Jean Desailly

Known for: Acting

Born: 1920-08-24 – 2008-06-11 (aged 87)

From: 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.

Filmography (93)

MOVIE★ 2.0
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
MOVIE★ 6.0
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
La Dilettante
1999
as Edmond Thibault
MOVIE★ 6.8
Le radeau de la Méduse
1998
as La Tullaye
MOVIE★ 9.0
Équipe de nuit
1990
as Le père
TV★ 10.0
Les Grandes Familles
1989
as Père Boudref
MOVIE★ 9.0
Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
1988
MOVIE★ 8.0
Les Tisserands du pouvoir
1988
as Auguste Roussel
MOVIE★ 8.7
Cambiamento d'aria
1988
as Ricky Lefèvre
MOVIE
La Dixième de Beethoven
1985
as Stephen Fauldgate
MOVIE★ 4.0
Le fou du roi
1984
as Louis XIV
TV★ 6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Professional
1981
as Ministre
MOVIE
Le Pain de fougère
1981
as Evêque d'Angers
MOVIE★ 6.6
Heads or Tails
1980
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
MOVIE
La pitié dangereuse
1979
as Mr. de Kesfalva
TV★ 8.5
Orient Express
1979
as Paul
MOVIE★ 5.2
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979
as Le directeur de la PJ
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Skirt Chaser
1979
as Charles-Edmond
TV★ 4.9
Claudine
1978
as Claude, le père de Claudine
TV★ 6.2
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Irony of Chance
1974
as M. Desvrières
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Serpent
1973
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Inheritor
1973
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
TV★ 8.0
The Accursed Kings
1972
as Le narrateur (voix)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Un Flic
1972
as Distinguished Man
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
as Alfred Rosmer
TV★ 6.0
Midi trente
1972
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
MOVIE
Maigret en vacances
1971
as Docteur Bellamy
MOVIE★ 10.0
Le Misanthrope
1971
as Philinte
MOVIE★ 5.8
Countdown to Vengeance
1970
as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Comeuppance
1970
as le commissaire
MOVIE★ 8.0
You Will Reap the Tempest
1969
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Le deuxième coup de feu
1969
as Olivier Lenoir
MOVIE★ 10.0
La Chapelle de Ronchamp
1969
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.4
Franciscan of Bourges
1968
as Monsieur Toledano
TV★ 8.8
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
1967
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.7
The 25th Hour
1967
as Le ministre (uncredited)
MOVIE
La Cerisaie
1966
as Lopakhine
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Dance of the Heron
1966
as Edouard
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Two Orphans
1965
as Count of Linières
TV★ 7.0
Le Bonheur conjugal
1965
as Le professeur Jean Davennes
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Soft Skin
1964
as Pierre Lachenay
MOVIE
Les Fausses Confidences
1964
as Dorante
MOVIE★ 8.5
Graduation Year
1964
as Mr. Terrenoire
MOVIE
La Double Inconstance
1964
TV★ 8.0
Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge
1963
as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
MOVIE★ 7.4
Le Doulos
1962
as Superintendant Clain
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
MOVIE★ 7.5
Lust
1962
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
MOVIE
Monsieur IL
1962
as Jacques Balmeyer
MOVIE★ 4.4
Famous Love Affairs
1961
as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
MOVIE★ 5.8
One Night at the Beach
1961
as Dr Francis
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Laws of War
1961
as Uhrmacher Rede
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Passion of Slow Fire
1961
as Stéphane Blanchon
MOVIE★ 4.9
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Dance of Death
1960
as Fred Pellmann
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Baron of the Locks
1960
as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
MOVIE★ 6.0
Premeditated
1960
as Judge Lenoir
MOVIE
Amphitryon
1960
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Great Deception
1959
as le Roi Louis XV
MOVIE★ 7.5
125 rue Montmartre
1959
as Commissaire Dodelot
TV★ 8.0
Discorama
1959
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Possessors
1958
as François Schoudler, le fils
MOVIE
La Répétition ou l'Amour puni
1958
as Hero
MOVIE★ 7.0
Maigret Sets a Trap
1958
as Marcel Maurin
MOVIE★ 10.0
Les alchimistes
1957
as Self - Narrator(voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Impressions de New York
1956
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955
as Victor Duverger
MOVIE★ 6.7
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Marivaux
MOVIE★ 3.0
With André Gide
1952
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Jocelyn
1952
as Jocelyn
MOVIE★ 9.0
Chicago Digest
1951
MOVIE★ 10.0
Bullfight
1951
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tomorrow We Get Divorced
1951
as Max Blachet
MOVIE★ 9.0
Véronique
1950
as Florestan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Chéri
1950
as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
MOVIE★ 6.5
Keep an Eye on Amelia
1949
as Marcel Courbois
MOVIE★ 9.0
La Veuve et l'innocent
1949
as Claude Girelle
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Mark of the Day
1949
as Larzac
MOVIE★ 8.0
L'échafaud peut attendre
1949
as Michel Vincent
MOVIE★ 9.0
Just a Big Simple Girl
1948
as Michel
MOVIE★ 5.5
Square of Knaves
1947
as Jacques de la Bastide
MOVIE★ 10.0
Loves, Delights and Organs
1947
as Jean Pelletier
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Revenge of Roger
1946
as Raymond de Noirville
MOVIE★ 6.0
Homeland
1946
as Karloo
MOVIE★ 6.2
Pastoral Symphony
1946
as Jacques Martens - his son
MOVIE★ 6.9
Sylvia and the Ghost
1946
as Frederick
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Last Judgment
1945
as Kyril
MOVIE★ 7.0
Father Goriot
1945
as Bianchon
MOVIE★ 7.4
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
1943
as Gilles Mauvoisin