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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
Died	15 June 2014(2014-06-15) (aged 87) Anglet, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Years active	1954–1969
Spouse(s)	Ginger Rogers ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1957)​ Dorothy Malone ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1964)​
Children	2
Relatives	Michel Bergerac (brother)

Life and career

Jacques Bergerac was born in 1927 in Biarritz, France, the son of Alice (Romatet) and Charles Bergerac.[1]

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 their appearing together in Twist of Fate (1954) (also known as Beautiful Stranger).[2] 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.[3] His younger brother Michel became CEO of Revlon six years later.[4]

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.[5]

He died on 15 June 2014 at his home in Anglet, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1954	Twist of Fate (Beautiful Stranger)	Pierre Clemont	David Miller
1956	Marie-Antoinette reine de France	Comte de Provence	Jean Delannoy
1956	Strange Intruder	Howard Gray	Irving Rapper
1957	Les Girls	Pierre Ducros	George Cukor
1958	Un homme se penche sur son passé	Jacques Monge	Willy Rozier
1958	Gigi	Sandomir	Vincente Minnelli
1959	Thunder in the Sun	Pepe Dauphin	Russell Rouse
1960	The Hypnotic Eye	Desmond	George Blair
1961	Fear No More	Paul Colbert	Bernard Wiesen
1962	Una domenica d'estate	Osvaldo	Giulio Petroni
1962	The Fury of Achilles	Hector	Marino Girolami
1964	A Global Affair	Guy Duval	Jack Arnold
1965	Hard Time for Princes	Sandro	Ettore Scola
1965	Taffy and the Jungle Hunter	David Claveau	Terry O. Morse
1966	Special Mission Lady Chaplin	Kobre Zoltan	Alberto De Martino and Sergio Grieco
1966	The Unkissed Bride	Jacques Philippe	Jack H. Harris

References

External links

• Jacques Bergerac at IMDb
• Article about Jacques and Michel Bergerac, people.com; accessed 14 December 2014.

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