Person Details

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Aliases: Dufilho

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bègles, Gironde, France

Homepage: https://mubi.com/fr/cast/jacques-dufilho

Movie Involvements: 49

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Le Grand Échiquier
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8

Le Grand Échiquier

(1972) Self
Midi trente
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6

Midi trente

(1972) Self
Orages d'été, avis de tempête
Average
0
Fantômas
Average
7

Fantômas

(1980) Inspektor Juve
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Average
7

Nosferatu the Vampyre

(1979) Captain
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Average
7

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

(1956) Guillaume Rousseau
Le Vent des moissons
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0

Le Vent des moissons

(1988) Alexandre Leclerc
The Visit
Average
7

The Visit

(1964) Police Officer Fisch

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self (archive footage)
2009 Self (archive footage)
2003 le recteur
2000 Frantz
1999 Noël
Old man
1997 N/A
1995 Sir William Belmont
1993 Edouard de Robert
Maréchal Philippe Pétain
1992 Petit Louis
1990 Léon
1989 Urbain
1988 Alexandre Leclerc
Mattathias
Romeo
1987 Strosser
Jofroi de la Maussan
1985 N/A
1984 Padre di Davide
1983 Le docteur Lerne
Monsieur Doucet
Felix Fabre
1982 Jean-Marie, le maître-chanteur
Self
1980 Adrien Dussart
Alain, le grand-père
Inspektor Juve
1979 Le commissaire
Self
Mounnezergues
M. Palladion
Captain
1977 Chef mécanicien
Colonnello Von Buttiglione
1976 Annibale
'Dodo' Spinacroce
Paul Rechampot
Colonel Oreste Raselli
Mariano de Trani
Le commandant Gardefort
1975 Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione
Victor Lasalle
1974 Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione
Gustavo
prof. Gustavo Negroni
Le vicomte Célestin Galmiche de Quibedec
Prof. Pazzoni
1973 American Consul
The priest
Antonio
Jean Rousseau
Commissaire Richard
Colonel Buttiglione
1972 Fritz Ducharrel
Self
Actor
Self
1971 Le colonel
Oncle Noé
1969 Petitjean
Joseph
Job, le domestique
Marshall Jérémie Boutre
1968 Narrator (voice)
Amable Passepoil
Camille
1967 Dante
Shoskatovich, chef des Russes
Jeroom
1966 Y
1965 Bealu
Le paysan
Annibal
1964 Rogier, de pyromaan
N/A
La bonne espagnole
Police Officer Fisch
César, majordome
Reader of "Dimanche Echo" (voice)
1963 Le docteur Hublot, médecin légiste
Monsieur Alfonso
Le chauffeur de taxi
1962 Bournier Aîné
Le directeur de la 'Maison de la Radio'
N/A
Lambotte et son frère
L'Aztec's father
1961 Le fossoyeur
Charvet, le guide
Paul Prunier
1960 Ferdinand Grédoux
Martinot
1959 Agent Grosjean
Albert, le valet de chambre
Le garçon d'hôtel / Waiter
Prison superintendent
Gaston, le valet de chambrte
Self
1958 Flick
Taxi Customer
Le chef du service de l'état-civil
Puymartin
Jules Grandvivier
Emile, the floor boy
1957 Simon
Pedro
Michel Bertrand
Placard
L'inspecteur
Pépé
1956 Guillaume Rousseau
Le garçon d'écurie
le chef de la fanfare
Me Pachevin, le huissier
Fernand
1954 Carlos
Chispa
1953 Bandit leader
Giuseppe
1952 Pierre
An actor
N/A
1951 L'employé du gaz (uncredited)
L'oncle unijambiste
Le valet de Pont-Bellanger
1950 Zacramir
Shepherd (segment 'The Stars')
1949 The drunken conscript
François Sovignant
1948 Monk
Commander Clement
1947 Lucien
Zélize
1944 Fernand Lourtier
Self
1943 Chestnut merchant (uncredited)
1942 Un bûcheron (uncredited)
Fritz Ducharrel
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1950 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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