Jacques François

Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François ( born May 16, 1920 in Paris, † November 25, 2003 ibid ) was a French stage and film actor.

Life

After his time in the Navy and the participation in the Second World War, for which he also received the Croix de guerre 1939-1945, François has been active since the 1940s in the acting profession. After an attempt is broached, as his father to become a lawyer, he took the Cours Simon. His restrained and cultured acting appearance was used in numerous films in supporting roles as a businessman, elected officials or a lawyer.

After starting out in the film, he turned to the mid-1950s about 20 films - including a trip to Hollywood was the bilingual grown François doing before he focused on the stage and in 1970 a television series came back again on the small screen and the big screen where he was then still be seen well over 100 times.

His first stage appearance came in 1941 with Elvire Popesco in " La ligne d'horizon "; thereafter, he played in more than 90 pieces, among others, by Jean Anouilh, Sacha Guitry, Bernard- Henri Lévy, Jean -Claude Brisville and Anton Chekhov. Since the 1970s, he was the theater La Splendid connected.

Being a good athlete, he led a 1957 trapeze act with Gaby Sylvia on.

His memoirs, published in 1992 bear the title Rappels.

François was a knight of the Legion of Honour and recipient of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Filmography

Theater

• Pieces at the Théâtre Michel, Théâtre des Bouffes, Théâtre de l'Atelier, Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre de la Madeleine, Théâtre de la Michodière, Théâtre des Variétés