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Jacques Charon

Jacques Charon

Born: 1920-02-27 • Paris, France

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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Filmography
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann poster
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
2019
Le Sexe faible poster
Le Sexe faible
1974 • Antoine
La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière poster
La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière
1973 • Monsieur Jourdain / Argan
Tartuffe poster
Tartuffe
1973 • Orgon
Le Misanthrope poster
Le Misanthrope
1971 • Oronte
Un fil à la patte poster
Un fil à la patte
1970 • Fontanet
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Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
1969 • Pomadour
Feu la mère de madame poster
Feu la mère de madame
1968 • Lucien
The Double Bed poster
The Double Bed
1965 • Le fiancé (3 : « La Répétition »)
Comment épouser un premier ministre poster
Comment épouser un premier ministre
1964 • Cchief of staff
How Do You Like My Sister? poster
How Do You Like My Sister?
1964 • Jolivet
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Teuf-teuf
1963 • Self - Host
In the French Style poster
In the French Style
1963 • Patrini
How to Succeed in Love poster
How to Succeed in Love
1962 • Director of Editions du Soleil
Cartouche poster
Cartouche
1962 • Le colonel
The Dreadful poster
The Dreadful
1959 • Monestier
Would-Be Gentleman poster
Would-Be Gentleman
1958 • the dancing master
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Le Misanthrope
1958 • Oronte
This Pretty World poster
This Pretty World
1957 • 'La Tulipe'
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La blonde des tropiques
1957 • Alphonse
Operation Thunder poster
Operation Thunder
1956 • Maurice Favier
The Scheming Women poster
The Scheming Women
1954 • Antonio Pan, le jeune premier
Le Petit Poucet poster
Le Petit Poucet
1954 • Narrateur
Le Petit Jacques poster
Le Petit Jacques
1953 • Defense lawyer Maître Merlin
The Turkey poster
The Turkey
1951 • M. de Pontagnac
The Red Inn poster
The Red Inn
1951 • Rodolphe
Over the waves poster
Over the waves
1951 • Self
Dakota 308 poster
Dakota 308
1951 • Lord Vernon
Cœur-sur-Mer poster
Cœur-sur-Mer
1951 • Le prince de Synoire
Paris Waltz poster
Paris Waltz
1950 • Berthelier
The Royalists poster
The Royalists
1947 • Lieutenant Merle
Behind These Walls poster
Behind These Walls
1946 • Count Jacques de Saint-Leu
The Queer Assignment poster
The Queer Assignment
1945 • Neptunia bartender
Colonel Chabert poster
Colonel Chabert
1943 • Cleric
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit poster
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
1943
Her First Affair poster
Her First Affair
1941 • A college student (uncredited)
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Opération Jericho
— • Le comte Jacques de Saint-Leu