Jean Desailly
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 24 August 1920 · Paris, France
- Died
- 11 June 2008
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
Acting 82
- 2021Morceaux de Cannes
- 2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self (archive footage)
- 1999La Dilettante as Edmond Thibault
- 1998Le radeau de la Méduse as La Tullaye
- 1990Équipe de nuit as Le père
- 1988Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
- 1988Les Tisserands du pouvoir as Auguste Roussel
- 1988Cambiamento d'aria as Ricky Lefèvre
- 1985La Dixième de Beethoven as Stephen Fauldgate
- 1984Le fou du roi as Louis XIV
- 1981The Professional as Ministre
- 1981Le Pain de fougère as Evêque d'Angers
- 1980Heads or Tails as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
- 1979La pitié dangereuse as Mr. de Kesfalva
- 1979I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs as Le directeur de la PJ
- 1979The Skirt Chaser as Charles-Edmond
- 1974The Irony of Chance as M. Desvrières
- 1973The Serpent as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1973The Inheritor as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
- 1972Un Flic as Distinguished Man
- 1972The Assassination of Trotsky as Alfred Rosmer
- 1971Maigret en vacances as Docteur Bellamy
- 1971Le Misanthrope as Philinte
- 1970Countdown to Vengeance as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
- 1970The Comeuppance as le commissaire
- 1969You Will Reap the Tempest as Narrator (voice)
- 1969Le deuxième coup de feu as Olivier Lenoir
- 1969La Chapelle de Ronchamp as Narrator
- 1968Franciscan of Bourges as Monsieur Toledano
- 1967La Vie parisienne as Gardefeu
- 1967The 25th Hour as Le ministre (uncredited)
- 1966La Cerisaie as Lopakhine
- 1966The Dance of the Heron as Edouard
- 1965The Two Orphans as Count of Linières
- 1964The Soft Skin as Pierre Lachenay
- 1964Les Fausses Confidences as Dorante
- 1964Graduation Year as Mr. Terrenoire
- 1964La Double Inconstance
- 1962Le Doulos as Superintendant Clain
- 1962La Nuit de nos adieux as Louis XVI
- 1962The Seven Deadly Sins as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
- 1962Lust as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
- 1962Monsieur IL as Jacques Balmeyer
- 1961Famous Love Affairs as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
- 1961One Night at the Beach as Dr Francis
- 1961The Laws of War as Uhrmacher Rede
- 1961The Passion of Slow Fire as Stéphane Blanchon
- 1960Love and the Frenchwoman as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
- 1960The Dance of Death as Fred Pellmann
- 1960The Baron of the Locks as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
- 1960Premeditated as Judge Lenoir
- 1960Amphitryon
- 1959The Great Deception as le Roi Louis XV
- 1959125 rue Montmartre as Commissaire Dodelot
- 1958The Possessors as François Schoudler, le fils
- 1958La Répétition ou l'Amour puni as Hero
- 1958Maigret Sets a Trap as Marcel Maurin
- 1957Les alchimistes as Self - Narrator(voice)
- 1956Impressions de New York as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1955The Grand Manoeuvre as Victor Duverger
- 1953Royal Affairs in Versailles as Marivaux
- 1952With André Gide as Narrator (voice)
- 1952Jocelyn as Jocelyn
- 1951Chicago Digest
- 1951Bullfight as Narrator (voice)
- 1951Tomorrow We Get Divorced as Max Blachet
- 1950Véronique as Florestan
- 1950Chéri as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
- 1949Keep an Eye on Amelia as Marcel Courbois
- 1949La Veuve et l'innocent as Claude Girelle
- 1949The Mark of the Day as Larzac
- 1949L'échafaud peut attendre as Michel Vincent
- 1948Just a Big Simple Girl as Michel
- 1947Square of Knaves as Jacques de la Bastide
- 1947Loves, Delights and Organs as Jean Pelletier
- 1946The Revenge of Roger as Raymond de Noirville
- 1946Homeland as Karloo
- 1946Pastoral Symphony as Jacques Martens - his son
- 1946Sylvia and the Ghost as Frederick
- 1945The Last Judgment as Kyril
- 1945Father Goriot as Bianchon
- 1943Le Voyageur de la Toussaint as Gilles Mauvoisin