Jean Servais

1910-1976

Biography: life and films

Jean Servais was a Belgian actor. He was born in Antwerp, Belgium on 24th September 1910 and died on 17th February 1976, aged 65.

His best films as an actor include Fyodor Otsep's Amok (1934), Marcel Pagnol's Angèle (1934), Yves Allégret's Une si jolie petite plage (1949), Jules Dassin's crime-thriller Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) and Georges Franju's Thomas l'imposteur (1965).

Jean Servais appeared in 76 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Yvan Noé (3 films), Yves Allégret (2), Raymond Rouleau (2), Jules Dassin (2), Jean-Louis van Belle (2) and Jacques Séverac (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (50 films), Thriller (15), crime-thriller (11), comedy-drama (4), comedy (4), romance (3), War (3), Fantasy (3), history (2), comedy-thriller (2), comedy-romance (2) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for Jean Servais over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Criminel (1932) [a]

Mater dolorosa (1932) [a]

Les Misérables (1933) [a]

Amok (1934) [a]

Angèle (1934) [a]

Dernière heure (1934) [a]

Jeunesse (1934) [a]

Bourrasque (1935) [a]

Une fille à papa (1935) [a]

Gigolette (1936) [a]

Rose (1936) [a]

Valse éternelle (1936) [a]

Les Réprouvés (1937) [a]

Police mondaine (1937) [a]

La Vie est magnifique (1938) [a]

L'Étrange nuit de Noël (1939) [a]

Quartier sans soleil (1939) [a]

Terra di fuoco (1939) [a]

Rose (1940) [a]

Ceux du ciel (1941) [a]

Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1941) [a]

Patricia (1942) [a]

Finance noire (1943) [a]

Mahlia la métisse (1943) [a]

Tornavara (1943) [a]

La Vie de plaisir (1944) [a]

Amanti senza amore (1948) [a]

La Danse de mort (1948) [a]

La Septième porte (1948) [a]

Le Furet (1949) [a]

Une si jolie petite plage (1949) [a]

Le Château de verre (1950) [a]

Le Plaisir (1952) [a]

Les Crimes de l'amour (1953) [a]

Rue de l'estrapade (1953) [a]

Tourbillon (1953) [a]

Le Chevalier de la nuit (1954) [a]

Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) [a]

Le Couteau sous la gorge (1955) [a]

Les Héros sont fatigués (1955) [a]

La Châtelaine du Liban (1956) [a]

Celui qui doit mourir (1957) [a]

La Roue (1957) [a]

Quand la femme s'en mêle (1957) [a]

Cette nuit là... (1958) [a]

Cette nuit-là (1958) [a]

Les Jeux dangereux (1958) [a]

Tamango (1958) [a]

La Fièvre monte à El Pao (1959) [a]

Meurtre en 45 tours (1959) [a]

An einem Freitag um halb zwölf (1961) [a]

I fratelli Corsi (1961) [a]

Le Jeu de la vérité (1961) [a]

Le Sahara brûle (1961) [a]

Les Menteurs (1961) [a]

Le Crime ne paie pas (1962) [a]

La Soupe aux poulets (1963) [a]

Rififí en la ciudad (1963) [a]

Un soir... par hasard (1963) [a]

L'Homme de Rio (1964) [a]

Sursis pour un espion (1965) [a]

Thomas l'imposteur (1965) [a]

Avec la peau des autres (1966) [a]

Lost Command (1966) [a]

Qualcuno ha tradito (1967) [a]

Coplan sauve sa peau (1968) [a]

Las Vegas, 500 millones (1968) [a]

Meglio vedova (1968) [a]

Seduto alla sua destra (1968) [a]

Peau d'âne (1970) [a]

La Plus longue nuit du diable (1971) [a]

Le Seuil du vide (1972) [a]

L'Affaire Crazy Capo (1973) [a]

Le Protecteur (1974) [a]

La Balançoire à minouches (1977) [a]



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