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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-10-29 (103 years old)

Place of Birth

Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Jess Hahn

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.

Known For

Acting

1989

Overdose as Le docteur

1986

La Galette du roi as Morrisson - TV Director

1984

White Fire as Sam

1983

1981

Treize as Bob
Teheran '43 as terrorist on airplane

1980

Mama Dracula as The Superintendent

1979

1977

Johnny West as Manager

1975

1974

Three Tough Guys as The Bartender

1973

The Mysterious Island as Bonaventure Pencroft
Mysterious Island as Bonaventure Pencroft

1972

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

1971

Troubleshooters as Kongo, La brute américaine
Bad Man's River as Tom Odie
Supergirl as Polonsky
Rum Runners as Piet aka "Big Dutch"

1970

The Novices as L'Américain
Atlantic Wall as Un colonel Britannique

1969

1968

The Woman Is a Stranger as Floyd Delaney

1967

Rita the Field Marshal as Major Bill Hocks

1966

Triple Cross as Commander Braid
The Saint Lies in Wait as Hoppy Uniatz
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen as Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule

1965

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

1964

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

1963

1962

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

1961

Dynamite Jack as Sergeant Bob
Sahara on Fire as Jeff Gordon

1959

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

1958

Honey, Scare Me as Chris Craft, the American spy
The Sicilian as Raffles
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as L'ami de Gaucher

1957

The Happy Road as MP Sgt. Morgan
Nathalie as Sam
The Tricyclist as Daniel
To Catch a Spy as Kalpannen
The Vintage as André Morel (uncredited)
When a Woman Meddles as 'La Couture'
Let's Be Daring, Madame as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'

1956

Fernand cow-boy as Jim Harlan, Saloon manager

1955

La Madelon as American General Gibson
Girl on the Third Floor as L'Américain (uncredited)
Give 'em Hell as American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited)

1954

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

1953

Poison Ivy as Le marin-geôlier