Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-08-24

Deathday

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

7.2%

The Professional

Oct 21, 1981

7.4%

Le Doulos

Dec 13, 1962

6.6%

A Cop

Oct 1, 1972

7.2%

The Soft Skin

Apr 20, 1964

7.0%

Maigret Sets a Trap

Jan 29, 1958

6.3%

The Inheritor

Mar 22, 1973

7.6%

125 rue Montmartre

Sep 9, 1959

7.7%

The 25th Hour

Apr 26, 1967

5.2%

The Assassination of Trotsky

Apr 20, 1972

6.6%

Heads or Tails

Aug 30, 1980

6.1%

The Serpent

Apr 7, 1973

6.9%

The Possessors

Nov 19, 1958

- View by:
- Media type:
- Department:

Acting

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 2, la révolte
1988		Les Tisserands du pouvoir as Auguste Roussel
1988		Cambiamento d'aria as Ricky Lefèvre

1985

La Dixième de Beethoven as Stephen Fauldgate

1984

Le fou du roi as Louis XIV

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self

1981

The Professional as Ministre

1980

Heads or Tails as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police

1979		La pitié dangereuse as Mr. de Kesfalva
1979		Orient Express as Paul
1979		I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs as Le directeur de la PJ
1979		The Skirt Chaser as Charles-Edmond

1978

Claudine as Claude, le père de Claudine

1976

30 millions d'amis as Self

1974

The Irony of Chance as M. Desvrières

1973		The Serpent as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1973		The Inheritor as Jean-Pierre Carnavan

1972		The Accursed Kings as Le narrateur (voix)
1972		A Cop as Distinguished Man
1972		The Assassination of Trotsky as Alfred Rosmer
1972		Midi trente as Self
1972		Le Grand Échiquier as Self

1971

Le Misanthrope as Philinte

1970		Countdown to Vengeance as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
1970		The Comeuppance as le commissaire

1969		You Will Reap the Tempest as Narrator (voice)
1969		Le deuxième coup de feu as Olivier Lenoir
1969		La Chapelle de Ronchamp as Narrator

1968

Franciscan of Bourges as Monsieur Toledano

1967		The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret as Narrator (voice)
1967		The 25th Hour as Le ministre (uncredited)

1966

The Dance of the Heron as Edouard

1965		The Two Orphans as Count of Linières
1965		Le bonheur conjugal as Le professeur Jean Davennes

1964		The Soft Skin as Pierre Lachenay
1964		Graduation Year as Mr. Terrenoire

1963

Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge

1962		Le Doulos as Superintendant Clain
1962		The Seven Deadly Sins as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
1962		Lust as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard

1961		Famous Love Affairs as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
1961		One Night at the Beach as Dr Francis
1961		The Laws of War as Uhrmacher Rede
1961		The Passion of Slow Fire as Stéphane Blanchon

1960		Love and the Frenchwoman as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
1960		The Dance of Death as Fred Pellmann
1960		The Baron of the Locks as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
1960		Premeditated as Judge Lenoir

1959		The Great Deception as le Roi Louis XV
1959		125 rue Montmartre as Commissaire Dodelot
1959		Discorama as Self - Host
1959		Discorama as Self

1958		The Possessors as François Schoudler, le fils
1958		Maigret Sets a Trap as Marcel Maurin

1956		Impressions de New York as Narrator
1956		Cinépanorama as Self

1955

The Grand Manoeuvre as Victor Duverger

1954

Royal Affairs in Versailles as Marivaux

1952		With André Gide as Narrator (voice)
1952		Jocelyn as Jocelyn

1951		Chicago Digest
1951		Bullfight as Narrator (voice)
1951		Tomorrow We Get Divorced as Max Blachet

1950		Véronique as Florestan
1950		Chéri as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'

1949		Keep an Eye on Amelia as Marcel Courbois
1949		La Veuve et l'innocent as Claude Girelle
1949		The Mark Of The Day as Larzac
1949		L'échafaud peut attendre as Michel Vincent

1948

Just a Big Simple Girl as Michel

1947		Square of Knaves as Jacques de la Bastide
1947		Loves, Delights and Organs as Jean Pelletier

1946		The Revenge of Roger as Raymond de Noirville
1946		Homeland as Karloo
1946		Pastoral Symphony as Jacques Martens - his son
1946		Sylvia and the Ghost as Frederick

1945		The Last Judgment as Kyril
1945		Father Goriot as Bianchon

1943

Le Voyageur de la Toussaint as Gilles Mauvoisin