Jacques Bergerac

Jacques Bergerac (26 May 1927 – 15 June 2014) was a French actor and businessman.

Jacques Bergerac
Bergerac in the 1950s
Born(1927-05-26)26 May 1927
Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Died15 June 2014(2014-06-15) (aged 87)
Anglet, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Years active1954–1969
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(m. 1953; div. 1957)​

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(m. 1959; div. 1964)​
Children2
RelativesMichel Bergerac (brother)

Life and career

Jacques Bergerac was born in 1927 in Biarritz, France.

Bergerac was a law student when he met a vacationing Ginger Rogers in France. She got him a screen test at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios that led to them appearing together in Twist of Fate (1954) (also known as Beautiful Stranger).[1] He then appeared as Armand Duval in a television production of Camille for Kraft Television Theatre, opposite Signe Hasso. He played the Comte de Provence in Jean Delannoy's film Marie Antoinette Queen of France.

In Strange Intruder (1956), he shared the screen with Edmund Purdom and Ida Lupino and in Les Girls (1957), he played the second male lead. He also appeared in Gigi (1958), Thunder in the Sun (1959), the cult horror film The Hypnotic Eye (1960) and A Global Affair (1964). In 1957, he received the Golden Globe Award for Foreign Newcomer.

He appeared in a few more films and on television in The Millionaire, Batman, 77 Sunset Strip, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (three episodes), The Lucy Show, Get Smart, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Perry Mason (Season 7, Episode 19). His last appearance was on an episode of The Doris Day Show in 1969, after which he left show business and became the head of Revlon's Paris office and of the Perfumes Balmain company.[2] His younger brother Michel became CEO of Revlon six years later.

He also managed the rugby club Biarritz Olympique from 1980 until 1981.

Personal life

Bergerac married screen star Ginger Rogers in February 1953, and they divorced in July 1957. In June 1959, he married actress Dorothy Malone in Hong Kong, where she was on location for her 1960 film The Last Voyage. They had daughters Mimi and Diane together, and divorced in December 1964.[3]

He died June 15, 2014, at his home in Anglet, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.[3]

Filmography
Year Title Role Director Notes
1954Twist of Fate (Beautiful Stranger)Pierre ClemontDavid Miller
1956Marie-Antoinette reine de FranceComte de ProvenceJean Delannoy
1956Strange IntruderHoward GrayIrving Rapper
1957Les GirlsPierre DucrosGeorge Cukor
1958Un homme se penche sur son passéJacques MongeWilly Rozier
1958GigiSandomirVincente Minnelli
1959Thunder in the SunPepe DauphinRussell Rouse
1960The Hypnotic EyeDesmondGeorge Blair
1961Fear No MorePaul ColbertBernard Wiesen
1962Una domenica d'estateOsvaldoGiulio Petroni
1962The Fury of AchillesHectorMarino Girolami
1964A Global AffairGuy DuvalJack Arnold
1965Hard Time for PrincesSandroEttore Scola
1965Taffy and the Jungle HunterDavid ClaveauTerry O. Morse
1966Special Mission Lady ChaplinKobre ZoltanAlberto De Martino and Sergio Grieco
1966The Unkissed BrideJacques PhilippeJack H. Harris

References
  1. "French Actor Jacques Bergerac Dies at 87 | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  2. "Cinéma. Mort du comédien Jacques Bergerac, ex-mari de Ginger Rogers". Ouest-France (in French). 24 June 2014.
  3. Barnes, Mike (June 25, 2014). "French Actor Jacques Bergerac Dies at 87". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
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