Gabriel Jabbour (Arabic: غبريال جبّور) (7 November 1922 – 20 September 1987) was a French
actor
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.
He made his debut in acting in 1957 in L'affaire Sarret-Schmidt on
television
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. Between then and 1987 he made almost 70 appearances in film and TV with his career at its peak in the 1970s.
In 1981 Jabbour appeared in the
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series ''
Affaire Labricole, L''.
He retired from acting in 1987.
Partial filmography
* ''
Goha'' (1958) - Sayed Khamis
* ''Suivez-moi jeune homme'' (1958) - Chauffeur de taxi
* ''
The Burning Court'' (1962) - Le Bijoutier
* ''
La Poupée
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'' (1962) - Joachim
* ''Trafics dans l'ombre'' (1964) - Lamorie
* ''Les pieds dans le plâtre'' (1965) - M. Gaby
* ''Mazel Tov ou le Mariage'' (1968) - M. Avram
* ''
Z'' (1969) - Bozzini (uncredited)
* ''
Jeff
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'' (1969) - Zucci
* ''Et qu'ça saute!'' (1970)
* ''
Donkey Skin'' (1970) - Le chef des tailleurs
* ''
Le Viager
''Le Viager'' is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Pierre Tchernia and starring Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru and Claude Brasseur, adapted from a script by René Goscinny, the creator of the Asterix comics.
Plot
In 1930 in Paris, Dr Léon ...
'' (1972) - M. Levasseur, le patron de Martinet
* ''
The Bar at the Crossing
''The Bar at the Crossing'' () is a 1972 French adventure film directed by Alain Levent. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. It stars Belgian singer Jacques Brel.
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Vincent Van Horst (Jacques Brel) is a hard-drin ...
'' (1972) - Mosé
* ''
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'' (1973) - Véronique
* ''O.K. patron'' (1974) - Aram Kampessian
* ''Un nuage entre les dents'' (1974) - Casenave
* ''Le trouble-fesses'' (1976) - Le droguiste
* ''
Body of My Enemy
''Le Corps de mon ennemi'' (also known as ''Body of My Enemy'' ) is a 1976 French crime film directed by Henri Verneuil.
Plot
After François Leclercq seduces the young and rich Gilberte Beaumont-Liégard, she introduces him to her family. Throu ...
'' (1976) - Blome
* ''
The Porter from Maxim's'' (1976) - L'ambassadeur
* ''La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés'' (1977) - Brandonnel
* ''Dear Inspector'' (1977) - Le médecin Légiste
* ''
Madame Rosa
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'' (1977) - Monsieur Hamil
* ''La nuit, tous les chats sont gris'' (1977) - Monsieur Banalesco
* ''Et vive la liberté!'' (1978)
* ''
State Reasons
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Cast
* Jean Yanne: Jean-Philippe Leroi
* Monica Vitti: Angela Ravelli
* Michel Bouquet: Francis Jobin
* François Périer: Prof. Ma ...
'' (1978) - Meslan
* ''
Womanlight
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'' (1979) - Sacha
* ''La flambeuse'' (1981) - Le professeur
* ''
Julien Fontanes, magistrat
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Plot
This series features Julien Fontanes, judge by the Ministry of Justice to review t ...
'' (1981, TV Series) - Vestria
* ''Le secret des sélénites'' (1983) - (voice)
* ''
Three Men and a Cradle
''Three Men and a Cradle'' () is a 1985 French comedy film by Coline Serreau. The film was remade in Hollywood as ''Three Men and a Baby'' in 1987, which subsequently inspired nine adaptations in seven languages.
Plot
Jacques, Pierre, and Miche ...
'' (1985) - Le supérieur
* ''La galette du roi'' (1986) - le prince arabe Abdallah Ibn
References
External links
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1922 births
1987 deaths
French male television actors
French male film actors
French people of Lebanese descent
20th-century French male actors
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