Yvan Chiffre
Known For
Acting
Born
1936-03-03 in Rousson, Gard, France
Died
2016-09-27
Biography
Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of César Chiffre. He was the stunt coordinator of Thunderball and Triple Cross by Terence Young, Is Paris Burning? by René Clément, Z by Costa Gavras, Hotel Paradiso by Peter Glenville. He was also the official stunt double of Jean Marais and Alain Delon, was stunt man on the Longest Day, and stunt double of Cary Grant in Charade, Sterling Hayden in Poppies Are Also Flowers, Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo and many others... He also contributed to major French films like Zorro by Duccio Tessari, La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury, Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville, and more than 200 others. In 1992, he published an autobiography A l'ombre des stars, about his stuntman life. In 2014, he received in Paris the UNESCO prize. In 2017, the Academy Award, Oscars In Memoriam honors Yvan Chiffre for his life achievement. Source: Article "Yvan Chiffre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Most Known For
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Fantomas
as Homme de main de Fantômas
The Gallant Musketeer
as Yvon
The Sicilian Clan
as Un inspecteur de Le Goff (uncredited)
Borsalino
Fantomas Unleashed
as Homme de main de Fantômas
Le Cercle Rouge
as Policeman
The Black Tulip
The Mysteries of Paris
as A sea buckthorn (uncredited)
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as (uncredited)
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
as Tax Collector
Borsalino and Co.
Make Your Bets Ladies
as Un homme de main (uncredited)
License to Kill
as Un homme de main de Li-Hang
Blood on His Sword
as Un baladin (uncredited)
Time of the Wolves
as Fence's henchman (uncredited)
A Mouse with the Men
as Un patineur
The Iron Mask
as (uncredited)
Two Weeks in September
as Man on the Motorcycle (uncredited)
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Christian