Jess Hahn

Actor Oct 29 (died age 76) Terre Haute, Indiana, USA 1953–1989 (36 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

The Trial

Assistant Inspector #2

Film

The Wise Guys

Calderon aka "Nénesse"

Film

Up to His Ears

Cornelius

Film

Topkapi

Hans

Film

The Great Spy Chase

Commodore O'Brien

Film

Cartouche

La Douceur

Film

What's New Pussycat?

Peter Werner

Film

Atlantic Wall

British colonel

Filmography

Acting (90)

Movies (85)

Overdose

1989

as Le docteur

6.0

La Galette du roi

1986

as Morrisson - TV Director

4.2

How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave

as Mac Douglas

White Fire

as Sam

The Innocents Abroad

Teheran '43

as terrorist on airplane

6.2

Treize

1981

as Bob

Mama Dracula

1980

as The Superintendent

Focal Point

Johnny West

as Manager

The Man from Chicago

1975

as Jeff

Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir

1975

as Senator

Three Tough Guys

1974

as The Bartender

4.6

No Pockets in a Shroud

1974

as Walter

5.2

The Mysterious Island

1973

as Bonaventure Pencroft

5.3

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

as Jeannot

The Artless One

as Captain

The Grand Duel

as Bighorse

Sexy Sinners

as Prior (uncredited)

3.8

The Sicilian Connection

1972

as Sacha

6.0

Rum Runners

1971

as Piet aka "Big Dutch"

Bad Man's River

as Tom Odie

Troubleshooters

as Kongo, La brute américaine

6.3

Die Sonne angreifen

1971

as Hippolit

Supergirl

as Polonsky

The Novices

as L'Américain

Docteur Caraïbes

as Jeff

The Comeuppance

as Bob

Atlantic Wall

as British colonel

The Night of the Following Day

1969

as Friendly

6.0

L'Amour des 4 colonels

1969

as Wesley

Fuller Report, Base Stockholm

1968

as Eddy Bennet

6.0

The Woman Is a Stranger

1968

as Floyd Delaney

5.8

Your Turn to Die

1967

as Boris

Rita the Field Marshal

as Major Bill Hocks

Million Dollar Man

as Henry

The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen

1966

as Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule

4.7

Triple Cross

1966

as Commander Braid

6.0

Secret Agent Super Dragon

1966

as Baby Face

3.4

The Saint Lies in Wait

1966

as Hoppy Uniatz

6.0

The Postman Goes to War

1966

as Jess Parker

4.6

How Not to Rob a Department Store

1965

as Palmoni (uncredited)

Up to His Ears

as Cornelius

The Wise Guys

as Calderon aka "Nénesse"

7.9

What's New Pussycat?

1965

as Peter Werner

6.0

Que personne ne sorte

as Bugsy Weis

The Great Spy Chase

as Commodore O'Brien

Topkapi

as Hans

Les Gorilles

as Boris Alexis Alexevich, the make-up artist

A Blonde Like That

as Sam

The Trial

as Assistant Inspector #2

Cartouche

as La Douceur

Sign of the Lion

as Pierre Wesselrin

My Uncle from Texas

as Brad

Mandrin

1962

as Bertrand, 'le braco'

2.0

Sahara on Fire

1961

as Jeff Gordon

Dynamite Jack

as Sergeant Bob

Time Bomb

as Le marin blessé

The Beast Is Loose

as Donan

Tonight We Kill

as Dave, Larry's friend

1.0

Gorilla's Waltz

1959

as Ted the Hook

2.5

The Desert of Pigalle

as Bill

A Woman Like Satan

as Sidney

The Sicilian

as Raffles

Honey, Scare Me

as Chris Craft, the American spy

When a Woman Meddles

as 'La Couture'

The Tricyclist

as Daniel

Nathalie

as Sam

To Catch a Spy

as Kalpannen

The Happy Road

as Morgan

The Vintage

as André Morel (uncredited)

5.7

Le colonel est de la revue

1957

as Jess

2.0

Let's Be Daring, Madame

1957

as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'

The Flea in the Ear

as Rugby

Meeting in Paris

as Henry

Fernand cow-boy

as Jim Harlan, Saloon manager

The Lebanese Mission

as Le valet

The Best Part

as Karl

Give 'em Hell

as American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited)

4.5

La Madelon

1955

as American General Gibson

4.3

Girl on the Third Floor

1955

as L'Américain (uncredited)

5.0

Tant qu'il y aura des femmes

1955

6.0

The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne

1954

as le capitaine du bar

Poison Ivy

as Le marin-geôlier

Deux de l'escadrille

Television (5)

Les 400 Coups de Virginie

1979

as Humphrey

4.5

Mysterious Island

1973

as Bonaventure Pencroft

Great Performances

as Blucher

At Theatre Tonight

as Ogden

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

1958

as Jess Campbell