Jean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor. Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite , an opera singer, and Georges Crochon, a doctor. Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film The Happy Road. Then Cassel gained prominence in the late 1950s as a hero in comedies by Philippe de Broca such as Male Companion and through his role as 'Jean François Jardie' in the famous French resistance piece L' Armée des ombres . During the 1960s and 1970s he worked with Claude Chabrol , Luis Buñuel , Ken Annakin ,... Gérard Brach , Richard Lester and its sequel The Four Musketeers , Sidney Lumet , Joseph Losey . He also made a memorable appearance in Oh! What a Lovely War as a French military officer singing 'Belgium put the Kibosh on the Kaiser'.
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| Birthdate: | October 27, 1932 |
| Birthplace: | Paris |
| Date of death: | April 19, 2007 |
| Height: | 6' 0" |
| Also known as: | Jean-Pierre Crochon, Jean Pierre Cassel, J.P. Cassel |