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Jess Hahn

Jess Hahn

Actor · Died June 29, 1998, aged 76 · Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Jess Hahn's career is a bit of an oddity, being one of very few American actors to establish himself in French cinema in the early 1960's. He acted exclusively in French productions for the duration of his career with the exception of the Marlon Brando vehicle "The Night of the Following Day" in 1968, which was filmed in France. He also appeared in several international coproductions and low budget films by French exploitation director Jean Marie Pallardy, for which he is arguably best-known to contemporary audiences.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 29, 1921
Died
June 29, 1998 (aged 76)
From
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 39% in 30 days

What are Jess Hahn's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 9th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
29%
Bonds
27%
Power
20%
Self
12%
Survival
9%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed5 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 5 · Wry 3 · Earnest 15

Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 6 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 11 · Charged 5 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 9

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 3

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally
6 of 7
Hero
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Absurd
10
Joyful
8
Thrilling
7
Melancholic
4
Other
13

How their films linger

Fun17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jess Hahn's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jess Hahn's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

89 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.

  • Overdose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Le docteur

  • La Galette du roi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Morrisson - TV Director

  • How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave(1984)

    as Mac Douglas

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • White Fire(1984)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Innocents Abroad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • Assassination Attempt(1981)

    as terrorist on airplane

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Treize (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Bob

  • Mama Dracula(1980)

    as The Superintendent

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Les 400 Coups de Virginie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 6 episodes · as Humphrey

  • Focal Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Actor

  • Johnny West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Manager

  • The Man from Chicago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Jeff

  • No Pockets in a Shroud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Walter

  • Three Tough Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as The Bartender

  • Mysterious Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bonaventure Pencroft

  • Mean Frank and Crazy Tony(1973)

    as Jeannot

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Mysterious Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Bonaventure Pencroft

  • The Grand Duel(1972)

    as Bighorse

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Sicilian Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Sacha

  • Sexy Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Prior (uncredited)

  • The Artless One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Captain

  • Bad Man's River(1971)

    as Tom Odie

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Rum Runners(1971)

    as Piet aka "Big Dutch"

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Supergirl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Polonsky

  • Die Sonne angreifen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Hippolit

  • Troubleshooters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Kongo, La brute américaine

  • Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Blucher

  • Le mur de l'Atlantique(1970)

    as British colonel

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Docteur Caraïbes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Jeff

  • The Novices(1970)

    as L'Américain

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Comeuppance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Bob

  • L'Amour des 4 colonels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Wesley

  • The Night of the Following Day(1969)

    as Friendly

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Fuller Report, Base Stockholm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Eddy Bennet

  • The Woman Is a Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Floyd Delaney

  • Rita the Field Marshal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Major Bill Hocks

  • Million Dollar Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Henry

  • Troppo per vivere... poco per morire(1967)

    as Boris

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Triple Cross(1966)

    as Commander Braid

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Saint Lies in Wait(1966)

    as Hoppy Uniatz

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Postman Goes to War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Jess Parker

  • At Theatre Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Ogden

  • Secret Agent Super Dragon(1966)

    as Baby Face

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Il ladro della Gioconda(1966)

    as Fêtard, le milliardaire noctambule

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Up to His Ears(1965)

    as Cornelius

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Wise Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Calderon aka "Nénesse"

  • What's New Pussycat(1965)

    as Peter Werner

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • How Not to Rob a Department Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Palmoni (uncredited)

  • Les gorilles(1964)

    as Boris Alexis Alexevich, the make-up artist

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Great Spy Chase(1964)

    as Commodore O'Brien

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Topkapi(1964)

    as Hans

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Que personne ne sorte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Bugsy Weis

  • A Blonde Like That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Sam

  • Mandrin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Bertrand, 'le braco'

  • My Uncle from Texas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Brad

  • The Trial(1962)

    as Assistant Inspector #2

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Sign of the Lion(1962)

    as Pierre Wesselrin

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Cartouche(1962)

    as La Douceur

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Dynamite Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Sergeant Bob

  • Sahara on Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Jeff Gordon

  • Tonight We Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Dave, Larry's friend

  • Gorilla's Waltz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Ted the Hook

  • The Tiger Attacks(1959)

    as Donan

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Time Bomb(1959)

    as Le marin blessé

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Female(1958)

    as Sidney

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Sicilian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Raffles

  • The Desert of Pigalle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Bill

  • Chéri, fais-moi peur(1958)

    as Chris Craft, the American spy

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Jeff · as Jess Campbell · as L'ami de Gaucher · as Norman Carey

  • Le triporteur(1957)

    as Daniel

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Foxiest Girl in Paris(1957)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • When a Woman Meddles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as 'La Couture'

  • The Happy Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Morgan

  • Let's Be Daring, Madame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'

  • The Vintage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as André Morel (uncredited)

  • To Catch a Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Kalpannen

  • Le colonel est de la revue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Jess

  • The Flea in the Ear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Rugby

  • The Lebanese Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Le valet

  • Fernand cow-boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Jim Harlan, Saloon manager

  • Meeting in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Henry

  • The Best Part (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Karl

  • La Madelon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as American General Gibson

  • Tant qu'il y aura des femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • Girl on the Third Floor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as L'Américain (uncredited)

  • Give 'em Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as American sailor in 'Paradise' (uncredited)

  • The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as le capitaine du bar

  • Poison Ivy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Le marin-geôlier

  • Deux de l'escadrille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 89 titles from 1953 to 1989; peak year 1962.

Biggest box office

The Female (1958)

$608K worldwide

Highest rated

Sign of the Lion (1962)

Midcredits 84th

Most popular right now

The Novices (1970)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19531989

Peak 1962 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1957Screen debut· The Tricyclist
  • 1962First top-billed film· Sign of the Lion
  • 1962Breakout· Sign of the Lion

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting89 of 89: 89 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score38th

By decade

1950s29 · acting1960s29 · acting1970s23 · acting1980s8 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 5% of 21 roles
576772

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jess Hahn's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 30 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave (1984)

88th percentile spread · 68% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Trial (1962)

Midcredits 93rd · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jess Hahn's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 23 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Jess Hahn work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jess Hahn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brigitte Bardot shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles