Francis Blanche
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-07-20 (53 years old)
Deathday
1974-07-06
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also known As
Francis-Jean Blanche
Francis Blanche
Biography
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. His two daughters, Barbara & Dominique, are artists with their studios in Eze. Blanche was born in an artistic family, mainly of stage actors—including his father Louis Blanche and his uncle, Emmanuel Blanche, who was a painter—. He completed his secondary schooling at fourteen, the youngest in France to do so at the time. In the 1940s and 1950s, Blanche was part of Robert Dhéry's theatrical company Les Branquignols, with whom he...
Acting
1964
as Nino Papatakis
1962
as Attorney General
1972
as padre Scirer
1964
as Boris Vassiliev
1963
as Maître Folace
1963
as Chief Insp. Cucherat
1963
as Franz
1963
as M. Bricheton (« Le Repas gastronomique »)
1968
as Doctor Loupioc
1969
as Le polyvalent
1963
as Mr. de Brétevielle
1959
as Ferdinand Haudouin
1971
as Auguste Kougloff / Augustin Colombani
1967
as Captain Hans Vogel
1954
as Garibaldo Trouchet, le ténor / Un musicien
1956
as Pasquale Marchetti
1967
as Strumberger
1967
as Gédéon
1960
as William Foster Valmorin, American
1970
as Tax collector Dupuis
1950
as Michel Barbarin
1964
as Francis
1967
as La Prudence
1962
as le douanier belge
1951
as Gilles
1964
as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
1964
as Absalon
1964
1964
as Commissaire Lenoir
1960
as Me Marcerou, avocat et ami du couple (segment "Le Divorce")
1962
as Morloch
1969
as Francis Bertolde aka 'Le book'
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1971
as Modeste Miette
1967
as L'inspecteur Maurice Leloup
1954
as Nicolas
1962
as Antoine Tartarin
1963
as Édouard
1963
as Mr. Pédro Andromèze
1973
as Mr. de Chatiez
1962
as Bartoli
1964
as Félix
1962
as Edouard
1967
as Le docteur Grego
1956
as un voisin
1971
as Maurice Gombaud
1973
as Wanderer
1974
as Nathaël Grissom
1975
as Francis
1960
as Chappuis
1963
as Arnakos
1971
as Sigfrid
1973
as Gaston Payrac
1966
as Ivanov
1973
as Darbon, le galeriste
1973
as Pietro l'Aretino
1959
as Camille, le patron du bistrot
1969
as Alphonse Ramier / Al Gregor
1959
as Francis Blanchard
1957
as un voisin
1958
as General overseer
1964
as Émile aka 'le Boxeur'
1959
as Mr. Pascal
1959
as His Excellency Curacagua
1958
as Chazot
1962
as Capitano Fornace
1965
as Dufour
1965
as Paul Souflé
1961
1967
as The Doctor (segment "Aujourd'hui")
1970
as King of hearts
1968
as Passerby with the pipe (uncredited)
1969
as Achille
1972
as Paluche
1969
as Maximiliano
1970
as Léo Bertold
1967
as Mr. Adolphe
1961
as Blanchin
1970
as Marco Lombardi
1953
as M. Boulay, l'épicier libidineux
1967
as Copec
1962
as Fellous
1974
as Doctor
1973
as Norbert
1959
as Schulz
1966
as Constant
1971
as Hector Grogenol
1950
as Jean du Bois d'Ombelles
1961
as Commendator Borgioli
1961
as Mezio
1969
as Spinosa
1960
as von Krussendorf
1964
as le chauffeur
1965
as Mario l'enchanteur
1965
as Louis Dujardin
1960
as Félix
1961
as Félix
1969
as Loïc de Kerfuntel
1974
as Victor Hutin, Sophie's father
1957
as La Bonbonne
1964
as Nuisance at the Miss ceremony (uncredited)
1958
as Il maggiordomo (uncredited)
1960
as Augusto
1971
as Hugon
1966
as Monsieur Achille Eloy
1948
as Self
1964
as Presenter
1942
as Ami de Gilbert
1972
as Commissioner Pigna
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as Plantin
1967
as Le druide inventeur de la potion d'invisibilité
1964
as Adjutant (segment "Chance du guerrier, La")
1974
as Pierre, the perverted financier
Production
1973
as Screenplay
1954
as Lyricist
1962
as Director
1981
as Writer
1954
as Writer
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