Jacques Morel (29 May 1922 in
Paris
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– 9 April 2008 in Paris) was a French
film and
television
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actor
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. He was, perhaps, best known as the
French language
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voice of the
cartoon
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character,
Obelix, in the
animated
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adaptation of the
comic book
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,
Asterix
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.
Jacques Morel died in Paris, France, on 9 April 2008, at the age of 85.
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Partial filmography
* ''L'aventure est au coin de la rue'' (1944) - L'homme mystérieuse
* ''Alone in the Night Alone in the Night may refer to:
* Alone in the Night (1945 film), a French crime film
* Alone in the Night (2024 film), a Spanish comedy-drama film
* Alone in the Night, a song by Roger Daltrey, from the album Can't Wait to See the Movie
' ...
'' (1945) - Melor
* ''Toute la famille était là'' (1948) - Villediou
* '' Between Eleven and Midnight'' (1949) - Bouture
* ''Au p'tit zouave'' (1950) - Félix Lambert
* ''Voyage à trois'' (1950) - Maurice
* '' The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) - Le docteur Petypon
* ''L'homme de joie'' (1951) - Edouard Jolivet
* '' Les joueurs'' (1951, TV Movie)
* '' Topaze'' (1951) - Régis Castel-Vernac
* '' Victor'' (1951) - Jacques Genoust
* ''Le Dindon
''Le Dindon'' (The Turkey) is a three-act farce by Georges Feydeau, first produced in Paris in 1896. It depicts the unsuccessful attempts of the central character – the ''"wikt:dindon de la farce, dindon"'' (roughly "the fall guy") to seduce a ...
'' (1951) - Vatelin
* ''La poison'' (1951) - (voice)
* ''Au fil des ondes'' (1951) - Himself
* '' We Are All Murderers'' (1952) - Charles
* ''Une fille dans le soleil'' (1953) - Boissières
* ''Un trésor de femme'' (1953) - Albert Brunet
* ''Les amours finissent à l'aube'' (1953) - Van Goffin
* '' Rue de l'Estrapade'' (1953) - Marcel
* ''Une nuit à Megève'' (1953) - Léon
* ''Mandat d'amener'' (1953) - Gaston
* ''Royal Affairs in Versailles
''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (French title: ''Si Versailles m'était conté'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama directed by Sacha Guitry. Described as "a historical film showing Versailles from its beginnings to the present day", it t ...
'' (1954) - Bohmer (uncredited)
* '' After You Duchess'' (1954) - Armand
* ''Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça
''Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça'' en, Men Think Only of That, is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Yves Robert, written by Jean Bellanger, starring Jean-Marie Amato and Louis de Funès.
Cast
* Jean-Marie Amato : Don Juan
* Jean Be ...
'' (1954) - Le parfait séducteur
* '' Service Entrance'' (1954) - Georges Dumény
* '' The Grand Maneuver'' (1955) - Monsieur Monnet
* ''Môme Pigalle'' (1955) - Monsieur Maugeat
* ''Si Paris nous était conté'' (1956) - Le gouverneur Jourdan
* '' Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' (1956) - Louis XVI
* ''Elena and Her Men
''Elena and Her Men'' is a 1956 film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Ingrid Bergman and Jean Marais. The film's original French title was ''Elena et les Hommes'', and in English-speaking countries, the title was ''Paris Does Strange Thing ...
'' (1956) - Duchêne
* ''Folies-Bergère'' (1956) - Roland
* '' The Seventh Commandment'' (1957) - Pilou
* ''Les suspects'' (1957) - Inspecteur Paul Duchamp
* ''A Certain Monsieur Jo
''A Certain Monsieur Jo'' (French: ''Un certain Monsieur Jo'') is a 1958 French crime film directed by René Jolivet and starring Michel Simon, Geneviève Kervine and Jacques Morel.Rège p.541
The film's sets were designed by the art director Lu ...
'' (1958) - Inspecteur Loriot
* ''Sacrée jeunesse'' (1958) - Étienne Longué
* ''Life Together
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'' (1958) - Claude
* ''Madame et son auto'' (1958) - Victor Martini
* ''Clara et les méchants'' (1959) - Charlemagne
* ''Drôles de phénomènes'' (1959) - Jérôme Dandaine
* '' Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (1959) - Maître Mauléon
* ''Le panier à crabes'' (1960) - Le producteur
* ''À rebrousse-poil'' (1961) - M. Durand
* ''L'imprevisto'' (1961) - Inspector Chattard
* '' Rencontres'' (1962) - David
* '' Man from Cocody'' (1965) - Rouffignac
* ''Les mordus de Paris'' (1965)
* ''La corde au cou'' (1965) - Le chauffeur de taxi
* ''Pleins feux sur Stanislas
''Pleins feux sur Stanislas'' () is a French-German comedy thriller film from 1965. It was directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, written by Michel Cousin and Jean-Charles Dudrumet, starring Jean Marais. The film was known under the title ''Killer ...
'' (1965) - Le percepteur
* '' Asterix the Gaul'' (1967) - Obelix (voice)
* ''Asterix and Cleopatra
''Asterix and Cleopatra'' is the sixth book in the Asterix album series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in ''Pilote'' magazine, issues 215–257, in 1963.
Synopsis
The book begins with an argument ...
'' (1968) - Obelix (voice)
* ''L'auvergnat et l'autobus'' (1969) - Kleinfuchs
* ''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' (''Les Douze travaux d'Astérix'') is a 1976 Belgian/French animated feature film based on the ''Asterix'' comic book series, and the third in the animated franchise. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creato ...
'' (1976) - Obelix (voice)
* ''Ça fait tilt'' (1978) - Francis
* ''L'exercice du pouvoir'' (1978) - Albert Larchat
* '' La Ballade des Dalton'' (1978) - Sam Game, le prêcheur et tricheur repenti (voice)
* ''L'amour en question'' (1978) - Le Président
* ''Julien Fontanes, magistrat
''Julien Fontanes, magistrat'' is a French police television series. It has been distributed since 1980 on TF1 (France), the show remains active as of 1989.
Plot
This series features Julien Fontanes, judge by the Ministry of Justice to review t ...
'' (1980-1989, TV Series) - Juge Julien Fontane (final appearance)
References
External links
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1922 births
2008 deaths
Male actors from Paris
French male film actors
French male voice actors
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