Jacques Dufilho
Date of birth: 1914-02-19
Place of birth: Bègles, Gironde, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 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.
Movie Credits
L'homme qui n'était pas là
1987-05-06
Charles Elaine, a famous actor, becomes the target of a man who wants to apply to him a theory accor
Zazie dans le Métro
1960-10-28
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
War of the Buttons
1962-04-18
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is n
Voglia di Volare
1984-12-02
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979-01-17
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious C
The Doll
1962-11-07
An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictato
The Horse of Pride
1980-09-24
In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton
Black and White in Color
1976-09-22
French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their Ger
Unusual Tales
1949-10-26
A group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a
The Children of the Marshland
1999-03-03
The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is afflicted
A Bad Son
1980-10-14
Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is a
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958-11-22
A chaotic family go on holiday to Spain and get mixed up with a gang of diamond thieves.
Homer: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
1997-05-26
Though he is near death, blind Rene, an elderly Italian-French intellectual, continues to make his a
Fantasia Among the Squares
1971-01-15
Sagamore Noonan lives in seclusion on a farm in Alabama, where he distills moonshine during Prohibit
Trintignant by Trintignant
2021-10-11
A portrait of a man of rare elegance and enigmatic charm, versatile and successful: Jean-Louis Trint
Le Huguenot récalcitrant
1969-06-14
A historical and tragic backdrop: the dragonnades, the persecution of Protestants after the revocati
Above the Clouds
2003-10-06
Henri Lanvern is shooting a film in Thailand. One evening, at the end of the shooting, he sees a fri
Adieu Léonard
1943-09-01
A bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own cous
First in Line
1944-02-23
A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain
Le Bateau à soupe
1947-02-19
Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog
The Figurehead
1948-06-16
At sea, sailors have got to make do with what they have. François is in love with.... the figurehead
The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin
1948-10-14
Being born a witch's daughter did not bode well for your future in the Middle Ages. Guillaumette tri
Vagabonds imaginaires
1950-04-26
Jean-Louis Barrault, Charles Dullin and Roger Blin each say a poem. The actors do not appear on scre
Crimson Curtain
1952-11-14
Bertal, a despotic and hated theater director, is assassinated before a performance of Macbeth in wh
The Road to Damascus
1952-12-05
Saul De Tarse is a Roman soldier who is making rough all over. He arrives at the Golgotha when the a
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
1951-10-31
Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire ag
The Big Scare
1964-10-28
Two police inspectors pursue a dangerous counterfeiter on the run.
How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General
1974-07-14
Snobs!
1962-09-05
Four vice-presidents fight among themselves to reach the top post after the president dies. Their wi
The Happy Road
1957-06-20
Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents
Call Me Mathilde
1969-12-10
Mathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy indust
Until the Last One
1957-03-20
Just released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding. He ha
Pierrot mon ami
1979-02-07
Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palai
Autour d'un Film de Montagne
1944-01-01
Making of the cinematographic shooting of "Premier de Cordée" directed by Louis Daquin in the Mont-B
The Fast Set
1957-11-12
Originally titled Mademoiselle Striptease, this classic French sex comedy is a charming frolic throu
A Full Day's Work
1973-03-08
A father plans to kill in the same day the nine members of the jury who condemned his son to death.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956-12-19
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside C
C'est quoi la vie ?
1999-09-07
In this drama, three generations of the same family work together on a farm in rural France. Elderly
Slightly Ahead
1956-10-10
A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive p
Nathalie
1957-12-04
Haute Couture model in Paris becomes involved in the activities of two rival jewel thief gangs.
Le galopin
1993-07-05
It is a difficult task for this unemployed chemist who has become the butler of a former diplomat. H
La Vouivre
1989-01-11
Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury is a
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953-03-06
Caroline de Bienre, the 16-year-old daughter of French nobility, meets the handsome rogue, Gaston de
Cadet Rousselle
1954-10-20
The Adventures of Cadet Rousselle that on the French Revolution left his hometown in search of fortu
La brigade en folie
1973-02-07
A police brigade and a financial brigade are sent to Switzerland to dismantle a banking sector.
Honey, Scare Me
1958-03-06
A crime story writer comes to the French Alps for vacation. However, an envelope given by a strange
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962-12-19
Paul, a friendly Parisian cab driver, has two loves: music and his fiancée Virginie. After graduatin
The Visit
1964-05-06
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she w
Life is beautiful
1956-10-05
Paris, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to Monique
Drummer-Crab
1977-11-09
"Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff
Julie la rousse
1959-08-12
The artist Edouard Lavigne falls in love with a young girl but must quickly leave her because her pa
The Doctor...the Schoolgirl
1976-06-08
Claudia, a perky eighteen year-old girl, is crushed when her step mother prevents her from going on
The Mill of M. Fabre
1983-01-19
The story of the post-independence nationalization of the mill of Monsieur Fabre, an old man attache
La Fièvre monte à Castelnau
1985-01-25
Old Victor discovers, while plowing his field, three gold nuggets. The villagers, quickly aware of t
L'assassin connaît la musique
1963-10-16
Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what he thinks) has a problem with his noisy envi
Public School
1965-10-07
A schoolteacher (Robert Dhéry) and his wife (Colette Brosset) use the couple's new car for a class f
Les Aventures de Lagardère
1968-04-04
A young man, Lagardère, discovers that a plot is afoot to assassinate the Duke of Nevers. He warns h
Hardboiled Egg Time
1958-03-19
A shy, penniless employee of the garage owner Grillot, the gentle Louis wins $10 million in the lott
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
1974-04-24
A comedy directed by Andrea Bianchi.
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979-10-06
Werner Herzog discusses the making of "Nosferatu" on set.
L'or du duc
1965-09-23
A young duke marries a girl, also penniless, and moves into a bus left him by an uncle, with their t
Supermen Against the Orient
1973-11-29
Robert Wallace travels to Hong Kong to bust a gang of drug trafficker's. There he finds help from Ta
Work and Freedom
1959-12-23
Due to a garbage strike, inmates are called in to take care of the garbage collection. Taking advant
And Tomorrow?
1967-01-01
The audience witnesses Jeroom's (played by Jacques Dufhilo) holiday adventures on the Spanish Costa
The Little Professor
1958-09-26
Naturally optimistic and mischievous, Jérôme Aubin crossed the time of his adolescence, around 1945,
Professore venga accompagnato dai suoi genitori
1974-04-11
A Golden Widow
1969-10-23
A woman learns that she is sole legatee of her forgotten rich uncle, but there is a small problem: s
Rue du Pied de Grue
1979-11-07
A drifter navigates the fringes of Parisian society. The protagonist, a solitary man seeking directi
Jeanne, Marie et les autres
2000-11-15
After the departure of their husbands for the 1914 war, two women have to run an oil mill.
Ma femme, ma vache et moi
1952-05-08
Marinette, the wife of Mario, a sympathetic hobo, is disgusted with the farm and runs off to Paris w
Les Insulaires
1979-01-27
TV movie adaptation of a novel by Jacques Perret.
Milady
1976-01-01
Commandant Gardefort, horseman at the Cadre Noir Riding Academy in Saumur, having given up hope of p
Vow of Chastity
1976-12-29
Before Joe D'amato made 1979's Buio Omega he touched upon death several times in his earlier works.
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
1976-10-28
Francesco Salmarani, a well-known doctor from Treviso, suddenly finds himself with an overdraft bank
To Our Late Husband
1988-02-24
The widow of a thief learns that the chateau she lives in has a fortune in gold hidden somewhere.
Ne coupez pas mes arbres
1995-01-14
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
1983-12-28
A mad scientist, Dr. Lerne, performs organ transplants not only between humans and animals, but also
Pétain
1993-05-05
During second world war,Philippe Pétain gets absolute powers.The war ends with the arrival of allied
Saadia
1953-12-01
Saadia is a wild, strange Arab girl whose life has been dominated by a local sorceress, a vengeful o
Vendetta in Camargue
1950-08-23
The young Huguette arrives in Camargue to take over the farmhouse and the breeding of bulls from whi
Rookies Run Amok
1971-12-15
Les Bidasses en Folie, a french movie from 1971, is a very short, easy to watch, slapstick hippie co
Soldier of Fortune
1976-02-19
Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
1964-12-21
Thanks to his actions during a farm fire, the young and naive Dreas is appointed to the local fire d
Talou
1981-07-29
Talou, prince of an imaginary African kingdom, is sent to Switzerland to be protected from his fathe
The Overtaxed
1959-04-10
Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does n
Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto
1975-08-10
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
1967-05-01
Crazed scientist Herbert Von Krantz has invented a device to sterilize all nuclear weapons -- and a
The Bamboo Stroke
1963-04-11
Albert is the irremovable waiter in a small bistro that has just been sold by his former bosses, Ang
Clémentine chérie
1964-08-04
Gaston Bellus, is the director of a textile house, and the research laboratory makes a sensational d
My Priest Among the Poor
1956-05-04
Abbé Pellegrin, parish priest of Sableuse, sells an ancient Christ to an unknown man, M. de Saint Pr
The Farm of Seven Sins
1949-09-16
In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French m
Chut !
1972-03-23
A small saver discovers the scam that threatens all subscribers to the "Caution foncière". He embark
Love in a Hot Climate
1954-05-14
Matador Ricardo wants to end his career. His manager and his mistress manage to dissuade him and get
Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959-11-11
At the end of the Great War, Arsène Lupin resumed his adventurous life. Theft of three paintings com
Que les hommes sont bêtes
1957-03-29
Sylvie is a young cashier in a Montmartre café, "le bar des Philosophes", owned and run by Monsieur
Sideral Cruises
1942-04-19
Robert and Françoise Monier make a hot air balloon to fly to the stratosphere. After a visit to Venu
Bibi Fricotin
1951-01-03
To find the heritage of his friend Catherine's ancestors, the leaping Bibi Fricotin, helped by the s
Nailcruncher
1988-06-06
Adapation of the fanciful comic novel by Albert Cohen.
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
1977-08-05
Mission to Venice
1964-04-23
An American polo player in Paris gets roped into intrigue when he's asked to find a family friend wh
L'Intoxe
1983-04-25
Dear Caroline
1951-02-28
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractiv
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969-08-14
Baron Yves de Kerfunte learns of his uncle's death. Overjoyed, he is astonished to discover that sev
Erotomania
1974-10-30
Rodolfo Persichetti has reached the maximum of his career and at the same time the minimum of his se
La prima donna
1964-01-01
A story of "La Pasta", a renowned prima donna, and her extraordinary rival.
La chavalanthrope
1972-02-01
Essay film on the darker side of cartoonist and filmmaker Chaval, aka Yvan Francis Le Louarn.
The Hotheads
1967-11-08
Truck drivers hauling supplies are caught in the battle between the French and Arabs in this routine
Premeditated
1960-04-08
Bernard Sommet has killed his wife and her lover and he declares that was a crime of passion. Sylvie
In the Mouth of the Wolf
1961-06-20
Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It tu
Maxime
1958-11-26
Story of an aging dandy who is the factotum and arranger of female conquests for a brusque young mil
Shipwrecked Children
1992-02-19
Eight children of a wrecker live together on a strange island, in a supernatural happiness. Until th
Criminal Brigade
1947-09-05
After the discovery of two murders, Commissioner Chabrier, of the French secret services, is investi
James Tont Operation T.W.O.
1966-03-16
A dangerous criminal group wants to destroy St. Peter's Basilica and the secret agent James Tont is
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961-10-25
Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a kille
Et ta sœur…
1958-09-24
Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he
The Heavenly Bodies
1973-09-20
A pimp and his seven working girls move to a small conservative mining town in northern Quebec to es
L'Auberge de l'ange gardien
1962-12-25
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
1968-01-12
Set in 18th century France, a naive 17-year-old orphan named Benjamin is taken in by his wealthy aun
The Lonely Heart
1973-07-22
Antoñito is a bachelor who works in a cabaret as a clarinetist. He has put an advertisement in the n
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
1974-04-01
The viscount Galmiche de Quoibedec and his wife have today the engagement party of their daughter.Su
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009-10-13
Lady L
1965-12-17
Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and
Sweet and Sour
1963-09-04
Gerard, a young man from a "good family" dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows everywh
The Black Monocle
1961-08-29
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the Third Rei
Jofroi de la Maussan
1987-01-01
After selling his orchard, an old farmer gets furious when he learns the new owner plans to use the
Un ufficiale non si arrende mai nemmeno di fronte all'evidenza, firmato Colonnello Buttiglione
1974-06-12
Bobosse
1959-03-18
Bobosse is increasingly immersing himself into the world of theater and experiencing his role as an
Cher Victor
1975-06-06
A pair of elderly men, friends for 40 years, find their relationship stressed when they set up house
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1982-04-28
An official's earlier rise to power had some sordid aspects that are about to be uncovered by the de
That damn Amédée
1957-06-02
Mr. Placard, impresario of shock, lost the headliner of his show, Elia Tarti. Amédée introduces hims
Le Bossu
1969-02-22
Vincendon
An old craftsman is alone after the death of his wife.
Les bottes de sept lieues
1990-12-30
Amazons of Rome
1961-03-24
Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to