Birthday
1920/08/24
Day of death
2008/06/11 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Жан Десайи, Jean Dessailly
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.
(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) A Cop
as Distinguished Man
(1955) The Grand Manoeuvre
as Victor Duverger
(1967) The 25th Hour
as Le ministre (uncredited)
(1968) Franciscan of Bourges
as M. 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 Narrator
(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
(1954) 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 ---
(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 Le comte de 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
as ---
(1951) Chicago Digest
as ---
(1972) The Accursed Kings
as Le narrateur (voix)
(1967) The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
as Narrator (voice)
(1979) Orient Express
as Paul
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1978) Claudine
as Claude, le père de Claudine
(1972) Midi trente
as Self
(1959) Discorama
as Self - Host
(1976) 30 millions d'amis
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1965) Le bonheur conjugal
as Le professeur Jean Davennes
(1959) Discorama
as Self
(1963) Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge
as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge