Jean Gabin

Partial filmography:. Hall writes and sings for his band, Hall of Mirrors. The Musée Jean Gabin in his native town of Mériel contains his story and his war and film memorabilia. He also stars in The Dead Zone, a television series based on the Stephen King novel. Considered one of the great stars of French cinema, he was made a member of the Legion of Honor. Hall continues to appear regularly in major films in a variety of roles such as nerd billionaire Bill Gates in Pirates of Silicon Valley and baseball player Whitey Ford in 61*. His body was cremated and with full military honors, his ashes were disbursed into the sea from a military ship. Hall starred in Hail Caesar, a film about a would-be rock star who works in a pencil eraser factory, which Hall also directed.

Gabin died of a heart attack in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. After a string of bizarre behavior, a tour in rehabilitation for alcoholism, and late puberty, a far more athletic Hall appeared in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, this time playing the part of the villain. Over the next twenty years, Gabin made close to fifty more films, including many for Gafer Films, his production partnership with fellow actor Fernandel. He appeared as a regular on Saturday Night Live at the age of 17, the youngest cast member ever. Directed by Jacques Becker, his performance earned him critical acclaim and the film was a very profitable international success. After his success at playing a geek in Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, Hall avoided similar roles for fear of being typecast. However, he made a comeback in the 1954 film, Touchez pas au grisbi. Anthony Michael Hall (born April 14, 1968) is a US movie actor who became famous playing a nerd in several prominent Brat Pack films of the 1980s.

Despite this recognition, the film did not do well at the French box office and the next five years brought little more than repeated box office failures and Gabin's career seemed headed for oblivion. 61* (2001) (television) - Whitey Ford. Nevertheless, he was cast in the lead role of the 1949 René Clément film Au-Dela Des Grilles that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) (television) - Bill Gates. Following another box office failure in 1947, Gabin returned to the stage but there too, the production was another financial disaster. Hail Caesar (1994) - Julius Caesar McMurty. He then found a French producer and director willing to cast him and Marlene Dietrich together, but their film Martin Roumagnac was not a success and their personal relationship soon ended. Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Jim, Kim's Boyfriend.

In 1946, Gabin was hired by Marcel Carné to star in his film, Les Portes de la Nuit but his egotistical conduct got him fired again. Saturday Night Live (1985-1986) (television) - various. Captured on film by the media is a scene where an anxious Marlene Dietrich is waiting in the crowd when she spots Gabin on board a battle tank and rushes to him. Weird Science (1985) - Garry Wallace. Following D-Day, Gabin was part of the military contingent that entered a liberated Paris. The Breakfast Club (1985) - Brian Ralph Johnson. Undaunted, Jean Gabin joined General de Gaulle's Free French Forces where he earned the Médaille Militaire and a Croix de Guerre for his wartime valor fighting with the Allies in North Africa. Sixteen Candles (1984) - The Geek (Farmer Ted).

The studio refused and after Gabin remained steadfast in his demand, he was fired and the film project was shelved. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - Russell 'Rusty' Griswold. Scheduled to star in an RKO film, at the last minute he demanded Dietrich be given the co-starring role. However, his films in America proved less than successful and, a difficult personality with a very large ego, he did serious damage to his Hollywood career while working for RKO Pictures. Divorced from his second wife in 1939, during his time in Hollywood, Gabin began a torrid romance with actress Marlene Dietrich.

Following the German occupation of France, he joined Jean Renoir and Julien Duvivier in the United States. Flooded with offers from Hollywood, for a time Gabin turned them all down until the outbreak of World war II. That same year he starred in the Jean Renoir masterpiece La Grande Illusion, an anti-war film that was a huge box office success and given universal critical acclaim, even running at a New York City theater for an unprecedented six months. The following year, he teamed up with Duvivier again, this time in the highly successful Pepe Le Moko that became one of the top Grossing Films of 1937 worldwide which brought Gabin international recognition.

Cast as a romantic hero in a 1936 war drama titled La Bandera, this second Duvivier directed film established Gabin as a major star. However, he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. Playing secondary roles, Gabin made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. His performances started getting noticed and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later, he easily made the transition to talkies in a 1930 Pathé Frères production titled Chacun sa Chance.

He was part of a troupe that toured South America and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. After completing his military service, Gabin returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into he military. The son of cabaret entertainers, he worked as a laborer but at age 19 entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergères production.

Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in a hospital in Paris, France, he grew up in the family home in the village of Mériel in the Val-d'Oise département about 22 miles (35 kilometers) north of the city of Paris. Jean Gabin (May 17, 1904 - November 15, 1976) was a major French actor and war hero. L'Année sainte (1976). Deux hommes dans la ville (1973).

La Horse (1970). Le Clan des Siciliens (1969). Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil (1966). Un singe en hiver (1962).

Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959). Les Misérables (1958). Maigret Tend un Piège (1958). Crime et châtiment (1956).

Chiens perdus sans collier (1955). French CanCan (1955). Touchez pas au grisbi (1954). Martin Roumagnac (1946).

La Bête Humaine (1938). Quai des Brumes (1937). La Grande Illusion (1937). Pepé le Moko (1937).

Maria Chapdelaine (1934). Chacun sa Chance (1930).