Jess Hahn
Biography
Jess Hahn was an American actor whose career was spent largely in French cinema, where he was a popular character actor cast as physically imposing figures, gangsters, and military men. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, he studied English and physical education at Murray State University, then served in the U.S. Army as a physical instructor during the Second World War. He settled in Paris in 1949, worked as a jazz musician, and made his film debut in 1953 in La môme vert-de-gris opposite Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution. He took supporting parts in crime dramas, film noirs, and westerns, a rare lead in Éric Rohmer's The Sign of Leo (1962), and strong man roles in Cartouche and Topkapi (1964). He also appeared in the theater, toured in The Odd Couple in 1968, and retired in 1989, his last role coming in the television film Le retour de Lemmy Caution.
76years old at death
- Born Terre Haute
- Died Saint-Malo
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Jesse Beryle Hahn
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 19 years1962 to 1981
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About the name
Jess Hahn went by "Jess" rather than his full first name, since the shorter version was simpler for French speakers to say.
A change of course
Hahn moved to Paris in 1949, and there he worked as a jazz musician before he embarked on an acting career.
First role
Hahn's first stage role came in 1954, when he appeared in The Love of Four Colonels at the Théâtre Fontaine under the direction of Jean-Pierre Grenier.
Jess Hahn movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Philippe de Broca directed two of these films, Georges Lautner two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Georges LautnerDirector, 2 films, 1964 to 1971
Also two films together7 more actors
- Jean RochefortUp to His Ears (1965) and Swords of Blood (1962)
- Ursula AndressUp to His Ears (1965) and What's New Pussycat? (1965)
- Lino VenturaThe Wise Guys (1965) and The Great Spy Chase (1964)
- Bernard BlierTroubleshooters (1971) and The Great Spy Chase (1964)
- Michel ConstantinTroubleshooters (1971) and The Wise Guys (1965)
- Mireille DarcTroubleshooters (1971) and The Great Spy Chase (1964)
- Philippe CastelliTroubleshooters (1971) and The Great Spy Chase (1964)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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