Trivia

Acted in both Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir (1961) and Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir (1976).

Became a naturalized Briton in 1950.

Retired from acting in 1996

Considered for Dr. Hans Fallada, Sir Percy Heseltine, Dr. Bukovsky and Dr. Armstrong in Lifeforce - L'étoile du mal (1985).

Frequently employed in dubbing foreign actors in English-language films - for example, he provides the voice for the Gerard Tichy character in "Doctor Zhivago".

In the 1980s Jaeger wrote an article in Punch magazine in which he described being taken at the age of 8 to a formal reception, at which he was introduced to, and patted on the head by, Adolf Hitler. His principal memory was of Hitler's halitosis.