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
The Professional
(1981)
Ministre
Un Flic
(1972)
Distinguished Man
The 25th Hour
(1967)
Le ministre
The Soft Skin
(1964)
Pierre Lachenay
Le Doulos
(1962)
The Superintendant Clain
Maigret Sets a Trap
(1958)
Marcel Maurin
Full Filmography
Acting
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
(1943)
Gilles Mauvoisin
Father Goriot
(1945)
Bianchon
The Last Judgment
(1945)
Kyril
Sylvia and the Ghost
(1946)
Frederick
Loves, Delights and Organs
(1946)
Jean Pelletier
Pastoral Symphony
(1946)
Jacques Martens - his son
The Revenge of Roger
(1946)
Raymond de Noirville
Homeland
(1946)
Karloo
Square of Knaves
(1947)
Jacques de la Bastide
Just a Big Simple Girl
(1948)
Michel
Keep an Eye on Amelia
(1949)
Marcel Courbois
The Mark Of The Day
(1949)
Larzac
L'échafaud peut attendre
(1949)
Michel Vincent
La Veuve et l'innocent
(1949)
Claude Girelle
Chéri
(1950)
Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
Véronique
(1950)
Florestan
Bullfight
(1951)
Narrator (voice)
Chicago Digest
(1951)
Tomorrow We Get Divorced
(1951)
Max Blachet
With André Gide
(1952)
Narrator (voice)
Jocelyn
(1952)
Jocelyn
Royal Affairs in Versailles
(1954)
Marivaux
The Grand Manoeuvre
(1955)
Victor Duverger
Impressions de New York
(1956)
Narrator
The Possessors
(1958)
François Schoudler, le fils
Maigret Sets a Trap
(1958)
Marcel Maurin
The Great Deception
(1959)
le Roi Louis XV
125, rue Montmartre
(1959)
Commissaire Dodelot
The Baron of the Locks
(1960)
Mr. Maurice Montbernon
Premeditated
(1960)
Judge Lenoir
The Dance of Death
(1960)
Fred Pellmann
Love and the Frenchwoman
(1960)
Le narrateur (voix) (L'Adolescence)
The Passion of Slow Fire
(1961)
Stéphane Blanchon
The Laws of War
(1961)
Uhrmacher Rede
Famous Love Affairs
(1961)
le baron Adrien de Jonchère
One Night at the Beach
(1961)
Dr Francis
Le Doulos
(1962)
The Superintendant Clain
The Seven Deadly Sins
(1962)
Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
La luxure
(1962)
Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
The Soft Skin
(1964)
Pierre Lachenay
Graduation Year
(1964)
The Two Orphans
(1965)
Le comte de Linières
The Dance of the Heron
(1966)
Edouard
The 25th Hour
(1967)
Le ministre
Franciscan of Bourges
(1968)
M. Toledano
Le deuxième coup de feu
(1969)
Olivier Lenoir
You Will Reap the Tempest
(1969)
Narrator (voice)
La Chapelle de Ronchamp
(1969)
Narrator
Countdown to Vengeance
(1970)
Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
The Comeuppance
(1970)
le commissaire
Le Misanthrope
(1971)
Philinte
The Assassination of Trotsky
(1972)
Alfred Rosmer
Un Flic
(1972)
Distinguished Man
The Inheritor
(1973)
Jean-Pierre Carnavan
The Serpent
(1973)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Irony of Chance
(1974)
M. Desvrières
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
(1979)
Le directeur de la PJ
La pitié dangereuse
(1979)
Mr. de Kesfalva
The Skirt Chaser
(1979)
Charles-Edmond
Heads or Tails
(1980)
Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
The Professional
(1981)
Ministre
Le fou du roi
(1984)
Louis XIV
La Dixième de Beethoven
(1985)
Stephen Fauldgate
Cambiamento d'aria
(1988)
Ricky Lefèvre
Les Tisserands du pouvoir
(1988)
Auguste Roussel
Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
(1988)
Les Grandes Familles
(1989)
Équipe de nuit
(1990)
Le père
Le radeau de la Méduse
(1998)
La Tullaye
La Dilettante
(1999)
Edmond Thibault
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
(2018)
Self (archive footage)