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.
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Known for
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Midi Première
Self
Midi trente
Self
À bout portant
Self
Cartouche
Le colonel
The Red Inn
Rodolphe
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Cchief of staff
How to Succeed in Love
Director of Editions du Soleil
In the French Style
Patrini
The Scheming Women
Antonio Pan, le jeune premier
Would-Be Gentleman
the dancing master
How Do You Like My Sister?
Jolivet
The Royalists
Lieutenant Merle
This Pretty World
'La Tulipe'
The Dreadful
Monestier
The Double Bed
Le fiancé (segment 3 "La répétition")
La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière
Monsieur Jourdain / Argan
Paris Waltz
Berthelier
Tartuffe
Orgon
Colonel Chabert
Cleric
The Turkey
M. de Pontagnac
Her First Affair
A college student (uncredited)
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
Operation Thunder
Maurice Favier
Le Petit Jacques
Defense lawyer Maître Merlin
Teuf-teuf
Self - Host
Over the waves
Self
The Queer Assignment
Neptunia bartender
Un fil à la patte
Fontanet
La blonde des tropiques
Alphonse
Behind These Walls
Count Jacques de Saint-Leu
Cœur-sur-Mer
Le prince de Synoire
Feu la mère de madame
Lucien
Dakota 308
Lord Vernon
Le Misanthrope
Oronte
Le sexe faible
Antoine
Samedi soir
Self
Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
Pomadour