Sarrus, Jean

(May II, 1945, Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   A member of the comic team Les Charlots, he played mainly in their films and occasionally in other com­edies (1970 La Grande Java, also co-composer, Philippe Clair; 1971 Les Bidasses en Folie / UK: The Five Crazy Boys, also co-composer, Claude Zidi; 1972 Les Fous du Stade, also co-composer, Claude Zidi; Les Charlots font l'Espagne / Los Charlots van a Espana, also co-composer, Jean Girault, France / Spain; 1973 Le Grand Bazar, also co-composer, Claude Zidi; Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout, uncredited, Pierre Richard; 1974 Les Quatre Charlots Mousquetaires / UK: The Four Charlots Musketeers, also co-composer, André Hunebelle; A nous Quatre Cardinal! / UK: The Four Charlots Musketeers 2, also co-composer, André Hunebelle; Les Quatre Bidasses s'en vont en Guerre / 5 matti vanno in Guerra / Die tollen Charlots: Die Trottel von der 3. Kompanie, Claude Zidi, France / Italy / West Germany; 1975 Trop c'est trop / USA: Too Much Is Too Much, Didier Kaminka; Bons Baisers de Hong Kong, also co-composer, Yvan Chiffre; 1978 Et vive la liberté!, also co-composer, Serge Korber; 1979 Les Charlots en Délire, Alain Basnier; 1980 Les Charlots contre Dracula, also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-composer, Jean-Pierre Desagnat; 1983 Le Retour des Bidasses en Folie / UK: Rookies Run Amok 2, also co-composer, Michel Vo-coret; 1984 Charlots Connection, also co-composer, Jean Couturier; 1998 Un Grand Cri d'Amour, Josiane Balasko) and TV (1996 Elisa Top Modèle / Elisa, un roman Photo, 26 X 52', Olivier Altman, Jacques Dorot, Paul Férel, Marianne Fossorier, Philippe Layani, Jacques Samyn; 1998 This Could Be the Last Time, Gavin Millar, UK; 1999 La Kiné, episode "Stade III", Aline Isserman). In 1992, he directed the last Charlots vehicle.

 Filmography

1992 ◘ Le Retour des Charlots (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)