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Jean Desailly (1920–2008)

Actor | Miscellaneous Crew | Director

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With Simone Valère, he was part of "Compagnie Renaud-Barrault" from 1946 to 1968. See more trivia »

Born:

in Paris, France

Died:

(age 87) in Paris, France
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2000/I En face
Voice
 
1999 La dilettante
Edmond Thibault
 
1998 The Raft of the Medusa
La Tullaye
 
1993 La cavalière (TV mini-series)
Philippe Hauser
 
1992 L'élixir d'amour (TV movie)
François-Xavier de Mainville
 
1991 Le piège (TV movie)
Laveyssière
 
1967-1990 Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (TV series)
Narrator / Récitant / Docteur Bellamy / …
– Maigret à New-York (1990) … Me d'Hoquelus
– Maigret en vacances (1971) … Docteur Bellamy
– La nuit du carrefour (1969) (1969) … Récitant/Narrator (uncredited)
– La maison du juge (1969) … Récitant/Narrator (uncredited)
– Félicie est là (1968) … Récitant/Narrator (voice)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1990 Équipe de nuit
Le père
 
1989 Les grandes familles (TV mini-series)
Père Boudref
 
1988 L'eterna giovinezza (TV movie)
 
1988 Cambiamento d'aria (TV movie)
 
1988 Les tisserands du pouvoir (TV mini-series)
Auguste Roussel
 
1985 La dixième de Beethoven (TV movie)
Stephen Fauldgate
 
1984 Le fou du roi
Louis XIV
 
1984 La bavure (TV mini-series)
M. Fallière
 
1982 Siegfried (TV movie)
Siegfried
 
1982 Les invités (TV movie)
Chanterel
 
1981 La mémoire courte (TV movie)
Douglas Pepperfine
 
1981 The Professional
Le ministre
 
1981 Le pain de fougère (TV movie)
L'évêque d'Angers
 
1969-1980 Au théâtre ce soir (TV series)
Michel / Richard / Jeff / …
– Homicide par prudence (1980) … Jeff
– Tout dans le jardin (1979) … Richard
– Candida (1974) … Morell
– Double jeu (1972) … Richard/Michel
– Un ami imprévu (1970) … Michel
See all 6 episodes »
 
1980 Pile ou face
Bourgon-Massenet
 
1980 Orient-Express (TV mini-series)
Paul
– Wanda (1980) … Paul
 
1979 La pitié dangereuse (TV movie)
M. de Kesfalva
 
1979 The Black Sheep
De Brugères
 
1979 I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Le directeur de la Police Judiciaire
 
1979 Le cavaleur
Charles-Edmond
 
1978 Claudine (TV series)
Claude, le père de Claudine
– Claudine en ménage (1978) … Claude, le père de Claudine
– Claudine à Paris (1978) … Claude, le père de Claudine
– Claudine à l'école (1978) … Claude, le père de Claudine
 
1978 Un ennemi du peuple (TV movie)
Thomas Stockmann
 
1974 The Irony of Chance
M. Desvrières
 
1973 The Serpent
Récitant / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1973 Témoignages (TV series)
Le directeur des objets trouvés
– Ève et l'inventeur (1973) … Le directeur des objets trouvés
 
1973 The Inheritor
Jean-Pierre Carnavan
 
1972-1973 Les rois maudits (TV mini-series)
Narrator / Récitant
– Le lis et le lion (1973) … Récitant / Narrator (voice)
– La louve de France (1973) … Récitant / Narrator (voice)
– La loi des mâles (1973) … Récitant / Narrator (voice)
– Les poisons de la couronne (1973) … Récitant / Narrator (voice)
– La reine étranglée (1972) … Récitant / Narrator (voice)
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1972 A Cop
Distinguished gentleman who was robbed a statue
 
1972 Les sous-locs (TV movie)
Henri
 
1972 The Assassination of Trotsky
Alfred Rosmer
 
1971 Le misanthrope (TV movie)
Philinte
 
1971 Reckonings Against the Grain
Michel St Rose
 
1970 The Comeuppance
Le commissaire Clair
 
1969 Tout pour le mieux (TV movie)
Martino Lori
 
1968 Le franciscain de Bourges
M. Toledano
 
1967 The 25th Hour
Cabinet minister
 
1966 La cerisaie (TV movie)
Lopakhine
 
1966 De dans van de reiger
Edouard
 
1965 Le monde est petit (TV movie)
 
1965 The Two Orphans
Le comte de Linières
 
1965 Le bonheur conjugal (TV series)
Le professeur
 
1964 La double inconstance (TV movie)
Le prince
 
1964 The Soft Skin
Pierre Lachenay
 
1964 La confidence fausse (TV movie)
Dorante
 
1964 Graduation Year
M. Terrenoire
 
1963 Le chevalier de Maison Rouge (TV mini-series)
Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
 
1962 Le Doulos
Commissaire Clain
 
1962 The Seven Deadly Sins
Le père de Bernard (segment "Luxure, La")
 
1961 Famous Love Affairs
Le baron de Jonchère (segment "Comédiennes, Les")
 
1961 One Night at the Beach
Dr. Francis
 
1961 Love, Freedom and Treachery
Rede
 
1961 La mort de Belle
Stéphane Blanchon
 
1960 Love and the Frenchwoman
Voice of the speaker (segment "Adolescence, L'")
 
1960 The Dance of Death
Fred Pellmann
 
1960 The Baron of the Locks
Maurice Montbernon
 
1960 Préméditation
Le juge Lenoir
 
1959 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Récitant/Narrator (French version) (voice)
 
1959 Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon
Louis XV
 
1959 125 rue Montmartre
Commissaire Dodelot
 
1958 The Possessors
François Schoudler
 
1958 La répétition ou L'amour puni (TV movie)
Hero
 
1958 Inspector Maigret
Marcel Maurin
 
1956 Une tâche difficile (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1955 The Grand Maneuver
Victor Duverger
 
1955 New York ballade (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1955 On ne badine pas avec l'amour
 
1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles
Marivaux
 
1952 Jocelyn
Jocelyn
 
1952 Chicago Digest (short)
 
1951 Demain nous divorçons
Max Blachet
 
1951 Palais royal (short)
Récitant (voice)
 
1950 Chéri
Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
 
1950 Véronique
Florestan
 
1949 Occupe-toi d'Amelie..!
Marcel
 
1949 La veuve et l'innocent
Claude Girelle
 
1949 The Mark of the Day
Larzac
 
1949 L'échafaud peut attendre
Michel Vincent
 
1948 Just a Big Simple Girl
Michel
 
1947 Carré de valets
Jacques de la Bastide
 
1946 The Revenge of Roger
Raymond de Noirville
 
1946 Patrie
Karloo
 
1946 Pastoral Symphony
Jacques Martens - son fils
 
1946 Amours, délices et orgues
Jean Pelletier dit 'Pivoine'
 
1946 Sylvie et le fantôme
Frederick, the shy suitor
 
1945 The Last Judgment
Kyril
 
1945 Le père Goriot
Bianchon
 
1943 Le voyageur de la Toussaint
Gilles Mauvoisin
 
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1974 Au théâtre ce soir (TV series) (stage director - 1 episode)
– Candida (1974) (stage director)
 
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2003 La délivrance de Tolstoï (TV documentary)
Tolstoï (voice)
 
2001 Gabin, gueule d'amour (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Ces chers disparus: Françoise Dorléac (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1978 Remembering Jean Gabin (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1969 You Will Reap the Tempest (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1964 Le nouvel âge de pierre (documentary short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice)
 
1964 Mozart, le rossignol et la mort (documentary short)
Récitant (voice)
 
1964 La chapelle de Romchamp (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1964 Opus 1er (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1963 Misfortunes of War (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1962 Chou caillou hibou (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1962 La France à grand spectacle (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1962 Le bonheur d'être aimé (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1961 Le temps d'une vocation: Marcel Proust (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1959-1960 Discorama (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Episode dated 13 May 1960 (1960) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 October 1959 (1959) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 September 1959 (1959) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 7 August 1959 (1959) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 3 July 1959 (1959) … Himself - Host
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1959 Viennent les jours (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1959 La lozère (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1959 À la rencontre de Jean-Sébastien Bach (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1959 Le soleil de Pierre (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1958 Masters of the Congo Jungle (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (French version) (voice)
 
1958 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 July 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 Marchands de rien (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1957 Les alchimistes (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1955 Impressions de New York (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1953 La meilleure part (documentary short)
Le narrateur (voice)
 
1953 Chagall (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1952 With André Gide (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1951 Bullfight (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1943 Premier prix du conservatoire (documentary short)
 
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2010 Two in the Wave (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Diálogos de cine (TV movie)
Pierre Lachenay
 
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Trivia:

With Simone Valère, he was part of "Compagnie Renaud-Barrault" from 1946 to 1968. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo