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.
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Known For
Sorcerer
(1977)
Lefevre
The Day of the Jackal
(1973)
Pascal
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
(1982)
Colonel
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
(1979)
der Oberst
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
(1998)
Gisèle's husband
The Discord
(1978)
Le préfet
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
(1973)
General
The Toy
(1976)
Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper
L'Opération Corned Beef
(1991)
Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale
The Three Musketeers
(1953)
Aramis
My Man
(1996)
2e client
The Assassination
(1972)
Lestienne
Actors
(2000)
Himself
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
(1982)
Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier
Gramps Is in the Resistance
(1983)
Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant
The Blood of Others
(1984)
Colonel Catelas
Full Filmography
Acting
Business Is Business
(1942)
Captain Fracasse
(1943)
Vidalenc
Queen's Necklace
(1946)
Just a Big Simple Girl
(1948)
Mick
The Barkleys of Broadway
(1949)
Jacques Barredout
Pact with the Devil
(1950)
Andrea Mola
Edward and Caroline
(1951)
Alain Beauchamp
Encore
(1951)
Pierre, French Steward
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
(1951)
Le valet
Skipper Next to God
(1951)
The doctor
Three Women
(1952)
Horace (segment "Mouche")
South of Algiers
(1953)
Jacques Farnod
The Three Musketeers
(1953)
Aramis
The Father of the Girl
(1953)
Michel Leclair
My Childish Father
(1953)
Royal Affairs in Versailles
(1954)
Duc de Saint-Simon
At the Order of the Czar
(1954)
Franz Liszt
The Grand Manoeuvre
(1955)
Rodolphe Chartier
To Paris with Love
(1955)
Victor de Colville
La mort de Pompée
(1961)
Caterina
(1963)
Giorgio
Un mois à la campagne
(1966)
Rakitine
An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
(1967)
Sherlock Holmes
Earth Light
(1970)
Elstir, l'Éditeur
Un jeu d'enfer
(1970)
Benjamin Constant
The Assassination
(1972)
Lestienne
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
(1972)
Plantier
Églantine
(1972)
The Day of the Jackal
(1973)
Pascal
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
(1973)
Delfan
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
(1973)
General
December
(1973)
Serge de la Prévoteraie
Antoine and Sebastian
(1974)
Chinese In Paris
(1974)
Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert
Cat and Mouse
(1975)
le Préfet de police
Special Section
(1975)
Maurice Gabolde
The Toy
(1976)
Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper
Chi dice donna, dice donna
(1976)
Charles
Sorcerer
(1977)
Lefevre
The Discord
(1978)
Le préfet
Too Shy to Try
(1978)
Mr. Henri
Le Greluchon délicat
(1978)
One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence
(1978)
Deputy Bouillaud-Crevel
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
(1979)
der Oberst
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
(1979)
Aurélien Brucheloir
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
(1979)
Daniel Granier, pharmacien, ami de Chritine
Seven Days in January
(1979)
Don Thomas
Heart to Heart
(1979)
M. Delorme
L'Amant complaisant
(1980)
Shut Up When You Speak!
(1981)
Diafoirus
Il est important d'être aimé
(1981)
Jack Worthing
We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
(1981)
Jacques Loriol
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
(1981)
Le vieux
The Ones That Got Away
(1981)
The stylish traveler
A Thousand Billion Dollars
(1982)
Fred Great
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
(1982)
Colonel
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
(1982)
Docteur Poinsot, le pharmacien de quartier
Bankers Also Have Souls
(1982)
Jacques Loriol
Tête à claques
(1982)
Mr. Crispin-Vautier
The African
(1983)
Le docteur Patterson
Gramps Is in the Resistance
(1983)
Jacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant
The Blood of Others
(1984)
Colonel Catelas
Le Tueur triste
(1984)
Notaire
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
(1985)
Necker
Twist Again in Moscow
(1986)
Maréchal Bassounov
Sauve-toi, Lola
(1986)
Charles Schneider
L'Opération Corned Beef
(1991)
Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
(1991)
Louis
Robinson and Company
(1991)
Robinson (Voice)
Triplex
(1991)
Les Danseurs du Mozambique
(1992)
Theodore
My Wife's Girlfriends
(1992)
Gilbert Thonon
George et Margaret
(1993)
Malcolm Smith
La Veuve de l'architecte
(1995)
Jeannot
My Man
(1996)
2e client
North Star
(1996)
Colonel Henry Johnson
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
(1998)
Gisèle's husband
Actors
(2000)
Himself
The King Is Dancing
(2000)
Cambefort
Fifi Martingale
(2001)
Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
(2003)
Self
Eros Therapy
(2004)
M. de la Touche
Directing