Personal Info
Birth date
1920-02-27 (105 Years)
Day of death
1975-10-15
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Jacques Charron
Jacques Charon
Biography
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. Source: Article "Jacques Charon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Midi Première
10
Overview:
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.Cartouche
6.385
Overview:
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.How to Succeed in Love
2.5
Overview:
Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer. Having lost his own situation, he joins Editions du Soleil thanks to his friend Marcel's manuscript "Comment réussir en amour". Freed of his shyness, he succeeds brilliantly in his career; and having put to good use the teachings of the manuscript, Bernard ends up marrying Sophie. But he soon finds himself confronted by the impetuous young woman's fantasies.J.A. Martin Photographer
6.2
Overview:
The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.In the French Style
5.6
Overview:
A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.The Red Inn
6.78
Overview:
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard.Comment épouser un premier ministre
1
Overview:
Philippe Lambert, an attractive young attaché to the Prime Minister's office, is a man of many female conquests. One of them, Madame Grandbourg, wife of a very influential man, sent him a passionate letter, which he lost at the theater. Marion, the usherette who found it, contacts him to ask him for a "favor" in exchange for its return: to avoid eviction from the family apartment, because of the father, who gardens in every room and constantly floods the downstairs neighbors. At first, Lambert refuses to give in to the "blackmail" and calls in the police to unmask the indelicate woman, but love soon gets in the way...Behind These Walls
5.8
Overview:
June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by the resistance, the inhabitants who listen to English radio are rounded up by the Germans in a prison and considered as hostages. In one of the cells are found men from all walks of life: an aristocrat, the Viscount of Saint-Leu, Doctor Noblet, a resistance fighter, Béquille the wanderer with a wooden leg, and a strange character nicknamed "Black Market". The latter arouses mistrust among the prisoners, because it could well have been introduced by the enemy.Cœur-sur-Mer
1
Overview:
Endive-Meunier, a prosperous silk dealer from Lyon has an affair with his secretary he tries hard to keep secret. One day, he nevertheless accepts to accompany her to the seaside resort of Coeur-sur-Mer. Unfortunately for him, once there, he finds himself in the presence of Claudius Paquito, the popular barman of a fashionable club. The trouble is that the man is no other than one of his former employees he once fired for insolence...Her First Affair
6.5
Overview:
Micheline Chevassu is a young, naive woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she has a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the orphanage to go to it, dreaming of the Prince Charming. But comes Nicolas Rougemont, an unattractive middle-aged man... He pretends not to be the author of the letters, who could not come...Would-Be Gentleman
8
Overview:
M. Jourdain is a cloth merchant who wants to become a gentleman, learning dance, music, fencing and philosophy. Mme Jourdain is worried about Dorante's expenses and prefers her daughter Lucile to marry Cléonte. The two young men's servants use subterfuge to get M. Jourdain to accept Cléonte as son-in-law. They fake the arrival of the Grand Turk's son in Paris, and, in an Oriental ballet, confer upon M. Jourdain the title of Mammamouchi, his daughter marrying the son of the Grand Turk, who is none other than Cléonte in disguise.Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
NYR
Overview:
In Luther's beer-cellar, lusty singing extols the virtues of beer and wine. For this evening, the Muse decides to deflect the poet Hoffmann's attention from amorous escapades, so that he will devote himself entirely to his art. Hoffmann tells of the three unhappy loves of his life: Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta.The Royalists
7
Overview:
The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. An aristocrat, Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil, is sent by Joseph Fouché to seduce and capture him.The Scheming Women
5.3
Overview:
The renowned theatre manager, Paul Rémy, is accused by his general secretary Andrieux of having killed his partner. On the advice of his wife Mona, Paul goes into hiding in a psychiatric hospital to escape from the police. But Andrieux seduces Mona who then turns against her husband.How Do You Like My Sister?
NYR
Overview:
The brother of a delinquent schoolboy falls in love with his teacher and intrigues to make him reciprocate her love, and succeeds.A Flea in Her Ear
6.2
Overview:
Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.The Turkey
6.667
Overview:
Paris at the Belle Epoque. Monsieur de Pontagnac, a perfect honest man, loves pretty women too much and that plays him many tricks. What need does he have to follow the pretty Lucienne Vatelin, home, to find himself in the presence of the husband, the notary Vatelin, who is part of his circle? From there, many characters will meet, avoid each other, find each other. Adultery, domestic scenes and reconciliation will be their lot.Colonel Chabert
6.9
Overview:
The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a political and personal level. The film is based on the novel Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac.Operation Thunder
NYR
Overview:
The inhabitants of a small provincial town are requisitioned to take part in the French army's major maneuvers. A foreign spy takes advantage of these maneuvers to steal secret documents. The pursuit and capture of the spy and his accomplices are successfully carried out by all those taking part in the maneuvers.Acting
2019Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann as Unknown
1975Midi Première (1 Episode) as Self
1974Le sexe faible as Antoine
1973La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière as Monsieur Jourdain / Argan
1973Tartuffe as Orgon
1972Midi trente (1 Episode) as Self
1972Le Grand Échiquier (3 Episodes) as Self
1971Le Misanthrope as Oronte
1971Samedi soir (1 Episode) as Self
1970Un fil à la patte as Fontanet
1969Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre as Pomadour
1968À bout portant (1 Episode) as Self
1968Feu la mère de madame as Lucien
1965The Double Bed as Le fiancé (segment 3 "La répétition")
1964Comment épouser un premier ministre as Cchief of staff
1964How Do You Like My Sister? as Jolivet
1963Teuf-teuf as Self - Host
1963In the French Style as Patrini
1962How to Succeed in Love as Director of Editions du Soleil
1962Cartouche as Le colonel
1959The Dreadful as Monestier
1958Would-Be Gentleman as the dancing master
1957This Pretty World as 'La Tulipe'
1957La blonde des tropiques as Alphonse
1956Operation Thunder as Maurice Favier
1954The Scheming Women as Antonio Pan, le jeune premier
1953Le Petit Jacques as Defense lawyer Maître Merlin
1951The Turkey as M. de Pontagnac
1951The Red Inn as Rodolphe
1951Over the waves as Self
1951Dakota 308 as Lord Vernon
1951Cœur-sur-Mer as Le prince de Synoire
1950Paris Waltz as Berthelier
1947The Royalists as Lieutenant Merle
1946Behind These Walls as Count Jacques de Saint-Leu
1945The Queer Assignment as Neptunia bartender
1943Colonel Chabert as Cleric
1943Des jeunes filles dans la nuit as Unknown
1941Her First Affair as A college student (uncredited)
Directing
1997Tartuffe ou L'imposteur (Comédie Française) ... Stage Director
1980Peau de vache ... Director
1976La Poudre aux yeux ... Action Director
1976La facture ... Director
1975Ah! La police de Papa ... Stage Director
1974Folle Amanda ... Director
1973Le Tartuffe ... Director
1973The Novice Lovers ... Director
1973Tartuffe ... Stage Director
1972Le Prince travesti ... Director
1970Adieu Berthe ... Director
1968A Flea in Her Ear ... Director
Art
1977J.A. Martin Photographer ... Settings
Creator
1966Si Perrault m'était conté ... Creator