Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 24, 1920
Place of Birth:
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.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Françoise Dorléac, une promesse | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | La Dilettante | Edmond Thibault |
| 1998 | Le radeau de la Méduse | La Tullaye |
| 1990 | Équipe de nuit | Le père |
| 1988 | Cambiamento d'aria | Ricky Lefèvre |
| 1988 | Les Tisserands du pouvoir | Auguste Roussel |
| 1988 | Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte | |
| 1985 | La Dixième de Beethoven | Stephen Fauldgate |
| 1984 | Le fou du roi | Louis XIV |
| 1981 | The Professional | Ministre |
| 1980 | Heads or Tails | Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police |
| 1979 | The Skirt Chaser | Charles-Edmond |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs | Le directeur de la PJ |
| 1979 | La pitié dangereuse | Mr. de Kesfalva |
| 1974 | The Irony of Chance | M. Desvrières |
| 1973 | The Inheritor | Jean-Pierre Carnavan |
| 1973 | The Serpent | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Assassination of Trotsky | Alfred Rosmer |
| 1972 | A Cop | Distinguished Man |
| 1971 | Le Misanthrope | Philinte |
| 1970 | The Comeuppance | le commissaire |
| 1970 | Countdown to Vengeance | Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose |
| 1969 | You Will Reap the Tempest | Narrator (voice) |
| 1969 | La Chapelle de Ronchamp | Narrator |
| 1969 | Le deuxième coup de feu | Olivier Lenoir |
| 1968 | Franciscan of Bourges | Monsieur Toledano |
| 1967 | The 25th Hour | Le ministre (uncredited) |
| 1966 | The Dance of the Heron | Edouard |
| 1965 | The Two Orphans | Count of Linières |
| 1964 | The Soft Skin | Pierre Lachenay |
| 1964 | Graduation Year | Mr. Terrenoire |
| 1964 | Les Fausses Confidences | Dorante |
| 1964 | La Double Inconstance | |
| 1962 | Le Doulos | Superintendant Clain |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure") |
| 1962 | Lust | Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard |
| 1962 | Monsieur IL | Jacques Balmeyer |
| 1961 | The Laws of War | Uhrmacher Rede |
| 1961 | The Passion of Slow Fire | Stéphane Blanchon |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairs | le baron Adrien de Jonchère |
| 1961 | One Night at the Beach | Dr Francis |
| 1960 | The Baron of the Locks | Mr. Maurice Montbernon |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman | Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence") |
| 1960 | Premeditated | Judge Lenoir |
| 1960 | The Dance of Death | Fred Pellmann |
| 1960 | Amphitryon | |
| 1959 | The Great Deception | le Roi Louis XV |
| 1959 | 125 rue Montmartre | Commissaire Dodelot |
| 1958 | The Possessors | François Schoudler, le fils |
| 1958 | Maigret Sets a Trap | Marcel Maurin |
| 1958 | La Répétition ou l'Amour puni | Hero |
| 1956 | Impressions de New York | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1955 | The Grand Manoeuvre | Victor Duverger |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Marivaux |
| 1952 | Jocelyn | Jocelyn |
| 1952 | With André Gide | Narrator (voice) |
| 1951 | Tomorrow We Get Divorced | Max Blachet |
| 1951 | Bullfight | Narrator (voice) |
| 1951 | Chicago Digest | |
| 1950 | Véronique | Florestan |
| 1950 | Chéri | Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri' |
| 1949 | L'échafaud peut attendre | Michel Vincent |
| 1949 | La Veuve et l'innocent | Claude Girelle |
| 1949 | Keep an Eye on Amelia | Marcel Courbois |
| 1949 | The Mark of the Day | Larzac |
| 1948 | Just a Big Simple Girl | Michel |
| 1947 | Loves, Delights and Organs | Jean Pelletier |
| 1947 | Square of Knaves | Jacques de la Bastide |
| 1946 | Pastoral Symphony | Jacques Martens - his son |
| 1946 | Sylvia and the Ghost | Frederick |
| 1946 | The Revenge of Roger | Raymond de Noirville |
| 1946 | Homeland | Karloo |
| 1945 | The Last Judgment | Kyril |
| 1945 | Father Goriot | Bianchon |
| 1943 | Le Voyageur de la Toussaint | Gilles Mauvoisin |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Les Grandes Familles | Père Boudref |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1979 | Orient Express | Paul |
| 1978 | Claudine | Claude, le père de Claudine |
| 1976 | 30 millions d'amis | Self |
| 1972 | The Accursed Kings | Le narrateur (voix) |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1967 | The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | Le Bonheur conjugal | Le professeur Jean Davennes |
| 1963 | Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge | Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self - Host |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |