Jess Hahn
Biography
Jess Hahn (born Jesse Beryle Hahn October 29, 1921, Terre Haute, Indiana – d. June 29, 1998, Saint-Malo, France) was an American actor who mostly starred in French films. After serving with the Marines in the Second World War, he moved to France in 1949 and took French citizenship. Firstly a musician, he became an actor and starred in film noirs and westerns. A large man, Hahn often appeared in "strong man" roles, such as in Cartouche and Topkapi. He was employed by French movie-maker Jean-Marie Pallardy, becoming one of his recurrent actors, until his retirement. He died at age 76 in Saint-Malo. Selected filmography The Most Wanted Man (1953) The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne (1954) L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet (1955) Les Hussards (1955) The Happy Road (1957) Sign of the Lion (1959) La femme et le Pantin (1959) The Flame in the Desert (1961) The Big Gamble (1961) Cartouche (1962) The Sign of Leo (1962) The Trial (1962) Topkapi (1964) What's New Pussycat? (1965) Le Saint prend l'affût (1966) The Wise Guys (1966) The Night of the Following Day (1968) Boulevard du Rhum (1971) Bad Man's River (1971) Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974) The Man from Chicago (1977) Mama Dracula (1980)
Swords of Blood
La Douceur
Topkapi
Hans Fisher
Les grandes gueules
Nénesse
The Mysterious Island
Bonaventure Pencroft
White Fire
Sam
Dynamite Jack
Sergeant Bob
The Man from Chicago
Jeff
The Saint Lies in Wait
Hoppy Uniatz
Gorilla's Waltz
Ted the Hook
Höllenjagd auf heisse Ware
Baby Face (as Jesse Hahn)
Overdose
The Doctor
La galette du roi
Morrisson - un réalisateur TV
White Fire
Sam
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Mac Douglas
Assassination Attempt
Terrorist on airplane
Mama Dracula
Le commissaire
La Raison d’État
agent de la CIA
Le point de mire
Général Harris
The Man from Chicago
Jeff
Escape from Death Row
Jeannot
No Pockets in a Shroud
Walter
Pater Charlie und seine Fäuste des Himmels
The Bartender
The Mysterious Island
Bonaventure Pencroft
The Grand Duel
Bighorse
La filière
Sacha
Love Games in Florence
Prior (uncredited)
Captain Apache
Father Rodriguez (uncredited)
Bad Man's River
Tom Odie
Rum Runners
Piet aka "Big Dutch"
Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen
Polonsky
Troubleshooters
Congo
Atlantic Wall
Le colonel anglais
The Novices
L'Américain
The Comeuppance
Bob Daniels
The Night of the Following Day
Friendly
Rapporto Fuller, Base Stoccolma
Eddy Bennet
Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre
Jess Parker
La Feldmarescialla
Maj. Bill Hocks
L'homme qui valait des milliards
Henry
Your Turn to Die
Boris
Triple Cross
Commander Braid
Höllenjagd auf heisse Ware
Baby Face (as Jesse Hahn)
Il ladro della Gioconda
Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule
The Saint Lies in Wait
Hoppy Uniatz
Up To His Ears
Cornelius
Les grandes gueules
Nénesse
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Palmoni (uncredited)
Les Gorilles
Boris, Alexis Alexevitch, le maquilleur
The Great Spy Chase
Le commodore O'Brien
Topkapi
Hans Fisher
The Trial
Second Assistant Inspector
Mandrin
Bertrand le braco
Sign of the Lion
Pierre Wesselrin
Swords of Blood
La Douceur
Dynamite Jack
Sergeant Bob
The Big Gamble
First Mate
Gorilla's Waltz
Ted the Hook
Le Fauve est lâché
Donald
Le marin blessé
The Female
Sidney
Le Désert de Pigalle
Bill
Chéri, fais-moi peur
Chris Craft, L'espion américain
Le triporteur
Daniel
The Foxiest Girl in Paris
Sam
Quand la femme s'en mêle
La Couture
The Happy Road
MP Sgt. Morgan
Let's Be Daring, Madame
Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'
To Catch a Spy
Kalpannen
Rugby
The Best Part
Karl - un mineur
The Hussars
Un hussard
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Jerome K. Smith, l'américain (as J. Hahn)
Silenzio… si Spara!
Un Marin Américain au 'Paradise' (uncredited)
The Detective
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Act of Love
Un soldat (uncredited)
La Môme Vert-de-Gris
Le marin-geôlier (as Jess Hann)
The Most Wanted Man
Walter le Vicieux, un truand (as Jesse Hahn)
Que Personne ne Sorte
Bugsy Weis
