Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 15, 1911
Place of Birth:
Puteaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Jean Davy (15 October 1911 – 5 February 2001) was a French film, stage voice actor.
He was a Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.
In the premiere production of Antigone in Paris, 1944, Davy created the role of Créon.
He was a French voice of Charlton Heston (The Ten Commandments, The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers...), Errol Flynn, Orson Welles and Robert Taylor.
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| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | In Praise of Love | Grandfather |
| 1999 | Keep It Quiet | Edmond |
| 1997 | Le Dernier Été | Maréchal Pétain |
| 1995 | Fiesta | Le père Maurel |
| 1992 | The Last Season | Jean Marsan |
| 1990 | The Elegant Criminal | Alphonse Damoiseau |
| 1987 | Vaines recherches | Le procureur |
| 1985 | L'Herbe rouge | 'Le Sénateur' (voice) |
| 1985 | Dom Juan | Dom Louis |
| 1979 | Les Jeunes Filles | M Dandillot |
| 1977 | The Devil in the Box | Ballancourt |
| 1973 | The Conspiracy | |
| 1970 | Clock Head | |
| 1968 | Iphigénie | Agamemnon |
| 1966 | Hamida | Grandfather |
| 1962 | The Iron Mask | Marchal of Turenne |
| 1959 | Drôles de phénomènes | Torques |
| 1958 | Un jour comme les autres | |
| 1958 | Christine | Colonel of the Dragons |
| 1954 | The March to Glory | Narrator (voice) |
| 1954 | Picasso | Narrator |
| 1954 | The Adventures of a Blue Fly | Narrator (voice) |
| 1951 | The Real Guilty | Dr. Delorme |
| 1950 | Cartouche, King of Paris | Regent Philippe d'Orléans |
| 1950 | Lost Souvenirs | Announcer |
| 1949 | La louve | Saint-Ricquier |
| 1949 | The Sinners | Antonin |
| 1949 | The Story of Dr. Louise | Albert Desforges |
| 1949 | The Naked Woman | Ronchard |
| 1949 | Crossroads of Life | |
| 1948 | Judicial Error | Me Lenoir |
| 1948 | Une mort sans importance | (voice) |
| 1948 | The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin | Prosecutor Salavert |
| 1947 | La Grande Maguet | Edmond de Norvaisis |
| 1947 | Vertiges | Dr. Michel Berthier |
| 1947 | Criminal Brigade | Commissaire Chabrier |
| 1946 | Special Mission | Commissioner Chabrier |
| 1945 | Farandole | Lawyer |
| 1945 | The Last Judgment | Stefan |
| 1945 | St. Val's Mystery | Max Robertal |
| 1945 | Alone in the Night | Dalbret |
| 1944 | First in Line | Hubert de Vallon |
| 1943 | My Love is Near You | Chambord |
| 1943 | Carnival of Sinners | Le mousquetaire |
| 1943 | A Star to the Sun | Pierre de Merlerault |
| 1942 | L'homme qui joue avec le feu | Jacques |
| 1941 | Mlle. Desiree | Berthier |
| 1938 | Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées | Ludovic Jeune et Jean-Louis Jeune |
| 1938 | Sirocco | Friend of Chervin |
| 1936 | Mayerling | Count Hoyos |
| 1935 | Flight Into Darkness | Brulard |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Châteauvallon | Antonin Berg |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1975 | Ces grappes de ma vigne | Trousselier |