Jean Bruce born Jean Brochet on 22 March 1921 was a prolific French popular writer who died in 26 March 1963 in a car accident. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean Alexandre, Jean Alexandre Brochet, Jean-Martin Rouan, and Joyce Lindsay. He is particularly known for the adventures of secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, aka OSS 117, of which many novels have been adapted for the screen in the 1960s. Bruce's first OSS 117 novel appeared in 1949.

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  • Jean Bruce born Jean Brochet on 22 March 1921 was a prolific French popular writer who died in 26 March 1963 in a car accident. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean Alexandre, Jean Alexandre Brochet, Jean-Martin Rouan, and Joyce Lindsay. He is particularly known for the adventures of secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, aka OSS 117, of which many novels have been adapted for the screen in the 1960s. Bruce's first OSS 117 novel appeared in 1949. He wrote prolifically with 91 OSS 117 novels and many others before his death in a Jaguar sports car crash. Though the first OSS 117 N'est Pas Mort (OSS 117 Is Not Dead) film was made in 1957 with Ivan Desny in the lead, a popular series of several OSS 117 films started in 1963 after the French release of Dr. No (film) with Kerwin Matthews in two, director Andre Hunebelle's discovery Frederick Stafford in two more, John Gavin in one (replacing Stafford who was starring in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz, then with Luc Merenda and Alan Scott in two in the 1970s that were French made for TV films. In 2006 an action comedy satire OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies with Jean Dujardin as OSS 117 became a surprise international hit. After his death, his wife Josette Bruce continued to write 143 new titles for the OSS 117 character beginning in 1966 until her death. After her death their son and daughter François and Martine Bruce wrote 24 books up until 1992. Films of some of Bruce's other books such as Le vicomte règle ses comptes with Kerwin Matthews and Cinq Gars Pour Singapour with Sean Flynn were made. Jean-Paul Belmondo played both a Jean Bruce type writer and his OSS 117 type creation in Philippe de Broca's Le Magnifique.
  • Jean Bruce war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Bruce wurde hauptsächlich durch seine Geschichten um den Geheimagenten Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath alias OSS 117 bekannt, von denen er bis zu seinem Tod 91 verfasste. Daneben schrieb er andere Unterhaltungsliteratur, von denen eine kleinere Reihe um den Vicômte die bekannteste darstellt. Zuvor hatte Bruce unter anderem als Pilot, Bürgermeistergehilfe, fahrender Schauspieler, Sekretär eines indischen Würdenträgers und Juwelier gearbeitet; diese vielfältigen Erfahrungen konnte er in seinen Büchern, die im realistischen zeitgenössischen Milieu und geografisch weit gefasst handelten, umsetzen. Als begeisterter Sportler betrieb er Skifahren, Reiten und Rallyesport. Er starb bei einem Autounfall. Die Reihe um OSS 117 wurde von seiner Frau Josette († 1996) und danach von ihren Kindern François und Martine bis 1996 weitergeführt.
  • Jean Bruce, de son vrai nom Jean Brochet, est un écrivain français né le 22 mars 1921 et mort le 26 mars 1963 à Luzarches dans un accident de voiture avec sa Jaguar 3.8l MK2.
  • Uso anche gli pseudonimi Jean Alexandre, Jean Alexandre Brochet, Jean-Martin Rouan e Joyce Lindsay. Divenuto scrittore dopo aver intrapreso numerose attività è conosciuto principalmente per aver scritto le avventure dell'agente segreto Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath ovvero OSS 117. Il primo racconto risale al 1949, ad esso ne seguirono altri novanta fino alla tragica fine dell'autore a causa di un incidente automobilistico. La serie venne ripresa dalla moglie Josette Bruce che dal 1963 al 1996, anno della sua morte, ne pubblico altri 143. Successivamente altri ventiquattro volumi sono stati pubblicati dai figli Francois e Martine Bruce. A partire dal 1957 e soprattutto negli anni sessanta numerosi racconti su OSS 117 sono stati adattati per la realizzazione di film. Numerosi suoi romanzi sono stati pubblicati in Italia nella collana Segretissimo edita dalla Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.
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  • Jean Bruce born Jean Brochet on 22 March 1921 was a prolific French popular writer who died in 26 March 1963 in a car accident. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean Alexandre, Jean Alexandre Brochet, Jean-Martin Rouan, and Joyce Lindsay. He is particularly known for the adventures of secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, aka OSS 117, of which many novels have been adapted for the screen in the 1960s. Bruce's first OSS 117 novel appeared in 1949.
  • Jean Bruce war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Bruce wurde hauptsächlich durch seine Geschichten um den Geheimagenten Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath alias OSS 117 bekannt, von denen er bis zu seinem Tod 91 verfasste. Daneben schrieb er andere Unterhaltungsliteratur, von denen eine kleinere Reihe um den Vicômte die bekannteste darstellt.
  • Jean Bruce, de son vrai nom Jean Brochet, est un écrivain français né le 22 mars 1921 et mort le 26 mars 1963 à Luzarches dans un accident de voiture avec sa Jaguar 3.8l MK2.
  • Uso anche gli pseudonimi Jean Alexandre, Jean Alexandre Brochet, Jean-Martin Rouan e Joyce Lindsay. Divenuto scrittore dopo aver intrapreso numerose attività è conosciuto principalmente per aver scritto le avventure dell'agente segreto Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath ovvero OSS 117. Il primo racconto risale al 1949, ad esso ne seguirono altri novanta fino alla tragica fine dell'autore a causa di un incidente automobilistico.
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