Jean Driant

Jean-Charles Driant (1922–1989) was a French-born character actor remembered for numerous supporting roles in British film and TV.^[1]

He was born in Paris, France on 12 July 1922.^[2]

He came to England in or before 1947. In the 1970s he was teaching French at Latymer Upper School.^[3]

He died in Kensington in 1989.^{[citation needed]}

In 1947 he married Joan Fulton in Kensington.^[4]

• The Colditz Story (1955) as French orderly
• House of Secrets aka Triple Deception (1956) as Gratz's assistant
• The Whole Truth (1958) as servant
• The Ugly Duckling (1959) as Monsieur Blum
• Return from the Ashes (1965) as train conductor
• Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) as Jean
• Aces High (1976) as corporal at dressing station

• Douglas Fairbanks Presents aka Rheingold Theatre several appearances from 1953 to 1957
• Glencannon (1959) as photographer
• No Hiding Place (1960) as French clerk
• International Detective (1960) as bartender
• Zero One (1962) as Pierre
• Drama 61-67 (1964) as a waiter
• A Man of Our Times (1968) as hotel proprietor
• The Troubleshooters 1970 as a gendarme
• The Persuaders! several episodes 1971
• Doctor in Charge several appearances 1972/73 as Dr Lascelles
• Mission: Monte Carlo (1974)
• Wings (1978) as a mechanic
• Return of the Saint several appearances 1978/79