Jacques Charon

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-02-27 (55 years old)

Deathday

1975-10-15

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Jacques Charon

Biography

Jacques Charon (27 February 1920 – 15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director. Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941. During his time there which lasted until his death, he played over 150 roles in the classical and modern repertoire. Charon directed the 1968 feature film A Flea in Her Ear and the 1973 television movie Monsieur Pompadour. He played Spalanzani in the complete recording of The Tales of Hoffmann (Decca, 1971). Charon died in Paris and is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre. Source: Article "Jacques Charo...

Acting

1957

This Pretty World

as 'La Tulipe'

1973

Tartuffe

as Orgon

1941

Her First Affair

as A college student (uncredited)

1946

Behind These Walls

as Count Jacques de Saint-Leu

1947

The Royalists

as Lieutenant Merle

1950

Paris Waltz

as Berthelier

1954

The Scheming Women

as Antonio Pan, le jeune premier

1951

1951

The Red Inn

as Rodolphe

1971

1962

How to Succeed in Love

as Director of Editions du Soleil

1970

1943

1953

Le Petit Jacques

as Defense lawyer Maître Merlin

1963

1959

The Dreadful

as Monestier

1951

Cœur-sur-Mer

as Le prince de Synoire

1945

The Queer Assignment

as Neptunia bartender

1951

The Turkey

as M. de Pontagnac

1974

Le sexe faible

as Antoine

1962

Cartouche

as Le colonel

1973

La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière

as Monsieur Jourdain / Argan

1965

The Double Bed

as Le fiancé (segment 3 "La répétition")

1956

Operation Thunder

as Maurice Favier

1951

Dakota 308

as Lord Vernon

1963

Teuf-teuf

as Self - Host

1958

Would-Be Gentleman

as the dancing master

Production

1976

La facture

as Director

1974

Folle Amanda

as Director

1968

1975

Ah! La police de Papa

as Stage Director

1973

Le Tartuffe

as Director

1973

Tartuffe

as Stage Director

1970

Adieu Berthe

as Director

1973

1980

Peau de vache

as Director

1976

La Poudre aux yeux

as Action Director

1972

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