Jean Driant
Jean-Charles Driant (1922–1989) was a French-born character actor remembered for numerous supporting roles in British film and TV.[1]
Life[]
He was born in Paris, France on 12 July 1922.[2]
He came to England in or before 1947. In the 1970s he was teaching French at Latymer Upper School.[3]
He died in Kensington in 1989.[citation needed]
Family[]
In 1947 he married Joan Fulton in Kensington.[4]
Film[]
- The Colditz Story (1955) = French orderly
- House of Secrets aka Triple Deception (1956) = Gratz's assistant
- The Whole Truth (1958) = servant
- The Ugly Duckling (1959) = Monsieur Blum
- Return from the Ashes (1965) = train conductor
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) = Jean
- Aces High (1976) = corporal at dressing station
TV[]
- Douglas Fairbanks Presents aka Rheingold Theatre several appearances from 1953 to 1957
- Glencannon (1959) as photographer
- No Hiding Place (1960) as French clerk
- International Detective (1960) as bartender
- Zero One (1962) as Pierre
- Drama 61-67 (1964) as a waiter
- (1968) as hotel proprietor
- The Troubleshooters 1970 as a gendarme
- The Persuaders! several episodes 1971
- Doctor in Charge several appearances 1972/73 as Dr Lascelles
- Mission: Monte Carlo (1974)
- Wings (1978) as a mechanic
- Return of the Saint several appearances 1978/79
References[]
- ^ Hammer Complete: The Films, The Personnel The Company by Howard Maxford
- ^ "Welcome on notreCinema".
- ^ https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=815701.0
- ^ https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=815701.0
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1989 deaths
- Male actors from Paris
- French emigrants to the United Kingdom