Jacques Charon
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.325 |
| Birthday | 1920-02-27 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As | Jacques Charron, |
1957
This Pretty World
4/2
Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of literature in Aix-en-Provence, whom he has hardly ever seen....
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This Pretty World
1973
Tartuffe
10/1
A filmed version of Molière's play.
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Tartuffe
1941
Her First Affair
6.5/9
Micheline Chevassu is a young, naive woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she has a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the or...
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Her First Affair
1943
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
0/0
Six young boarding girls return home unexpectedly after their college has been destroyed by fire. Their unexpected presence arouses melodramatic react...
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Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
1946
Behind These Walls
5.8/6
June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by the resistance, the inhabitants who listen to Eng...
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Behind These Walls
1947
The Royalists
7/4
The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. An aristocrat, Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil, is sent...
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The Royalists
1950
Paris Waltz
5/1
A fictitious biography of Jacques Offenbach and Hortense Schneider.
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Paris Waltz
1954
The Scheming Women
5.2/12
The renowned theatre manager, Paul Rémy, is accused by his general secretary Andrieux of having killed his partner. On the advice of his wife Mona, Pa...
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The Scheming Women
1951
Over the waves
0/0
Panorama of the programs and hosts who made the heyday of radio in the 1950s.
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Over the waves
1951
The Red Inn
6.842/95
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the g...
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The Red Inn
1971
Le Misanthrope
0/0
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Le Misanthrope
1962
How to Succeed in Love
2.5/2
Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer....
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How to Succeed in Love
1964
How Do You Like My Sister?
0/0
The brother of a delinquent schoolboy falls in love with his teacher and intrigues to make him reciprocate her love, and succeeds.
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How Do You Like My Sister?
1970
Un fil à la patte
7/1
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Un fil à la patte
1943
Colonel Chabert
6.9/8
The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a politi...
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Colonel Chabert
1953
Le Petit Jacques
0/0
Noël Rambert is overwhelmed by fate. Marthe, his wife, has left him. His son, little Jacques, sickly and touching, has psychic gifts. Life is not a ha...
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Le Petit Jacques
2019
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
0/0
In Luther's beer-cellar, lusty singing extols the virtues of beer and wine. For this evening, the Muse decides to deflect the poet Hoffmann's attentio...
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Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
1963
In the French Style
5.5/6
A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring h...
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In the French Style
1959
The Dreadful
3/3
César Dandieu is an honest cashier in an oil company, and Fernand Mouchette an absent-minded inventor. The latter comes to propose a new type of carbu...
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The Dreadful
1945
The Queer Assignment
1/1
A young man, Robert Dupont, with suicidal tendencies and a bit stupid to boot, is saved by a stranger who pretends to be a well-known banker. This str...
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The Queer Assignment
1951
Cœur-sur-Mer
1/1
Endive-Meunier, a prosperous silk dealer from Lyon has an affair with his secretary he tries hard to keep secret. One day, he nevertheless accepts to...
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Cœur-sur-Mer
1951
The Turkey
6.667/6
Paris at the Belle Epoque. Monsieur de Pontagnac, a perfect honest man, loves pretty women too much and that plays him many tricks. What need does he...
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The Turkey
1968
Feu la mère de madame
0/0
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Feu la mère de madame
1974
Le sexe faible
0/0
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Le sexe faible
1962
Cartouche
6.4/172
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, ac...
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Cartouche
1973
La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière
0/0
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La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière
1969
Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
0/0
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Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
1965
The Double Bed
3/3
Various sketches centered on alcove stories.
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The Double Bed
1956
Operation Thunder
0/0
The inhabitants of a small provincial town are requisitioned to take part in the French army's major maneuvers. A foreign spy takes advantage of these...
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Operation Thunder
1964
Comment épouser un premier ministre
1/1
Philippe Lambert, an attractive young attaché to the Prime Minister's office, is a man of many female conquests. One of them, Madame Grandbourg, wife...
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Comment épouser un premier ministre
1951
Dakota 308
0/0
A Dakota plane is carrying a ton of gold bound for Brazzaville, but it is hijacked over the Camargue. On arrival, we find nails instead of gold!
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Dakota 308
1963
Teuf-teuf
0/0
An automobile tribute
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Teuf-teuf
1958
Would-Be Gentleman
8/1
M. Jourdain is a cloth merchant who wants to become a gentleman, learning dance, music, fencing and philosophy. Mme Jourdain is worried about Dorante'...
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