Francis Blanche

Personal Info

Birthday

July 20, 1921

Day of Death

1974-07-06

(52 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Francis-Jean Blanche

Francis Blanche

Biography

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 youngest in France to do so at the time.

Known For

Belle de Jour

The Black Tulip

Peek-a-boo

The Virgins

Crooks in Clover

The Eroticist

Erotissimo

The Oldest Profession

Filmography

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