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Jean Gabin

AKA: Jean-Alexis Moncorgé
Birthday: 1904-05-17
Died: 1976-11-15
Birthplace: Paris, France
Home Page: http://www.musee-gabin.com/


Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. He divorced his second wife in 1939. ... Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

Grand Illusion
Character: Le lieutenant Maréchal
The Sicilian Clan
Character: Vittorio Manalese
Two Men in Town
Character: Germain Cazeneuve

Jury of One
Character: Leguen
Les Misérables
Character: Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
The Gardener of Argenteuil
Character: M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »

Killer
Character: Commissioner Le Guen
The Tattoo
Character: Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain'
Any Number Can Win
Character: Charles

The Cat
Character: Julien Bouin
The Magnificent Tramp
Character: Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
Pépé le Moko
Character: Pépé le Moko

Daybreak
Character: François
Monsieur
Character: Monsieur
The Old Guard
Character: Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer

A Monkey in Winter
Character: Albert Quentin
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Character: Max dit Max le Menteur
La Bête Humaine
Character: Lantier

Moontide
Character: Bobo
The Possessors
Character: Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
Napoleon
Character: Marshal Jean Lannes

Crime and Punishment
Character: Commissaire Gallet
Le Plaisir
Character: Joseph Rivet
Air of Paris
Character: Victor Le Garrec

Maigret Sets a Trap
Character: Commissaire Maigret
The Gentleman from Epsom
Character: Richard Briand-Charmery
The Truth About Bebe Donge
Character: François Donge

Razzia
Character: Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
French Cancan
Character: Henri Danglard
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Character: Self (archive footage)

High and Low
Character: Charles Boulla
The Lower Depths
Character: Pepel Wasska
Lilac
Character: Martousse

Port of Shadows
Character: Jean
Stormy Waters
Character: Le capitaine André Laurent
The Darling of Paris
Character: Bob

Love Is My Profession
Character: Maître André Gobillot
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
Character: Self (archive footage)
The Walls of Malapaga
Character: Pierre Arrignon

The Horse
Character: Auguste Maroilleur
Everyone Has Their Chance
Character: Marcel Grivot
Hi-Jack Highway
Character: Jean Chape

They Were Five
Character: Jean dit Jeannot
Marie of the Port
Character: Henri Chatelard
Behold the Man
Character: Ponce Pilate

Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
Character: Self (archive footage)
La Traversée de Paris
Character: Grandgil, artist painter
The Moment of Truth
Character: Dr Pierre Richard

La Bandera
Character: Pierre Gilieth
Pasha
Character: Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
The President
Character: Emile Beaufort

The Impostor
Character: Clément / Maurice Lafarge
Their Last Night
Character: Pierre Ruffin
Blood to the Head
Character: François Cardinaud

Rue de Paris
Character: Henri Neveu
The Dominici Affair
Character: Gaston Dominici
The Image Book
Character: (archive footage)

Rhine Virgin
Character: Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
That Tender Age
Character: Émile Malhouin
The Night Affair
Character: Inspecteur Georges Vallois

Maigret Sees Red
Character: Commissaire Jules Maigret
God's Thunder
Character: Léandre Brassac
The Upper Hand
Character: Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's

Deadlier Than the Male
Character: André Chatelin
Under the Sign of the Bull
Character: Albert Raynal
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Character: Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'

The Little Rebels
Character: Julien Lamy
Action Man
Character: Denis Ferrand
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Character: le docteur Laurent

People of No Importance
Character: Jean Viard
The Night Is My Kingdom
Character: Raymond Pinsard
Speaking of Murder
Character: Louis Bertain/Louis le blond

The Baron of the Locks
Character: Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
Lady Killer
Character: Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
Fun in the Barracks
Character: Fricot

House on the Waterfront
Character: Commander Lequévic
Le Tunnel
Character: Mac Allan
Coral Reefs
Character: Ted "Trott" Lennard

Martin Roumagnac
Character: Martin Roumagnac
Maria Chapdelaine
Character: François Paradis
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Character: Victor Ploubaz

Storms
Character: il professore Antonio Sanna
Victor
Character: Victor
Twelve Hours to Live
Character: Carlo Bacchi

Mirror
Character: Pierre Lussac
The Messenger
Character: Nicolas Dange
For One Night..!
Character: Jean

All That Is Not Worth Love
Character: Jean Cordier
Méphisto
Character: Jacques Miral
The Crowd Roars
Character: Joe Greer

The Beautiful Sailor
Character: Le capitaine
Gloria
Character: Robert Nourry
Happy Hearts
Character: Charles

L'Étoile de Valencia
Character: Pedro Savedra
Goodbye Beautiful Days
Character: Pierre Lavernay

Holy Year
Character: Max Lambert
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Character: Self (archive footage)

Zouzou
Character: Jean
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Character: Commissioner Jules Maigret
Varieté
Character: Georges

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Character: Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, une âme française
Character: Self (archive footage)

Mireille Darc, la femme libre
Character: Monsieur (archive footage)
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Character: Self (archive footage)

Killer
Job: Producer
The Cat
Job: Producer