Yvan Chiffre
Actor
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.
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As Director
Filmography
Fantomas
as Homme de main de Fantômas 1964
Le Cercle Rouge
as Policeman 1970
Fantomas Unleashed
as Homme de main de Fantômas 1965
The Sicilian Clan
as Un inspecteur de Le Goff (uncredited) 1969
Borsalino
1970
The Black Tulip
1964
Borsalino and Co.
1974
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
as Tax Collector 1984
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
as Un homme de main 1965
The Iron Mask
as (uncredited) 1962
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
as Agent Thibaud 1963
The Mysteries of Paris
as A sea buckthorn (uncredited) 1962
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as (uncredited) 1966
Blood on His Sword
as Un baladin (uncredited) 1961
Two Weeks in September
as Man on the Motorcycle (uncredited) 1967
Sale temps pour les mouches
1966
Easy Down There!
1971