
Jacques Dufilho
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.
Acting (122 movies)

L'homme qui n'était pas là
1987

Zazie dans le Métro
1960

War of the Buttons
1962

Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979

The Doll
1962

The Horse of Pride
1980

Black and White in Color
1976

Unusual Tales
1949

The Children of the Marshland
1999

A Bad Son
1980

Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958

Homer: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
1997

Fantasia Among the Squares
1971

Trintignant by Trintignant
2021

Le Huguenot récalcitrant
1969

Above the Clouds
2003

Adieu Léonard
1943

First in Line
1944

Le Bateau à soupe
1947

The Figurehead
1948

The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin
1948

Vagabonds imaginaires
1950

Crimson Curtain
1952

The Road to Damascus
1952

Two Pennies Worth of Violets
1951

The Big Scare
1964

How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General
1974

Snobs!
1962

The Happy Road
1957

Call Me Mathilde
1969

Until the Last One
1957

Pierrot mon ami
1979

Autour d'un Film de Montagne
1944

The Fast Set
1957

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956

A Full Day's Work
1973

C'est quoi la vie ?
1999

Slightly Ahead
1956

Nathalie
1957

Le galopin
1993

La Vouivre
1989

A Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953

Cadet Rousselle
1954

La brigade en folie
1973

Honey, Scare Me
1958

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962

The Visit
1964

Life is beautiful
1956

Drummer-Crab
1977

Julie la rousse
1959

The Doctor...the Schoolgirl
1976

The Mill of M. Fabre
1983

L'assassin connaît la musique
1963

Public School
1965

Les Aventures de Lagardère
1968

Hardboiled Egg Time
1958

Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
1974

The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979

L'or du duc
1965

Supermen Against the Orient
1973

Work and Freedom
1959

The Little Professor
1958

A Golden Widow
1969

Jeanne, Marie et les autres
2000

Ma femme, ma vache et moi
1952

Milady
1976

Vow of Chastity
1976

Dimmi che fai tutto per me
1976

To Our Late Husband
1988

Ne coupez pas mes arbres
1995

Pétain
1993

Saadia
1953

Vendetta in Camargue
1950

Rookies Run Amok
1971

Soldier of Fortune
1976

Andy... Andy Silly Andy
1964

The Overtaxed
1959

Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto
1975

The Unknown Man of Shandigor
1967

The Bamboo Stroke
1963

Clémentine chérie
1964

My Priest Among the Poor
1956

The Farm of Seven Sins
1949

Chut !
1972

Love in a Hot Climate
1954

Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959

Que les hommes sont bêtes
1957

Sideral Cruises
1942

Bibi Fricotin
1951

Nailcruncher
1988

Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
1977

Mission to Venice
1964

L'Intoxe
1983

Dear Caroline
1951

Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969

Erotomania
1974

La prima donna
1964

The Hotheads
1967

Premeditated
1960

In the Mouth of the Wolf
1961
Directing (1 movie)
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