Francis Blanche
Known for Acting · 125 credits
- Born
- 1921-07-20
- Died
- 1974-07-06
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Francis-Jean Blanche · Francis Jean Blanche
Biography
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. His two daughters, Barbara & Dominique, are artists with their studios in Eze.
Blanche was born in an artistic family, mainly of stage actors—including his father Louis Blanche and his uncle, Emmanuel Blanche, who was a painter—. He completed his secondary schooling at fourteen, the youngest in France to do so at the time.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Blanche was part of Robert Dhéry's theatrical company Les Branquignols, with whom he played in the film Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954.
Blanche teamed up with Pierre Dac to form a comic duo best remembered for Le Sâr Rabindranath Duval, a sketch about a phony and nonsensical Indian clairvoyant and guru (1957). They also created a popular and equally nonsensical radiophonic series, loosely based on a highly improbable espionage and conspiration plot, Malheur aux barbus, which was broadcast on Paris Inter in 213 episodes from 1951 to 1952. The same plot and characters were revived on Europe 1 in a series called Signé Furax, enjoying no less than 1,034 daily episodes between 1956 and 1960. Both broadcasts were phenomenal audience successes in the pre-television era. Blanche was also renowned for broadcasting phone pranks, in which he entertained listeners by making the most improbable situations sound plausible.
He wrote poems, and the lyrics of 673 songs. On stage, he acted in Tartuffe and Néron and, in 1955, Chevalier du Ciel, an operetta by Luis Mariano at the Gaîté-Lyrique theatre.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (119)
Belle de Jour
1967
as Mr. Adolphe
The Black Tulip
1964
as Plantin
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
The Eroticist
1972
as padre Scirer
Crooks in Clover
1963
as Maître Folace
The Oldest Profession
1967
as The Doctor (segment "Aujourd'hui")
The Green Mare
1959
as Ferdinand Haudouin
Rita the Field Marshal
1967
as Captain Hans Vogel
Peek-a-boo
1954
as Garibaldo Trouchet, le ténor / Un musicien
Deux Romains en Gaule
1967
as Le druide inventeur de la potion d'invisibilité
The Terror with Cross-Eyes
1972
as Commissioner Pigna
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
as Nathaël Grissom
The Great Spy Chase
1964
as Boris Vassiliev
Les baratineurs
1965
as Louis Dujardin
The Seventh Juror
1962
as Le procureur général
Male Hunt
1964
as Nino Papatakis
Salut Berthe !
1968
as Passerby with the pipe (uncredited)
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
as L'oncle Absalon, le savant farfelu
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Sweet and Sour
1963
as Franz
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
as Wanderer
Order of the Daisy
1967
as L'inspecteur Maurice Leloup
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
1971
as Sigfrid
Erotissimo
1969
as Le polyvalent
Chance at Love
1964
as Adjutant (segment "Chance du guerrier, La")
Loose in the Trigger
1967
as La Prudence
Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
1973
as Pietro l'Aretino
Romulus and the Sabines
1961
as Mezio
Snobs!
1962
as Morloch
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
1969
as Maximiliano
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
as Prior
Les Gros Bras
1963
as Mr. Pédro Andromèze
Too Late to Love
1959
as Camille, le patron du bistrot
I've Had It
1973
as Mr. de Chatiez
Hitch-Hike
1962
as le douanier belge
Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?
1971
as Maurice Gombaud
Les Gorilles
1964
as Félix
Les 100 vies de Francis Blanche
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
as Loïc de Kerfuntel
By the Blood of Others
1974
as Doctor
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
as Me Marcerou, avocat et ami du couple (segment "Le Divorce")
The Great Gadget
1967
as Copec
Champagne for Savages
1964
as Francis
Who Stole the Body?
1963
as Édouard
The Hideout
1962
as Edouard
Babette Goes to War
1959
as Schulz
The Girl of a Thousand Months
1961
as Commendator Borgioli
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
1969
as Alphonse Ramier / Al Gregor
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
1960
People in Luck
1963
as M. Bricheton (segment "Le Repas gastronomique")
The Killer is Listening
1948
as Self
Anyone Can Kill Me
1957
as La Bonbonne
France, Incorporated
1974
as Pierre, the perverted financier
Clémentine chérie
1964
as Nuisance at the Miss ceremony (uncredited)
Life is beautiful
1956
as un voisin
Say it with Flowers
1974
as Gérard Rollain
Toto in Paris
1958
as Il maggiordomo (uncredited)
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
1973
as Gaston Payrac
Le canard en fer blanc
1967
as Le docteur Grego
Les Pieds nickelés
1964
as Commissaire Lenoir
Some Like It... Cold
1960
as William Foster Valmorin, American
The Vendetta
1962
as Bartoli
Requiem pour un caïd
1964
as Émile aka 'le Boxeur'
The Men in the Family
1968
as Strumberger
Les Livreurs
1961
as Félix
The Indestructible
1959
as Francis Blanchard
The Big Wash
1968
as Doctor Loupioc
The Stud
1970
as Tax collector Dupuis
We Like It Cold
1960
as von Krussendorf
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1963
as Chief Insp. Cucherat
A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
1958
as Chazot
Honoré de Marseille
1956
as Pasquale Marchetti
Les malabars sont au parfum
1966
as Ivanov
Scandal Man
1972
as Paluche
House of Sin
1961
as Blanchin
The Great Java
1971
as Auguste Kougloff / Augustin Colombani
Little Girls and High Finance
1960
as Bank manager
Trust Me!
1954
as Nicolas
La Grande Maffia
1971
as Modeste Miette
The Big Grasshopper
1967
as Gédéon
The Real Bargain
1965
as Paul Souflé
The Abominable Man of Customs
1963
as Arnakos
The Sleeping Sentinel
1966
as Constant
Le bourgeois gentil mec
1969
as Spinosa
Match contre la mort
1959
as Mr. Pascal
Le pillole di Ercole
1960
as Augusto
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
as Chauffeur
Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!
1962
as Capitano Fornace
Frédérica
1942
as Ami de Gilbert
Le Solitaire
1973
as Norbert
A Whale That Had a Toothache
1975
as Francis
Les enquiquineurs
1966
as Monsieur Achille Eloy
The Virgins
1963
as Mr. De Brétevielle
Easy Come Easy Go
1960
as Félix
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
1971
as Hector Grogenol
Operation Gold Ingot
1962
as Fellous
La Polka des menottes
1957
as un voisin
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1970
as Marco Lombardi
Ils ont vingt ans
1950
as Michel Barbarin
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
1965
as Dufour
Tartarin de Tarascon
1962
as Antoine Tartarin
The Little Professor
1958
as General overseer
The Motorcycle Cops
1959
as His Excellency Curacagua
OK Patron
1974
as Victor Hutin, Sophie's father
Aux frais de la princesse
1969
as Achille
Midnight... Quai de Bercy
1953
as M. Boulay, l'épicier libidineux
Les gros malins
1969
as Francis Bertolde aka 'Le book'
Long Live the Duke!
1960
The Big Scare
1964
The Sad Sack
1950
as Jean du Bois d'Ombelles
The Bear
1960
as Chappuis
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970
as King of hearts
Adieu Berthe
1970
as Léo Bertold
Good Enough to Eat
1951
as Gilles
Under Your Hat
1965
as Mario l'enchanteur
Les Jambes en l'air
1971
as Hugon
I. You. They.
1973
as Darbon, le galeriste
Pierre Dac et Francis Blanche : Le Meilleur du Parti d'en Rire
2020
as Lui-même
Actualités télérévisées
1964
as Presenter
About Francis Blanche
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. His two daughters, Barbara & Dominique, are artists with their studios in Eze. Blanche was born in an artistic family, mainly of stage actors—including his father Louis Blanche and his uncle, Emmanuel Blanche, who was a painter—. He completed his secondary schooling at fourteen, the youngest in France to do so at the time. In the 19… With 125 credits spanning from 1942 to 2022, Francis Blanche has appeared in 119 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Francis Blanche Movies
- Belle de Jour (1967) — as Mr. Adolphe
- The Black Tulip (1964) — as Plantin
- The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) — as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
- The Eroticist (1972) — as padre Scirer
- Crooks in Clover (1963) — as Maître Folace
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