Jean Desailly

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Jean Desailly

Acting August 24, 1920

Paris, France

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…

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The Professional

The Professional

7.2 1981 Movie
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

6.8 1982 TV Show
Le Doulos

Le Doulos

7.4 1962 Movie
Un Flic

Un Flic

6.6 1972 Movie
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

8.0 1972 TV Show
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

7.1 1964 Movie
Midi trente

Midi trente

6.0 1972 TV Show
Discorama

Discorama

8.0 1959 TV Show
Maigret Sets a Trap

Maigret Sets a Trap

7.0 1958 Movie
Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

8.7 1956 TV Show
30 millions d'amis

30 millions d'amis

6.2 1976 TV Show
The Inheritor

The Inheritor

6.4 1973 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Morceaux de Cannes

    Movie

  2. 2018
    Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1999
    La Dilettante

    Movie Edmond Thibault

  4. 1998
    Le radeau de la Méduse

    Movie La Tullaye

  5. 1990
    Équipe de nuit

    Movie Le père

  6. 1989
    Les Grandes Familles

    TV show Père Boudref

  7. 1988
    Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte

    Movie

  8. 1988
    Les Tisserands du pouvoir

    Movie Auguste Roussel

  9. 1988
    Cambiamento d'aria

    Movie Ricky Lefèvre

  10. 1985
    La Dixième de Beethoven

    Movie Stephen Fauldgate

  11. 1984
    Le fou du roi

    Movie Louis XIV

  12. 1982
    Champs-Elysées

    TV show Self

  13. 1981
    The Professional

    Movie Ministre

  14. 1981
    Le Pain de fougère

    Movie Evêque d'Angers

  15. 1980
    Heads or Tails

    Movie Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police

  16. 1979
    La pitié dangereuse

    Movie Mr. de Kesfalva

More credits
  1. 1979
    Orient Express

    TV show Paul

  2. 1979
    I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

    Movie Le directeur de la PJ

  3. 1979
    The Skirt Chaser

    Movie Charles-Edmond

  4. 1978
    Claudine

    TV show Claude, le père de Claudine

  5. 1976
    30 millions d'amis

    TV show Self

  6. 1974
    The Irony of Chance

    Movie M. Desvrières

  7. 1973
    The Serpent

    Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  8. 1973
    The Inheritor

    Movie Jean-Pierre Carnavan

  9. 1972
    The Accursed Kings

    TV show Le narrateur (voix)

  10. 1972
    Un Flic

    Movie Distinguished Man

  11. 1972
    The Assassination of Trotsky

    Movie Alfred Rosmer

  12. 1972
    Midi trente

    TV show Self

  13. 1972
    Le Grand Échiquier

    TV show Self

  14. 1971
    Maigret en vacances

    Movie Docteur Bellamy

  15. 1971
    Le Misanthrope

    Movie Philinte

  16. 1970
    Countdown to Vengeance

    Movie Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose

  17. 1970
    The Comeuppance

    Movie le commissaire

  18. 1969
    You Will Reap the Tempest

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  19. 1969
    Le deuxième coup de feu

    Movie Olivier Lenoir

  20. 1969
    La Chapelle de Ronchamp

    Movie Narrator

  21. 1968
    Franciscan of Bourges

    Movie Monsieur Toledano

  22. 1967
    La Vie parisienne

    Movie Gardefeu

  23. 1967
    The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  24. 1967
    The 25th Hour

    Movie Le ministre (uncredited)