Yvan Chiffre
Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of César Chiffre. He was the stunt coordinator of Thunderball and Triple Cross by Terence Young, Is Paris Burning? by René Clément, Z by Costa Gavras, Hotel Paradiso by Peter Glenville. He was also the official stunt double of Jean Marais and Alain Delon, was stunt man on the Longest Day, and stunt double of Cary Grant in Charade, Sterling Hayden in Poppies Are Also Flowers, Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo and many others... He also contributed to major French films like Zorro by Duccio Tessari, La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury, Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville, and more than 200 others. In 1992, he published an autobiography A l'ombre des stars, about his stuntman life. In 2014, he received in Paris the UNESCO prize. In 2017, the Academy Award, Oscars In Memoriam honors Yvan Chiffre for his life achievement. Source: Article "Yvan Chiffre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Credits
- 1984 · Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers as Tax Collector
- 1984 · Le fou du roi as Taillevent
- 1976 · Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · Borsalino and Co. as
- 1973 · Défense de savoir as The team
- 1971 · The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow as (uncredited)
- 1971 · Easy Down There! as
- 1970 · Le Cercle Rouge as Policeman
- 1970 · Borsalino as
- 1970 · Time of the Wolves as Fence's henchman (uncredited)
- 1969 · The Sicilian Clan as Un inspecteur de Le Goff (uncredited)
- 1967 · Two Weeks in September as
- 1966 · Sale temps pour les mouches as
- 1966 · Le solitaire passe à l'attaque as
- 1965 · Fantomas Unleashed as Homme de main de Fantômas
- 1965 · OSS 117: Mission for a Killer as Un homme de main
- 1965 · Le Majordome as Paulo
- 1964 · Fantomas as Homme de main de Fantômas
- 1964 · License to Kill as
- 1964 · The Black Tulip as
- 1964 · The Gallant Musketeer as Yvon
- 1964 · Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise as Christian
- 1964 · Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc as Christian
- 1963 · Your Turn, Darling as
- 1963 · OSS 117 Is Unleashed as Agent Thibaud
- 1962 · The Iron Mask as
- 1962 · Clash of Steel as Guard (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Mysteries of Paris as A sea buckthorn (uncredited)
- 1961 · Blood on His Sword as Un baladin (uncredited)