Jess Hahn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-10-29 (77 years old)

Deathday

1998-06-29

Place of Birth

Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Jess Hahn

Biography

Jess Hahn's career is a bit of an oddity, being one of very few American actors to establish himself in French cinema in the early 1960's. He acted exclusively in French productions for the duration of his career with the exception of the Marlon Brando vehicle "The Night of the Following Day" in 1968, which was filmed in France. He also appeared in several international coproductions and low budget films by French exploitation director Jean Marie Pallardy, for which he is arguably best-known to contemporary audiences.

Acting

1965

What's New Pussycat?

as Peter Werner

1966

Triple Cross

as Commander Braid

1964

Topkapi

as Hans

1964

The Great Spy Chase

as Commodore O'Brien

1981

Treize

as Bob

1962

Cartouche

as La Douceur

1965

Up to His Ears

as Cornelius

1973

The Mysterious Island

as Bonaventure Pencroft

1962

Sign of the Lion

as Pierre Wesselrin

1954

1971

Troubleshooters

as Kongo, La brute américaine

1967

Rita the Field Marshal

as Major Bill Hocks

1970

The Novices

as L'Américain

1974

Three Tough Guys

as The Bartender

1961

Dynamite Jack

as Sergeant Bob

1959

1986

La Galette du roi

as Morrisson - TV Director

1984

1957

The Happy Road

as MP Sgt. Morgan

1966

The Saint Lies in Wait

as Hoppy Uniatz

1959

Gorilla's Waltz

as Ted the Hook

1980

Mama Dracula

as The Superintendent

1966

The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen

as Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule

1957

Nathalie

as Sam

1964

Les Gorilles

as Boris Alexis Alexevich, the make-up artist

1953

Poison Ivy

as Le marin-geôlier

1958

Honey, Scare Me

as Chris Craft, the American spy

1989

Overdose

as Le docteur

1962

Mandrin

as Bertrand, 'le braco'

1967

1959

Tonight We Kill

as Dave, Larry's friend

1957

1965

The Wise Guys

as Calderon aka "Nénesse"

1958

1959

Time Bomb

as Le marin blessé

1962

The Trial

as Assistant Inspector #2

1972

The Artless One

as Captain

1955

La Madelon

as American General Gibson

1964

1961

Sahara on Fire

as Jeff Gordon

1965

How Not to Rob a Department Store

as Palmoni (uncredited)

1971

Bad Man's River

as Tom Odie

1971

Supergirl

as Polonsky

1967

1970

1968

The Woman Is a Stranger

as Floyd Delaney

1971

Rum Runners

as Piet aka "Big Dutch"

1958

The Sicilian

as Raffles

1956

Fernand cow-boy

as Jim Harlan, Saloon manager

1956

1956

1971

1972

The Grand Duel

as Bighorse

1955

1957

To Catch a Spy

as Kalpannen

1957

The Vintage

as André Morel (uncredited)

1957

When a Woman Meddles

as 'La Couture'

1957

Let's Be Daring, Madame

as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'

1966

1970

Atlantic Wall

as Un colonel Britannique

1977

Johnny West

as Manager

1972

Sexy Sinners

as Prior (uncredited)

1955

Girl on the Third Floor

as L'Américain (uncredited)

1955

Give 'em Hell

as American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited)

1981

Teheran '43

as terrorist on airplane

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