Jacques Ciron (17 May 1928 – 7 December 2022) was a French actor.

Biography

Ciron was born in the

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on 17 May 1928. After gaining recognition for his looks and his voice, he became very popular in cinema and boulevard theatre, particularly in the program ''

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''. He was also very active in dubbing, lending his voice to several animated Disney films, as well as to the character

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in several live-action Batman films. He also lent his voice to the evil clown It in the miniseries of the same name. Ciron died in the

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on 7 December 2022, at the age of 94.

Filmography

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The Long Teeth ''The Long Teeth'' (original title "Les Dents longues") is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Daniel Gélin, written by Michel Audiard. It features Danièle Delorme, Louis de Funès, Roger Vadim and Brigitte Bardot. The story is b ...

'' (1952) *' (1952) *''

Naked in the Wind ''Naked in the Wind'' or ''The Island of Nude Women'' (French: ''L'île aux femmes nues'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Henri Lepage and starring Félix Oudart, Lili Bontemps, Armand Bernard and Jane Sourza. In 1962 it was released i ...

'' (1952) *''

A Caprice of Darling Caroline ''A Caprice of Darling Caroline'' (French: ''Un caprice de Caroline chérie'') is a 1953 French historical comedy film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine and Marthe Mercadier. It is based on the 1950 novel of th ...

'' (1953) *' (1953) *''

Innocents in Paris ''Innocents in Paris'' is a 1953 British-French international co-production comedy film produced by Romulus Films, directed by Gordon Parry and starring Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Claude Dauphin, and Ji ...

'' (1953) *''

The Lottery of Happiness ''The Lottery of Happiness'' (French: ''La loterie du bonheur'') is a 1953 French comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this st ...

'' (1953) *'' Tout chante autour de moi'' (1954) *' (1955) *''

French Cancan ''French Cancan'' (also known as ''Only the French Can'') is a 1955 French-Italian musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and Francoise Arnoul. Where Renoir's previous film ''Le Carosse d’or'' had celebrate ...

'' (1955) *'' Madonna of the Sleeping Cars'' (1955) *' (1955) *''

Marie Antoinette Queen of France ''Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' (french: Marie-Antoinette reine de France and also known as ''Shadow of the Guillotine'') is a 1956 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy who co-wrote the screenplay with Pierre Erlange ...

'' (1956) *' (1956) *'' And God Created Woman'' (1956) *' (1957) *''

Maigret Sets a Trap ''Maigret Sets a Trap'' (French: ''Maigret tend un piège'') is a 1955 detective novel by the Belgian novelist Georges Simenon featuring his fictional character Jules Maigret. Plot Maigret sets a trap for a serial killer, hoping to lure him into ...

'' (1958) *'' Gigi'' (1958) *'' The Doctor's Horrible Experiment'' (1959) *' (1961) *''

All the Gold in the World ''All the Gold in the World'' (French: ''Tout l'or du monde'') is a 1961 French-Italian comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Bourvil, Alfred Adam and Philippe Noiret. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's se ...

'' (1963) *''

Thank You, Natercia ''Thank You, Natercia'' (French: ''Merci Natercia!'') is a 1963 French drama film directed by Pierre Kast and starring Clara D'Ovar, Pierre Vaneck and Pierre Dudan.Marie p.68 Cast * Clara D'Ovar as Natércia * Pierre Vaneck as Alain * Pie ...

'' (1963) *'' The Gorillas'' (1964) *''

Lady L ''Lady L'' is a 1965 comedy film based on the novel by Romain Gary and directed by Peter Ustinov. Starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven and Cecil Parker, the film focuses on an elderly Corsican lady as she recalls the loves of her ...

'' (1965) *''

Woman Times Seven ''Woman Times Seven'' ( it, Sette volte donna) is a 1967 sex comedy anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It consists of seven segments, all starring Shirley MacLaine, most of which deal with aspects of adultery. Plot ''Paulette/Funeral ...

'' (1967) *''

Mayerling Mayerling is a small village (pop. 200) in Lower Austria belonging to the municipality of Alland in the district of Baden. It is situated on the Schwechat river, in the Wienerwald (''Vienna woods''), southwest of Vienna. From 1550, it was in t ...

'' (1968) *'' La Prisonnière'' (1968) *''

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'' (1969) *'' The Scarlet Lady'' (1969) *' (1970) *''

The Black Windmill ''The Black Windmill'' is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine, John Vernon, Janet Suzman and Donald Pleasence. It was produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown. Plot Two schoolboys are pla ...

'' (1974) *' (1977) *' (1979) *' (1980) *''

Camera d'albergo ''Camera d'albergo'' is a 1981 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. Ida Di Benedetto won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and Ruggero Mastroianni won the David di Donatello for Best Editing. Cast * Vitt ...

'' (1981) *''

My New Partner ''My New Partner'', also called ''Le Cop'', is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi that stars Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat ...

'' (1984) *' (1987) *''

The Unbearable Lightness of Being ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' ( cs, Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí) is a 1984 novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, a dog and their lives in the 1968 Prague Spring period of Czechoslovak history. Although written in 1982, the n ...

'' (1988) *''

Frantic Frantic may refer to: * ''Frantic'' (film), a 1988 film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Harrison Ford * ''Frantic'' (video game), a VIC-20 video game * Frantic Films, a Canadian Visual Effects company * "Frantic" (song), a song by Met ...

'' (1988) *''

La Révolution française ''La Révolution Française'' is a French rock opera by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Raymond Jeannot, book by Alain Boublil and Jean-Max Rivière, created in 1973. The show premiered at the Palais des Sports de Paris. Synopsis With the French ...

'' (1989) *' (1990) *''

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'' (1991) *''

588 rue paradis ''588 rue paradis'' is a 1992 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Richard Berry, Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif. It was preceded by ''Mayrig'', the fi ...

'' (1992) *''

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'' (1996) *' (2006) *''

Hunting and Gathering A traditional hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living an ancestrally derived lifestyle in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local sources, especially edible wild plants but also insects, fungi, ...

'' (2007) *' (2009) *''

La croisière ''La Croisière'' (or The Cruise) is a 2011 French comedy film directed by Pascale Pouzadoux. Plot Several characters have their destinies intersect on a cruise ship. Raphael follows his wife who left with her lover, stows away and dresses up a ...

'' (2011) *'' Paris Manhattan'' (2012)

References

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