Jean Desailly
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.
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Acting History
2018
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self (archive footage)
1999La Dilettante as Edmond Thibault
1998Le radeau de la Méduse as La Tullaye
1990Équipe de nuit as Le père
1989Les Grandes Familles as Père Boudref
1988Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
1988Les Tisserands du pouvoir as Auguste Roussel
1988Cambiamento d'aria as Ricky Lefèvre
1985La Dixième de Beethoven as Stephen Fauldgate
1984Le fou du roi as Louis XIV
1982Champs-Elysées as Self
1981The Professional as Ministre
1980Heads or Tails as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
1979La pitié dangereuse as Mr. de Kesfalva
1979Orient Express as Paul
1979I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs as Le directeur de la PJ
1979The Skirt Chaser as Charles-Edmond
1978Claudine as Claude, le père de Claudine
197630 millions d'amis as Self
1974The Irony of Chance as M. Desvrières
1973The Serpent as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1973The Inheritor as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
1972The Accursed Kings as Le narrateur (voix)
1972A Cop as Distinguished Man
1972The Assassination of Trotsky as Alfred Rosmer
1972Midi trente as Self
1972Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971Le Misanthrope as Philinte
1970Countdown to Vengeance as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
1970The Comeuppance as le commissaire
1969You Will Reap the Tempest as Narrator (voice)
1969Le deuxième coup de feu as Olivier Lenoir
1969La Chapelle de Ronchamp as Narrator
1968Franciscan of Bourges as Monsieur Toledano
1967The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret as Narrator (voice)
1967The 25th Hour as Le ministre (uncredited)
1966The Dance of the Heron as Edouard
1965The Two Orphans as Count of Linières
1965Le Bonheur conjugal as Le professeur Jean Davennes
1964The Soft Skin as Pierre Lachenay
1964Les Fausses Confidences as Dorante
1964Graduation Year as Mr. Terrenoire
1964La Double Inconstance
1963Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
1962Le Doulos as Superintendant Clain
1962The Seven Deadly Sins as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
1962Lust as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
1962Monsieur IL as Jacques Balmeyer
1961Famous Love Affairs as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
1961One Night at the Beach as Dr Francis
1961The Laws of War as Uhrmacher Rede
1961The Passion of Slow Fire as Stéphane Blanchon
1960Love and the Frenchwoman as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
1960The Dance of Death as Fred Pellmann
1960The Baron of the Locks as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
1960Premeditated as Judge Lenoir
1960Amphitryon
1959The Great Deception as le Roi Louis XV
1959125 rue Montmartre as Commissaire Dodelot
1959Discorama as Self - Host
1959Discorama as Self
1958The Possessors as François Schoudler, le fils
1958La Répétition ou l'Amour puni as Hero
1958Maigret Sets a Trap as Marcel Maurin
1956Impressions de New York as Self - Narrator (voice)
1956Cinépanorama as Self
1955The Grand Manoeuvre as Victor Duverger
1954Royal Affairs in Versailles as Marivaux
1952With André Gide as Narrator (voice)
1952Jocelyn as Jocelyn
1951Chicago Digest
1951Bullfight as Narrator (voice)
1951Tomorrow We Get Divorced as Max Blachet
1950Véronique as Florestan
1950Chéri as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
1949Keep an Eye on Amelia as Marcel Courbois
1949La Veuve et l'innocent as Claude Girelle
1949The Mark of the Day as Larzac
1949L'échafaud peut attendre as Michel Vincent
1948Just a Big Simple Girl as Michel
1947Square of Knaves as Jacques de la Bastide
1947Loves, Delights and Organs as Jean Pelletier
1946The Revenge of Roger as Raymond de Noirville
1946Homeland as Karloo
1946Pastoral Symphony as Jacques Martens - his son
1946Sylvia and the Ghost as Frederick
1945The Last Judgment as Kyril
1945Father Goriot as Bianchon
1943Le Voyageur de la Toussaint as Gilles Mauvoisin