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John Abbey is a Actor American born on 21 september 1935 at Denver (USA)
John Abbey (born September 21, 1935) is an American born actor best known for portraying the title role in the French film Mr. Freedom, directed by fellow American expatriate William Klein. Born in Denver, Colorado in 1935, Abbey appeared in a few uncredited roles in American and English films before coming to France, where he played American characters in film and television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He has since retired from acting.
In addition to Mr. Freedom, Abbey is known for his supporting role as "Lacs" in Jacques Tati's 1967 film Play Time.
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In addition to Mr. Freedom, Abbey is known for his supporting role as "Lacs" in Jacques Tati's 1967 film Play Time.
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John Abbey est connu notamment pour avoir interprété le rôle-titre du film Mister Freedom de William Klein en 1969, et celui de Lacs dans le film Playtime de Jacques Tati en 1967. Avant son arrivée en France, il était apparu dans différentes productions américaines et anglaises sans être crédité au générique. Dans les années 1960 et 1970, il interprète quelques rôles pour le cinéma et la télévision en France, puis interrompt son activité d'acteur.Usually with
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Rain over Santiago (1975)
, 1h52Directed by Helvio Soto
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Politique, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors John Abbey, Bibi Andersson, Nicole Calfan, Riccardo Cucciolla, André Dussollier, Bernard Fresson
Roles L'agent américain
Rating64%
Le film met en scène le coup d'État du 11 septembre 1973 au Chili, déclenché par le message codé « il pleut sur Santiago », diffusé à la radio à l'initiative des putschistes, à destination des militaires.
Mr. Freedom (1969)
, 1h45Directed by William Klein
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Superhero films
Actors Delphine Seyrig, John Abbey, Donald Pleasence, Catherine Rouvel, Jean-Claude Drouot, Serge Gainsbourg
Roles Mr. Freedom
Rating63%
Under the command of Dr. Freedom, the crass superhero Mr. Freedom (John Abbey) goes to France to stave off the advances of the mysterious French Anti-Freedom (FAF) organization. He joins forces with the femme fatale Marie-Madeleine to lead his own anti-communist Freedom organization. The Freedom mission is complicated by the machinations of communist foes — the Stalinist Moujik Man and the ferocious Maoist Red China Man (portrayed as a giant inflatable dragon). France, refusing to see the FAF as a threat, rebuffs Freedom, leading to an escalation of Cold War tactics. In the end, betrayed, Mr. Freedom destroys himself trying to save the "unappreciative" nation.
Playtime (1967)
, 2h4Directed by Jacques Tati
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Dystopian films
Actors Jacques Tati, France Rumilly, John Abbey, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Yves Barsacq, Laure Paillette
Roles Mr. Lacs
Rating77%
Playtime is structured in six sequences, linked by two characters who repeatedly encounter one another in the course of a day: Barbara, a young American tourist visiting Paris with a group composed primarily of middle-aged American women, and Monsieur Hulot, a befuddled Frenchman lost in the new modernity of Paris. The sequences are as follows:
Triple Cross (1966)
, 2h20Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Christopher Plummer, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Gert Fröbe, Claudine Auger, Yul Brynner
Roles Lang
Rating62%
Early in the Second World War, an explosion occurs when safecracker Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer) blows open a wall safe. Outside, a car is backfiring repeatedly and a marching band is passing by. Chapman casually removes some jewels from the safe and examines them for the choicest items. He leaves a card in the safe complimenting its owners for being victims of the Gelignite Gang. The gang pulls off a series of heists before they go on the lam. Chapman is caught in Jersey and imprisoned there. After eight months, he sees German soldiers landing outside the prison and demands to see their commandant.
La Tête d'un homme (1966)
Actors Jean Richard, Jean Saudray, John Abbey, Serge Merlin
Roles Crosby
Rating72%
A la prison de la Santé, une cloche sonne deux heures. Un prisonnier relit le plan qu'il a découvert dans sa gamelle, et qui lui montre le chemin de l'évasion. Alors qu'il parvient au mur d'enceinte et qu'il l'escalade, sa fuite est épiée par le commissaire Maigret et le juge Coméliau. C'est Maigret lui-même qui a organisé cette évasion, alors qu'il avait arrêté l'homme quelques mois plus tôt, pour le meurtre d'une vieille dame et de sa femme de chambre. Les indices trouvés sur le lieu du crime ont mené facilement à la piste de l'homme. Trop facilement, même, au goût de Maigret, qui est de plus en plus persuadé que l'homme est innocent. C'est pourquoi il a organisé son évasion, pensant que l'homme va le mener sur une piste intéressante.
The Sandpiper (1965)
, 1h58Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson, Robert Webber, Tom Drake
Roles Trooper (uncredited)
Rating62%
Laura Reynolds (Taylor) is a free-spirited, unwed single mother living with her young son Danny (Morgan Mason) in an isolated California beach house. She makes a modest living as an artist and home-schools her son out of concern that he will be compelled to follow stifling conventional social norms in a regular school. Danny has gotten into some trouble with the law through two minor incidents, which are in his mother's eyes innocent expressions of his natural curiosity and conscience rather than delinquency. Now with a third incident a judge (Torin Thatcher) orders her to send the boy to an Episcopal boarding school where Dr. Edward Hewitt (Burton) is headmaster, and his wife Claire (Eva Marie Saint) teaches. Edward and Claire are happily married with two young sons, but their life has become routine and their youthful idealism has been tamed by the need to raise funds for the school and please wealthy benefactors.