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Jacques Rispal

Jacques Rispal

Actor · Died February 9, 1986, aged 62 · Belvès, Dordogne, France

Jacques Rispal (1 August 1923 – 9 February 1986) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1952 and 1986. Source: Article "Jacques Rispal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 1, 1923
Died
February 9, 1986 (aged 62)
From
Belvès, Dordogne, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 77 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 38 days to Oct 27Down 22% in 30 days

What are Jacques Rispal's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Action movies

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
32%
Survival
29%
Society
14%
Self
11%
Bonds
9%
Power
5%
Ideas
2%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 11

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 8

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

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 2 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 2

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
6
Dread
2
Contemplative
2
Cold
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Haunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous3
  • 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 Jacques Rispal's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jacques Rispal'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

77 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • La Lanterne des morts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Actor

  • Les Beaux Quartiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Respelière

  • Lucie sur Seine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Le garagiste

  • Marion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 6 episodes · as Saint-Marcouf

  • Stepfather(1981)

    as Taxi Driver

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • To Kill a Cop(1981)

    as Professeur Bachhoffer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Les Aventures de Papa Poule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 12 episodes · as le voisin

  • My American Uncle(1980)

    as L'homme bousculé par René

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • French Postcards(1979)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Adolescent(1979)

    as M. Jardin

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Why Not! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Le père de Louis

  • Peppermint Soda(1977)

    as The High School Teacher

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Goodbye Singing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Guitton

  • La Menace(1977)

    as Paco, Trucks Dispatcher

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • As the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Rabu

  • La Maison des autres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Minichronique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · as Perron, le contrôleur des impôts

  • Boomerang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Albert Chiusi

  • Police Commissioner Moulin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Bonafos · as Pinnochio

  • Femmes Fatales(1976)

    as A Guerrilla

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The French Detective(1975)

    as Mr. Mercier, father of the young man killed

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Gypsy(1975)

    as Veterinarian

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • One Must Live Dangerously (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Le régisseur du cabaret

  • Cher Victor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Charret

  • La Face Nord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Edmond's father

  • Act of Aggression(1975)

    as Raoul Dumouriez

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Night Caller(1975)

    as 'Cacahuète'

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Plus amer que la mort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as mr. Lennard

  • The Ambassadors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as M. Pierre, le concierge

  • The arrest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Le père de Lola

  • Ardéchois, cœur fidèle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 6 episodes · as Le père d'Ardéchois

  • Black Thursday(1974)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • France, Incorporated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Actor

  • A Cloud in the Teeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Bald man

  • We Were Mistaken About a Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as M. Dalmart, le beau-père d'Anne

  • Les Trois Sœurs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Koulyguine

  • Going Places(1974)

    as Mammoth security guard

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • By the Blood of Others (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Sniper

  • Lacombe, Lucien(1974)

    as Propiétaire

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • L'Inconnu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Actor

  • The Last Train(1973)

    as L' employé de l'état civil

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Two Men in Town(1973)

    as Judge (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Invitation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as René Mermet

  • Na ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Imbert (uncredited)

  • The Dominici Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Paul Maillet

  • Scoumoune(1972)

    as Mr. Dubois, coffin dealer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Big Shots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Caravanner taken hostage

  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(1972)

    as Gendarme

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Le Soldat Laforêt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Gillorgues

  • La Nuit bulgare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Actor

  • The Red Chapel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 7 episodes · as Hillel Katz

  • Le 16 à Kerbriant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 25 episodes · as Martoret, le maire

  • Le Prussien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Auguste

  • Le Chat(1971)

    as Doctor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Portrait of Marianne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Karl Prinzman

  • Ils(1970)

    as Tax employee

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bed & Board(1970)

    as Monsieur Desbois

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Confession(1970)

    as Former Secretary

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Uninvited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Baker

  • The Milky Way(1969)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Stolen Kisses(1968)

    as Monsieur Colin

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • L'écume des jours(1968)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Zita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Sergeant

  • La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Le procureur

  • L'Âne Culotte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 26 episodes · Adaptation

  • L'Affaire Lourdes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Pomian

  • If I Were a Spy(1967)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Vidocq (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Barabarre

  • Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?(1966)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The War Is Over(1966)

    as Manolo

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Les Dossiers de Jérôme Randax (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 3 episodes · as Le notaire

  • A Taste for Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Maley

  • Graduation Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Professor Cachou

  • Man Called Rocca(1961)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Étienne

  • Crimson Curtain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as The actor with the shaved head

  • Vincendon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Henri-Victor

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 77 titles, 76 of them dated from 1952 to 1985.

Biggest box office

Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

$3.2K worldwide

Highest rated

The Confession (1970)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Stepfather (1981)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting76 of 77: 76 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score76thWriting1 of 77: 1 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s2 · acting1960s16 · 15 acting · 1 crew1970s50 · acting1980s8 · acting

Billing

usually 14th · top billed in 0% of 22 roles
667176

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 Jacques Rispal's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

The Adolescent (1979)

67th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Confession (1970)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 49. 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.

Who does Jacques Rispal work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jacques Rispal's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michel Robin shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers