Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 29, 1921
Place of Birth:
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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Jess Hahn
Biography
Jess Hahn's career is a bit of an oddity, being one of very few American actors to establish himself in French cinema in the early 1960's. He acted exclusively in French productions for the duration of his career with the exception of the Marlon Brando vehicle "The Night of the Following Day" in 1968, which was filmed in France. He also appeared in several international coproductions and low budget films by French exploitation director Jean Marie Pallardy, for which he is arguably best-known to contemporary audiences.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Overdose | Le docteur |
| 1986 | La Galette du roi | Morrisson - TV Director |
| 1984 | White Fire | Sam |
| 1984 | How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave | Mac Douglas |
| 1983 | The Innocents Abroad | |
| 1981 | Treize | Bob |
| 1981 | Teheran '43 | terrorist on airplane |
| 1980 | Mama Dracula | The Superintendent |
| 1977 | Johnny West | Manager |
| 1975 | Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir | Senator |
| 1975 | The Man from Chicago | Jeff |
| 1974 | Three Tough Guys | The Bartender |
| 1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud | Walter |
| 1973 | The Mysterious Island | Bonaventure Pencroft |
| 1973 | Mean Frank and Crazy Tony | Jeannot |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Connection | Sacha |
| 1972 | The Artless One | Captain |
| 1972 | The Grand Duel | Bighorse |
| 1972 | Sexy Sinners | Prior (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Troubleshooters | Kongo, La brute américaine |
| 1971 | Bad Man's River | Tom Odie |
| 1971 | Supergirl | Polonsky |
| 1971 | Rum Runners | Piet aka "Big Dutch" |
| 1971 | Die Sonne angreifen | Hippolit |
| 1970 | The Novices | L'Américain |
| 1970 | Docteur Caraïbes | |
| 1970 | The Comeuppance | Bob |
| 1970 | Atlantic Wall | Un colonel Britannique |
| 1969 | The Night of the Following Day | Friendly |
| 1969 | L'Amour des 4 colonels | Wesley |
| 1968 | Fuller Report, Base Stockholm | Eddy Bennet |
| 1968 | The Woman Is a Stranger | Floyd Delaney |
| 1967 | Rita the Field Marshal | Major Bill Hocks |
| 1967 | Your Turn to Die | Boris |
| 1967 | Million Dollar Man | Henry |
| 1966 | Secret Agent Super Dragon | Baby Face |
| 1966 | Triple Cross | Commander Braid |
| 1966 | The Saint Lies in Wait | Hoppy Uniatz |
| 1966 | The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen | Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule |
| 1966 | The Postman Goes to War | Jess Parker |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | Peter Werner |
| 1965 | Up to His Ears | Cornelius |
| 1965 | The Wise Guys | Calderon aka "Nénesse" |
| 1965 | How Not to Rob a Department Store | Palmoni (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Topkapi | Hans |
| 1964 | The Great Spy Chase | Commodore O'Brien |
| 1964 | Les Gorilles | Boris Alexis Alexevich, the make-up artist |
| 1964 | Que personne ne sorte | Bugsy Weis |
| 1963 | A Blonde Like That | Sam |
| 1962 | Cartouche | La Douceur |
| 1962 | Sign of the Lion | Pierre Wesselrin |
| 1962 | Mandrin | Bertrand, 'le braco' |
| 1962 | The Trial | Assistant Inspector #2 |
| 1962 | My Uncle from Texas | Brad |
| 1961 | Dynamite Jack | Sergeant Bob |
| 1961 | Sahara on Fire | Jeff Gordon |
| 1959 | The Tiger Attacks | Donan |
| 1959 | Gorilla's Waltz | Ted the Hook |
| 1959 | Tonight We Kill | Dave, Larry's friend |
| 1959 | Time Bomb | Le marin blessé |
| 1958 | Honey, Scare Me | Chris Craft, the American spy |
| 1958 | A Woman Like Satan | Sidney |
| 1958 | The Sicilian | Raffles |
| 1958 | The Desert of Pigalle | Bill |
| 1957 | The Happy Road | MP Sgt. Morgan |
| 1957 | Nathalie | Sam |
| 1957 | The Tricyclist | Daniel |
| 1957 | Le colonel est de la revue | Jess |
| 1957 | To Catch a Spy | Kalpannen |
| 1957 | When a Woman Meddles | 'La Couture' |
| 1957 | The Vintage | André Morel (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Let's Be Daring, Madame | Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy' |
| 1956 | The Flea in the Ear | Rugby |
| 1956 | Fernand cow-boy | Jim Harlan, Saloon manager |
| 1956 | The Lebanese Mission | Le valet |
| 1956 | Meeting in Paris | Henry |
| 1955 | La Madelon | American General Gibson |
| 1955 | Tant qu'il y aura des femmes | |
| 1955 | The Best Part | Karl |
| 1955 | Girl on the Third Floor | L'Américain (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Give 'em Hell | American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne | le capitaine du bar |
| 1953 | Deux de l'escadrille | |
| 1953 | Poison Ivy | Le marin-geôlier |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Les 400 Coups de Virginie | Humphrey |
| 1973 | Mysterious Island | Bonaventure Pencroft |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Blucher |
| 1966 | At Theatre Tonight | Ogden |
| 1958 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Jess Campbell |
| 1958 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Norman Carey |
| 1958 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Jeff |
| 1958 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | L'ami de Gaucher |