Birthday:
Oct 29, 1921
Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Jess Hahn
Jess Hahn's career is a bit of an oddity, being one of very few American actors to establish himself in French cinema in the early 1960's. He acted exclusively in French productions for the duration of his career with the exception of the Marlon Brando vehicle "The Night of the Following Day" in 1968, which was filmed in France. He also appeared in several international coproductions and low budget films by French exploitation director Jean Marie Pallardy, for which he is arguably best-known to contemporary audiences.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| What's New Pussycat? | Peter Werner | 1965 |
| Secret Agent Super Dragon | Baby Face | 1966 |
| Triple Cross | Commander Braid | 1966 |
| Topkapi | Hans | 1964 |
| The Great Spy Chase | Commodore O'Brien | 1964 |
| Treize | Bob | 1981 |
| Cartouche | La Douceur | 1962 |
| Up to His Ears | Cornelius | 1965 |
| The Mysterious Island | Bonaventure Pencroft | 1973 |
| Sign of the Lion | Pierre Wesselrin | 1962 |
| The Night of the Following Day | Friendly | 1969 |
| The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne | le capitaine du bar | 1954 |
| Troubleshooters | Kongo, La brute américaine | 1971 |
| Rita the Field Marshal | Major Bill Hocks | 1967 |
| The Novices | L'Américain | 1970 |
| The Innocents Abroad | 1983 | |
| Three Tough Guys | The Bartender | 1974 |
| Dynamite Jack | Sergeant Bob | 1961 |
| The Tiger Attacks | Donan | 1959 |
| Deux de l'escadrille | 1953 | |
| La Galette du roi | Morrisson - TV Director | 1986 |
| White Fire | Sam | 1984 |
| The Happy Road | MP Sgt. Morgan | 1957 |
| The Saint Lies in Wait | Hoppy Uniatz | 1966 |
| Gorilla's Waltz | Ted the Hook | 1959 |
| Mama Dracula | The Superintendent | 1980 |
| The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen | Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule | 1966 |
| Nathalie | Sam | 1957 |
| Les Gorilles | Boris Alexis Alexevich, the make-up artist | 1964 |
| Poison Ivy | Le marin-geôlier | 1953 |
| Honey, Scare Me | Chris Craft, the American spy | 1958 |
| The Sicilian Connection | Sacha | 1972 |
| The Flea in the Ear | Rugby | 1956 |
| Overdose | Le docteur | 1989 |
| No Pockets in a Shroud | Walter | 1974 |
| Mandrin | Bertrand, 'le braco' | 1962 |
| Your Turn to Die | Boris | 1967 |
| Tonight We Kill | Dave, Larry's friend | 1959 |
| The Tricyclist | Daniel | 1957 |
| The Wise Guys | Calderon aka "Nénesse" | 1965 |
| A Woman Like Satan | Sidney | 1958 |
| Time Bomb | Le marin blessé | 1959 |
| The Trial | Assistant Inspector #2 | 1962 |
| Fuller Report, Base Stockholm | Eddy Bennet | 1968 |
| The Artless One | 1972 | |
| La Madelon | 1955 | |
| Tant qu'il y aura des femmes | 1955 | |
| Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir | 1975 | |
| A Blonde Like That | Sam | 1963 |
| Que personne ne sorte | Bugsy Weis | 1964 |
| My Uncle from Texas | Brad | 1962 |
| How Not to Rob a Department Store | 1965 | |
| Sahara on Fire | Jeff Gordon | 1961 |
| Docteur Caraïbes | 1970 | |
| Bad Man's River | Tom Odie | 1971 |
| How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave | 1984 | |
| Supergirl | Polonsky | 1971 |
| Million Dollar Man | Henry | 1967 |
| The Comeuppance | Bob | 1970 |
| The Woman Is a Stranger | Floyd Delaney | 1968 |
| Rum Runners | Piet aka "Big Dutch" | 1971 |
| The Sicilian | Raffles | 1958 |
| Le colonel est de la revue | Jess | 1957 |
| Fernand cow-boy | Jim Mariane | 1956 |
| The Lebanese Mission | Le valet | 1956 |
| L'Amour des 4 colonels | Wesley | 1969 |
| Meeting in Paris | Henry | 1956 |
| Die Sonne angreifen | Hippolit | 1971 |
| The Grand Duel | Bighorse | 1972 |
| The Desert of Pigalle | Bill | 1958 |
| The Best Part | Karl | 1955 |
| To Catch a Spy | Kalpannen | 1957 |
| When a Woman Meddles | 'La Couture' | 1957 |
| The Vintage | André Morel (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Let's Be Daring, Madame | Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy' | 1957 |
| The Postman Goes to War | Jess Parker | 1966 |
| Atlantic Wall | Un colonel Britannique | 1970 |
| Johnny West | Manager | 1977 |
| Sexy Sinners | Prior (uncredited) | 1972 |
| Mean Frank and Crazy Tony | Jeannot | 1973 |
| Girl on the Third Floor | L'Américain (uncredited) | 1955 |
| The Man from Chicago | Jeff | 1975 |
| Give 'em Hell | American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Teheran '43 | terrorist on airplane | 1981 | Series | Cast | Year |
| At Theatre Tonight | Ogden | 1966 |
| Les 400 Coups de Virginie | Humphrey | 1979 |
| Mysterious Island | Bonaventure Pencroft | 1973 |
| Great Performances | Blucher | 1971 |
