Jacques Charon

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. Source: Article "Jacques Charon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Cast

This Pretty World

('La Tulipe')

Tartuffe

(Orgon)

Her First Affair

(A college student (uncredited))

Des jeunes filles dans la nuit

Behind These Walls

(Count Jacques de Saint-Leu)

The Royalists

(Lieutenant Merle)

Paris Waltz

(Berthelier)

The Scheming Women

(Antonio Pan, le jeune premier)

Over the waves

(Self)

The Red Inn

(Rodolphe)

Le Misanthrope

(Oronte)

How to Succeed in Love

(Director of Editions du Soleil)

How Do You Like My Sister?

(Jolivet)

Un fil à la patte

(Fontanet)

Colonel Chabert

(Cleric)

Le Petit Jacques

(Defense lawyer Maître Merlin)

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann

In the French Style

(Patrini)

The Dreadful

(Monestier)

The Queer Assignment

(Neptunia bartender)

Cœur-sur-Mer

(Le prince de Synoire)

The Turkey

(M. de Pontagnac)

Feu la mère de madame

(Lucien)

Le Sexe faible

(Antoine)

Cartouche

(Le colonel)

La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière

(Monsieur Jourdain / Argan)

Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre

(Pomadour)

The Double Bed

(Le fiancé (3 : « La Répétition »))

Operation Thunder

(Maurice Favier)

Comment épouser un premier ministre

(Cchief of staff)

Dakota 308

(Lord Vernon)

Teuf-teuf

(Self - Host)

Would-Be Gentleman

(the dancing master)

La Blonde des tropiques

(Alphonse)

Le Petit Poucet

(Narrateur)

Le Misanthrope

(Oronte)

Opération Jericho

(Le comte Jacques de Saint-Leu)

Un souper chez Lauzun

(Louis XIV)

Le Grand Échiquier

(Self)

À bout portant

(Self)

Samedi soir

(Self)

Midi trente

(Self)

Midi Première

(Self)

La Comédie-Française

La Comédie-Française

(Arlequin)