Jess Hahn

Born: 1921-10-29 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Died: 1998-06-29

Known For: Acting

Biography

Jess Hahn's career is a bit of an oddity, being one of very few American actors to establish himself in French cinema in the early 1960's. He acted exclusively in French productions for the duration of his career with the exception of the Marlon Brando vehicle "The Night of the Following Day" in 1968, which was filmed in France. He also appeared in several international coproductions and low budget films by French exploitation director Jean Marie Pallardy, for which he is arguably best-known to contemporary audiences.

Filmography

1989

Overdose as Le docteur

1986

La Galette du roi as Morrisson - TV Director

1984

How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave as Mac Douglas
White Fire as Sam

1983

The Innocents Abroad

1981

Teheran '43 as terrorist on airplane
Treize as Bob

1980

Mama Dracula as The Superintendent

1973

Mysterious Island as Bonaventure Pencroft
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony as Jeannot
The Mysterious Island as Bonaventure Pencroft

1972

The Grand Duel as Bighorse
Sexy Sinners as Prior (uncredited)
The Sicilian Connection as Sacha
The Artless One as Captain

1971

Great Performances as Blucher
Bad Man's River as Tom Odie
Rum Runners as Piet aka "Big Dutch"
Troubleshooters as Kongo, La brute américaine
Supergirl as Polonsky
Die Sonne angreifen as Hippolit

1970

The Novices as L'Américain
Atlantic Wall as British colonel
The Comeuppance as Bob
Docteur Caraïbes as Jeff

1969

The Night of the Following Day as Friendly
L'Amour des 4 colonels as Wesley

1968

Fuller Report, Base Stockholm as Eddy Bennet
The Woman Is a Stranger as Floyd Delaney

1967

Your Turn to Die as Boris
Rita the Field Marshal as Major Bill Hocks
Million Dollar Man as Henry

1966

At Theatre Tonight as Ogden
Triple Cross as Commander Braid
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen as Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule
The Saint Lies in Wait as Hoppy Uniatz
Secret Agent Super Dragon as Baby Face
The Postman Goes to War as Jess Parker

1965

What's New Pussycat? as Peter Werner
Up to His Ears as Cornelius
How Not to Rob a Department Store as Palmoni (uncredited)
The Wise Guys as Calderon aka "Nénesse"

1964

The Great Spy Chase as Commodore O'Brien
Les Gorilles as Boris Alexis Alexevich, the make-up artist
Topkapi as Hans
Que personne ne sorte as Bugsy Weis

1963

A Blonde Like That as Sam

1962

The Trial as Assistant Inspector #2
Sign of the Lion as Pierre Wesselrin
Cartouche as La Douceur
My Uncle from Texas as Brad
Mandrin as Bertrand, 'le braco'

1961

Dynamite Jack as Sergeant Bob
Sahara on Fire as Jeff Gordon

1959

Time Bomb as Le marin blessé
The Beast Is Loose as Donan
Tonight We Kill as Dave, Larry's friend
Gorilla's Waltz as Ted the Hook

1958

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Jess Campbell
A Woman Like Satan as Sidney
Honey, Scare Me as Chris Craft, the American spy
The Desert of Pigalle as Bill
The Sicilian as Raffles

1957

Nathalie as Sam
The Tricyclist as Daniel
When a Woman Meddles as 'La Couture'
The Happy Road as Morgan
Le colonel est de la revue as Jess
The Vintage as André Morel (uncredited)
Let's Be Daring, Madame as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'
To Catch a Spy as Kalpannen

1956

The Lebanese Mission as Le valet
The Flea in the Ear as Rugby
Fernand cow-boy as Jim Harlan, Saloon manager
Meeting in Paris as Henry

1955

Girl on the Third Floor as L'Américain (uncredited)
Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
Give 'em Hell as American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited)
The Best Part as Karl
La Madelon as American General Gibson

1954

The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne as le capitaine du bar

1953

Poison Ivy as Le marin-geôlier
Deux de l'escadrille