Jacques Dufilho
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1914-02-19
- Died
- 2005-08-28
- Place of birth
- Bègles, Gironde, France
- Also known as
- 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
TV Shows (10)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Discorama
1959
as Self
Plaisir du théâtre
1956
as Me Pachevin, le huissier
Lagardère
1967
as Passepoil
Sogni e bisogni
1985
as Il Male
Fantômas
1980
as Inspektor Juve
Orages d'été, avis de tempête
1990
as Léon
Le Vent des moissons
1988
as Alexandre Leclerc
Movies (135)
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Captain
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
as Guillaume Rousseau
The Visit
1964
as Police Officer Fisch
Supermen Against the Orient
1973
as American Consul
Pétain
1993
as Maréchal Philippe Pétain
Chut !
1972
as Fritz Ducharrel
La Vouivre
1989
as Urbain
Saadia
1953
as Bandit leader
War of the Buttons
1962
as L'Aztec's father
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
1968
as Camille
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Nathalie
1957
as Simon
The Overtaxed
1959
as Prison superintendent
Zazie dans le Métro
1960
as Ferdinand Grédoux
The Doctor...the Schoolgirl
1976
as Colonel Oreste Raselli
Trintignant by Trintignant
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Soldier of Fortune
1976
as Mariano de Trani
The Children of the Marshland
1999
as Old man
Pierrot mon ami
1979
as Mounnezergues
Amazons of Rome
1961
Dear Caroline
1951
as Le valet de Pont-Bellanger
Unusual Tales
1949
as The Drunken Conscript
The Happy Road
1957
as Michel Bertrand (uncredited)
Lady L
1965
as Bealu
Les Aventures de Lagardère
1968
as Amable Passepoil
Sweet and Sour
1963
as Monsieur Alfonso
A Golden Widow
1969
as Joseph
Et ta sœur…
1958
as Puymartin
Black and White in Color
1976
as Paul Rechampot
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as Le directeur de la 'Maison de la Radio'
Until the Last One
1957
as Pépé
Public School
1965
as Le paysan
The Black Monocle
1961
as Charvet, le guide
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1982
as Jean-Marie, the blackmailer
Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto
1975
as Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione
Nailcruncher
1988
as Mattathias
Erotomania
1974
as Prof. Pazzoni
Rookies Run Amok
1971
as Colonel
L'assassin connaît la musique
1963
as Le docteur Hublot, médecin légiste
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953
as Giuseppe
Slightly Ahead
1956
as Le garçon d'écurie
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
1976
as 'Dodo' Spinacroce
Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959
as Albert, manservant
Cher Victor
1975
as Victor Lasalle
A Bad Son
1980
as Adrien Dussart
First in Line
1944
as Fernand Lourtier
Maxime
1958
as Flick
James Tont Operation T.W.O.
1966
as Y
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958
as Taxi Customer
Fantasia Among the Squares
1971
as Oncle Noé
Adieu Léonard
1943
as Chestnut merchant (uncredited)
Sideral Cruises
1942
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Heavenly Bodies
1973
as The priest
Vow of Chastity
1976
as Annibale
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
1977
as Colonnello Von Buttiglione
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
as Job, le domestique
Hardboiled Egg Time
1958
as Jules Grandvivier
Bibi Fricotin
1951
as Oncle unijambiste
How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General
1974
as Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione
Premeditated
1960
as Martinot
L'Or du duc
1965
as Annibal
The Figurehead
1948
as Commander Clement
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961
as Le fossoyeur
Call Me Mathilde
1969
as Petitjean
In the Mouth of the Wolf
1961
as Paul Prunier
Above the Clouds
2003
as le recteur
The Bamboo Stroke
1963
as Le chauffeur de taxi
L'Intoxe
1983
as Monsieur Doucet
The Farm of Seven Sins
1949
as François Sovignant
Cadet Rousselle
1954
as Carlos
Work and Freedom
1959
as Agent Grosjean
My Priest Among the Poor
1956
as Fernand
The Lonely Heart
1973
as Antonio
Drummer-Crab
1977
as Chief mechanic
Clémentine chérie
1964
as Spanish maid
Vagabonds imaginaires
1950
as Shepherd (segment 'The Stars')
The Doll
1962
as Theodora, old Indian woman
Rue du Pied de Grue
1979
as Le commissaire
The Little Professor
1958
as Head of the civil status department
Julie la rousse
1959
as Le garçon d'hôtel / Waiter
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
The Mill of M. Fabre
1983
as Felix Fabre
Criminal Brigade
1947
as Lucien
Shipwrecked Children
1992
as Petit Louis
Snobs!
1962
as Lambotte & his brother
Life is beautiful
1956
as le chef de la fanfare
Honey, Scare Me
1958
as Emile, the floor boy
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
1974
as Gustavo
Homer: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
1997
Un ufficiale non si arrende mai nemmeno di fronte all'evidenza, firmato Colonnello Buttiglione
1974
as Colonel Buttiglione
Autour d'un Film de Montagne
1944
as Self
A Full Day's Work
1973
as Jean Rousseau
Le Huguenot récalcitrant
1969
as Marshall Jérémie Boutre
The Hotheads
1967
as Dante
Ma femme, ma vache et moi
1952
To Our Late Husband
1988
as Romeo
The Horse of Pride
1980
as Alain, le grand-père
L'Auberge de l'ange gardien
1962
as Bournier Aîné
Crimson Curtain
1952
as An actor
Mission to Venice
1964
as César, majordome
Love in a Hot Climate
1954
as Chispa
Bobosse
1959
as Gaston, manservant
C'est quoi la vie ?
1999
as Noël
Jeanne, Marie et les autres
2000
as Frantz
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
1964
as Rogier, de pyromaan
Que les hommes sont bêtes
1957
as L'inspecteur
Voglia di Volare
1984
as Father of Davide
That damn Amédée
1957
as Placard
The Road to Damascus
1952
as Pierre
The Fast Set
1957
as Pedro Avendetti
And Tomorrow?
1967
as Jeroom
Milady
1976
as Commander Gardefort
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
1983
as Le docteur Lerne
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
1967
as Shoskatovich, chef des Russes
Le Bossu
1969
Vendetta in Camargue
1950
as Zacramir
The Big Scare
1964
Le Bateau à soupe
1947
as Zélize
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
1974
as Le vicomte Célestin Galmiche de Quibedec
The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin
1948
as Monk
About Jacques Dufilho
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 turni… With 145 credits spanning from 1942 to 2021, Jacques Dufilho has appeared in 135 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jacques Dufilho Movies
- Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) — as Captain
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) — as Guillaume Rousseau
- The Visit (1964) — as Police Officer Fisch
- Supermen Against the Orient (1973) — as American Consul
- Pétain (1993) — as Maréchal Philippe Pétain
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