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.

Known For

Champs-Elysées

Le Grand Échiquier

Discorama

Discorama

Cinépanorama

30 millions d'amis

The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

The Professional

All Movies (79)

• Morceaux de Cannes2021
• Françoise Dorléac, une promesse2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• La Dilettante1999 · as Edmond Thibault
• Le radeau de la Méduse1998 · as La Tullaye
• Équipe de nuit1990 · as Le père
• Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte1988
• Les Tisserands du pouvoir1988 · as Auguste Roussel
• Cambiamento d'aria1988 · as Ricky Lefèvre
• La Dixième de Beethoven1985 · as Stephen Fauldgate
• Le fou du roi1984 · as Louis XIV
• The Professional1981 · as Ministre
• Le Pain de fougère1981 · as Evêque d'Angers
• Heads or Tails1980 · as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
• La pitié dangereuse1979 · as Mr. de Kesfalva
• I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs1979 · as Le directeur de la PJ
• The Skirt Chaser1979 · as Charles-Edmond
• The Irony of Chance1974 · as M. Desvrières
• The Serpent1973 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Inheritor1973 · as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
• A Cop1972 · as Distinguished Man
• The Assassination of Trotsky1972 · as Alfred Rosmer
• Le Misanthrope1971 · as Philinte
• Countdown to Vengeance1970 · as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
• The Comeuppance1970 · as le commissaire
• You Will Reap the Tempest1969 · as Narrator (voice)
• Le deuxième coup de feu1969 · as Olivier Lenoir
• La Chapelle de Ronchamp1969 · as Narrator
• Franciscan of Bourges1968 · as Monsieur Toledano
• The 25th Hour1967 · as Le ministre (uncredited)
• La Cerisaie1966 · as Lopakhine
• The Dance of the Heron1966 · as Edouard
• The Two Orphans1965 · as Count of Linières
• The Soft Skin1964 · as Pierre Lachenay
• Les Fausses Confidences1964 · as Dorante
• Graduation Year1964 · as Mr. Terrenoire
• La Double Inconstance1964
• Le Doulos1962 · as Superintendant Clain
• The Seven Deadly Sins1962 · as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
• Lust1962 · as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
• Monsieur IL1962 · as Jacques Balmeyer
• Famous Love Affairs1961 · as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
• One Night at the Beach1961 · as Dr Francis
• The Laws of War1961 · as Uhrmacher Rede
• The Passion of Slow Fire1961 · as Stéphane Blanchon
• Love and the Frenchwoman1960 · as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
• The Dance of Death1960 · as Fred Pellmann
• The Baron of the Locks1960 · as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
• Premeditated1960 · as Judge Lenoir
• Amphitryon1960
• The Great Deception1959 · as le Roi Louis XV
• 125 rue Montmartre1959 · as Commissaire Dodelot
• The Possessors1958 · as François Schoudler, le fils
• La Répétition ou l'Amour puni1958 · as Hero
• Maigret Sets a Trap1958 · as Marcel Maurin
• Les alchimistes1957 · as Self - Narrator(voice)
• Impressions de New York1956 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Grand Manoeuvre1955 · as Victor Duverger
• Royal Affairs in Versailles1953 · as Marivaux
• With André Gide1952 · as Narrator (voice)
• Jocelyn1952 · as Jocelyn
• Chicago Digest1951
• Bullfight1951 · as Narrator (voice)
• Tomorrow We Get Divorced1951 · as Max Blachet
• Véronique1950 · as Florestan
• Chéri1950 · as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
• Keep an Eye on Amelia1949 · as Marcel Courbois
• La Veuve et l'innocent1949 · as Claude Girelle
• The Mark of the Day1949 · as Larzac
• L'échafaud peut attendre1949 · as Michel Vincent
• Just a Big Simple Girl1948 · as Michel
• Square of Knaves1947 · as Jacques de la Bastide
• Loves, Delights and Organs1947 · as Jean Pelletier
• The Revenge of Roger1946 · as Raymond de Noirville
• Homeland1946 · as Karloo
• Pastoral Symphony1946 · as Jacques Martens - his son
• Sylvia and the Ghost1946 · as Frederick
• The Last Judgment1945 · as Kyril
• Father Goriot1945 · as Bianchon
• Le Voyageur de la Toussaint1943 · as Gilles Mauvoisin

All TV Shows (14)

• Les Grandes Familles1989 · as Père Boudref
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Orient Express1979 · as Paul
• Claudine1978 · as Claude, le père de Claudine
• 30 millions d'amis1976 · as Self
• The Accursed Kings1972 · as Le narrateur (voix)
• Midi trente1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret1967 · as Narrator (voice)
• Le Bonheur conjugal1965 · as Le professeur Jean Davennes
• Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge1963 · as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
• Discorama1959 · as Self - Host
• Discorama1959 · as Self
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self