Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 27, 1920
Place of Birth:
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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Year | Movie | Role |
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2019 | Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann | |
1974 | Le sexe faible | Antoine |
1973 | Tartuffe | Orgon |
1973 | La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière | Monsieur Jourdain / Argan |
1971 | Le Misanthrope | Oronte |
1970 | Un fil à la patte | Fontanet |
1969 | Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre | Pomadour |
1968 | Feu la mère de madame | Lucien |
1965 | The Double Bed | Le fiancé (segment 3 "La répétition") |
1964 | How Do You Like My Sister? | Jolivet |
1964 | Comment épouser un premier ministre | Cchief of staff |
1963 | In the French Style | Patrini |
1963 | Teuf-teuf | Self - Host |
1962 | How to Succeed in Love | Director of Editions du Soleil |
1962 | Cartouche | Le colonel |
1959 | The Dreadful | Monestier |
1958 | Would-Be Gentleman | the dancing master |
1957 | This Pretty World | 'La Tulipe' |
1957 | La blonde des tropiques | Alphonse |
1956 | Operation Thunder | Maurice Favier |
1954 | The Scheming Women | Antonio Pan, le jeune premier |
1953 | Le Petit Jacques | Defense lawyer Maître Merlin |
1951 | Over the waves | Self |
1951 | The Red Inn | Rodolphe |
1951 | Cœur-sur-Mer | Le prince de Synoire |
1951 | The Turkey | M. de Pontagnac |
1951 | Dakota 308 | Lord Vernon |
1950 | Paris Waltz | Berthelier |
1947 | The Royalists | Lieutenant Merle |
1946 | Behind These Walls | Count Jacques de Saint-Leu |
1945 | The Queer Assignment | Neptunia bartender |
1943 | Des jeunes filles dans la nuit | |
1943 | Colonel Chabert | Cleric |
1941 | Her First Affair | A college student (uncredited) |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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1975 | Midi Première | Self |
1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
1972 | Midi trente | Self |
1971 | Samedi soir | Self |
1968 | À bout portant | Self |