Name
Jean Desailly
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-08-24
Deathday
2008-06-11 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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
The Professional
(609 Votes)
7.18
Josselin Beaumont, a French secret agent, is tasked with assassinating Njala, the presiden...
Relase Date : 21 Oct, 1981
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Maigret Sets a Trap
(125 Votes)
7.032
Four women are murdered, each knifed and, despite torn garments, remain virtuous. As famed...
Relase Date : 29 Jan, 1958
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The Soft Skin
(223 Votes)
7.148
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sa...
Relase Date : 20 Apr, 1964
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
(32 Votes)
6.656
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged ...
Relase Date : 15 Dec, 1953
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The Grand Manoeuvre
(40 Votes)
6.125
Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon cr...
Relase Date : 26 Oct, 1955
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Love and the Frenchwoman
(14 Votes)
4.9
The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in...
Relase Date : 16 Sep, 1960
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The Serpent
(50 Votes)
6.1
Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davie...
Relase Date : 7 Apr, 1973
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The Seven Deadly Sins
(21 Votes)
5.881
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a...
Relase Date : 7 Mar, 1962
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The Skirt Chaser
(45 Votes)
5.622
A discontented concert pianist causes all sorts of heartbreak with his egotistical and wom...
Relase Date : 17 Jan, 1979
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1981 The Professional as Ministre
- 1964 The Soft Skin as Pierre Lachenay
- 1998 Le radeau de la Méduse as La Tullaye
- 1972 The Assassination of Trotsky as Alfred Rosmer
- 1962 Le Doulos as Superintendant Clain
- 1972 Un Flic as Distinguished Man
- 1955 The Grand Manoeuvre as Victor Duverger
- 1967 The 25th Hour as Le ministre (uncredited)
- 1968 Franciscan of Bourges as Monsieur Toledano
- 1979 The Skirt Chaser as Charles-Edmond
- 1945 The Last Judgment as Kyril
- 1973 The Inheritor as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
- 1948 Just a Big Simple Girl as Michel
- 1949 L'échafaud peut attendre as Michel Vincent
- 1950 Véronique as Florestan
- 1949 La Veuve et l'innocent as Claude Girelle
- 1951 Tomorrow We Get Divorced as Max Blachet
- 1952 Jocelyn as Jocelyn
- 1960 The Baron of the Locks as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
- 1952 With André Gide as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 Heads or Tails as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
- 1949 Keep an Eye on Amelia as Marcel Courbois
- 1969 You Will Reap the Tempest as Narrator (voice)
- 1970 The Comeuppance as le commissaire
- 1946 Pastoral Symphony as Jacques Martens - his son
- 1962 The Seven Deadly Sins as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
- 1961 The Laws of War as Uhrmacher Rede
- 1945 Father Goriot as Bianchon
- 1961 The Passion of Slow Fire as Stéphane Blanchon
- 1956 Impressions de New York as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1971 Le Misanthrope as Philinte
- 1969 La Chapelle de Ronchamp as Narrator
- 1943 Le Voyageur de la Toussaint as Gilles Mauvoisin
- 1999 La Dilettante as Edmond Thibault
- 1959 The Great Deception as le Roi Louis XV
- 1959 125 rue Montmartre as Commissaire Dodelot
- 1958 The Possessors as François Schoudler, le fils
- 1953 Royal Affairs in Versailles as Marivaux
- 1946 Sylvia and the Ghost as Frederick
- 1947 Loves, Delights and Organs as Jean Pelletier
- 1960 Love and the Frenchwoman as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
- 1962 Lust as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
- 1973 The Serpent as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1958 Maigret Sets a Trap as Marcel Maurin
- 1964 Graduation Year as Mr. Terrenoire
- 1950 Chéri as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
- 1979 I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs as Le directeur de la PJ
- 1946 The Revenge of Roger as Raymond de Noirville
- 1947 Square of Knaves as Jacques de la Bastide
- 1951 Bullfight as Narrator (voice)
- 1949 The Mark of the Day as Larzac
- 1946 Homeland as Karloo
- 1961 Famous Love Affairs as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
- 1974 The Irony of Chance as M. Desvrières
- 1970 Countdown to Vengeance as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
- 1969 Le deuxième coup de feu as Olivier Lenoir
- 1985 La Dixième de Beethoven as Stephen Fauldgate
- 1990 Équipe de nuit as Le père
- 1966 The Dance of the Heron as Edouard
- 1988 Cambiamento d'aria as Ricky Lefèvre
- 1965 The Two Orphans as Count of Linières
- 1961 One Night at the Beach as Dr Francis
- 1960 Premeditated as Judge Lenoir
- 1960 The Dance of Death as Fred Pellmann
- 1979 La pitié dangereuse as Mr. de Kesfalva
- 1984 Le fou du roi as Louis XIV
- 2018 Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 Les Tisserands du pouvoir as Auguste Roussel
- 1988 Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
- 1951 Chicago Digest
- 1958 La Répétition ou l'Amour puni as Hero
- 1964 Les Fausses Confidences as Dorante
- 1960 Amphitryon
- 1962 Monsieur IL as Jacques Balmeyer
- 1964 La Double Inconstance
- 1957 Les alchimistes as Self - Narrator(voice)
- 1981 Le Pain de fougère as Evêque d'Angers
- 2021 Morceaux de Cannes
- 1966 La Cerisaie as Lopakhine
- 1971 Maigret en vacances as Docteur Bellamy
- 1967 La Vie parisienne as Gardefeu
- 1972 The Accursed Kings ( 6 episodes ) as Le narrateur (voix)
- 1967 The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret ( 88 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 Orient Express ( 1 episode ) as Paul
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Claudine ( 4 episodes ) as Claude, le père de Claudine
- 1972 Midi trente ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Discorama ( 48 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1976 30 millions d'amis ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 Le Bonheur conjugal ( 13 episodes ) as Le professeur Jean Davennes
- 1959 Discorama ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1963 Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge ( 4 episodes ) as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
- 1989 Les Grandes Familles ( 4 episodes ) as Père Boudref
