Jacques François

About

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

Gramps Is in the ResistanceMovie • 1983The Day of the JackalMovie • 1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi JacobMovie • 1973SorcererMovie • 1977ActorsMovie • 2000The Gendarme and the GendarmettesMovie • 1982The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer SpaceMovie • 1979The Visitors II: The Corridors of TimeMovie • 1998The DiscordMovie • 1978The AssassinationMovie • 1972The ToyMovie • 1976Santa Claus Is a StinkerMovie • 1982L'Opération Corned BeefMovie • 1991The Barkleys of BroadwayMovie • 1949The King Is DancingMovie • 2000Royal Affairs in VersaillesMovie • 1953A Thousand Billion DollarsMovie • 1982The Three MusketeersMovie • 1953Chinese In ParisMovie • 1974North StarMovie • 1996Bankers Also Have SoulsMovie • 1982Twist Again in MoscowMovie • 1986The AfricanMovie • 1983My ManMovie • 1996