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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Paris, France, 1920-08-24

Died: 2008-06-11

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1943	Le Voyageur de la Toussaint	Gilles Mauvoisin	71
2	1945	Father Goriot	Bianchon	70
3	1945	The Last Judgment	Kyril	0
4	1946	Sylvia and the Ghost	Frederick	68
5	1946	Pastoral Symphony	Jacques Martens - his son	62
6	1946	Homeland	Karloo	50
7	1946	The Revenge of Roger	Raymond de Noirville	70
8	1947	Loves, Delights and Organs	Jean Pelletier	0
9	1947	Square of Knaves	Jacques de la Bastide	10
10	1948	Just a Big Simple Girl	Michel	0
11	1949	L'échafaud peut attendre	Michel Vincent	0
12	1949	The Mark Of The Day	Larzac	80
13	1949	La Veuve et l'innocent	Claude Girelle	0
14	1949	Keep an Eye on Amelia	Marcel Courbois	62
15	1950	Chéri	Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'	57
16	1950	Véronique	Florestan	0
17	1951	Tomorrow We Get Divorced	Max Blachet	0
18	1951	Bullfight	Narrator (voice)	0
19	1951	Chicago Digest		0
20	1952	Jocelyn	Jocelyn	0
21	1952	With André Gide	Narrator (voice)	10
22	1954	Royal Affairs in Versailles	Marivaux	68
23	1955	The Grand Manoeuvre	Victor Duverger	61
24	1956	Impressions de New York	Narrator	0
25	1958	Maigret Sets a Trap	Marcel Maurin	70
26	1958	The Possessors	François Schoudler, le fils	69
27	1959	125 rue Montmartre	Commissaire Dodelot	76
28	1959	The Great Deception	le Roi Louis XV	59
29	1960	Premeditated	Judge Lenoir	40
30	1960	The Baron of the Locks	Mr. Maurice Montbernon	63
31	1960	The Dance of Death	Fred Pellmann	0
32	1960	Love and the Frenchwoman	Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")	49
33	1961	The Passion of Slow Fire	Stéphane Blanchon	66
34	1961	The Laws of War	Uhrmacher Rede	60
35	1961	One Night at the Beach	Dr Francis	47
36	1961	Famous Love Affairs	le baron Adrien de Jonchère	42
37	1962	The Seven Deadly Sins	Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")	56
38	1962	Lust	Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard	76
39	1962	Le Doulos	Superintendant Clain	74
40	1964	Graduation Year		80
41	1964	The Soft Skin	Pierre Lachenay	72
42	1965	The Two Orphans	Le comte de Linières	0
43	1966	The Dance of the Heron	Edouard	60
44	1967	The 25th Hour	Le ministre (uncredited)	78
45	1968	Franciscan of Bourges	M. Toledano	63
46	1969	La Chapelle de Ronchamp	Narrator	100
47	1969	Le deuxième coup de feu	Olivier Lenoir	0
48	1969	You Will Reap the Tempest	Narrator (voice)	0
49	1970	The Comeuppance	le commissaire	50
50	1970	Countdown to Vengeance	Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose	61
51	1971	Le Misanthrope	Philinte	0
52	1972	The Assassination of Trotsky	Alfred Rosmer	52
53	1972	A Cop	Distinguished Man	66
54	1973	The Inheritor	Jean-Pierre Carnavan	63
55	1973	The Serpent	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	61
56	1974	The Irony of Chance	M. Desvrières	54
57	1979	The Skirt Chaser	Charles-Edmond	59
58	1979	I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs	Le directeur de la PJ	52
59	1979	La pitié dangereuse	Mr. de Kesfalva	0
60	1980	Heads or Tails	Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police	69
61	1981	The Professional	Ministre	72
62	1984	Le fou du roi	Louis XIV	23
63	1985	La Dixième de Beethoven	Stephen Fauldgate	0
64	1988	Cambiamento d'aria	Ricky Lefèvre	90
65	1988	Les Tisserands du pouvoir	Auguste Roussel	0
66	1988	Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte		0
67	1990	Équipe de nuit	Le père	0
68	1998	Le radeau de la Méduse	La Tullaye	63
69	1999	La Dilettante	Edmond Thibault	59
70	2018	Françoise Dorléac, une promesse	Self (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Cinépanorama	Self	80
2	1959	Discorama	Self - Host	0
3	1959	Discorama	Self	0
4	1963	Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge	Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge	0
5	1965	Le bonheur conjugal	Le professeur Jean Davennes	0
6	1967	The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret	Narrator (voice)	84
7	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
8	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
9	1972	The Accursed Kings	Le narrateur (voix)	80
10	1976	30 millions d'amis	Self	58
11	1978	Claudine	Claude, le père de Claudine	59
12	1979	Orient Express	Paul	80
13	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	62