Jess Hahn
Acting
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.
Born: October 29, 1921
Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Known For
A Blonde Like That
Myra, daughter of the circus king, has been kidnapped in South America. Or so her father believes. In reality, Miss Shumway has escaped into the Indian jungle in the company of a conjurer. Millan, a mischievous and adventurous journalist, tracks down the young woman in the Indian sector of Tamazunchale. They get to know each other and Myra tells the young man what drove her to flee her father. But she's run out of money and expects her adventure to come to an end soon. Then she meets a man named Doc, who suggests she contact an old Indian sorcerer.
The Wise Guys
Hector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered by the dirty tactics of its bigger...
The Trial
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
Dynamite Jack
Antoine Espérandieu, a French tenderfoot, lands in Windows Canyon, Arizona, a remote place under the thumb of dangerous outlaw Dynamite Jack, only to discover the friend he was to meet there has been murdered. Worse, it is not long before Antoine realizes he is Jack's perfect lookalike. All the same, he decides to settle down in the small town, where he becomes the local tax collector. One day, he finds himself face to face with the bandit...
Up to His Ears
A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.
Sign of the Lion
An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope.
The Great Spy Chase
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
The Best Part
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...
At Theatre Tonight
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
Topkapi
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
Filmography
as Le docteur
as Morrisson - TV Director
as Mac Douglas
as Sam
as terrorist on airplane
as Bob
as The Superintendent
as Humphrey
as Manager
as Jeff
as Senator
as Walter
as The Bartender
as Bonaventure Pencroft
as Jeannot
as Bonaventure Pencroft
as Bighorse
as Sacha
as Prior (uncredited)
as Captain
as Tom Odie
as Piet aka "Big Dutch"
as Polonsky
as Kongo, La brute américaine
as Blucher
as British colonel
as Jeff
as L'Américain
as Bob
as Wesley
as Friendly
as Eddy Bennet
as Floyd Delaney
as Major Bill Hocks
as Henry
as Boris
as Commander Braid
as Hoppy Uniatz
as Jess Parker
as Ogden
as Baby Face
as Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule
as Cornelius
as Calderon aka "Nénesse"
as Peter Werner
as Palmoni (uncredited)
as Boris Alexis Alexevich, the make-up artist
as Commodore O'Brien
as Hans
as Bugsy Weis
as Sam
as Bertrand, 'le braco'
as Brad
as Assistant Inspector #2
as Pierre Wesselrin
as La Douceur
as Sergeant Bob
as Jeff Gordon
as Dave, Larry's friend
as Ted the Hook
as Donan
as Le marin blessé
as Sidney
as Raffles
as Bill
as Chris Craft, the American spy
as Jess Campbell
as Norman Carey
as Jeff
as L'ami de Gaucher
as Sam
as Daniel
as 'La Couture'
as Morgan
as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'
as André Morel (uncredited)
as Kalpannen
as Jess
as Rugby
as Le valet
as Jim Harlan, Saloon manager
as Henry
as Karl
as American General Gibson
as L'Américain (uncredited)
as American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited)
as le capitaine du bar
as Le marin-geôlier