Jacques Duby
Acting
Biography
Jacques Duby (7 May 1922 – 15 February 2012) was a French stage, film and television actor. He was born in Toulouse. Some of his works include 101 Dalmatians (1961), Pinocchio (1968), and The Jungle Book (1967). He also served as narrator in a French audiobook recording of Treasure Island released in 2011. Source: Article "Jacques Duby" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: May 7, 1922
Place of Birth: Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Known For
Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd "813"
An adaptation of the novel 813, in which the gentleman burglar competes to steal state papers and tries to uncover the identity of a terrifying murderer.
Apostrophes
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Piaf
Édith Giovanna Gassion is born in 1915. As a young girl she sings on the streets of Paris until a nightclub owner, Louis Leplée, discovers her. When he is murdered the composer Raymond Asso takes care of her and lets her perform at the ABC theatre, which leads to her breakthrough.
The Sicilian Clan
An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Thérèse Raquin
Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.
L'Âge d'or de la pub
55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of creative little films would seduce and build our collective memory. Kitschy or cult spots, humor, slogans, music, stars, gimmicks, grand spectacle or sex appeal: during its golden age, how did advertising convince? Thierry Ardisson has brought together almost 400 advertising clips to relive the era of the conquest of minds and wallets.
The Man in the Raincoat
In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope is to discover the murderer before is name is mentionned publicly, specially in front of his wife.
Christine
Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner and the young Christine. Lobheiner is, however, currently seeing the married Baroness von Eggersdorf. Upon learning of his wife's infidelity, the Baron von Eggersdorf provokes a duel with Lobheiner. But the former is no longer a real threat to the Baron. Lobheiner is now passionately in love with Christine. How will this love quartet end?
Black Dossier
In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.
The Wicked Go to Hell
Two convicts attempt to escape from prison in a violent tale of deception, survival, and moral ambiguity.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Le voisin du dessous
as Marmignat
as Jacky LaRivière
as Etienne
as Père Joseph
as amédée
as Monsieur Formerie
as Monsieur Formerie
as L'agent immobilier
as Léon
as Self
as Mortician
as Walter Diemann
as Self
as Eckmann
as Valentin
as Julien
as Le petit
as Annoying Guest
as Le chauffeur d'ambulance
as Raymond Robel, faussaire toxicomane
as The Gendarme (segment "Aujourd'hui")
as Olivier
as Dominique
as Giuseppe Amato, un peintre
as Victor, l'amoureux d'une locataire (segment "L'Enfance")
as Jacques Médina
as Self
as Joseph Binder
as René
as Favier
as Auguste Vabre, second son of the owner of the building
as Maurice Langlois
as Raphaël
as Amédée Lucas / Teddy Morton
as Gremilly
as Le pasteur
as Georges Bagot
as Le chasseur
as Flavier
as Fernand, le pianiste
as Camille Raquin
as Antoine Boitelle (segment "Zora")