Jess Hahn

Jess Hahn (born October 29, 1921 in Terre Haute , Indiana , † June 29, 1998 in Saint-Malo , Brittany ) was a French actor of American descent.

Life

Hahn came to France on a scholarship in 1950 to study at the Sorbonne ; However, two years later he broke it off. Thanks to the acquaintance of a friend with the director Maurice Labro , he got his first film role. Specializing in supporting roles as a gangster, Hahn received his only starring role in Éric Rohmers In the Sign of the Lion (1959). He took on prominent supporting roles in Cartouche, the Bandit , What's New, Pussy? , Rum Boulevard , André Cayatte's reason of state and as a hijacker in Tehran 43 .

Filmography (selection)

• 1953: Deux de l'escadrille
• 1956: Fernand Cowboy (Fernand cow-boy)
• 1956: The Happy Road
• 1957: Under the blazing sun (The Vintage)
• 1958: A woman like Satan (La Femme et le pantin)
• 1959: Under the sign of the lion (Le Signe du lion)
• 1960: Dynamite Jack (Dynamite Jack)
• 1960: The Sahara is on fire (Le Sahara brûle)
• 1961: Cartouche, the Bandit (Cartouche)
• 1962: The Trial (Le Procès)
• 1963: Delay in Marienborn
• 1964: Topkapi (Topkapi)
• 1964: Barbouzes' recipes for murder (Les Barbouzes)
• 1965: The big snouts (Les Grandes gueûles)
• 1965: The open account (L'Ardoise)
• 1965: The great adventures of Monsieur L. (Les Tribulations d'un Chinoise en Chine)
• 1965: what's new, pussy? (What's New, Pussycat?)
• 1966: Hell hunt for hot goods (New York chiama Superdrago)
• 1966: The Lord with the MP (Le Saint prend l'affût)
• 1966: Murder in the Grand Hotel (Meurtre en liberté)
• 1966: Spy between two fronts
• 1967: Bradock - three ounces of lead for five o'clock tea (Troppo per vivere ... poco per morire)
• 1967: Stage pigs (La feldmarescialla)
• 1967: the golden key
• 1968: The Night of the Following Day
• 1968: The boss dies before 12 (Rapporto Fuller, basa Stoccolma)
• 1970: The Novices (Les Novices)
• 1971: Supergirl - The Girl from the Stars
• 1971: Attacking the sun
• 1971: Matalo (… y seguian robandose el millon de dolares)
• 1972: Three Our Fathers for four scoundrels (Il grande duello)
• 1972: The Opium Connection (Afyon oppio)
• 1973: Ruler of a sunken world (L'isola misteriosa e il capitan Nemo)
• 1977: Johnny West
• 1977: The Man from Chicago (Le Ricain)
• 1981: Tehran 43
• 1983: The Innocents Abroad (The Innocents Abroad)
• 1984: White Fire - The Death Diamond (Vivre pour survivre)
• 1989: Le Retour de Lemmy Caution (TV movie)

Web links

• Jess Hahn in the Internet Movie Database (English)