André Isaac (15 August 1893 Châlons-sur-Marne, France – 9 February 1975 Paris, France), better known as Pierre Dac, was a French humorist. During World War II, Pierre Dac was one of the speakers of the BBC's Radio Londres service to occupied France. He produced a series of satirical songs which were broadcast on the station. After the war, he participated in a comic duet with the humorist Francis Blanche.
A very active freemason,Dictionnaire universel de la Franc-Maçonnerie (Marc de Jode, Monique Cara and Jean-Marc Cara, ed. Larousse, 2011)Dictionnaire de la Franc-Maçonnerie (Daniel Ligou, Presses Universitaires de France, 2006)Encyclopédie de la Franc-Maçonnerie (ed. Livre de Poche, 2000) initiated in 1926 at "Les Inséparables d'Osiris" lodge in Paris, he created a parodic and slang masonic rite "Le rite des Voyous"Les francs-maçons page 89 (Sophie Coignard, ed. La Boétie) still practiced in some French lodges.
Dac is also the creator of the comic term "Schmilblick."
Honours and awards
Knight of the Order of Legion of Honour Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 Resistance Medal
Selected filmography Voilà Montmartre (1934) Juanita (1935) Radio Surprises (1940) Good Enough to Eat (1951) La Famille Anodin (1956) (TV) La Belle Américaine (1961) Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens (1968) Le Petit Baigneur (1968)
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