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Jean Desailly
Actor· Paris, France
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 roles that explain the career.
The Professional
Ministre · 1981
Le Doulos
Superintendant Clain · 1962
A Cop
Distinguished Man · 1972
The Soft Skin
Pierre Lachenay · 1964
Maigret Sets a Trap
Marcel Maurin · 1958
The Inheritor
Jean-Pierre Carnavan · 1973
125 rue Montmartre
Commissaire Dodelot · 1959
Heads or Tails
Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police · 1980
Filmography
37 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | La Dilettante | Edmond Thibault | Film |
| 1998 | Le radeau de la Méduse | La Tullaye | Film |
| 1989 | Les Grandes Familles | Père Boudref | TV |
| 1981 | The Professional | Ministre | Film |
| 1980 | Heads or Tails | Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police | Film |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs | Le directeur de la PJ | Film |
| 1979 | The Skirt Chaser | Charles-Edmond | Film |
| 1973 | The Inheritor | Jean-Pierre Carnavan | Film |
| 1973 | The Serpent | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1972 | The Assassination of Trotsky | Alfred Rosmer | Film |
| 1972 | Un Flic | Distinguished Man | Film |
| 1971 | Maigret en vacances | Docteur Bellamy | Film |
| 1968 | Franciscan of Bourges | Monsieur Toledano | Film |
| 1967 | The 25th Hour | Le ministre (uncredited) | Film |
| 1967 | The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret | Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 1964 | The Soft Skin | Pierre Lachenay | Film |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure") | Film |
| 1962 | Le Doulos | Superintendant Clain | Film |
| 1961 | The Laws of War | Uhrmacher Rede | Film |
| 1961 | The Passion of Slow Fire | Stéphane Blanchon | Film |
| 1960 | The Baron of the Locks | Mr. Maurice Montbernon | Film |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman | Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence") | Film |
| 1959 | The Great Deception | le Roi Louis XV | Film |
| 1959 | 125 rue Montmartre | Commissaire Dodelot | Film |
| 1958 | Maigret Sets a Trap | Marcel Maurin | Film |
| 1958 | The Possessors | François Schoudler, le fils | Film |
| 1955 | The Grand Manoeuvre | Victor Duverger | Film |
| 1953 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Marivaux | Film |
| 1952 | With André Gide | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1949 | The Mark of the Day | Larzac | Film |
| 1949 | Keep an Eye on Amelia | Marcel Courbois | Film |
| 1947 | Loves, Delights and Organs | Jean Pelletier | Film |
| 1946 | Homeland | Karloo | Film |
| 1946 | Sylvia and the Ghost | Frederick | Film |
| 1946 | Pastoral Symphony | Jacques Martens - his son | Film |
| 1945 | Father Goriot | Bianchon | Film |
| 1945 | The Last Judgment | Kyril | Film |
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