Jess Hahn

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 29, 1921 (76 years old)
Died
June 29, 1998
Place of Birth
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Adventure Drama
Career Span
1953 – 1989

Jess Hahn

2 wins
13 nominations
1 Oscar
84 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Oct 29, 1921
From
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1953 – 1989

Award Recognition

2
Wins
13
Nominations
1
Oscar

Complete Filmography

1989

Overdose as Le docteur

1986

La Galette du roi as Morrisson - TV Director

1984

White Fire as Sam Award
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave as Mac Douglas

1983

The Innocents Abroad

1981

Teheran '43 as terrorist on airplane
Treize as Bob

1980

Mama Dracula as The Superintendent

1977

Johnny West as Manager

1975

The Man from Chicago as Jeff
Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir as Senator

1974

Three Tough Guys as The Bartender
No Pockets in a Shroud as Walter

1973

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony as Jeannot Award
The Mysterious Island as Bonaventure Pencroft Award

1972

The Grand Duel as Bighorse Award
Sexy Sinners as Prior (uncredited)
The Sicilian Connection as Sacha
The Artless One as Captain

1971

Bad Man's River as Tom Odie Award
Rum Runners as Piet aka "Big Dutch" Award
Supergirl as Polonsky Award
Troubleshooters as Kongo, La brute américaine
Die Sonne angreifen as Hippolit

1970

Atlantic Wall as Un colonel Britannique
The Novices as L'Américain
The Comeuppance as Bob
Docteur Caraïbes

1969

The Night of the Following Day as Friendly Award
L'Amour des 4 colonels as Wesley

1968

Fuller Report, Base Stockholm as Eddy Bennet
The Woman Is a Stranger as Floyd Delaney

1967

Rita the Field Marshal as Major Bill Hocks
Your Turn to Die as Boris
Million Dollar Man as Henry

1966

Triple Cross as Commander Braid Award
Secret Agent Super Dragon as Baby Face
The Saint Lies in Wait as Hoppy Uniatz
The Postman Goes to War as Jess Parker
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen as Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule

1965

What's New Pussycat? as Peter Werner Award
How Not to Rob a Department Store as Palmoni (uncredited) Award
Up to His Ears as Cornelius Award
The Wise Guys as Calderon aka "Nénesse"

1964

Topkapi as Hans Award
The Great Spy Chase as Commodore O'Brien Award
Les Gorilles as Boris Alexis Alexevich, the make-up artist
Que personne ne sorte as Bugsy Weis

1963

A Blonde Like That as Sam

1962

The Trial as Assistant Inspector #2 Award
Cartouche as La Douceur Award
Sign of the Lion as Pierre Wesselrin Award
Mandrin as Bertrand, 'le braco'
My Uncle from Texas as Brad

1961

Dynamite Jack as Sergeant Bob
Sahara on Fire as Jeff Gordon

1959

The Tiger Attacks as Donan
Gorilla's Waltz as Ted the Hook
Time Bomb as Le marin blessé
Tonight We Kill as Dave, Larry's friend

1958

A Woman Like Satan as Sidney
The Sicilian as Raffles
The Desert of Pigalle as Bill
Honey, Scare Me as Chris Craft, the American spy

1957

The Happy Road as MP Sgt. Morgan Award
The Vintage as André Morel (uncredited)
The Tricyclist as Daniel
Nathalie as Sam
When a Woman Meddles as 'La Couture'
To Catch a Spy as Kalpannen
Let's Be Daring, Madame as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'
Le colonel est de la revue as Jess

1956

Meeting in Paris as Henry
The Lebanese Mission as Le valet
Fernand cow-boy as Jim Harlan, Saloon manager
The Flea in the Ear as Rugby

1955

Girl on the Third Floor as L'Américain (uncredited)
La Madelon as American General Gibson
Give 'em Hell as American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited)
The Best Part as Karl
Tant qu'il y aura des femmes

1954

The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne as le capitaine du bar

1953

Poison Ivy as Le marin-geôlier
Deux de l'escadrille

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The Trial
Topkapi
Triple Cross
What's New Pussycat?
The Grand Duel
Cartouche
Up to His Ears
Bad Man's River

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