Jess Hahn

Jesse Beryle Hahn (October 29, 1921 –June 29, 1998) was an American-French character actor who mostly starred in French films.

Biography
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. Seen mostly as a character actor in French films, he played a rare leading role in Éric Rohmer's The Sign of Leo. Hahn was employed by French movie-maker Jean-Marie Pallardy, becoming one of his recurrent actors, until his retirement. Hahn died at age 76 in Saint-Malo, France.

Selected filmography

 * Deux de l'escadrille (1953)
 * La môme vert-de-gris (1953) - Le marin-geôlier
 * The Most Wanted Man (1953) - Walter le Vicieux, un truand
 * Act of Love (1953) - Un soldat (uncredited)
 * The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne (1954) - Le marin américain
 * Father Brown - Minor Role (uncredited)
 * Ça va barder (1955) - Un Marin Américain au 'Paradise' (uncredited)
 * L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet (1955) - Jerome K. Smith, l'américain
 * Girl on the Third Floor (1955) - L'Américain (uncredited)
 * Tant qu'il y aura des femmes (1955)
 * Madelon (1955) - Le général américain Gibson
 * Les Hussards (1955) - Un hussard (uncredited)
 * The Best Part (1955) - Karl - un mineur
 * Meeting in Paris (1956) - Henry
 * Ces sacrées vacances (1956) - Richard Brown - l'Américain
 * Fernand cow-boy (1956) - Jim Harlan, Saloon manager
 * The Lebanese Mission (1956) - Le valet
 * The Happy Road (1957) - MP Sgt. Morgan
 * Le colonel est de la revue (1957) - Jess
 * Action immédiate (1957) - Kalpannen
 * The Vintage (1957) - André Morel (uncredited)
 * Let's Be Daring, Madame (1957) - Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'
 * Send a Woman When the Devil Fails (1957) - La Couture
 * Le triporteur (1957) - Daniel (uncredited)
 * Nathalie (1957) - Sam
 * Le désert de Pigalle (1958) - Bill
 * Chéri, fais-moi peur (1958) - Chris Craft, L'espion américain
 * Le Sicilien (1958) - Raffles
 * Time Bomb (1959) - Le marin blessé
 * The Tiger Attacks (1959) - Donald
 * La femme et le Pantin (1959) - Sidney
 * Le Sahara brûle (1961) - Jeff Gordon
 * The Big Gamble (1961) - First Mate
 * Dynamite Jack (1961) - Sergeant Bob
 * Cartouche (1962) - La Douceur
 * The Sign of Leo (1962) - Pierre Wesselrin
 * Mon oncle du Texas (1962) - Brad
 * Mandrin (1962) - Bertrand le braco
 * The Trial (1962) - Second Assistant Inspector
 * Une blonde comme ça (1963) - Sam
 * People in Luck (1963) - Un chauffeur de taxi (segment "Le repas gastronomique") (uncredited)
 * Verspätung in Marienborn (1963) - Sgt. Torre
 * Que personne ne sorte (1964) - Bugsy Weis
 * Topkapi (1964) - Hans Fisher
 * The Great Spy Chase (1964) - Le Commodore O'Brien
 * The Gorillas (1964) - Boris, Alexis Alexevitch, le maquilleur
 * Cent briques et des tuiles (1965) - Palmoni
 * What's New Pussycat? (1965) - Mr. Werner
 * The Wise Guys (1965) - Nénesse
 * Up to His Ears (1965) - Cornelius Ponchabert
 * Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966) - Baby Face
 * The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966) - Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule
 * Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre (1966) - Jess Parker
 * Le Saint prend l'affût (1966) - Hoppy Uniatz
 * Triple Cross (1966) - Commander Braid
 * L'homme qui valait des milliards (1967) - Henry
 * The Crazy Kids of the War (1967) - Maj. Bill Hocks
 * Your Turn to Die (1967) - Boris
 * Le démoniaque (1968) - Floyd Delaney
 * The Fuller Report (1968) - Eddy Bennet
 * The Night of the Following Day (1969) - Friendly
 * L'ardoise (1970) - Bob Daniels
 * Atlantic Wall (1970) - Le colonel anglais
 * Les Novices (1970) - L'Américain
 * Laisse aller... c'est une valse (1971) - Congo
 * Captain Apache (1971) - Father Rodriguez (uncredited)
 * Boulevard du Rhum (1971) - Piet aka "Big Dutch"
 * Bad Man's River (1971) - Tom Odie
 * L'ingénu (1972) - Le capitaine
 * Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (1972) - Prior (uncredited)
 * The Sicilian Connection (1972) - Sacha
 * The Grand Duel (1972) - Bighorse the Stagecoach Driver
 * La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo (1973) - Bonaventure Pencroft
 * Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973) - Jeannot
 * Three Tough Guys (1974) - The Bartender
 * Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974) - Walter
 * The Man from Chicago (1975) - Jeff
 * Jackpot (1975)
 * Le point de mire (1977) - Général Harris
 * Johnny West (1977 film) (1977) - Manager
 * State Reasons (1978) - agent de la CIA
 * Mama Dracula (1980) - Le commissaire
 * Teheran 43 (1981) - Second Terrorist
 * Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir (1984) - Mac Douglas
 * Vivre pour survivre (1985) - Sam
 * La galette du roi (1986) - Morrisson - un réalisateur TV
 * Overdose (1987) - The Doctor