Jean Desailly

Known for

Acting

Born

August 24, 1920

Birthplace

Paris, France

Died

June 11, 2008 (aged 87)

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.

Best known work

The Professional

1981

Le Doulos

1962

Un Flic

1972

The Soft Skin

1964

Maigret Sets a Trap

1958

The Inheritor

1973

125 rue Montmartre

1959

Heads or Tails

1980

The 25th Hour

1967

The Assassination of Trotsky

1972

Filmography

2021
Morceaux de Cannes
2018
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
as Self (archive footage)
1999
La Dilettante
as Edmond Thibault
1998
Le radeau de la Méduse
as La Tullaye
1990
Équipe de nuit
as Le père
1989
Les Grandes FamillesTV
as Père Boudref (4 episodes)
1988
Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
1988
Les Tisserands du pouvoir
as Auguste Roussel
1988
Cambiamento d'aria
as Ricky Lefèvre
1985
La Dixième de Beethoven
as Stephen Fauldgate
1984
Le fou du roi
as Louis XIV
1982
Champs-ElyséesTV
as Self (2 episodes)
1981
The Professional
as Ministre
1981
Le Pain de fougère
as Evêque d'Angers
1980
Heads or Tails
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
1979
La pitié dangereuse
as Mr. de Kesfalva
1979
Orient ExpressTV
as Paul (1 episode)
1979
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Le directeur de la PJ
1979
The Skirt Chaser
as Charles-Edmond
1978
ClaudineTV
as Claude, le père de Claudine (4 episodes)
1976
30 millions d'amisTV
as Self (1 episode)
1974
The Irony of Chance
as M. Desvrières
1973
The Serpent
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1973
The Inheritor
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
1972
The Accursed KingsTV
as Le narrateur (voix) (6 episodes)