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

• 2019Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
• 1997Tartuffe ou L'imposteur (Comédie Française) — Stage Director
• 1980Peau de vache — Director
• 1977J.A. Martin Photographer — Settings
• 1976La Poudre aux yeux — Action Director
• 1976La facture — Stage Director
• 1975Ah ! La Police de papa — Stage Director
• 1975Un souper chez Lauzun — Louis XIV
• 1974Folle Amanda — Director
• 1974Le Sexe faible — Antoine
• 1973La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière — Monsieur Jourdain / Argan
• 1973Le Tartuffe — Director
• 1973Tartuffe — Orgon, Stage Director
• 1973The Novice Lovers — Director
• 1972Le Prince travesti — Director
• 1971Le Misanthrope — Oronte
• 1970Adieu Berthe — Director
• 1970Un fil à la patte — Fontanet
• 1969Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre — Pomadour
• 1968A Flea in Her Ear — Director
• 1968Feu la mère de madame — Lucien
• Si Perrault m'était conté — Creator
• 1965The Double Bed — Le fiancé (3 : « La Répétition »)
• 1964Comment épouser un premier ministre — Cchief of staff
• 1964How Do You Like My Sister? — Jolivet
• 1963In the French Style — Patrini
• 1962Cartouche — Le colonel
• 1962How to Succeed in Love — Director of Editions du Soleil
• 1959The Dreadful — Monestier
• 1958Le Misanthrope — Oronte
• 1958Would-Be Gentleman — the dancing master
• 1957La Blonde des tropiques — Alphonse
• 1957This Pretty World — 'La Tulipe'
• 1956Operation Thunder — Maurice Favier
• 1954Le Petit Poucet — Narrateur
• 1954The Scheming Women — Antonio Pan, le jeune premier
• 1953Le Petit Jacques — Defense lawyer Maître Merlin
• La Comédie-Française — Arlequin, Stage Director
• 1951Cœur-sur-Mer — Le prince de Synoire
• 1951Dakota 308 — Lord Vernon
• 1951The Red Inn — Rodolphe
• 1951The Turkey — M. de Pontagnac
• 1950Paris Waltz — Berthelier
• 1947The Royalists — Lieutenant Merle
• 1946Behind These Walls — Count Jacques de Saint-Leu
• 1945The Queer Assignment — Neptunia bartender
• 1943Colonel Chabert — Cleric
• 1943Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
• 1941Her First Affair — A college student (uncredited)
• Opération Jericho — Le comte Jacques de Saint-Leu

Appearances as themselves (7)

• Midi Première — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• À bout portant — Self
• 1963Teuf-teuf — Self - Host
• 1951Over the waves — Self