Yvan Chiffre
Born: 1936-03-03 in Rousson, Gard, France
Died: 2016-09-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of César Chiffre. He was the stunt coordinator of Thunderball and Triple Cross by Terence Young, Is Paris Burning? by René Clément, Z by Costa Gavras, Hotel Paradiso by Peter Glenville. He was also the official stunt double of Jean Marais and Alain Delon, was stunt man on the Longest Day, and stunt double of Cary Grant in Charade, Sterling Hayden in Poppies Are Also Flowers, Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo and many others... He also contributed to major French films like Zorro by Duccio Tessari, La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury, Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville, and more than 200 others. In 1992, he published an autobiography A l'ombre des stars, about his stuntman life. In 2014, he received in Paris the UNESCO prize. In 2017, the Academy Award, Oscars In Memoriam honors Yvan Chiffre for his life achievement. Source: Article "Yvan Chiffre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
1989
- President's Target ... (Director)
1984
- Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers as Tax Collector
- Le fou du roi as Taillevent
1976
- Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre as Self
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Zorro ... (Master at Arms)
- From Hong Kong with Love ... (Director)
1974
1973
- Défense de savoir as The team
1971
- Easy Down There!
- The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow as (uncredited)
1970
- Borsalino
- Le Cercle Rouge as Policeman
- Time of the Wolves as Fence's henchman (uncredited)
1969
- Z ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Sicilian Clan as Un inspecteur de Le Goff (uncredited)
1967
- Two Weeks in September as Man on the Motorcycle (uncredited)
- The Killing Game ... (Stunts)
1966
1965
- Fantomas Unleashed as Homme de main de Fantômas
- OSS 117: Mission for a Killer as Un homme de main
- Under Your Hat ... (Action Director)
- Le Majordome as Paulo
1964
- Fantomas as Homme de main de Fantômas
- The Black Tulip
- License to Kill as Un homme de main de Li-Hang
- The Gallant Musketeer as Yvon
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc as Christian
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise as Christian
1963
- Your Turn, Darling
- OSS 117 Is Unleashed as Agent Thibaud
1962
- The Longest Day ... (Stunts)
- The Mysteries of Paris as A sea buckthorn (uncredited)
- The Iron Mask as (uncredited)
- Clash of Steel as Guard (uncredited)
1961
- Blood on His Sword as Un baladin (uncredited)