Yvan Chiffre

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1936-03-03

Deathday 2016-09-27 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Rousson, Gard, France

Also Known As Ivan Chiffre

Yvan Chiffre

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 3.0.

Known For

Actor

1984
Le fou du roi

as Taillevent

1973
Défense de savoir

as L'équipe

1970
Le Cercle Rouge

as Policeman

1970
Time of the Wolves

as L'homme de main du receleur (uncredited)

1969
The Sicilian Clan

as Un Inspecteur (non crédité)

1965
Fantomas Unleashed

as Homme de main de Fantômas

1965
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer

as Un homme de main

1964
Fantomas

as Homme de main de Fantômas

1963
OSS 117 Is Unleashed

as Agent Thibaud

1962
Clash of Steel

as Un garde (uncredited)

1962
The Mysteries of Paris

as A sea buckthorn (uncredited)

1961
Blood on His Sword

as Un baladin (uncredited)

Crew

1984
1975
Zorro

as Master at Arms

1969
Z

as Stunt Coordinator

1967
1962
The Longest Day

as Stunts

Director

1989
President's Target

as Director

1984
Le fou du roi

as Director

1975
1965
Under Your Hat

as Action Director

Writer

1989
President's Target

as Screenplay

Producer

1989
President's Target

as Producer