Birthday:
Aug 24, 1920
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Jean Desailly
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Professional | Ministre | 1981 |
| The Soft Skin | Pierre Lachenay | 1964 |
| Le radeau de la Méduse | La Tullaye | 1998 |
| The Assassination of Trotsky | Alfred Rosmer | 1972 |
| Le Doulos | Superintendant Clain | 1962 |
| A Cop | Distinguished Man | 1972 |
| The Grand Manoeuvre | Victor Duverger | 1955 |
| The 25th Hour | Le ministre (uncredited) | 1967 |
| Franciscan of Bourges | M. Toledano | 1968 |
| The Skirt Chaser | Charles-Edmond | 1979 |
| The Last Judgment | Kyril | 1945 |
| The Inheritor | Jean-Pierre Carnavan | 1973 |
| Just a Big Simple Girl | Michel | 1948 |
| L'échafaud peut attendre | Michel Vincent | 1949 |
| Véronique | Florestan | 1950 |
| La Veuve et l'innocent | Claude Girelle | 1949 |
| Tomorrow We Get Divorced | Max Blachet | 1951 |
| Jocelyn | Jocelyn | 1952 |
| The Baron of the Locks | Mr. Maurice Montbernon | 1960 |
| With André Gide | Narrator (voice) | 1952 |
| Heads or Tails | Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police | 1980 |
| Keep an Eye on Amelia | Marcel Courbois | 1949 |
| You Will Reap the Tempest | Narrator (voice) | 1969 |
| The Comeuppance | le commissaire | 1970 |
| Pastoral Symphony | Jacques Martens - his son | 1946 |
| The Seven Deadly Sins | Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure") | 1962 |
| The Laws of War | Uhrmacher Rede | 1961 |
| Father Goriot | Bianchon | 1945 |
| The Passion of Slow Fire | Stéphane Blanchon | 1961 |
| Impressions de New York | Narrator | 1956 |
| Le Misanthrope | Philinte | 1971 |
| La Chapelle de Ronchamp | Narrator | 1969 |
| Le Voyageur de la Toussaint | Gilles Mauvoisin | 1943 |
| Sylvia and the Ghost | Frederick | 1946 |
| The Great Deception | le Roi Louis XV | 1959 |
| 125 rue Montmartre | Commissaire Dodelot | 1959 |
| The Possessors | François Schoudler, le fils | 1958 |
| Royal Affairs in Versailles | Marivaux | 1954 |
| Loves, Delights and Organs | Jean Pelletier | 1947 |
| La Dilettante | Edmond Thibault | 1999 |
| Love and the Frenchwoman | Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence") | 1960 |
| Lust | Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard | 1962 |
| The Serpent | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1973 |
| Maigret Sets a Trap | Marcel Maurin | 1958 |
| Graduation Year | 1964 | |
| Chéri | Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri' | 1950 |
| I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs | Le directeur de la PJ | 1979 |
| The Revenge of Roger | Raymond de Noirville | 1946 |
| Square of Knaves | Jacques de la Bastide | 1947 |
| Bullfight | Narrator (voice) | 1951 |
| The Mark Of The Day | Larzac | 1949 |
| Homeland | Karloo | 1946 |
| Famous Love Affairs | le baron Adrien de Jonchère | 1961 |
| The Irony of Chance | M. Desvrières | 1974 |
| Countdown to Vengeance | Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose | 1970 |
| Le deuxième coup de feu | Olivier Lenoir | 1969 |
| La Dixième de Beethoven | Stephen Fauldgate | 1985 |
| Équipe de nuit | Le père | 1990 |
| The Dance of the Heron | Edouard | 1966 |
| Cambiamento d'aria | Ricky Lefèvre | 1988 |
| The Two Orphans | Le comte de Linières | 1965 |
| One Night at the Beach | Dr Francis | 1961 |
| Premeditated | Judge Lenoir | 1960 |
| The Dance of Death | Fred Pellmann | 1960 |
| La pitié dangereuse | Mr. de Kesfalva | 1979 |
| Le fou du roi | Louis XIV | 1984 |
| Françoise Dorléac, une promesse | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Les Tisserands du pouvoir | Auguste Roussel | 1988 |
| Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte | 1988 | |
| Chicago Digest | 1951 | |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| The Accursed Kings | Le narrateur (voix) | 1972 |
| The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret | Narrator (voice) | 1967 |
| Orient Express | Paul | 1979 |
| Le Grand Échiquier | Self | 1972 |
| Claudine | Claude, le père de Claudine | 1978 |
| Midi trente | Self | 1972 |
| Discorama | Self - Host | 1959 |
| 30 millions d'amis | Self | 1976 |
| Champs-Elysées | Self | 1982 |
| Cinépanorama | Self | 1956 |
| Le bonheur conjugal | Le professeur Jean Davennes | 1965 |
| Discorama | Self | 1959 |
| Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge | Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge | 1963 |
