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Jean Gabin (1904–1976)

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Jean-Alexis Moncorge started his career with 15 years at the theatre and debuted at the "Moulin Rouge" in Paris in 1929. Despite of his rude aspect he knew to be the gentleman of the French cinema in the time between the two World Wars. One of his most popular personalities was inspector Maigret. But he was also able to play all other kind of people: aristocrats... See full bio »

Born:

Jean-Alexis Moncorgé
in Paris, France

Died:

(age 72) in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Still of Pierre Fresnay and Jean Gabin in La Grande Illusion Still of Dora Doll, Jean Gabin and Jeanne Moreau in Touchez Pas au Grisbi Still of Françoise Arnoul and Jean Gabin in French Cancan Still of Jean Gabin and Delia Scala in Touchez Pas au Grisbi Still of Jean Gabin in La Grande Illusion
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1976 Holy Year
Max Lambert
 
1974 Verdict
Le président Leguen
 
1973 Two Men in Town
Germain Cazeneuve - un éducateur
 
1973 The Dominici Affair
Gaston Dominici
 
1972 Killer
Commissaire Le Guen
 
1971 The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Victor Ploubaz
 
1971 Le chat
Julien Bouin
 
1970 The Horse
Auguste Maroilleur
 
1969 The Sicilian Clan
Vittorio Manalese
 
1969 Under the Sign of the Bull
Albert Raynal - un constructeur de fusées
 
1968 The Tattooed One
Comte Enguerand - Louis Marie de Montignac aka Legrain
 
1968 Pasha
Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
 
1967 Action Man
Denis Farrand
 
1966 The Gardener of Argenteuil
Le père Tulipe
 
1966 The Upper Hand
Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
 
1965 The Thunder of God
Léandre Brassac
 
1964 That Tender Age
Émile Malhouin
 
1964 Monsieur
Monsieur
 
1963 Maigret voit rouge
Commissaire Jules Maigret
 
1963 Any Number Can Win
Charles
 
1962 Le gentleman d'Epsom
Richard Briand-Charmery
 
1962 A Monkey in Winter
Albert Quentin
 
1961 The Counterfeiters of Paris
Ferdinand Maréchal dit 'Le Dabe'
 
1961 The President
Émile Beaufort
 
1960 Les vieux de la vieille
Jean-Marie Péjat
 
1960 The Baron of the Locks
Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
 
1959 Rue de Paris
Henri Neveux
 
1959 Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Le commissaire Jules Maigret
 
1959 Archimède, le clochard
Joseph Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit Archimède
 
1958 The Possessors
Noël Schoudler
 
1958 Love Is My Profession
Maître André Gobillot
 
1958 The Night Affair
Inspecteur Georges Vallois
 
1958 Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
 
1958 Inspector Maigret
Le commissaire divisionnaire Jules Maigret
 
1957 Le rouge est mis
Louis Bertain/Louis le Blond
 
1957 The Case of Dr. Laurent
Le docteur J. Laurent
 
1956 Crime and Punishment
Commissaire Gallet
 
1956 Four Bags Full
Grandgil
 
1956 Blood to the Head
François Cardinaud
 
1956 Deadlier Than the Male
André Chatelin
 
1956 People of No Importance
Jean Viard
 
1955 Hi-Jack Highway
Jean Chape
 
1955 The Little Rebels
Le juge Julien Lamy
 
1955 House on the Waterfront
Le commandant Lequévic
 
1955 Razzia
Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
 
1955 Napoléon
Le maréchal Jean Lannes
 
1954 French Cancan
Henri Danglard
 
1954 Air of Paris
Victor Le Garrec
 
1954 Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Max dit Max le Menteur
 
1953 Rhine Virgin
Jacques Ledru/Martin Schmidt
 
1953 Their Last Night
Pierre Ruffin
 
1953 Bufere
Il professore Antonio Sanna
 
1952 The Moment of Truth
Pierre Richard
 
1952 Le Plaisir
Joseph Rivet (segment "La Maison Tellier")
 
1952 The Truth About Bebe Donge
François Donge
 
1951 The Night Is My Kingdom
Raymond Pinsard
 
1951 Victor
Victor
 
1950 His Last Twelve Hours
Carlo Bacchi
 
1950 La Marie du port
Henri Chatelard
 
1949 The Walls of Malapaga
Pierre Arrignon
 
1947 Miroir
Pierre Lussac
 
1946 The Room Upstairs
Martin Roumagnac - un petit entrepreneur de maçonnerie
 
1944 Strange Confession
Clement/Maurice LeFarge
 
1942 Moontide
Bobo
 
1941 Stormy Waters
Le capitaine André Laurent
 
1939 Daybreak
François
 
1939 Coral Reefs
Trott Lennard
 
1938 La Bête Humaine
Jacques Lantier
 
1938 Port of Shadows
Jean
 
1937 Lady Killer
Lucien Bourrache, 'Gueule d'Amour'
 
1937 The Messenger
Nicolas Dange
 
1937 La Grande Illusion
Le lieutenant Maréchal
 
1937 Pépé le Moko
Pépé le Moko
 
1936 The Lower Depths
Wasska Pepel
 
1936 They Were Five
Jean dit Jeannot
 
1935 Variétés
Georges
 
1935 La bandera
Pierre Gilieth
 
1935 Behold the Man
Ponce Pilate
 
1934 Zouzou
Jean
 
1934 Maria Chapdelaine
François Paradis
 
1933 Le tunnel
Mac Allan
 
1933 High and Low
Charles Boulla
 
1933 Adieu les beaux jours
Pierre Lavernay
 
1933 L'étoile de Valencia
Pedro Savedra
 
1932 Coeurs joyeux
Charles
 
1932 La belle marinière
Le capitaine / The captain
 
1932 La foule hurle
Joe Greer
 
1932 Les gaîtés de l'escadron
Fricot
 
1932 Lilac
Martousse
 
1931/II Gloria
Robert Nourry
 
1931 Tout ça ne vaut pas l'amour
Jean Cordier
 
1931 The Darling of Paris
Bob
 
1931 Méphisto
Jacques Miral
 
1931 Pour un soir..!
Jean
 
1930 Chacun sa chance
Marcel Grivot
 
1930 L'héritage de Lilette (short)
 
1928 Les lions
 
1928 Ohé! Les valises
 
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1973 The Dominici Affair (producer - uncredited)
 
1972 Killer (producer - uncredited)
 
1971 Le chat (producer - uncredited)
 
1970 The Horse (producer - uncredited)
 
1970 Happy He Who Like Ulysses (producer - uncredited)
 
1968 Pasha (producer - uncredited)
 
1968 The Man in the Buick (producer - uncredited)
 
1966 Father's Trip (producer - uncredited)
 
1964 That Tender Age (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
2006 A Good Year (performer: "Quand on s' promène au bord de l'eau")
 
1986 Attention bandits! (performer: "Maintenant je sais", "But Now I Know")
 
1954 French Cancan (performer: "Complainte de la butte" - uncredited)
 
1937 La Grande Illusion (performer: "Frou-frou" 1898 - uncredited)
 
1934 Zouzou (performer: "Viens Vivine" Come Vivian)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1959 Archimède, le clochard (idea / as Jean Moncorgé)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1988 Let Sleeping Cops Lie (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
1979 À la recherche de Fernandel (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1976 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself - Le président des Césars
– 1ère nuit des Césars (1976) … Himself - Le président des Césars
 
1971 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
– 37ème gala de l'union des artistes (1970) … Himself
 
1961 Mon frère Jacques (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1960 Spécial Noël: Jean Gabin (TV short)
Himself
 
1958-1960 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 April 1960 (1960) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 1959 (1959) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 December 1958 (1958) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 July 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1952 Échos de plateau (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (22 titles)
2013 Natan (documentary)
Fricot
 
2010 L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Cinéma de Boulevard")
 
2007 Danielle Darrieux, une vie de cinéma (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Graffiti 60 (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Edouard VIII d'Angleterre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Les 40 ans de la 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Gabin, gueule d'amour (TV documentary)
 
1994 Carné, vous avez dit Carné (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1992 Ca détourne (TV movie)
 
1989 Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (short)
 
1988 Cinema Paradiso
Wasska Pepel (uncredited)
 
1987 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
 
1985 Carné, l'homme à la caméra (documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Il était une fois: Le gala de l'union des artistes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Mon oncle d'Amérique
Himself
 
1977 Ciné Follies (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Appeared on an Easter Special Program on the Dumont television network (KTTV) called "The Passion Play" on March 23, 1951.

Publicity Listings:

6 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Jean Moncorgé | Alexis Moncourge

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

About his debut in stage show: "I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one. And the front door was the door of Mistinguett's dressing room". See more »

Trivia:

His parents, Ferdinand Moncorgé and Hélène Petit, were performers and singers in low-class shows. See more »

Star Sign:

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