Jean Marcel Lefebvre (October 3, 1919 – July 9, 2004) was a French actor.
He was famous mostly for his supporting roles in French comedy films such as the Gendarme de Saint-Tropez film series, the Trilogie des Malfaisants gangster comedies and the military comedy film series The 7th Company. He appeared in about 120 films.
Works on TV Tropes:
- Ruy Blas (1948) as a guard
- And God Created Woman (1956) as a man wanting a dance
- Le Gentleman d'Epsom (1962) as Charly
- Trilogie des Malfaisants
- Les Tontons flingueurs (1963) as Paul Volfoni
- Ne nous fâchons pas (1965) as Léonard Michalon
- Gendarme de Saint-Tropez film series as Maréchal des Logis Lucien Fougasse
- Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)
- Le Gendarme à New York (1965)
- Le Gendarme se marie (1968)
- Le Gendarme en balade (1970)
- Angelique film series (1964-1966) as a courtesan / the doctor
- Bluebeard (1972) as Greta's Father
- Treasure Island (1972) as Ben Gunn
- The 7th Company film trilogy (1973-1977) as PFC Pithivier
- Le Magnifique (1973) as the electrician
- Pas de problème ! (1975) as Edmond Michalon
- Caméra Café (2003) as himself
Tropes & Trivia in his works:
- Money, Dear Boy: He confessed that the majority of his filmography was made of subpar films he did solely for the money.
- Production Posse:
- He's the actor who has appeared the most in films directed by Georges Lautner. A number of them had dialogues written by Michel Audiard.
- Frequently starred with the likes of Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Bernard Blier, Lino Ventura or Pierre Mondy.
- Typecasting: He was very frequently cast as the either apathetic, cowardly or dimwitted average Frenchman in comedy films.
