Jean Desailly

Acting • 93 Credits

Biography

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.

🎭 Acting Roles (30)

Ranked by Prestige & Popularity
The Professional

The Professional

1981 ⭐ 3.6
as Ministre
Le Doulos

Le Doulos

1962 ⭐ 3.7
as Superintendant Clain
Un Flic

Un Flic

1972 ⭐ 3.3
as Distinguished Man
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

1964 ⭐ 3.6
as Pierre Lachenay
Maigret Sets a Trap

Maigret Sets a Trap

1958 ⭐ 3.5
as Marcel Maurin
The Inheritor

The Inheritor

1973 ⭐ 3.2
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
125 rue Montmartre

125 rue Montmartre

1959 ⭐ 3.8
as Commissaire Dodelot
Heads or Tails

Heads or Tails

1980 ⭐ 3.3
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
The 25th Hour

The 25th Hour

1967 ⭐ 3.8
as Le ministre (uncredited)
The Assassination of Trotsky

The Assassination of Trotsky

1972 ⭐ 2.6
as Alfred Rosmer
The Possessors

The Possessors

1958 ⭐ 3.5
as François Schoudler, le fils
The Serpent

The Serpent

1973 ⭐ 3.1
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Skirt Chaser

The Skirt Chaser

1979 ⭐ 2.9
as Charles-Edmond
The Grand Manoeuvre

The Grand Manoeuvre

1955 ⭐ 3.0
as Victor Duverger
La Dilettante

La Dilettante

1999 ⭐ 3.0
as Edmond Thibault
The Baron of the Locks

The Baron of the Locks

1960 ⭐ 3.3
as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
Royal Affairs in Versailles

Royal Affairs in Versailles

1953 ⭐ 3.4
as Marivaux
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

1979 ⭐ 2.6
as Le directeur de la PJ
Sylvia and the Ghost

Sylvia and the Ghost

1946 ⭐ 3.5
as Frederick
Pastoral Symphony

Pastoral Symphony

1946 ⭐ 3.1
as Jacques Martens - his son
The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins

1962 ⭐ 3.0
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
The Passion of Slow Fire

The Passion of Slow Fire

1961 ⭐ 3.4
as Stéphane Blanchon
Franciscan of Bourges

Franciscan of Bourges

1968 ⭐ 3.2
as Monsieur Toledano
Keep an Eye on Amelia

Keep an Eye on Amelia

1949 ⭐ 3.3
as Marcel Courbois
Love and the Frenchwoman

Love and the Frenchwoman

1960 ⭐ 2.5
as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

1967 ⭐ 4.4
as Narrator (voice)
The Comeuppance

The Comeuppance

1970 ⭐ 2.3
as le commissaire
Countdown to Vengeance

Countdown to Vengeance

1970 ⭐ 2.9
as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
The Great Deception

The Great Deception

1959 ⭐ 3.0
as le Roi Louis XV
The Mark of the Day

The Mark of the Day

1949 ⭐ 3.5
as Larzac