Portrait of Jacques Dumesnil

Acting

Jacques Dumesnil

Career

Active from 1932 to 1977, with a break from 1965 to 1975, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Anna
Anna
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jacques Dumesnil Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.0, average 2.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.1, average 1.6
  • Dark Humor
    1.4, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Family Saga 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

2 titles
Au plaisir de Dieu
Au plaisir de Dieu (1977)

TV show · as Duc Sosthène de Plessis-Vaudreuil

Le Village englouti
Le Village englouti (1976)

TV show · as Alphonse Delamoniaz

1960s

8 titles · average score 65
Que personne ne sorte
Que personne ne sorte (1964)

as Police director

Crooks in Clover
Crooks in Clover (1963)
GoodWatch score 83

as Louis « le Mexicain »

Horace 62
Horace 62 (1963)

as Old Horace

The Hideout
The Hideout (1962)

as Garnier, director

ÂżPena de muerte?
ÂżPena de muerte? (1961)

as Pablo's father

Secret File 1413
Secret File 1413 (1961)

as Docteur Pira

Première brigade criminelle
Première brigade criminelle (1961)

as Commissioner Masson

Famous Love Affairs
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
GoodWatch score 48

as Hans, le bourreau

1950s

11 titles · average score 64
La P..... sentimentale
La P..... sentimentale (1958)

as Pierre Berger

Life Together
Life Together (1958)
GoodWatch score 60

as Le docteur Henri Girane

Le Misanthrope
Le Misanthrope (1958)

as Alceste

The Seventh Commandment
The Seventh Commandment (1957)

as Gilbert Odet

Plucking the Daisy
Plucking the Daisy (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

as General Dumont

If Paris Were Told to Us
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

as Richelieu

Napoleon
Napoleon (1955)
GoodWatch score 67

as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

Ulysses
Ulysses (1954)
GoodWatch score 58

as Alcinous

The Count of Bragelonne
The Count of Bragelonne (1954)

as d'Artagnan

Anna
Anna (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

as Professor Ferri

Julie de Carneilhan
Julie de Carneilhan (1950)

as Léon de Carneilhan

1940s

18 titles · average score 63
The Farm of Seven Sins
The Farm of Seven Sins (1949)

as Paul-Louis Courier

56, rue Pigalle
56, rue Pigalle (1949)

as Jean Vigneron

Trafiquants de la mer
Trafiquants de la mer (1947)

as L'inspecteur principal Gardy

The Great Pack
The Great Pack (1945)

as CĂ´me de Lambrefaut

Le bal des passants
Le bal des passants (1944)

as Claude Amadieu

Night Shift
Night Shift (1944)

as Pierre Jansen

Sowing the Wind
Sowing the Wind (1944)

as The sculptor Bruno Horp

Pierre and Jean
Pierre and Jean (1943)

as Marchat

Secrets
Secrets (1943)

as Pierre

The Marriage of Chiffon
The Marriage of Chiffon (1942)
GoodWatch score 63

as Max de Bray

Boléro
Boléro (1942)

as Georges

African Diary
African Diary (1940)

as Le lieutenant Parent

1930s

14 titles · average score 59
Yamilé Under the Cedars
Yamilé Under the Cedars (1939)

as Osman Hel Hussein

Behind the Facade
Behind the Facade (1939)

as Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player

Return at Dawn
Return at Dawn (1938)

as Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'

Rail Pirates
Rail Pirates (1938)

as Rolland

Le cœur dispose
Le cœur dispose (1937)

as Baron Houzier

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
GoodWatch score 59

as Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano

Un homme de trop Ă  bord
Un homme de trop Ă  bord (1935)

as Clay

La Belle de Nuit
La Belle de Nuit (1934)

as Jean Fournier

The King of the Champs-Élysées
The King of the Champs-Élysées (1934)

as Gangster

L’Or
L’Or (1934)

as Malescot

The Ironmaster
The Ironmaster (1933)

as Gaston de Bligny

Mon amant l'assassin
Mon amant l'assassin (1932)

as Bondizi