Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. He divorced his second wife in 1939. ... Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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- 2022 · Le Siècle des icônes as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Image Book as (archive footage)
- 2018 · Mireille Darc, la femme libre as Monsieur (archive footage)
- 2018 · Lino Ventura, la part intime as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Quand Jean devint Renoir as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Jean Gabin, une âme française as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Sacrée soirée as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · My American Uncle as Self (archive footage)
- 1978 · Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · Holy Year as Max Lambert
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · Jury of One as Leguen
- 1973 · Two Men in Town as Germain Cazeneuve
- 1973 · The Dominici Affair as Gaston Dominici
- 1972 · Killer as Commissaire Le Guen
- 1971 · The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow as Victor Ploubaz
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · The Cat as Julien Bouin
- 1970 · The Horse as Auguste Maroilleur
- 1969 · The Sicilian Clan as Vittorio Manalese
- 1969 · Under the Sign of the Bull as Albert Raynal
- 1968 · The Tattoo as Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain'
- 1968 · Pasha as Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
- 1967 · Action Man as Denis Ferrand
- 1966 · The Gardener of Argenteuil as M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »
- 1966 · The Upper Hand as Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
- 1965 · God's Thunder as Léandre Brassac
- 1964 · That Tender Age as Émile Malhouin
- 1964 · Monsieur as The banker René Duchêne, alias Georges Baudin known as “Monsieur”
- 1963 · Maigret Sees Red as Commissaire Jules Maigret
- 1963 · Any Number Can Win as Charles
- 1962 · The Gentleman from Epsom as Richard Briand-Charmery
- 1962 · A Monkey in Winter as Albert Quentin
- 1961 · The Counterfeiters of Paris as Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
- 1961 · The President as Emile Beaufort
- 1960 · The Old Guard as Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
- 1960 · The Baron of the Locks as Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
- 1959 · Rue de Paris as Henri Neveu
- 1959 · Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case as Commissioner Jules Maigret
- 1959 · The Magnificent Tramp as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
- 1958 · The Possessors as Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
- 1958 · Love Is My Profession as Maître André Gobillot
- 1958 · The Night Affair as Inspecteur Georges Vallois
- 1958 · Les Misérables as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
- 1958 · Maigret Sets a Trap as Commissaire Maigret
- 1957 · Speaking of Murder as Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
- 1957 · The Case of Dr. Laurent as le docteur Laurent
- 1956 · Crime and Punishment as Commissaire Gallet
- 1956 · La Traversée de Paris as Grandgil, artist painter
- 1956 · Blood to the Head as François Cardinaud
- 1956 · Deadlier Than the Male as André Chatelin
- 1956 · People of No Importance as Jean Viard
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · The Little Rebels as Julien Lamy
- 1955 · Hi-Jack Highway as Jean Chape
- 1955 · House on the Waterfront as Le commandant Lequévic
- 1955 · Razzia as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
- 1955 · Napoleon as Marshal Jean Lannes
- 1954 · French Cancan as Henri Danglard
- 1954 · Air of Paris as Victor Le Garrec
- 1954 · Touchez Pas au Grisbi as Max dit Max le Menteur
- 1953 · Rhine Virgin as Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
- 1953 · Their Last Night as Pierre Ruffin
- 1953 · Storms as il professore Antonio Sanna
- 1952 · The Moment of Truth as Dr Pierre Richard
- 1952 · Le Plaisir as Joseph Rivet
- 1952 · The Truth About Bebe Donge as François Donge
- 1951 · The Night Is My Kingdom as Raymond Pinsard
- 1951 · Victor as Victor
- 1950 · Twelve Hours to Live as Carlo Bacchi
- 1950 · Marie of the Port as Henri Chatelard
- 1949 · The Walls of Malapaga as Pierre Arrignon
- 1947 · Mirror as Pierre Lussac
- 1946 · Martin Roumagnac as Martin Roumagnac
- 1944 · The Impostor as Clément / Maurice Lafarge
- 1942 · Moontide as Bobo
- 1941 · Stormy Waters as Le capitaine André Laurent
- 1939 · Daybreak as François
- 1939 · Coral Reefs as Ted "Trott" Lennard
- 1938 · La Bête Humaine as Lantier
- 1938 · Port of Shadows as Jean
- 1937 · Lady Killer as Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
- 1937 · The Messenger as Nicolas Dange
- 1937 · Grand Illusion as Le lieutenant Maréchal
- 1937 · Pépé le Moko as Pépé le Moko
- 1936 · The Lower Depths as Pepel Wasska
- 1936 · They Were Five as Jean dit Jeannot
- 1935 · Varieté as Georges
- 1935 · La Bandera as Pierre Gilieth
- 1935 · Behold the Man as Ponce Pilate
- 1934 · Zouzou as Jean
- 1934 · Maria Chapdelaine as François Paradis
- 1933 · Le Tunnel as Mac Allan
- 1933 · High and Low as Charles Boulla
- 1933 · Adieu les beaux jours as Pierre Lavernay
- 1933 · L'Étoile de Valencia as Pedro Savedra
- 1932 · Happy Hearts as Charles
- 1932 · The Beautiful Sailor as Le capitaine
- 1932 · The Crowd Roars as Joe Greer
- 1932 · Fun in the Barracks as Fricot
- 1932 · Lilac as Martousse
- 1932 · For one evening..! as Jean
- 1931 · Gloria as Robert Nourry
- 1931 · All That Is Not Worth Love as Jean Cordier
- 1931 · The Darling of Paris as Bob
- 1931 · Méphisto as Jacques Miral
- 1930 · Everyone Has Their Chance as Marcel Grivot
- 1928 · Les lions as
- 1928 · Ohé! Les valises as