Jean Pâqui
Birthday
1921/04/15
Day of death
2006/07/04 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cap d'Ail, Alpes Maritime, France
Also know as
Jean-François-Marie-Henri de Thonel, Marquis d’Orgeix, Jean d'Orgeix
Biography
Jean-François d'Orgeix (15 April 1921 – 4 July 2006) was a French equestrian, actor and Olympic medalist. He was born in Cap-d'Ail. He competed in show jumping at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a bronze medal in the individual contest. He also competed in show jumping at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and placed fifth with the French team. Under the name of Jean Pâqui he appeared in more than twenty films between 1933 and 1958. Source: Article "Jean-François d'Orgeix" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Acting
(1938) Mother Love
as Gilbert Quercy
(1933) L'Assommoir
as ---
(1933) Âme de clown
as ---
(1934) La maison du mystère
as Pascal
(1939) The Mayor's Dilemma
as Pierre Rossignol
(1942) Business Is Business
as Xavier Lechat
(1942) The House of the Seven Maidens
as Gérard de Boëldieu
(1945) Les Cadets de l'océan
as Laurent Le Gall
(1954) The Rebels of Lomanach
as Monsieur de Kervalet
(1937) Mama Hummingbird
as Paul de Rysbergue
(1953) A Caprice of Darling Caroline
as Captain de Cépoys
(1958) Serenade of Texas
as Abner Dawson
(1944) Life of Pleasure
as François de Lormel
(1945) Girl with Grey Eyes
as Doctor Bernier
(1950) Here Is the Beauty
as Renaud, the engineer
(1950) Vendetta in Camargue
as ---
(1951) L'enfant des neiges
as ---
(1954) The Rebels of Lomanach
as Mr. de Kervalet
(1937) The Life and Loves of Beethoven
as Pierrot
(1943) The Roquevillards
as Maurice Roquevillard
(1954) The Beautiful Otero
as D'Herbecourt
(1946) Le Capitan (1ère époque) Flamberge au vent
as Capestang
(1951) Dakota 308
as André Villeneuve
(1946) Le Capitan (2ème époque) Le Chevalier du roi
as Capestang
(1956) If Paris Were Told to Us
as Le Comte d'Orgeix
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self