
Jean Desailly
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 24, 1920
- Died
- June 11, 2008
- Birthplace
- 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. Desailly was married to the French actress Simone Valère.
Filmography

Morceaux de Cannes 2021
Actor

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse 2018
as Self (archive footage)

La Dilettante 1999
as Edmond Thibault

Le radeau de la Méduse 1998
as La Tullaye

Équipe de nuit 1990
as Le père

Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte 1988
Actor

Les Tisserands du pouvoir 1988
as Auguste Roussel

La Dixième de Beethoven 1985
as Stephen Fauldgate

Le fou du roi 1984
as Louis XIV

The Professional 1981
as Ministre
- Le Pain de fougère
Le Pain de fougère 1981
as Evêque d'Angers

Heads or Tails 1980
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police

La pitié dangereuse 1979
as Mr. de Kesfalva

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs 1979
as Le directeur de la PJ

The Skirt Chaser 1979
as Charles-Edmond

L'amour fou 1977
as Marcel Boissette

Candida 1974
as James M. Morell

The Irony of Chance 1974
as M. Desvrières

The Serpent 1973
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Témoignages : Eve et l'inventeur 1973
as Le directeur des objets trouvés

The Inheritor 1973
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan

Un Flic 1972
as Distinguished Man
- Double Jeu
Double Jeu 1972
as Richard et Michel

The Assassination of Trotsky 1972
as Alfred Rosmer
- Maigret en vacances
Maigret en vacances 1971
as Docteur Bellamy

Le Misanthrope 1971
as Philinte

Un Ami Imprévu 1970
as Michel Staro

Countdown to Vengeance 1970
as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose

The Comeuppance 1970
as le commissaire

You Will Reap the Tempest 1969
as Narrator (voice)

Le deuxième coup de feu 1969
as Olivier Lenoir

Tout pour le mieux 1969
as Martino Lori

La Chapelle de Ronchamp 1969
as Narrator

Franciscan of Bourges 1968
as Monsieur Toledano

La Vie parisienne 1967
as Gardefeu

The 25th Hour 1967
as Le ministre (uncredited)

La Cerisaie 1966
as Lopakhine

The Dance of the Heron 1966
as Edouard

The Two Orphans 1965
as Count of Linières

The Soft Skin 1964
as Pierre Lachenay

Les Fausses Confidences 1964
as Dorante

Graduation Year 1964
as Mr. Terrenoire

La Double Inconstance 1964
Actor

Le Doulos 1962
as Superintendant Clain
- La Nuit de nos adieux
La Nuit de nos adieux 1962
as Louis XVI

Lust 1962
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard

The Seven Deadly Sins 1962
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")

Monsieur IL 1962
as Jacques Balmeyer

Famous Love Affairs 1961
as le baron Adrien de Jonchère

One Night at the Beach 1961
as Dr Francis

The Laws of War 1961
as Uhrmacher Rede

The Passion of Slow Fire 1961
as Stéphane Blanchon

Love and the Frenchwoman 1960
as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")

The Dance of Death 1960
as Fred Pellmann

The Baron of the Locks 1960
as Mr. Maurice Montbernon

Premeditated 1960
as Judge Lenoir

Amphitryon 1960
Actor

The Great Deception 1959
as le Roi Louis XV

125 rue Montmartre 1959
as Commissaire Dodelot

The Possessors 1958
as François Schoudler, le fils

La Répétition ou l'Amour puni 1958
as Hero

Maigret Sets a Trap 1958
as Marcel Maurin
- Les alchimistes
Les alchimistes 1957
as Self - Narrator(voice)
- Impressions de New York
Impressions de New York 1956
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Grand Manoeuvre 1955
as Victor Duverger

Royal Affairs in Versailles 1953
as Marivaux

With André Gide 1952
as Narrator (voice)

Jocelyn 1952
as Jocelyn

Chicago Digest 1951
Actor

Bullfight 1951
as Narrator (voice)

Tomorrow We Get Divorced 1951
as Max Blachet

Véronique 1950
as Florestan

Chéri 1950
as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'

Keep an Eye on Amelia 1949
as Marcel Courbois

La Veuve et l'innocent 1949
as Claude Girelle

The Mark of the Day 1949
as Larzac

L'échafaud peut attendre 1949
as Michel Vincent

Just a Big Simple Girl 1948
as Michel
- Square of Knaves
Square of Knaves 1947
as Jacques de la Bastide

Loves, Delights and Organs 1947
as Jean Pelletier

The Revenge of Roger 1946
as Raymond de Noirville

Homeland 1946
as Karloo

Pastoral Symphony 1946
as Jacques Martens - his son

Sylvia and the Ghost 1946
as Frederick

The Last Judgment 1945
as Kyril

Father Goriot 1945
as Bianchon

Le Voyageur de la Toussaint 1943
as Gilles Mauvoisin
Credits from TMDB.