Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1920-08-24
- Day of Death2008-06-11 (87 years)
- Place of BirthParis, France
- Also Known AsЖан ДесайиJean Dessailly
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.
Acting Career
- 1999
La Dilettante
As: Edmond Thibault
- 1998
Le radeau de la Méduse
As: La Tullaye
- 1990
Équipe de nuit
As: Le père
- 1988
Les Tisserands du pouvoir
As: Auguste Roussel
- 1988
Cambiamento d'aria
As: Ricky Lefèvre
- 1985
La Dixième de Beethoven
As: Stephen Fauldgate
- 1984
Le fou du roi
As: Louis XIV
- 1981
The 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
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)
- 1972
A Cop
As: Distinguished Man
1972The Assassination of Trotsky
As: Alfred Rosmer
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
- 1964
The Soft Skin
As: Pierre Lachenay
1964Graduation Year
As: Mr. Terrenoire
1963Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge
As: Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
- 1962
Le 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
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
1959The Great Deception
As: le Roi Louis XV
1959125 rue Montmartre
As: Commissaire Dodelot
1958The Possessors
As: François Schoudler, le fils
- 1958
Maigret Sets a Trap
As: Marcel Maurin
1955The Grand Manoeuvre
As: Victor Duverger
1954Royal Affairs in Versailles
As: Marivaux
1952With André Gide
As: Narrator (voice)
1952Jocelyn
As: Jocelyn
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
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