LEFEBVRE, JEAN

(1922-2004)

Actor. Jean Lefebvre made his screen debut in Maurice Cam'sBouquet de joie(1952). He went on to make films over a period of more than thirty years. Although he is often best remembered for his comic films, he played in a number of dramatic films and romantic films including Jean Stelli'sUne fille sur la route(1952), Maurice de Canonge'sL'Amour toujours l'amour(1952),Henri-Georges Clouzot'sLes Diaboliques(1955), Gilles Grangier'sGas-Oil(1955),Roger Vadim'sEt Dieu. . .créa la femme(1956), Richard Pottier'sLa Châtelaine du Liban(1956) andTabarin(1958), Yves Allegret'sQuand la femme s'en mêle(1957) andLa Fille de Hamburg(1958), André Berthomieu'sEn légitime défense(1958), and a number of Raoul André films, includingCherchez la femme(1955),L'Homme et l'enfant(1956), andLa Polka des menottes(1957).

Lefebvre's early comic roles were in films such as Michel Boisrond'sCette sacrée gamine(1956), Raymond Bernard'sLe Septième commandement(1957), andMarc Allegret'sUn drôle de dimanche(1958).However, it was not until the 1960s that he began doing comic films with any regularity. He went on to appear in Jean Chérasse'sLa Vendetta(1961) andUn clair de lune à Maubeuge(1962), Robert Dhéry'sLa Belle Américaine(1961) andAllez France! (1964),Philippe de Broca'sLes Veinards(1962), Girault'sFaites sauter la banque! (1963),Le Gendarme de St.Tropez(1964),Le Gendarme à New York(1966), andLe Gendarme se marie(1968),Yves Robert'sBébert et l'omnibus(1963), Jean Boyer'sRelaxe-toi chérie(1964),Jean-Paul Le Chanois'sMonsieur(1964),Georges Lautner'sLes Tonton flingeurs(1963),Les Bons vivants(1965), codirected with Grangier,Ne nous fâchons pas(1966),Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles(1973),Pas de problème(1975), andIls sont fous ces sorciers(1978),Léo Joannen'sTrois enfants. . .dans le désordre(1966), Robert Lamoureux'sMais où est donc passé la septième compagnie(1973),On a retrouvé la septième compagnie(1975), andLa septième compagnie au clair de lune(1977). He also appeared in numerous television films and television series.