Tati, Jacques (Jacques Tatischeff)
1908 - 1982. 
French comic actor, director, and 
writer. 

He portrayed Monsieur Hulot, the embodiment of polite opposition to modern mechanization, in a series of films beginning with Les Vacances de M Hulot/Monsieur Hulot's Holiday 1953, and including Mon Oncle/My Uncle 1959 and Playtime 1968.