Jean Desailly

Personal Info

Birthday

August 24, 1920

Day of Death

2008-06-11

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Жан Десайи

Jean 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.

Known For

The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

Le Doulos

The Accursed Kings

The Professional

A Cop

The Soft Skin

Claudine

Maigret Sets a Trap

Filmography

2018
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
as Self (archive footage)
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
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
1980
Heads or Tails
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
1979
La pitié dangereuse
as Mr. de Kesfalva
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Le directeur de la PJ
The Skirt Chaser
as Charles-Edmond
1974
The Irony of Chance
as M. Desvrières
1973
The Serpent
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Inheritor
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
1972
A Cop
as Distinguished Man
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Alfred Rosmer
1971
Le Misanthrope
as Philinte
1970
Countdown to Vengeance
as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
The Comeuppance
as le commissaire
1969
You Will Reap the Tempest
as Narrator (voice)
Le deuxième coup de feu
as Olivier Lenoir
La Chapelle de Ronchamp
as Narrator
1968
Franciscan of Bourges
as Monsieur Toledano
1967
The 25th Hour
as Le ministre (uncredited)
1966
The Dance of the Heron
as Edouard
1965
The Two Orphans
as Count of Linières
1964
The Soft Skin
as Pierre Lachenay
Les Fausses Confidences
as Dorante
Graduation Year
as Mr. Terrenoire
1962
Le Doulos
as Superintendant Clain
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Lust
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
1961
Famous Love Affairs
as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
One Night at the Beach
as Dr Francis
The Laws of War
as Uhrmacher Rede
The Passion of Slow Fire
as Stéphane Blanchon
1960
Love and the Frenchwoman
as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
The Dance of Death
as Fred Pellmann
The Baron of the Locks
as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
Premeditated
as Judge Lenoir
1959
The Great Deception
as le Roi Louis XV
125 rue Montmartre
as Commissaire Dodelot
1958
The Possessors
as François Schoudler, le fils
La Répétition ou l'Amour puni
as Hero
Maigret Sets a Trap
as Marcel Maurin
1956
Impressions de New York
as Narrator
1955
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Victor Duverger
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Marivaux
1952
With André Gide
as Narrator (voice)
Jocelyn
as Jocelyn
1951
Bullfight
as Narrator (voice)
Tomorrow We Get Divorced
as Max Blachet
1950
Véronique
as Florestan
Chéri
as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
1949
Keep an Eye on Amelia
as Marcel Courbois
La Veuve et l'innocent
as Claude Girelle
The Mark Of The Day
as Larzac
L'échafaud peut attendre
as Michel Vincent
1948
Just a Big Simple Girl
as Michel
1947
Square of Knaves
as Jacques de la Bastide
Loves, Delights and Organs
as Jean Pelletier
1946
The Revenge of Roger
as Raymond de Noirville
Homeland
as Karloo
Pastoral Symphony
as Jacques Martens - his son
Sylvia and the Ghost
as Frederick
1945
The Last Judgment
as Kyril
Father Goriot
as Bianchon
1943
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
as Gilles Mauvoisin