Person

Jean Desailly

Acting · 1920–2008 · Paris, France

Biography

Jean Desailly (August 24, 1920, Paris – June 11, 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 – 1946, and later participated in about ninety movies. Desailly was married to the French actress Simone Valère.

Known for

Filmography

2021Morceaux de Cannes
2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesseSelf (archive footage)
1999La DilettanteEdmond Thibault
1998Le radeau de la MéduseLa Tullaye
1990Équipe de nuitLe père
1989Les Grandes FamillesPère Boudref
1988Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
1988Les Tisserands du pouvoirAuguste Roussel
1988Cambiamento d'ariaRicky Lefèvre
1985La Dixième de BeethovenStephen Fauldgate
1984Le fou du roiLouis XIV
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
1981The ProfessionalMinistre
1981Le Pain de fougèreEvêque d'Angers
1980Heads or TailsBourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
1979La pitié dangereuseMr. de Kesfalva
1979Orient ExpressPaul
1979I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin HairsLe directeur de la PJ
1979The Skirt ChaserCharles-Edmond
1978ClaudineClaude, le père de Claudine
197630 millions d'amisSelf
1974The Irony of ChanceM. Desvrières
1973The SerpentNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
1973The InheritorJean-Pierre Carnavan
1972The Accursed KingsLe narrateur (voix)
1972Un FlicDistinguished Man
1972The Assassination of TrotskyAlfred Rosmer
1972Midi trenteSelf
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
1971Maigret en vacancesDocteur Bellamy
1971Le MisanthropePhilinte
1970Countdown to VengeanceLe docteur Michel Saint-Rose
1970The Comeuppancele commissaire
1969You Will Reap the TempestNarrator (voice)
1969Le deuxième coup de feuOlivier Lenoir
1969La Chapelle de RonchampNarrator
1968Franciscan of BourgesMonsieur Toledano
1967The Investigations of Commissioner MaigretNarrator (voice)
1967The 25th HourLe ministre (uncredited)
1966La CerisaieLopakhine
1966The Dance of the HeronEdouard
1965The Two OrphansCount of Linières
1965Le Bonheur conjugalLe professeur Jean Davennes
1964The Soft SkinPierre Lachenay
1964Les Fausses ConfidencesDorante
1964Graduation YearMr. Terrenoire
1964La Double Inconstance
1963Le Chevalier de Maison RougeMorand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
1962Le DoulosSuperintendant Clain
1962The Seven Deadly SinsMonsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
1962LustMonsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
1962Monsieur ILJacques Balmeyer
1961Famous Love Affairsle baron Adrien de Jonchère
1961One Night at the BeachDr Francis
1961The Laws of WarUhrmacher Rede
1961The Passion of Slow FireStéphane Blanchon
1960Love and the FrenchwomanLe narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
1960The Dance of DeathFred Pellmann
1960The Baron of the LocksMr. Maurice Montbernon
1960PremeditatedJudge Lenoir
1960Amphitryon
1959The Great Deceptionle Roi Louis XV
1959125 rue MontmartreCommissaire Dodelot
1959DiscoramaSelf - Host
1958The PossessorsFrançois Schoudler, le fils
1958La Répétition ou l'Amour puniHero
1958Maigret Sets a TrapMarcel Maurin
1957Les alchimistesSelf - Narrator(voice)
1956Impressions de New YorkSelf - Narrator (voice)
1956CinépanoramaSelf
1955The Grand ManoeuvreVictor Duverger
1953Royal Affairs in VersaillesMarivaux
1952With André GideNarrator (voice)
1952JocelynJocelyn
1951Chicago Digest
1951BullfightNarrator (voice)
1951Tomorrow We Get DivorcedMax Blachet
1950VéroniqueFlorestan
1950ChériFred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
1949Keep an Eye on AmeliaMarcel Courbois
1949La Veuve et l'innocentClaude Girelle
1949The Mark of the DayLarzac
1949L'échafaud peut attendreMichel Vincent
1948Just a Big Simple GirlMichel
1947Square of KnavesJacques de la Bastide
1947Loves, Delights and OrgansJean Pelletier
1946The Revenge of RogerRaymond de Noirville
1946HomelandKarloo
1946Pastoral SymphonyJacques Martens - his son
1946Sylvia and the GhostFrederick
1945The Last JudgmentKyril
1945Father GoriotBianchon
1943Le Voyageur de la ToussaintGilles Mauvoisin

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