paris, France
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.
Known For
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998·6.0
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982·7.3
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973·7.4
The Day of the Jackal
1973·7.5
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979·6.1
Sorcerer
1977·7.5
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982·6.0
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983·6.8
The Discord
1978·6.4
The Toy
1976·6.9
L'Opération Corned Beef
1991·6.2
Actors
2000·5.8
Filmography · 96
2013Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du sonSelf (archive footage)2004Eros TherapyM. de la Touche2003Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autresSelf2001Fifi MartingaleAmbassador2000The King Is DancingCambefort2000ActorsJacques François1998The Visitors II: The Corridors of TimeMaurice1996My Man2nd client1996North StarColonel Henry Johnson1995La Veuve de l'architecteJeannot1993George et MargaretMalcolm Smith1992My Wife's GirlfriendsGilbert Thonon1992Les Danseurs du MozambiqueTheodore1992Leopard TiesBergaux Latour1992Les Grands Airs de TebaldoTV(Voice)1991Des cadavres à la pelleLe Comte Emile1991Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignoblesLouis1991Robinson and CompanyRobinson (Voice)1991TriplexM. Challes1991L'Opération Corned BeefLe Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale1990Stars 90TVSelf1989My Best PalsM. Thuiliet1988PalaceTVFélix, le maître d'hôtel1987Sacrée soiréeTVSelf1986Twist Again in MoscowMarshal Bassounov1986Sauve-toi, LolaCharles Schneider1985Liberté, égalité, choucrouteNecker1984Le Tueur tristeNotaire1984Led by the NoseLe Docteur Gaby Choulet1984Until SeptemberM Mauriac1984The Blood of OthersColonel Catelas1983Gramps Is in the ResistanceJacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant1983The AfricanLe docteur Patterson1982The Gendarme and the GendarmettesLe colonel1982Santa Claus Is a StinkerDocteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier1982Bankers Also Have SoulsJacques Loriol1982Tête à claquesMr. Crispin-Vautier1982A Thousand Billion DollarsFred Great1982Champs-ElyséesTVSelf1981Shut Up When You Speak!Diafoirus1981San-Antonio ne pense qu'à çaLe vieux1981We're Not Angels... Neither Are TheyJacques Loriol1981The Ones That Got AwayThe stylish traveler1981Pause-caféTVM. Le proviseur du lycée Jules Verne1981Il est important d'être aiméJack Worthing1980L'Amant complaisantVictor Rhodes · Director1979Cause toujours... tu m'intéressesDaniel Granier, pharmacist, friend of Christine1979I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin HairsAurélien Brucheloir1979Seven Days in JanuaryDon Thomas1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer SpaceLe colonel de gendarmerie1979Heart to HeartM. Delorme1978Too Shy to TryMr. Henri1978One, Two, Two: 122, rue de ProvenceDeputy Bouillaud-Crevel1978The DiscordLe préfet1978Le Greluchon délicatMichel1977SorcererLefevre1976The ToyMr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper1976Chi dice donna, dice donnaCharles1975Cat and MousePolice Prefect1975Special SectionMaurice Gabolde1974Chinese In ParisHervé Sainfous de Montaubert1974Antoine and SebastianCaptain1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi JacobGeneral1973The Day of the JackalPascal1973Moi y'en a vouloir des sousDelfan1973DecemberSerge de la Prévoteraie1972The AssassinationLestienne1972Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is BeautifulPlantier1972ÉglantineEdmond1971La Brigade des maléficesTVL'inspecteur principal1970Earth LightElstir, l'Éditeur1970Un jeu d'enferBenjamin Constant1967An Adventure of Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes1967La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles BaudelaireUn causeur dans le boudoir1966Un mois à la campagneRakitine1963CaterinaGiorgio1961La Mort de PompéePhotin1955The Grand ManoeuvreRodolphe Chartier1955To Paris with LoveVictor de Colville1954At the Order of the CzarFranz Liszt1953Royal Affairs in VersaillesDuke de Saint-Simon1953The Three MusketeersAramis1953The Father of the GirlMichel Leclair1953My Childish FatherGérard Morrison1953South of AlgiersJacques Farnod1952Three WomenHorace (segment "Mouche")1951Adhémar or the Toy of DestinyLe valet1951EncorePierre, French Steward1951Edward and CarolineAlain Beauchamp1951Skipper Next to GodThe doctor1950Pact with the DevilAndrea Mola1949The Barkleys of BroadwayJacques Barredout1948Just a Big Simple GirlMick1946Queen's NecklaceCount of Artois (uncredited)1943Captain FracasseVidalenc1942Business Is Business