Jesse Beryle Hahn (October 29, 1921June 29, 1998) was an

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

character actor who mostly starred in

films.

Biography

After serving with the

Marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military ...

s in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, he moved to France in 1949 and took French citizenship. Firstly a musician, he became an actor and starred in

film noir Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American '' ...

s and westerns. A large man, Hahn often appeared in " strong man" roles, such as in ''

Cartouche In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the f ...

'' and '' Topkapi''. Seen mostly as a

character actor A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to b ...

in French films, he played a rare leading role in

Éric Rohmer Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World ...

's '' The Sign of Leo''. Hahn was employed by French movie-maker

Jean-Marie Pallardy Jean-Marie Pallardy is a French movie director. He first worked as a male model in the 1960s, before opting for a career change and directing softcore erotic pictures. He also tried his hand at crime fiction and adventure films, with mixed results ...

, becoming one of his recurrent actors, until his retirement. Hahn died at age 76 in

Saint-Malo Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast. The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the All ...

, France.

Selected filmography

* ''Deux de l'escadrille'' (1953) * '' La môme vert-de-gris'' (1953) - Le marin-geôlier * ''

The Most Wanted Man The Most Wanted Man or ''Public Enemy Number One'' (french: L'ennemi public n° 1, it, Il nemico pubblico n° 1) is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Louis Seigner.Higbee & Lea ...

'' (1953) - Walter le Vicieux, un truand * '' Act of Love'' (1953) - Un soldat (uncredited) * '' The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne'' (1954) - Le marin américain * ''

Father Brown Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English author G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intui ...

'' - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Ça va barder'' (1955) - Un Marin Américain au 'Paradise' (uncredited) * ''

L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet ''The Impossible Mr. Pipelet'' (french: L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet), is a French comedy drama film from 1955, directed by André Hunebelle, written by Jacques Gut, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles ...

'' (1955) - Jerome K. Smith, l'américain * ''Girl on the Third Floor'' (1955) - L'Américain (uncredited) * ''Tant qu'il y aura des femmes'' (1955) * '' Madelon'' (1955) - Le général américain Gibson * '' Les Hussards'' (1955) - Un hussard (uncredited) * '' The Best Part'' (1955) - Karl - un mineur * ''

Meeting in Paris ''Meeting in Paris'' (French: ''Rencontre à Paris'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Robert Lamoureux, Betsy Blair and Jacques Castelot.Parish p.96 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art ...

'' (1956) - Henry * ''Ces sacrées vacances'' (1956) - Richard Brown - l'Américain * ''Fernand cow-boy'' (1956) - Jim Harlan, Saloon manager * '' The Lebanese Mission'' (1956) - Le valet * '' The Happy Road'' (1957) - MP Sgt. Morgan * ''Le colonel est de la revue'' (1957) - Jess * ''Action immédiate'' (1957) - Kalpannen * '' The Vintage'' (1957) - André Morel (uncredited) * '' Let's Be Daring, Madame'' (1957) - Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy' * '' Send a Woman When the Devil Fails'' (1957) - La Couture * ''Le triporteur'' (1957) - Daniel (uncredited) * ''

Nathalie Nathalie is a female given name. It is a variant of the name Natalie/ Natalia which is found in many languages, and is especially common in French and English speaking countries. Notable people with the name include: * Nathalie, Italian singer ...

'' (1957) - Sam * ''Le désert de Pigalle'' (1958) - Bill * ''Chéri, fais-moi peur'' (1958) - Chris Craft, L'espion américain * ''Le Sicilien'' (1958) - Raffles * ''Time Bomb'' (1959) - Le marin blessé * ''The Tiger Attacks'' (1959) - Donald * '' La femme et le Pantin'' (1959) - Sidney * ''Le Sahara brûle'' (1961) - Jeff Gordon * '' The Big Gamble'' (1961) - First Mate * ''

Dynamite Jack ''Dynamite Jack'' is a 1961 French-Italian comedy western film directed by Jean Bastia and starring Fernandel, Eleonora Vargas and Lucien Raimbourg.Walker p.198 A Frenchman moves to Arizona in the Wild West era, only to find he is the exact imag ...

'' (1961) - Sergeant Bob * ''

'' (1962) - La Douceur * '' The Sign of Leo'' (1962) - Pierre Wesselrin * ''Mon oncle du Texas'' (1962) - Brad * '' Mandrin'' (1962) - Bertrand le braco * '' The Trial'' (1962) - Second Assistant Inspector * ''

Une blonde comme ça ''Miss Shumway Goes West'' (french: Une blonde comme ça) is a 1962 French-Argentine film. See also * '' Rough Magic'' (1995) External links * 1962 films Argentine comedy-drama films 1960s Spanish-language films French black-and-white fil ...

'' (1963) - Sam * ''

People in Luck ''People in Luck'' (French title: ''Les veinards''), is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and Jean Girault, written by Jacques Vilfrid and Jean Girault and starring France Anglade and Louis de Funès (uncredited). The fil ...

'' (1963) - Un chauffeur de taxi (segment "Le repas gastronomique") (uncredited) * ''Verspätung in Marienborn'' (1963) - Sgt. Torre * ''Que personne ne sorte'' (1964) - Bugsy Weis * '' Topkapi'' (1964) - Hans Fisher * ''

The Great Spy Chase ''Les Barbouzes'' ( Barbouze being French slang for a spy, deriving from the idea that spies hide behind false beards) is a 1964 French cult comedy film, screened in the USA as ''The Great Spy Chase''. Starring Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier and Mirei ...

'' (1964) - Le Commodore O'Brien * '' The Gorillas'' (1964) - Boris, Alexis Alexevitch, le maquilleur * ''

Cent briques et des tuiles ''Cent briques et des tuiles'' is a 1965 French film directed by Pierre Grimblat. Synopsis Marcel, a small-time gangster, has lost all his gang's proceeds, 20 million francs, while gambling. His accomplices, the Shultz brothers, throw ...

'' (1965) - Palmoni * ''

What's New Pussycat? ''What's New Pussycat?'' is a 1965 screwball comedy film directed by Clive Donner, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen in his acting debut, along with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capuci ...

'' (1965) - Mr. Werner * ''

The Wise Guys ''The Wise Guys'' (U.S. video title: ''Jailbirds' Vacation'') (french: Les Grandes Gueules) is a 1965 French drama film directed by Robert Enrico, based on a novel by José Giovanni. Featuring two popular male leads in Bourvil and Lino Ventura, it ...

'' (1965) - Nénesse * '' Up to His Ears'' (1965) - Cornelius Ponchabert * ''

Secret Agent Super Dragon ''Secret Agent Super Dragon'' (Italian: ''New York chiama Superdrago'') is a 1966 international co-production Eurospy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Ray Danton as the titular secret agent. Plot The plot centers on a secret agent ...

'' (1966) - Baby Face * '' The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen'' (1966) - Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule * ''Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre'' (1966) - Jess Parker * '' Le Saint prend l'affût'' (1966) - Hoppy Uniatz * '' Triple Cross'' (1966) - Commander Braid * ''L'homme qui valait des milliards'' (1967) - Henry * '' The Crazy Kids of the War'' (1967) - Maj. Bill Hocks * '' Your Turn to Die'' (1967) - Boris * ''Le démoniaque'' (1968) - Floyd Delaney * '' The Fuller Report'' (1968) - Eddy Bennet * ''

The Night of the Following Day ''The Night of the Following Day'' is a 1969 American Technicolor crime film directed by Hubert Cornfield starring Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno and Pamela Franklin. Filmed in France, around Le Touquet it tells the story of a kidnap ...

'' (1969) - Friendly * ''L'ardoise'' (1970) - Bob Daniels * ''

Atlantic Wall The Atlantic Wall (german: link=no, Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticip ...

'' (1970) - Le colonel anglais * '' Les Novices'' (1970) - L'Américain * ''Laisse aller... c'est une valse'' (1971) - Congo * ''

Captain Apache ''Captain Apache'' is a 1971 Spanish-British acid Western film directed by Alexander Singer and starring Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, and Stuart Whitman. It was written and produced by Milton Sperling and Philip Yordan. The film was based on th ...

'' (1971) - Father Rodriguez (uncredited) * ''

Boulevard du Rhum ''Boulevard du Rhum'' also known as ''Rum Runners'' is a 1971 French-Italian-Spanish adventure film directed by Robert Enrico and produced by Alain Poiré. It is based on Jacques Pecheral's novel of the same name. It stars Brigitte Bardot and Lin ...

'' (1971) - Piet aka "Big Dutch" * '' Bad Man's River'' (1971) - Tom Odie * ''L'ingénu'' (1972) - Le capitaine * ''Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto)'' (1972) - Prior (uncredited) * ''

The Sicilian Connection ''The Sicilian Connection'' ( it, Afyon oppio, french: Action héroïne, also known as ''The Opium Connection'' and ''La filière'') is a 1972 Italian- French crime-thriller film directed by Ferdinando Baldi. Plot The Italian-American Joseph ...

'' (1972) - Sacha * ''

The Grand Duel ''The Grand Duel'' (Italian: ''Il Grande duello''), also known as ''Storm Rider'' and ''The Big Showdown'', is a 1972 Spaghetti Western film directed by Giancarlo Santi, who had previously worked as Sergio Leone's assistant director on ''The Good ...

'' (1972) - Bighorse the Stagecoach Driver * '' La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo'' (1973) - Bonaventure Pencroft * ''

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony ''Mean Frank and Crazy Tony'' ( it, Il suo nome faceva tremare...Interpol in allarme or it, Dio, sei proprio un padreterno!) is a 1973 crime-comedy film directed by Michele Lupo, and starring Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco and Edwige Fenech. P ...

'' (1973) - Jeannot * ''

Three Tough Guys ''Three Tough Guys'' (also known as ''Tough Guys'') is a 1974 crime-action film directed by Duccio Tessari. It may be regarded as an example of the Blaxploitation genre. It stars Lino Ventura, Fred Williamson and Isaac Hayes, who also compo ...

'' (1974) - The Bartender * ''

Un linceul n'a pas de poches ''Un linceul n'a pas de poches'' (English: ''No Pockets in a Shroud'') is a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky in 1974. Plot A journalist, Michel Dolannes, decides to use his newspaper to denounce the corruption of the established system. O ...

'' (1974) - Walter * ''The Man from Chicago'' (1975) - Jeff * ''Jackpot'' (1975) * ''Le point de mire'' (1977) - Général Harris * ' (1977) - Manager * ''

State Reasons ''State Reasons'' (french: La raison d'état, it, Ragione di stato) is a 1978 French-Italian political drama film written and directed by André Cayatte. Cast * Jean Yanne: Jean-Philippe Leroi * Monica Vitti: Angela Ravelli * Michel Bouqu ...

'' (1978) - agent de la CIA * '' Mama Dracula'' (1980) - Le commissaire * ''

Teheran 43 ''Teheran 43'' (Russian: ''Тегеран-43''; French: ''Téhéran 43, Nid d'espions'') is a 1981 Soviet-French-Swiss political thriller film made by Mosfilm, ''Mediterraneo Cine'' and ''Pro Dis Film'', directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir ...

'' (1981) - Second Terrorist * ''Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir'' (1984) - Mac Douglas * '' Vivre pour survivre'' (1985) - Sam * ''La galette du roi'' (1986) - Morrisson - un réalisateur TV * ''Overdose'' (1987) - The Doctor

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hahn, Jess 1921 births 1998 deaths American emigrants to France American male film actors French male film actors Actors from Terre Haute, Indiana 20th-century American male actors United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II 20th-century French male actors Male actors from Indiana Male Western (genre) film actors United States Marines