Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. He divorced his second wife in 1939. ... Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Grand Illusion
(Le lieutenant Maréchal)
The Sicilian Clan
(Vittorio Manalese)
Two Men in Town
(Germain Cazeneuve)
Jury of One
(Leguen)
Les Misérables
(Jean Valjean / Champmathieu)
The Gardener of Argenteuil
(M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »)
Killer
(Commissioner Le Guen)
The Tattoo
(Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain')
Any Number Can Win
(Charles)
The Cat
(Julien Bouin)
The Magnificent Tramp
(Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède)
Pépé le Moko
(Pépé le Moko)
Daybreak
(François)
Monsieur
(Monsieur)
The Old Guard
(Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer)
A Monkey in Winter
(Albert Quentin)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(Max dit Max le Menteur)
La Bête Humaine
(Lantier)
Moontide
(Bobo)
The Possessors
(Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier)
Napoleon
(Marshal Jean Lannes)
Crime and Punishment
(Commissaire Gallet)
Le Plaisir
(Joseph Rivet)
Air of Paris
(Victor Le Garrec)
Maigret Sets a Trap
(Commissaire Maigret)
The Gentleman from Epsom
(Richard Briand-Charmery)
The Truth About Bebe Donge
(François Donge)
Razzia
(Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais')
French Cancan
(Henri Danglard)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
(Self (archive footage))
High and Low
(Charles Boulla)
The Lower Depths
(Pepel Wasska)
Lilac
(Martousse)
Port of Shadows
(Jean)
Stormy Waters
(Le capitaine André Laurent)
The Darling of Paris
(Bob)
Love Is My Profession
(Maître André Gobillot)
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
(Self (archive footage))
The Walls of Malapaga
(Pierre Arrignon)
The Horse
(Auguste Maroilleur)
Everyone Has Their Chance
(Marcel Grivot)
Hi-Jack Highway
(Jean Chape)
They Were Five
(Jean dit Jeannot)
Marie of the Port
(Henri Chatelard)
Behold the Man
(Ponce Pilate)
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
(Self (archive footage))
La Traversée de Paris
(Grandgil, artist painter)
The Moment of Truth
(Dr Pierre Richard)
La Bandera
(Pierre Gilieth)
Pasha
(Comissaire Joss, le Pacha)
The President
(Emile Beaufort)
The Impostor
(Clément / Maurice Lafarge)
Their Last Night
(Pierre Ruffin)
Blood to the Head
(François Cardinaud)
Rue de Paris
(Henri Neveu)
The Dominici Affair
(Gaston Dominici)
The Image Book
((archive footage))
Rhine Virgin
(Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru)
That Tender Age
(Émile Malhouin)
The Night Affair
(Inspecteur Georges Vallois)
Maigret Sees Red
(Commissaire Jules Maigret)
God's Thunder
(Léandre Brassac)
The Upper Hand
(Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's)
Deadlier Than the Male
(André Chatelin)
Under the Sign of the Bull
(Albert Raynal)
The Counterfeiters of Paris
(Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe')
The Little Rebels
(Julien Lamy)
Action Man
(Denis Ferrand)
The Case of Dr. Laurent
(le docteur Laurent)
People of No Importance
(Jean Viard)
The Night Is My Kingdom
(Raymond Pinsard)
Speaking of Murder
(Louis Bertain/Louis le blond)
The Baron of the Locks
(Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine)
Lady Killer
(Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour')
Fun in the Barracks
(Fricot)
House on the Waterfront
(Commander Lequévic)
Le Tunnel
(Mac Allan)
Coral Reefs
(Ted "Trott" Lennard)
Martin Roumagnac
(Martin Roumagnac)
Maria Chapdelaine
(François Paradis)
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
(Victor Ploubaz)
Storms
(il professore Antonio Sanna)
Victor
(Victor)
Twelve Hours to Live
(Carlo Bacchi)
Mirror
(Pierre Lussac)
The Messenger
(Nicolas Dange)
For One Night..!
(Jean)
All That Is Not Worth Love
(Jean Cordier)
Méphisto
(Jacques Miral)
The Crowd Roars
(Joe Greer)
The Beautiful Sailor
(Le capitaine)
Gloria
(Robert Nourry)
Happy Hearts
(Charles)
L'Étoile de Valencia
(Pedro Savedra)
Goodbye Beautiful Days
(Pierre Lavernay)
Ohé! Les valises
Les lions
Holy Year
(Max Lambert)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
(Self (archive footage))
Zouzou
(Jean)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
(Commissioner Jules Maigret)
Varieté
(Georges)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Lino Ventura, la part intime
(Self (archive footage))
Jean Gabin, une âme française
(Self (archive footage))
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
(Monsieur (archive footage))
Quand Jean devint Renoir
(Self (archive footage))
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
(Self (archive footage))
V.I.P. Schaukel
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self (archive footage))
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
(Self (archive footage))
Cinépanorama
(Self)
The Century of Icons
(Self (archive footage))
Sacrée Soirée
(Self (archive footage))