Acting
Jean Desailly
- Career
Active from 1943 to 1990, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 48top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Le Doulos88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.7
- Wholesome2.3, average 3.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- French Cinema 6
- Historical Drama 5
- Political Intrigue 4
- Character-Driven 4
- French History 2
- Classic Film 2
- Class Conflict 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Complex Characters 2
- Intriguing Plot 2
- French New Wave 2
- Psychological Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Simone ValèreActorLe deuxième coup de feu, Double Jeu, La Dixième de Beethoven, Jocelyn, Équipe de nuit, +12 more
Pierre BertinActorLa Cerisaie, La Vie parisienne, La Répétition ou l'Amour puni, Véronique, Les Fausses Confidences
Jean-Louis BarraultActorWith André Gide, Royal Affairs in Versailles, La Répétition ou l'Amour puni, Les Fausses Confidences
Jacques CastelotActorThe Baron of the Locks, The Great Deception, Le Voyageur de la Toussaint, The Two Orphans
Pierre DuxActorThe Grand Manoeuvre, Tout pour le mieux, Homeland, Le Misanthrope
Georges DelerueComposerThe Accursed Kings, The Soft Skin, Le Bonheur conjugal, The Passion of Slow Fire
Édouard MolinaroCreatorClaudine, The Irony of Chance, The Passion of Slow Fire, La pitié dangereuse
Michel AudiardWriterThe Professional, The Baron of the Locks, The Possessors, 125 rue Montmartre
Louis SeignerActorThe Accursed Kings, The Last Judgment, The Possessors
Robert ThomasActorLe deuxième coup de feu, Double Jeu, Un Ami Imprévu
Pierre LarqueyActorSylvia and the Ghost, Father Goriot, Square of Knaves
Denise GreyActorTout pour le mieux, Tomorrow We Get Divorced, Square of Knaves
Movies and TV shows
851990s
4 titles · average score 59
GoodWatch score 56as Edmond Thibault
GoodWatch score 63as La Tullaye
as Le père
TV show · as Ricky Lefèvre
1980s
7 titles · average score 70
TV show · as Père Boudref
as Auguste Roussel
as Stephen Fauldgate
as Louis XIV
GoodWatch score 74as Ministre
as Evêque d'Angers
GoodWatch score 66as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
1970s
18 titles · average score 62
as Mr. de Kesfalva
GoodWatch score 61as Charles-Edmond
TV show · as Claude, le père de Claudine
as M. Desvrières
GoodWatch score 63as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
GoodWatch score 58as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
GoodWatch score 83TV show · as Le narrateur (voix)
GoodWatch score 72as Distinguished Man
GoodWatch score 48as Alfred Rosmer
as Philinte
as le commissaire
GoodWatch score 61as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
1960s
29 titles · average score 68
as Monsieur Toledano
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Edouard
TV show · as Le professeur Jean Davennes
GoodWatch score 79as Pierre Lachenay
as Mr. Terrenoire
TV show · as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
GoodWatch score 88as Superintendant Clain
GoodWatch score 70as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
as Dr Francis
GoodWatch score 67as Stéphane Blanchon
as Fred Pellmann
1950s
13 titles · average score 70
GoodWatch score 71as Commissaire Dodelot
as le Roi Louis XV
GoodWatch score 69as François Schoudler, le fils
GoodWatch score 76as Marcel Maurin
GoodWatch score 68as Victor Duverger
GoodWatch score 67as Marivaux
as Jocelyn
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Max Blachet
as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
as Florestan
1940s
14 titles · average score 69
GoodWatch score 66as Marcel Courbois
as Larzac
as Michel
as Jacques de la Bastide
as Jean Pelletier
GoodWatch score 69as Frederick
GoodWatch score 70as Jacques Martens - his son
as Raymond de Noirville
as Karloo
as Kyril
as Bianchon
GoodWatch score 73as Gilles Mauvoisin