Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French film and theatre actor. He was a matinée idol and a leading man during the 1930s, but his burgeoning career was interrupted by the Second World War. He served in the Free French Forces, and receiving both the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his actions.
After the war, Aumont resumed his career, in Hollywood as well as his native France, typically playing suave romantic leads.
Personal life
thumb|Pavan and Aumont in 1965
Aumont was married four times to three women.
In 1955, Aumont was dating Grace Kelly at the time she first met Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
Death
Jean-Pierre Aumont died 30 January 2001 of a heart attack in Gassin, France, aged 90, and was cremated.
Filmography
thumb|Aumont at the [[1993 Cannes Film Festival]]
thumb|right|Unknown photographer. 'Jean-Pierre Aumont in "Lac aux Dames"' 1934
Film
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| rowspan=2 | 1931
| Jean de la Lune || Alexandre (uncredited) || Director: Jean Choux ||
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| Checkmate || Jacques || Director: Roger Goupillières ||
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| 1932
| Should We Wed Them? || Jim || Director: Pierre Billon and Karel Lamač ||
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| rowspan=4 | 1933
| On the Streets || Jacques || Director: Victor Trivas ||
|-
| La merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes || Georges || Director: Henri Fabert ||
|-
| Le voleur || Fernand Lagardes || Director: Maurice Tourneur ||
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| Ève cherche un père || Jacques de la Motte || Director: Mario Bonnard ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1934
| A Day Will Come || Henri de Langillier || Director: Gerhard Lamprecht and Serge Véber ||
|-
| Lake of Ladies || Eric Heller || Director: Marc Allégret ||
|-
| Maria Chapdelaine || Lorenzo Surprenant || Director: Julien Duvivier ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1935
| Les yeux noirs || Karpoff || Director: Victor Tourjansky ||
|-
| The Crew || L'aspirant Jean Herbillon || Director: Anatole Litvak ||
|-
| Beautiful Days || Pierre – le premier amoureux de Sylvie || Director: Marc Allégret ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1936
| Taras Bulba || André Boulba || Director: Alexis Granowsky ||
|-
| La Porte du large || Pierre Villette || Director: Marcel L'Herbier ||
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1937
| Cargaison blanche || Henri Voisin || Director: Georges Lacombe ||
|-
| The Messenger || Gilbert Rollin || Director: Raymond Rouleau ||
|-
| Bizarre, Bizarre || Billy || Director: Marcel Carné ||
|-
| Maman Colibri || Georges de Chambry || Director: Jean Dréville ||
|-
| rowspan=6 | 1938
| The Woman from the End of the World || Lt. Robert Jacquet || Director: Jean Epstein ||
|-
| Chéri-Bibi || Raoul Palas || Director: Léon Mathot ||
|-
| Beautiful Star || Jean-Pierre || Director: Jacques de Baroncelli ||
|-
| S.O.S. Sahara || Paul Moutier || Director: Jacques de Baroncelli ||
|-
| Le Paradis de Satan || Jean Larcher || Director: Félix Gandéra ||
|-
| Hôtel du Nord || Pierre || Director: Marcel Carné ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1943
| Assignment in Brittany || Bertrand Corlay / Capt. Pierre Matard || as Pierre Aumont. Director: Jack Conway ||
|-
| The Cross of Lorraine || Paul Dupré || as Jean Pierre Aumont. Director: Tay Garnett ||
|-
| 1946
| Heartbeat || Pierre de Roche || as Jean Pierre Aumont. Director: Sam Wood ||
|-
| 1947
| Song of Scheherazade || Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov || Director: Walter Reisch ||
|-
| 1948
| Affairs of a Rogue || Prince Leopold || Director: Alberto Cavalcanti ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1949
| Siren of Atlantis || Andre St. Avit || Director: Gregg G. Tallas ||
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| Wicked City || Eric Martin, alias Hans Norben || Director: François Villiers ||
|-
| Golden Arrow || Andre Marchand || Director: Gordon Parry ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1950
| The Happy Man || Henri Perlis || Director: Gilles Grangier ||
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| The Straw Lover || Stanislas Michodier || Director: Gilles Grangier ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1951
| Revenge of the Pirates || Enrico di Roccabruna || Director: Primo Zeglio ||
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| Last Meeting || Michele Bonesi || Director: Gianni Franciolini ||
|-
| 1952
| Wolves Hunt at Night || Cyril || Director: Bernard Borderie ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1953
| Lili || Marc || as Jean Pierre Aumont. Director: Charles Walters ||
|-
| Koenigsmark || Le précepteur Raoul Vignerte || Director: Solange Térac ||
|-
| The Sparrows of Paris || Césarin || Director: Maurice Cloche ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1954
| Royal Affairs in Versailles || Cardinal de Rohan || Director: Sacha Guitry ||
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| Charge of the Lancers || Capt. Eric Evoir || Director: William Castle ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1955
| Napoléon || Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély || Director: Sacha Guitry ||
|-
| Eighteen Hour Stopover || Robert Vitrac || Director: René Jolivet ||
|-
| Mademoiselle from Paris || Maurice Darnal || Director: Walter Kapps ||
|-
| 1956
| Hilda Crane || Prof. Jacques De Lisle || Director: Philip Dunne ||
|-
| 1957
| The Seventh Sin || Paul Duvelle || Director: Ronald Neame ||
|-
| 1959
| John Paul Jones || King Louis XVI || Director: John Farrow ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1960
| The Enemy General || Lionel Durand || Director: George Sherman ||