Jacques Charon

Jacques Charon (27 February 1920 – 15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director.

Jacques Charon

Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941. During his time there which lasted until his death, he played over 150 roles in the classical and modern repertoire.

Charon directed the 1968 feature film A Flea in Her Ear and the 1973 television movie Monsieur Pompadour.

He played Spalanzani in the complete recording of The Tales of Hoffmann (Decca, 1971).

Charon was openly gay.^[1] He died in Paris and is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre.

Selected filmography

• Colonel Chabert (1943)
• Jericho (1946) - Count Jacques de Saint-Leu
• The Royalists (1947) - Lieutenant Merle
• The Paris Waltz (La Valse de Paris, 1950) - Berthelier
• Le Dindon (1951) - Pontagnac
• The Red Inn (1951) - Rodolphe
• Dakota 308 (1951) - Lord Vernon
• Little Jacques (1953) - Defence advocate Merlin
• Les Intrigantes (1954) - Antonio Pan
• Operation Thunder (1954) - Maurice Favier
• How to Succeed in Love (Comment réussir en amour, 1962) - Director of publisher Editions du Soleil
• How Do You Like My Sister? (1964) - Jolivet
• A Flea in Her Ear (1968 - director)