French actor Jacques Herlin, a supporting actor who had an
impressive filmography, died Saturday June 7th at the age of 86 in a Paris
hospital. Born Jacques Dejouette on August 17, 1927 in Paris,
Jacques Herlin had more than one hundred films to his credit in a nearly 60 year
career.
His last major role was that of brother Amédée in "Of Gods and
Men" by Xavier Beauvois the film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize of the Cannes
Film Festival in 2010.
This spring, he appeared in "Street ravishing"
based on a novel by Boris Vian, to be released in September on France 2. Herlin
appeared in five Euro-westerns and is probably best remembered as Filosofo in
1966’s "Yankee". Other Euro-westerns included "Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West (1964), "Fort Yuma Gold" (1966) Riggs’ henchman, "7 Pistols for a Massacre" (1967) Mr. Pink,
"Two Faces of the Dollar" (1967).
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