Birthday
1921/07/20
Day of death
1974/07/06 (52 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Francis-Jean Blanche
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. His two daughters, Barbara & Dominique, are artists with their studios in Eze. Blanche was born in an artistic family, mainly of stage actors—including his father Louis Blanche and his uncle, Emmanuel Blanche, who was a painter—. He completed his secondary schooling at fourteen, the ...Read more
(1964) Male Hunt
as Nino Papatakis
(1962) The Seventh Juror
as Attorney General
(1960) Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
as ---
(1972) The Eroticist
as padre Scirer
(1964) The Great Spy Chase
as Boris Vassiliev
(1963) Crooks in Clover
as Maître Folace
(1963) Thank Heaven for Small Favors
as Chief Insp. Cucherat
(1963) Sweet and Sour
as Franz
(1963) People in Luck
as M. Bricheton (« Le Repas gastronomique »)
(1968) The Big Wash
as Doctor Loupioc
(1969) Erotissimo
as Le polyvalent
(1963) The Virgins
as M. de Brétevielle
(1959) The Green Mare
as Ferdinand Haudouin
(1971) The Great Java
as Auguste Kougloff / Augustin Colombani
(1967) Rita the Field Marshal
as Captain Hans Vogel
(1954) Peek-a-boo
as Garibaldo Trouchet, le ténor / Un musicien
(1956) Honoré de Marseille
as Pasquale Marchetti
(1967) The Men in the Family
as Strumberger
(1967) The Big Grasshopper
as Gédéon
(1960) Some Like It... Cold
as William, Foster Valmorin, l'américain
(1970) The Stud
as Tax collector Dupuis
(1950) Ils ont vingt ans
as Michel Barbarin
(1964) Champagne for Savages
as Francis
(1967) Du mou dans la gâchette
as La Prudence
(1962) Hitch-Hike
as le douanier belge
(1951) Good Enough to Eat
as Gilles
(1964) The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
(1964) Dandelions by the Roots
as Absalon
(1964) The Big Scare
as ---
(1964) Les pieds nickelés
as Commissaire Lenoir
(1960) Love and the Frenchwoman
as Me Marcerou, avocat et ami du couple (segment "Le Divorce")
(1962) Snobs!
as Morloch
(1969) Les gros malins
as Francis Bertolde aka 'Le book'
(2022) Les 100 vies de Francis Blanche
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) La Grande Maffia
as Modeste Miette
(1967) Order of the Daisy
as L'inspecteur Maurice Leloup
(1954) Trust Me!
as Nicolas
(1962) Tartarin de Tarascon
as Antoine Tartarin
(1963) Who Stole the Body?
as Édouard
(1963) Les gros bras
as Mr. Pédro Andromèze
(1973) I've Had It
as Mr. de Chatiez
(1962) The Vendetta
as Bartoli
(1964) Les Gorilles
as Félix
(1962) The Hideout
as Edouard
(1967) Le canard en fer blanc
as Le docteur Grego
(1956) Life is beautiful
as un voisin
(1971) Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?
as Maurice Gombaud
(1973) The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Wanderer
(1974) No Pockets in a Shroud
as Nathaël Grissom
(1975) A Whale That Had a Toothache
as Francis
(1960) The Bear
as Chappuis
(1963) The Abominable Man of Customs
as Arnakos
(1971) Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
as Sigfrid
(1973) La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
as Gaston Payrac
(1966) Les malabars sont au parfum
as Ivanov
(1973) I. You. They.
as Darbon, le galeriste
(1973) Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
as Pietro l'Aretino
(1959) Too Late to Love
as Camille, le patron du bistrot
(1969) Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
as Alphonse Ramier / Al Gregor
(1959) The Indestructible
as Francis Blanchard
(1957) La Polka des menottes
as un voisin
(1974) Say it with Flowers
as ---
(1958) The Little Professor
as General overseer
(1964) Requiem pour un caïd
as Emile
(1959) Match contre la mort
as ---
(1959) The Motorcycle Cops
as His Excellency Curacagua
(1960) Long Live the Duke!
as ---
(1958) A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
as Chazot
(1962) Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!
as ---
(1965) Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
as ---
(1965) The Real Bargain
as Paul Souflé
(1961) Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Prior
(1967) The Oldest Profession
as The Doctor (segment "Aujourd'hui")
(1970) Alice au pays des merveilles
as King of hearts
(1968) Salut Berthe !
as Passerby with the pipe (uncredited)
(1969) Aux frais de la princesse
as ---
(1972) Scandal Man
as ---
(1969) Faites donc plaisir aux amis
as Maximiliano
(1970) Adieu Berthe
as Léo Bertold
(1960) Little Girls and High Finance
as ---
(1967) Belle de Jour
as Monsieur Adolphe
(1961) House of Sin
as Blanchin
(1970) Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Marco Lombardi
(1953) Midnight... Quai de Bercy
as M. Boulay, l'épicier libidineux
(1967) The Great Gadget
as Copec
(1962) Operation Gold Ingot
as Fellous
(1974) Par le sang des autres
as Le médecin
(1973) Le Solitaire
as Norbert
(1959) Babette Goes to War
as Schulz
(1966) The Sleeping Sentinel
as Constant
(1971) Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
as Hector Grogenol
(1950) The Sad Sack
as Jean du Bois d'Ombelles
(1961) The Girl of a Thousand Months
as Commendator Borgioli
(1961) Romulus and the Sabines
as Mezio
(1969) Le bourgeois gentil mec
as Spinosa
(1960) We Like It Cold
as von Krussendorf
(1964) Jaloux comme un tigre
as le chauffeur
(1965) Under Your Hat
as Mario l'enchanteur
(1965) Les baratineurs
as Louis Dujardin
(1960) Easy Come Easy Go
as Félix
(1961) Les Livreurs
as Félix
(1969) Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Loïc de Kerfuntel
(1974) OK Patron
as Victor Hutin, Sophie's father
(1957) Anyone Can Kill Me
as La Bonbonne
(1964) Clémentine chérie
as l'importun à la cérémonie des Miss (non crédité)
(1958) Toto in Paris
as Il maggiordomo (uncredited)
(1960) Le pillole di Ercole
as Augusto
(1971) Les jambes en l'air
as Hugon
(1966) Les enquiquineurs
as Monsieur Achille Eloy
(1948) The Killer is Listening
as Self
(1964) Actualités télérévisées
as Presenter
(1942) Frédérica
as Ami de Gilbert
(1972) The Terror with Cross-Eyes
as Commissioner Pigna
(2009) Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) The Black Tulip
as Plantin
(1967) Deux Romains en Gaule
as Le druide inventeur de la potion d'invisibilité
(1964) Chance at Love
as Adjutant (segment "Chance du guerrier, La")
(2020) Pierre Dac et Francis Blanche : Le Meilleur du Parti d'en Rire
as Lui-même
(1968) À bout portant
as Self
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self
(1972) Midi trente
as Self
(1965) Le bonheur conjugal
as Le patron du restaurant
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1959) Discorama
as Self