# 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 [de] (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