Jean Villard(1895-1982)

Composer
Soundtrack

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Jean Villard was born on 2 June 1895 in Montreux, Switzerland. He was a composer, known for Le Diable, tout le temps (2020), Neuf garçons, un coeur (1948) and Les Soprano (1999). He died on 26 March 1982 in Sain-Saphorin, Lavaux, Switzerland.

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Known for

Tom Holland in Le Diable, tout le temps (2020)

Le Diable, tout le temps

7.1

Soundtrack("The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches))

2020

Neuf garçons, un coeur (1948)

Neuf garçons, un coeur

5.7

Composer

1948

Les Soprano (1999)

9.2

TV Series

Soundtrack("The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches))

Willy Birgel and Ellen Schwiers in Wenn die Glocken hell erklingen (1959)

Wenn die Glocken hell erklingen

5.5

Composer

1959

Credits

Composer

Wenn die Glocken hell erklingen
5.5
- Composer
- 1959
Neuf garçons, un coeur
5.7
- Composer
- 1948
Tour de chant
- Composer
- 1932

Soundtrack

Le grand échiquier
TV Series
- lyrics: "Les Trois Cloches"
- music: "Les Trois Cloches"
- 2024
Le Diable, tout le temps
7.1
- lyrics: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- music: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- 2020
The Other Side
6.7
- lyrics: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- music: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- 2015
Piaf intime
TV Movie
- music: "Browning"
- 2013
Il est minuit, Paris s'éveille
7.8
TV Movie
- lyrics: "À l'Enseigne de la Fille sans Coeur"
- music: "À l'Enseigne de la Fille sans Coeur"
- 2012
Chabada
TV Series
- lyrics: "Les Trois Cloches"
- music: "Les Trois Cloches"
- 2012
Hier encore
TV Series
- lyrics: "Les Trois Cloches"
- music: "Les Trois Cloches"
- 2012
Nous nous sommes tant aimés
TV Series
- lyrics: "Les Trois Cloches"
- music: "Les Trois Cloches"
- 2012
The Marty Stuart Show
8.7
TV Series
- lyrics: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- music: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- 2010
Crook & Chase
8.2
TV Series
- lyrics: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- music: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- 2009
Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts
6.0
Video
- lyrics: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- music: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- 2007
Les Soprano
9.2
TV Series
- lyrics: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- music: "The Three Bells" (Les Trois Cloches)
- 2006
Édith Piaf: Le concert idéal
TV Movie
- lyrics: "Les Trois Cloches"
- music: "Les Trois Cloches"
- 2003
Piaf, sans amour on n'est rien du tout
7.4
TV Movie
- lyrics: "Les Trois Cloches"
- music: "Les Trois Cloches"
- 2003
Nouvelle Star
3.8
TV Series
- lyrics: "Les Trois Cloches"
- music: "Les Trois Cloches"
- 2003

Personal details

Official site
- University library site (fr.)
Alternative names
- Gilles
Born
- June 2, 1895
- Montreux, Switzerland
Died
- March 26, 1982
- Sain-Saphorin, Lavaux, Switzerland
Other works
Book: "Dans les pas de Gilles / conférence de Jean Villard-Gilles intitulée "La chanson, le théâtre et la vie", donnée le 24 janvier 1944 au Théâtre municipal de Lausanne". Lausanne : Publi-Libris; conference given by Jean Villard in 1944 published with notes and commentaries by Grégoire Montangero

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Trivia
Actor, he was a member of theater groups directed by Jacques Copeau. Using the stage name Gilles, he became later member of a duo called "Gilles et Julien" with Aman Maistre Julien. Becoming famous as a librettist and a composer, he directed cabarets in Paris and Lausanne where he continued to perform.

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