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