Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
Les Tisserands du pouvoir
as Auguste Roussel
Cambiamento d'aria
as Ricky Lefèvre
La Dixième de Beethoven
as Stephen Fauldgate
Le fou du roi
as Louis XIV
The Professional
as Ministre
Le Pain de fougère
as Evêque d'Angers
Heads or Tails
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
La pitié dangereuse
as Mr. de Kesfalva
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Le directeur de la PJ
The Skirt Chaser
as Charles-Edmond
The Irony of Chance
as M. Desvrières
The Serpent
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Inheritor
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
Un Flic
as Distinguished Man
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Alfred Rosmer
Maigret en vacances
as Docteur Bellamy
Le Misanthrope
as Philinte
Countdown to Vengeance
as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
The Comeuppance
as le commissaire
You Will Reap the Tempest
as Narrator (voice)
Le deuxième coup de feu
as Olivier Lenoir
La Chapelle de Ronchamp
as Narrator
Franciscan of Bourges
as Monsieur Toledano
La Vie parisienne
as Gardefeu
The 25th Hour
as Le ministre (uncredited)
La Cerisaie
as Lopakhine
The Dance of the Heron
as Edouard
The Two Orphans
as Count of Linières
The Soft Skin
as Pierre Lachenay
Les Fausses Confidences
as Dorante
Graduation Year
as Mr. Terrenoire
La Double Inconstance
Le Doulos
as Superintendant Clain
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Lust
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
Monsieur IL
as Jacques Balmeyer
Famous Love Affairs
as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
One Night at the Beach
as Dr Francis
The Laws of War
as Uhrmacher Rede
The Passion of Slow Fire
as Stéphane Blanchon
Love and the Frenchwoman
as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
The Dance of Death
as Fred Pellmann
The Baron of the Locks
as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
Premeditated
as Judge Lenoir
Amphitryon
The Great Deception
as le Roi Louis XV
125 rue Montmartre
as Commissaire Dodelot
The Possessors
as François Schoudler, le fils
La Répétition ou l'Amour puni
as Hero
Maigret Sets a Trap
as Marcel Maurin
Les alchimistes
as Self - Narrator(voice)
Impressions de New York
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Victor Duverger
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Marivaux
With André Gide
as Narrator (voice)
Jocelyn
as Jocelyn
Chicago Digest
Bullfight
as Narrator (voice)
Tomorrow We Get Divorced
as Max Blachet
Véronique
as Florestan
Chéri
as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
Keep an Eye on Amelia
as Marcel Courbois
La Veuve et l'innocent
as Claude Girelle
The Mark of the Day
as Larzac
L'échafaud peut attendre
as Michel Vincent
Just a Big Simple Girl
as Michel
Square of Knaves
as Jacques de la Bastide
Loves, Delights and Organs
as Jean Pelletier
The Revenge of Roger
as Raymond de Noirville
Homeland
as Karloo
Pastoral Symphony
as Jacques Martens - his son
Sylvia and the Ghost
as Frederick
The Last Judgment
as Kyril
Father Goriot
as Bianchon
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
as Gilles Mauvoisin
