Jacques Dufilho
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-02-19
Day of Death
2005-08-28 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Bègles, Gironde, France
Jacques Dufilho
Biography
Jacques Dufilho is a French comedian, born February 19, 1914 in Bègles (Gironde, France) and died August 28, 2005 in Ponsampère (Gers, France).
Originally from the south-west of France, Jacques Jacques-Gabriel Dufilho studied agriculture then went to Paris to live his passion for painting and sculpture. It was there that he met Charles Dullin, a great man from the theater world who passed on his passion for the stage to him and made his cabaret-theatre debut in 1951 with Agnès Capri. Jacques Dufilho then begins by playing sketches before turning to the big screen. In 1939, he participated in Marc Allégret's project in the film "Le Corsaire" but the film remained unfinished. Jacques Dufilho is not worried about it as two years later, he plays the role of a lumberjack in André Zwobada's feature film "Croisières Sidérales".
Subsequently, the actor chained the roles in the cinema but it was in 1949 that he was noticed by the general public in "La Ferme des Sept Péchés" by Jean-Devaivre. Jacques Dufilho also went to the theater and went on stage for the first time in Dostoyevsky's play, "The Brothers Karamazov" directed by André Barsacq. When the Second World War broke out, Jacques Dufilho was part of the 2nd Hussard Regiment, particularly in the 29th infantry division reconnaissance group as he received the Legion of Honor in 1998. In 1953, he played in the play by Molière "The Doctor Despite Him" under the direction of Jean-Pierre Darras. The following year, he returned with André Barsacq to the Théâtre de l'Atelier in "Colombe" by Jean Anouilh. He still plays in the cinema as in "Marie-Antoinette, Reine De France" by Jean Delannoy in 1956. Same year, same director, he plays in "Notre-Dame De Paris".
In 1961 and 1962, Jacques Dufilho returned to the stage with André Barsacq in "Les Maxibules" by Marcel Aymé and "L'Avare" by Molière. The actor made an impression in "The Guardian", adapted from the English play "The Caretaker" by Harold Pinter. The year 1978 marks a new turning point in the career of Jacques Dufilho, with the film "Le Crabe-Tambour" by Pierre Schoendoerffer, thanks to his interpretation of the role of the chief mechanic in the film, he will be rewarded with a César in the Best Supporting Actor category. In 1980, he played Adrien Dussart in "A bad son" by Claude Sautet, which earned him a second César award, still in the same category. At the theater, in 1988 the actor was awarded the Molière du Comédien for his role in Herb Gardner's play "Je Ne Suis Pas Rappaport" directed by Georges Wilson. Over the years, Jacques Dufilho will play under the direction of Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, André Hunebelle, Yves Robert and many others. In 1999, he played in "C'est Quoi La Vie?" by François Dupeyron, which earned him a new nomination for the Césars. On television, he received the Seven d'Or for best actor after his role in the film "Une Femme Innocente". In 2003 he released his autobiography "Les Sirènes Du Bateau-Loup" published by Fayard.
The actor died on August 28, 2005 in Ponsampère at the age of 91 after playing his last role in "Up There, A King Above The Clouds" by Pierre Schoendoerffer.
Known For
Acting
Chut !
as Fritz Ducharrel
(2021)
Trintignant by Trintignant
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Above the Clouds
as le recteur
(2000)
Jeanne, Marie et les autres
as Frantz
(1999)
The Children of the Marshland
as Old man
(1999)
C'est quoi la vie ?
as Noël
(1997)
(1995)
Ne coupez pas mes arbres
as Sir William Belmont
(1993)
Pétain
as Maréchal Philippe Pétain
(1993)
Le galopin
as Edouard de Robert
(1992)
Shipwrecked Children
as Petit Louis
(1989)
La Vouivre
as Urbain
(1988)
Nailcruncher
as Mattathias
(1988)
To Our Late Husband
as Romeo
(1987)
Jofroi de la Maussan
as Jofroi de la Maussan
(1987)
L'homme qui n'était pas là
as Strosser
(1985)
(1984)
Voglia di Volare
as Father of Davide
(1983)
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
as Le docteur Lerne
(1983)
L'Intoxe
as Monsieur Doucet
(1983)
The Mill of M. Fabre
as Felix Fabre
(1982)
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
as Jean-Marie, the blackmailer
(1981)
Talou
as von Krapp
(1980)
The Horse of Pride
as Alain, le grand-père
(1980)
A Bad Son
as Adrien Dussart
(1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Captain
(1979)
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
as Self
(1979)
Pierrot mon ami
as Mounnezergues
(1979)
Les Insulaires
as M. Palladion
(1979)
Rue du Pied de Grue
as Le commissaire
(1977)
Drummer-Crab
as Chief mechanic
(1977)
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
as Colonnello Von Buttiglione
(1976)
Soldier of Fortune
as Mariano de Trani
(1976)
The Doctor...the Schoolgirl
as Colonel Oreste Raselli
(1976)
Black and White in Color
as Paul Rechampot
(1976)
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
as 'Dodo' Spinacroce
(1976)
Milady
as Commander Gardefort
(1976)
Vow of Chastity
as Annibale
(1975)
Cher Victor
as Victor Lasalle
(1975)
Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto
as Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione
(1974)
Erotomania
as Prof. Pazzoni
(1974)
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
as Gustavo
(1974)
How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General
as Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione
(1974)
(1974)
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
as Le vicomte Célestin Galmiche de Quibedec
(1974)
Professore venga accompagnato dai suoi genitori
as prof. Gustavo Negroni
(1973)
Supermen Against the Orient
as American Consul
(1973)
A Full Day's Work
as Jean Rousseau
(1973)
Corazón solitario
as Antonio
(1973)
The Heavenly Bodies
as The priest
(1973)
La brigade en folie
as Commissaire Richard
(1972)
Chut !
as Fritz Ducharrel
(1972)
La chavalanthrope
as Actor
(1971)
Rookies Run Amok
as Colonel
(1971)
Fantasia among the squares
as Oncle Noé
(1969)
A Golden Widow
as Joseph
(1969)
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Job, le domestique
(1969)
Call Me Mathilde
as Petitjean
(1969)
(1969)
Le Huguenot récalcitrant
as Marshall Jérémie Boutre
(1968)
Les Aventures de Lagardère
as Amable Passepoil
(1968)
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
as Camille
(1967)
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
as Shoskatovich, chef des Russes
(1967)
The Hotheads
as Dante
(1967)
And Tomorrow?
as Jeroom
(1966)
(1965)
Lady L
as Bealu
(1965)
Public School
as Le paysan
(1965)
L'or du duc
as Annibal
(1964)
The Visit
as Police Officer Fisch
(1964)
(1964)
Clémentine chérie
as Spanish maid
(1964)
Mission to Venice
as César, majordome
(1964)
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
as Rogier, de pyromaan
(1964)
La prima donna
as Reader of "Dimanche Echo" (voice)
(1963)
Sweet and Sour
as Monsieur Alfonso
(1963)
The Bamboo Stroke
as Le chauffeur de taxi
(1963)
L'assassin connaît la musique
as Le docteur Hublot, médecin légiste
(1962)
War of the Buttons
as L'Aztec's father
(1962)
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Le directeur de la 'Maison de la Radio'
(1962)
Snobs!
as Lambotte & his brother
(1962)
The Doll
as Theodora, old Indian woman
(1962)
L'Auberge de l'ange gardien
as Bournier Aîné
(1961)
The Black Monocle
as Charvet, le guide
(1961)
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
as Le fossoyeur
(1961)
In the Mouth of the Wolf
as Paul Prunier
(1960)
Zazie dans le Métro
as Ferdinand Grédoux
(1960)
Premeditated
as Martinot
(1959)
The Overtaxed
as Prison superintendent
(1959)
Signed, Arsène Lupin
as Albert, manservant
(1959)
Bobosse
as Gaston, manservant
(1959)
Julie la rousse
as Le garçon d'hôtel / Waiter
(1959)
Work and Freedom
as Agent Grosjean
(1958)
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
as Taxi Customer
(1958)
Maxime
as Flick
(1958)
Hardboiled Egg Time
as Jules Grandvivier
(1958)
Et ta sœur…
as Puymartin
(1958)
The Little Professor
as Head of the civil status department
(1958)
Honey, Scare Me
as Emile, the floor boy
(1957)
The Happy Road
as Michel Bertrand
(1957)
Nathalie
as Simon
(1957)
Que les hommes sont bêtes
as L'inspecteur
(1957)
Until the Last One
as Pépé
(1957)
That damn Amédée
as Placard
(1957)
The Fast Set
as Pedro Avendetti
(1956)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Guillaume Rousseau
(1956)
Life is beautiful
as le chef de la fanfare
(1956)
My Priest Among the Poor
as Fernand
(1956)
Slightly Ahead
as Le garçon d'écurie
(1954)
Love in a Hot Climate
as Chispa
(1954)
Cadet Rousselle
as Carlos
(1953)
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
as Giuseppe
(1953)
Saadia
as Bandit leader
(1952)
Crimson Curtain
as An actor
(1952)
The Road to Damascus
as Pierre
(1952)
(1951)
Dear Caroline
as Le valet de Pont-Bellanger
(1951)
Bibi Fricotin
as One-legged uncle
(1951)
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
as L'employé du gaz (uncredited)
(1950)
Vendetta in Camargue
as Zacramir
(1950)
Vagabonds imaginaires
as Shepherd (segment 'The Stars')
(1949)
Strange Tales
as The drunken conscript
(1949)
The Farm of Seven Sins
as François Sovignant
(1948)
(1948)
The Figurehead
as Commander Clement
(1947)
Le Bateau à soupe
as Zélize
(1947)
Criminal Brigade
as Lucien
(1944)
First in Line
as Fernand Lourtier
(1944)
Autour d'un Film de Montagne
as Self
(1943)
Adieu Léonard
as Chestnut merchant (uncredited)
(1942)
Sideral Cruises
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Crew
(1950)
Vagabonds imaginaires
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