Jacques Dufilho

Jacques Dufilho
Jacques Dufilho in 1978
Born	(1914-02-19)19 February 1914 Bègles, Aquitaine, France
Died	28 August 2005(2005-08-28) (aged 91)
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1939–2004
Notable work	La Guerre des boutons Cher Victor Black and White in Color

Jacques Dufilho (19 February 1914 – 28 August 2005) was a French actor.^[1] He was born at Bègles (Gironde) and he died at Ponsampère (Gers).

Life and career

Dufilho appeared in 65 French productions.^[1] Moreover, he was frequently seen in Italian films. In 1978 he received a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Le Crabe-tambour and in 1980 another one for his role in Un mauvais fils.

The actor was also known as a collector of Bugatti vintage cars.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
1948	The Farm of Seven Sins	François Sovignant	Jean Devaivre
1951	Bibi Fricotin	the uncle	Marcel Blistène
1954	Le Chevalier de la nuit	Monsieur Machard	Robert Darène
	Love in a Hot Climate	Chispa	Georges Rouquier and Ricardo Muñoz Suay
1955	Marie Antoinette Queen of France	Marat	Jean Delannoy
1956	Short Head	the stable-boy	Norbert Carbonnaux
	Notre-Dame de Paris	Guillaume Rousseau	Jean Delannoy
1957	The Happy Road	Michel Bertrand	Gene Kelly
1958	A Tale of Two Cities	uncredited	Ralph Thomas
	Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida	the taxi passenger	André Hunebelle
	Maxime	policeman	Henri Verneuil
1959	I Tartassati	the prison director	Steno
1960	Zazie dans le Métro	Ferdinand Gridoux	Louis Malle
1961	Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles	Alphonse, the undertaker	Maurice Delbez
1962	War of the Buttons	Aztec's father	Yves Robert
	Un clair de lune à Maubeuge	the director	Jean Chérasse
	La Poupée	the Indian	Jacques Baratier
1963	Sweet and Sour	Monsieur Alfonso	Jacques Baratier
1964	The Visit	Fish	Bernhard Wicki
1965	James Tont operazione U.N.O.	Y	Bruno Corbucci
	Lady L	Bealu	Peter Ustinov
1967	The Unknown Man of Shandigor	Schoskatovich	Jean-Louis Roy
1968	Benjamin	Camille	Michel Deville
1973	Supermen Against the Orient	American ambassador	Bitto Albertini
1973	The Heavenly Bodies (Les Corps célestes)	Le Curé	Gilles Carle
1975	Cher Victor	Victor Lasalle	Robin Davis
1976	Black and White in Color	Paul Rechampot	Jean-Jacques Annaud
1977	Le Crabe-tambour	the technical manager	Pierre Schoendoerffer
1978	Nosferatu the Vampyre	the captain	Werner Herzog	Les bidasses en folie (1971)-	1980	Fantômas [fr] (TV miniseries)	Inspector Juve	Claude Chabrol, Juan Luis Buñuel
1980	The Horse of Pride	grandfather Alain	Claude Chabrol
1991	Les Enfants du naufrageur	Petit Louis	Jerome Foulon
1999	The Children of the Marshland	the old man	Jean Becker

References

1. "Jacques Dufilho". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21.

External links

• Jacques Dufilho at IMDb
• Jacques Dufilho at Find a Grave