Jacques Sernas
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Sernas in Terra straniera (Foreign Earth), Italy, 1954[1]
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| Native name | Lithuanian: Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas |
| Born | 30 July 1925 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Died | 3 July 2015 (aged 89) Rome, Italy |
| Other names | Jack Sernas |
| Years active | 1947–2008 |
| Parent(s) | Jokūbas Šernas |
Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas (30 July 1925 – 3 July 2015), commonly known as Jacques Sernas and sometimes credited as Jack Sernas, was a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career.[2]
Biography
He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, the son of Jokūbas Šernas, a signatory of the 1918 Act of Independence of Lithuania, who died when Sernas was one year old. His mother took him to Paris, France, where Sernas received his formal education. During World War II, he joined the French Resistance and was captured and interned at the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany. After the war, Sernas was considering a career in medicine and then in journalism before turning to films. His first role was in Miroir (1946).[3]
In June 1955 Sernas married the Romanian journalist Maria Stella Signorini. They had a daughter Francesca born 1956.[5]
Career
Sernas worked first as a leading man and later as a character actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Paris in the epic film Helen of Troy (1956).
Sernas also appeared on American television, including the lead role in the 1956 Warner Brothers time travel production "Man from 1997" featuring James Garner.
His more recent appearances have included appearing as a Cardinale Feltin in the television biographical film it (2002) and as Ambasciatore in the television comedy film it (2005). For the last 30 years Sernas lived and worked in Rome.[3]
Partial filmography
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| Title | Year | Genre | Role | Notes |
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| Lost Youth | 1947 | drama | Nastro d'Argento Best Actor | |
| The Mill on the Po | 1949 | drama | ||
| The Wolf of the Sila | 1949 | Drama | Salvatore Barra | |
| Pact with the Devil | 1950 | Drama | ||
| Golden Salamander | 1950 | adventure | Max | |
| Fugitive in Trieste | 1951 | Historical | Giulio | |
| The Mute of Portici | 1952 | drama | uncredited | |
| Red Shirts | 1952 | Historical | Gentile | |
| Lulu | 1953 | comedy | Mario | |
| Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare | 1953 | Drama | The songwriter | |
| Maddalena | 1954 | drama | Giovanni Belloni | |
| Jump into Hell | 1955 | adventure | Captain Guy Bertrand | |
| Altair | 1956 | drama | De Montel | |
| Helen of Troy | 1956 | epic | Paris | |
| La Venere di Cheronea | 1957 | Laertes | ||
| Nel Segno di Roma | 1958 | Julianus | ||
| it (Vite perdute) | 1959 | The Baron | ||
| The Loves of Salammbo | 1960 | Mathos | ||
| The Huns (La regina dei tartari) | 1960 | Malok | ||
| Maciste contro il vampiro | 1961 | Kurtick | ||
| Duel of Champions | 1961 | Marcus | ||
| The Centurion | 1961 | historical drama | Caius Vinicius | |
| Romolo e Remo | 1961 | Curtius | ||
| it | 1961 | Jefferson Thompson | ||
| The Slave | 1962 | Randus | ||
| 55 Days at Peking | 1963 | epic | Maj. Bobrinski | |
| Last Plane to Baalbek | 1964 | Nick Mann | ||
| The Dirty Game | 1965 | Spy film | Sernas | |
| Balearic Caper | 1966 | Pierre | ||
| For a Few Extra Dollars | 1966 | Spaghetti western | Major Sanders | |
| Midas Run | 1969 | Comedy | Paul Giroux | |
| Hornets' Nest | 1970 | war | Major Taussig | |
| Children of Rage | 1975 | war | Dr. Ben-Joseph | |
| it | 2002 | biographical | Cardinale Feltin | television film |
| it | 2005 | comedy | Ambasciatore | television film |
See also
References
- ↑ Portrait of Jacques Sernas. gettyimages.co.uk
- ↑ "Addio a Jacques Sernas, icona del cinema anni 50" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jacques Sernas". The New York Times
- ↑ Jacques Sernas with his daughter Francesca. gettyimages.co.uk
- ↑ 'Cine Tele Review' May, 1993. torchieflash.com
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