Jean Desailly
Acting
Born 1920-08-24
Paris, France
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.
Known For
Popular credits
The Professional
Ministre
Le Doulos
Superintendant Clain
A Cop
Distinguished Man
The Soft Skin
Pierre Lachenay
Maigret Sets a Trap
Marcel Maurin
The Inheritor
Jean-Pierre Carnavan
125 rue Montmartre
Commissaire Dodelot
Heads or Tails
Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
The 25th Hour
Le ministre (uncredited)
The Assassination of Trotsky
Alfred Rosmer
The Possessors
François Schoudler, le fils
The Serpent
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Skirt Chaser
Charles-Edmond
The Grand Manoeuvre
Victor Duverger
La Dilettante
Edmond Thibault
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Marivaux
The Baron of the Locks
Mr. Maurice Montbernon
Sylvia and the Ghost
Frederick
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Le directeur de la PJ
Pastoral Symphony
Jacques Martens - his son