Jacques Charon

{{Short description|French actor and film director}}

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Jacques Charon (27 February 1920 – 15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director.

Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941. During his time there which lasted until his death, he played over 150 roles in the classical and modern repertoire.

Charon directed the 1968 feature film A Flea in Her Ear and the 1973 television movie Monsieur Pompadour.

He played Spalanzani in the complete recording of The Tales of Hoffmann (Decca, 1971).

Charon was openly gay.{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Homosexuality Volume II|editor=Dynes, Wayne R.|date=1990|publisher=Routledge|page=1298|isbn=9781315670775|language=en}} He died in Paris and is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre.