Name
Jacques Charon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-02-27
Deathday
1975-10-15 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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.
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- 1957 This Pretty World as 'La Tulipe'
- 1973 Tartuffe as Orgon
- 1941 Her First Affair as A college student (uncredited)
- 1943 Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
- 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 Over the waves as Self
- 1951 The Red Inn as Rodolphe
- 1971 Le Misanthrope as Oronte
- 1962 How to Succeed in Love as Director of Editions du Soleil
- 1964 How Do You Like My Sister? as Jolivet
- 1970 Un fil à la patte as Fontanet
- 1943 Colonel Chabert as Cleric
- 1953 Le Petit Jacques as Defense lawyer Maître Merlin
- 2019 Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
- 1963 In the French Style as Patrini
- 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
- 1968 Feu la mère de madame as Lucien
- 1974 Le Sexe faible as Antoine
- 1962 Cartouche as Le colonel
- 1973 La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière as Monsieur Jourdain / Argan
- 1969 Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre as Pomadour
- 1965 The Double Bed as Le fiancé (3 : « La Répétition »)
- 1956 Operation Thunder as Maurice Favier
- 1964 Comment épouser un premier ministre as Cchief of staff
- 1951 Dakota 308 as Lord Vernon
- 1963 Teuf-teuf as Self - Host
- 1958 Would-Be Gentleman as the dancing master
- 1957 La Blonde des tropiques as Alphonse
- 1954 Le Petit Poucet as Narrateur
- 1958 Le Misanthrope as Oronte
- Soon Opération Jericho as Le comte Jacques de Saint-Leu
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1968 À bout portant ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Samedi soir ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 Midi trente ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Midi Première ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 La Comédie-Française ( 1 episode )
- 1952 La Comédie-Française ( 1 episode ) as Arlequin
