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Jean Gabin
Born · May 17, 1904
Died · November 15, 1976 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Bio
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.
Le Siècle des icônes
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.0
2022
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2019
The Image Book
(archive footage)
6.4
2018
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
Monsieur (archive footage)
8.0
2018
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
7.8
2018
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Self (archive footage)
10.0
2017
Jean Gabin, une âme française
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2015
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2015
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2011
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2010
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.4
2002
Star Life
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
10.0
1990
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.2
1987
My American Uncle
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1980
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
0.0
1978
Holy Year
Max Lambert
6.6
1976
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
0.0
1974
Jury of One
Leguen
6.8
1974
Two Men in Town
Germain Cazeneuve
7.1
1973
The Dominici Affair
Gaston Dominici
6.9
1973
Killer
Commissaire Le Guen
5.0
1972
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Victor Ploubaz
5.4
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1971
The Cat
Julien Bouin
7.4
1971
The Horse
Auguste Maroilleur
7.0
1970
The Sicilian Clan
Vittorio Manalese
7.6
1969
Under the Sign of the Bull
Albert Raynal
6.3
1969
The Tattoo
Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain'
6.4
1968
Pasha
Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
6.7
1968
Action Man
Denis Ferrand
5.7
1967
The Gardener of Argenteuil
M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »
6.2
1966
The Upper Hand
Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
6.3
1966
God's Thunder
Léandre Brassac
6.3
1965
That Tender Age
Émile Malhouin
5.7
1964
Monsieur
The banker René Duchêne, alias Georges Baudin known as “Monsieur”
6.2
1964
Maigret Sees Red
Commissaire Jules Maigret
6.2
1963
Any Number Can Win
Charles
7.2
1963
The Gentleman from Epsom
Richard Briand-Charmery
6.1
1962
A Monkey in Winter
Albert Quentin
7.6
1962
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
7.0
1961
The President
Emile Beaufort
7.3
1961
The Old Guard
Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
6.2
1960
The Baron of the Locks
Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
6.3
1960
Rue de Paris
Henri Neveu
6.7
1959
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Commissioner Jules Maigret
7.0
1959
The Magnificent Tramp
Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
7.0
1959
The Possessors
Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
6.9
1958
Love Is My Profession
Maître André Gobillot
6.4
1958
The Night Affair
Inspecteur Georges Vallois
6.3
1958
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
7.2
1958
Maigret Sets a Trap
Commissaire Maigret
7.0
1958
Speaking of Murder
Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
6.3
1957
The Case of Dr. Laurent
le docteur Laurent
6.9
1957
Crime and Punishment
Commissaire Gallet
7.0
1956
La Traversée de Paris
Grandgil, artist painter
7.3
1956
Blood to the Head
François Cardinaud
6.1
1956
Deadlier Than the Male
André Chatelin
7.1
1956
People of No Importance
Jean Viard
5.9
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (5 episodes)
8.0
1956
The Little Rebels
Julien Lamy
6.8
1955
Hi-Jack Highway
Jean Chape
6.6
1955
House on the Waterfront
Le commandant Lequévic
6.7
1955
Razzia
Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
6.8
1955
Napoleon
Marshal Jean Lannes
6.3
1955
French Cancan
Henri Danglard
7.1
1954
Air of Paris
Victor Le Garrec
6.0
1954
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Max dit Max le Menteur
7.2
1954
Rhine Virgin
Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
5.9
1953
Their Last Night
Pierre Ruffin
5.4
1953
Storms
il professore Antonio Sanna
5.2
1953
The Moment of Truth
Dr Pierre Richard
6.0
1952
Le Plaisir
Joseph Rivet
7.6
1952
The Truth About Bebe Donge
François Donge
7.1
1952
The Night Is My Kingdom
Raymond Pinsard
6.2
1951
Victor
Victor
7.0
1951
Twelve Hours to Live
Carlo Bacchi
5.9
1950
Marie of the Port
Henri Chatelard
5.8
1950
The Walls of Malapaga
Pierre Arrignon
6.3
1949
Mirror
Pierre Lussac
6.3
1947
Martin Roumagnac
Martin Roumagnac
6.6
1946
The Impostor
Clément / Maurice Lafarge
6.0
1944
Moontide
Bobo
6.4
1942
Stormy Waters
Le capitaine André Laurent
6.9
1941
Daybreak
François
7.6
1939
Coral Reefs
Ted "Trott" Lennard
6.0
1939
La Bête Humaine
Lantier
7.0
1938
Port of Shadows
Jean
7.4
1938
Lady Killer
Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
7.0
1937
The Messenger
Nicolas Dange
7.0
1937
Grand Illusion
Le lieutenant Maréchal
7.9
1937
Pépé le Moko
Pépé le Moko
7.2
1937
The Lower Depths
Pepel Wasska
7.2
1936
They Were Five
Jean dit Jeannot
7.2
1936
Varieté
Georges
6.0
1935
La Bandera
Pierre Gilieth
5.8
1935
Behold the Man
Ponce Pilate
7.3
1935
Zouzou
Jean
5.8
1934
Maria Chapdelaine
François Paradis
8.0
1934
Le Tunnel
Mac Allan
6.0
1933
High and Low
Charles Boulla
5.0
1933
Adieu les beaux jours
Pierre Lavernay
0.0
1933
L'Étoile de Valencia
Pedro Savedra
0.0
1933
Happy Hearts
Charles
9.0
1932
The Beautiful Sailor
Le capitaine
5.7
1932
The Crowd Roars
Joe Greer
0.0
1932
Fun in the Barracks
Fricot
6.2
1932
Lilac
Martousse
5.7
1932
For one evening..!
Jean
6.8
1932
Gloria
Robert Nourry
0.0
1931
All That Is Not Worth Love
Jean Cordier
5.8
1931
The Darling of Paris
Bob
7.0
1931
Méphisto
Jacques Miral
6.7
1931
Everyone Has Their Chance
Marcel Grivot
7.0
1930
Les lions
0.0
1928
Ohé! Les valises
0.0
1928