Acting
Jean Desailly
- Titles
- 74movies12TV shows
- Career
Active from 1943 to 1990, busiest in 1946 and 1949 with 4 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 41top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
The Accursed Kings83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Politics5.2average 2.6
- Crime5.3average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.6
- Mystery5.1average 4.1
- Romance4.5average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.5, average 2.6
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.8
- Wholesome2.2, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- French Cinema 6
- Political Intrigue 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Historical Drama 3
- Classic Film 2
- Class Conflict 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Complex Characters 2
- Historical Setting 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- French New Wave 2
- Betrayal 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Simone ValèreActorLe deuxième coup de feu, Le Voyageur de la Toussaint, La Dixième de Beethoven, The Great Deception, Jocelyn, +8 more
Pierre BertinActorLa Cerisaie, La Vie parisienne, Véronique, La Répétition ou l'Amour puni, Les Fausses Confidences
Jacques CastelotActorThe Baron of the Locks, Le Voyageur de la Toussaint, The Great Deception, The Two Orphans
Édouard MolinaroDirectorClaudine, The Passion of Slow Fire, The Irony of Chance, La pitié dangereuse
Michel AudiardWriterThe Professional, The Baron of the Locks, The Possessors, 125 rue Montmartre
Georges DelerueComposerThe Accursed Kings, The Soft Skin, The Passion of Slow Fire, Le Bonheur Conjugal
Marie-Hélène BreillatActorClaudine, The Irony of Chance, La pitié dangereuse
Marie-Hélène DastéActorThe Mark Of The Day, Le Pain de fougère, Les Fausses Confidences
Jean-Louis BarraultActorWith André Gide, La Répétition ou l'Amour puni, Les Fausses Confidences
Jean-Paul BelmondoActorThe Professional, Le Doulos, The Inheritor
Pierre LarqueyActorSylvia and the Ghost, Father Goriot, Square of Knaves
Louis SeignerActorThe Accursed Kings, The Possessors, The Last Judgment
Movies and TV shows
781990s
3 titles · average score 61
61
as Edmond Thibault
as La Tullaye
as Le père
1980s
7 titles · average score 69
as Ricky Lefèvre
as Auguste Roussel
as Stephen Fauldgate
as Louis XIV
72
as Ministre
as Evêque d'Angers
66
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
1970s
14 titles · average score 62
as Mr. de Kesfalva
60
as Charles-Edmond
51
as Le directeur de la PJ
TV show · as Claude, le père de Claudine
as M. Desvrières
63
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
61
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
83
TV show · as Le narrateur (voix)
54
as Alfred Rosmer
68
as Distinguished Man
as le commissaire
62
as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
1960s
26 titles · average score 65
as Monsieur Toledano
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Edouard
TV show · as Le professeur Jean Davennes
73
as Pierre Lachenay
as Mr. Terrenoire
75
as Superintendant Clain
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
as Dr Francis
as Stéphane Blanchon
as Fred Pellmann
64
as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
1950s
14 titles · average score 68
71
as Commissaire Dodelot
as le Roi Louis XV
69
as François Schoudler, le fils
71
as Marcel Maurin
as Narrator
64
as Victor Duverger
68
as Marivaux
as Jocelyn
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
as Florestan
1940s
14 titles · average score 66
65
as Marcel Courbois
as Larzac
as Michel
as Jacques de la Bastide
as Jean Pelletier
65
as Jacques Martens - his son
68
as Frederick
as Raymond de Noirville
as Karloo
as Kyril
as Bianchon
as Gilles Mauvoisin