Jacques Dufilho

Born: 1914-02-19 in Bègles, Gironde, France

Died: 2005-08-28

Known For: Acting

Biography

Jacques Dufilho is a French comedian, born February 19, 1914 in Bègles (Gironde, France) and died August 28, 2005 in Ponsampère (Gers, France). Originally from the south-west of France, Jacques Jacques-Gabriel Dufilho studied agriculture then went to Paris to live his passion for painting and sculpture. It was there that he met Charles Dullin, a great man from the theater world who passed on his passion for the stage to him and made his cabaret-theatre debut in 1951 with Agnès Capri. Jacques Dufilho then begins by playing sketches before turning to the big screen. In 1939, he participated in Marc Allégret's project in the film "Le Corsaire" but the film remained unfinished. Jacques Dufilho is not worried about it as two years later, he plays the role of a lumberjack in André Zwobada's feature film "Croisières Sidérales". Subsequently, the actor chained the roles in the cinema but it was in 1949 that he was noticed by the general public in "La Ferme des Sept Péchés" by Jean-Devaivre. Jacques Dufilho also went to the theater and went on stage for the first time in Dostoyevsky's play, "The Brothers Karamazov" directed by André Barsacq. When the Second World War broke out, Jacques Dufilho was part of the 2nd Hussard Regiment, particularly in the 29th infantry division reconnaissance group as he received the Legion of Honor in 1998. In 1953, he played in the play by Molière "The Doctor Despite Him" under the direction of Jean-Pierre Darras. The following year, he returned with André Barsacq to the Théâtre de l'Atelier in "Colombe" by Jean Anouilh. He still plays in the cinema as in "Marie-Antoinette, Reine De France" by Jean Delannoy in 1956. Same year, same director, he plays in "Notre-Dame De Paris". In 1961 and 1962, Jacques Dufilho returned to the stage with André Barsacq in "Les Maxibules" by Marcel Aymé and "L'Avare" by Molière. The actor made an impression in "The Guardian", adapted from the English play "The Caretaker" by Harold Pinter. The year 1978 marks a new turning point in the career of Jacques Dufilho, with the film "Le Crabe-Tambour" by Pierre Schoendoerffer, thanks to his interpretation of the role of the chief mechanic in the film, he will be rewarded with a César in the Best Supporting Actor category. In 1980, he played Adrien Dussart in "A bad son" by Claude Sautet, which earned him a second César award, still in the same category. At the theater, in 1988 the actor was awarded the Molière du Comédien for his role in Herb Gardner's play "Je Ne Suis Pas Rappaport" directed by Georges Wilson. Over the years, Jacques Dufilho will play under the direction of Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, André Hunebelle, Yves Robert and many others. In 1999, he played in "C'est Quoi La Vie?" by François Dupeyron, which earned him a new nomination for the Césars. On television, he received the Seven d'Or for best actor after his role in the film "Une Femme Innocente". In 2003 he released his autobiography "Les Sirènes Du Bateau-Loup" published by Fayard. The actor died on August 28, 2005 in Ponsampère at the age of 91 after playing his last role in "Up There, A King Above The Clouds" by Pierre Schoendoerffer.

Filmography

2021

Trintignant by Trintignant as Self (archive footage)

1995

Ne coupez pas mes arbres as Sir William Belmont

1993

Pétain as Maréchal Philippe Pétain
Le Galopin as Edouard de Robert

1992

Shipwrecked Children as Petit Louis

1990

Orages d'été, avis de tempête as Léon
Les Bottes de sept lieues as le Marchand

1989

La Vouivre as Urbain

1988

Le Vent des moissons as Alexandre Leclerc
Nailcruncher as Mattathias
To Our Late Husband as Romeo

1987

L'Homme qui n'était pas là as Strosser
Jofroi de la Maussan as Jofroi de la Maussan

1985

Sogni e bisogni as Il Male
La Fièvre monte à Castelnau

1984

Voglia di Volare as Father of Davide

1983

L'Intoxe as Monsieur Doucet
Doctor Lerne, Subgod as Le docteur Lerne
The Mill of M. Fabre as Felix Fabre

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self
Is There a Frenchman in the House? as Jean-Marie, the blackmailer

1981

Talou as von Krapp

1980

Fantômas as Inspektor Juve
A Bad Son as Adrien Dussart
Les aiguilleurs as Alfred
The Horse of Pride as Alain, le grand-père

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre as Captain
The Making of 'Nosferatu' as Self
Les Insulaires as M. Palladion
Rue du Pied de Grue as Le commissaire
Pierrot mon ami as Mounnezergues

1977

Drummer-Crab as Chief mechanic
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer as Colonnello Von Buttiglione

1976

Soldier of Fortune as Mariano de Trani
Milady as Commander Gardefort
Black and White in Color as Paul Rechampot
The Doctor...the Schoolgirl as Colonel Oreste Raselli
Vow of Chastity as Annibale
Dimmi che fai tutto per me as 'Dodo' Spinacroce

1975

Cher Victor as Victor Lasalle
Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto as Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione

1974

Erotomania as Prof. Pazzoni
How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General as Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World as Le vicomte Célestin Galmiche de Quibedec
Professore venga accompagnato dai suoi genitori as prof. Gustavo Negroni
Un ufficiale non si arrende mai nemmeno di fronte all'evidenza, firmato Colonnello Buttiglione as Colonel Buttiglione
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore as Gustavo

1973

Supermen Against the Orient as American Consul
A Full Day's Work as Jean Rousseau
The Heavenly Bodies as The priest
The Lonely Heart as Antonio
La Brigade en folie as Commissaire Richard

1972

Le Grand Échiquier as Self
Midi trente as Self
Chut ! as Fritz Ducharrel
La Chavalanthrope as Actor

1971

Fantasia Among the Squares as Oncle Noé
Rookies Run Amok as Colonel

1969

A Golden Widow as Joseph
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille as Job, le domestique
Call Me Mathilde as Petitjean
Le Bossu
Le Huguenot récalcitrant as Marshall Jérémie Boutre

1968

The Diary of an Innocent Boy as Camille
Les Aventures de Lagardère as Amable Passepoil

1967

Lagardère as Passepoil
And Tomorrow? as Jeroom
The Unknown Man of Shandigor as Shoskatovich, chef des Russes
The Hotheads as Dante

1966

James Tont Operation T.W.O. as Y

1965

Lady L as Bealu
L'Or du duc as Annibal
Public School as Le paysan

1964

The Visit as Police Officer Fisch
Clémentine chérie as Spanish maid
Mission to Venice as César, majordome
The Big Scare
Andy... Andy Silly Andy as Rogier, de pyromaan
La prima donna as Reader of "Dimanche Echo" (voice)
Auto-stop – Les cinq grandes constitutions psychopathiques as Hitchhiker

1963

Sweet and Sour as Monsieur Alfonso
The Bamboo Stroke as Le chauffeur de taxi
L'assassin connaît la musique as Le docteur Hublot, médecin légiste

1962

War of the Buttons as L'Aztec's father
L'Auberge de l'ange gardien as Bournier Aîné
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge as Le directeur de la 'Maison de la Radio'
Snobs! as Lambotte & his brother
The Doll as Theodora, old Indian woman

1961

The Black Monocle as Charvet, le guide
Amazons of Rome
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! as Le fossoyeur
In the Mouth of the Wolf as Paul Prunier

1960

Zazie dans le Métro as Ferdinand Grédoux
Premeditated as Martinot

1959

Discorama as Self
The Overtaxed as Prison superintendent
Bobosse as Gaston, manservant
Signed, Arsène Lupin as Albert, manservant
Work and Freedom as Agent Grosjean
Julie la rousse as Le garçon d'hôtel / Waiter

1958

Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight as Taxi Customer
Honey, Scare Me as Emile, the floor boy
Et ta sœur… as Puymartin
The Little Professor as Head of the civil status department
Hardboiled Egg Time as Jules Grandvivier
Maxime as Flick

1957

Nathalie as Simon
The Happy Road as Michel Bertrand (uncredited)
That damn Amédée as Placard
Until the Last One as Pépé
Que les hommes sont bêtes as L'inspecteur
The Fast Set as Pedro Avendetti

1956

The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Guillaume Rousseau
Plaisir du théâtre as Me Pachevin, le huissier
Slightly Ahead as Le garçon d'écurie
My Priest Among the Poor as Fernand
Life is beautiful as le chef de la fanfare

1954

Cadet Rousselle as Carlos
Love in a Hot Climate as Chispa

1953

Saadia as Bandit leader
A Caprice of Darling Caroline as Giuseppe

1952

1951

Dear Caroline as Le valet de Pont-Bellanger
Bibi Fricotin as Oncle unijambiste
Two Pennies Worth of Violets as L'employé du gaz (uncredited)

1950

Vendetta in Camargue as Zacramir
Vagabonds imaginaires as Shepherd (segment 'The Stars')

1949

The Farm of Seven Sins as François Sovignant
Unusual Tales as The Drunken Conscript

1948

The Figurehead as Commander Clement
The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin as Monk

1947

Criminal Brigade as Lucien
Le Bateau à soupe as Zélize

1944

First in Line as Fernand Lourtier
Autour d'un Film de Montagne as Self

1943

Adieu Léonard as Chestnut merchant (uncredited)

1942

Sideral Cruises as Lumberjack (uncredited)