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.
The Professional
As Ministre
The Soft Skin
As Pierre Lachenay
Le radeau de la Méduse
As La Tullaye
The Assassination of Trotsky
As Alfred Rosmer
Le Doulos
As The Superintendant Clain
A Cop
As Distinguished Man
The Grand Manoeuvre
As Victor Duverger
The 25th Hour
As Le ministre
Franciscan of Bourges
As M. Toledano
The Skirt Chaser
As Charles-Edmond
The Last Judgment
As Kyril
The Inheritor
As Jean-Pierre Carnavan
Just a Big Simple Girl
As Michel
L'échafaud peut attendre
As Michel Vincent
Véronique
As Florestan
La Veuve et l'innocent
As Claude Girelle
Tomorrow We Get Divorced
As Max Blachet
Jocelyn
As Jocelyn
The Baron of the Locks
As Mr. Maurice Montbernon
With André Gide
As Narrator (voice)
Heads or Tails
As Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
Keep an Eye on Amelia
As Marcel Courbois
You Will Reap the Tempest
As Narrator (voice)
The Comeuppance
As le commissaire
Pastoral Symphony
As Jacques Martens - his son
The Seven Deadly Sins
As Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
The Laws of War
As Uhrmacher Rede
Father Goriot
As Bianchon
The Passion of Slow Fire
As Stéphane Blanchon
Impressions de New York
As Narrator
Le Misanthrope
As Philinte
La Chapelle de Ronchamp
As Narrator
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
As Gilles Mauvoisin
La Dilettante
As Edmond Thibault
The Great Deception
As le Roi Louis XV
125 Rue Montmartre
As Commissaire Dodelot
The Possessors
As François Schoudler, le fils
Royal Affairs in Versailles
As Marivaux
Sylvia and the Ghost
As Frederick
Loves, Delights and Organs
As Jean Pelletier
Love and the Frenchwoman
As Le narrateur (voix) (L'Adolescence)
Lust
As Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
The Serpent
As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Maigret Sets a Trap
As Marcel Maurin
Graduation Year
Chéri
As Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
As Le directeur de la PJ
The Revenge of Roger
As Raymond de Noirville
Square of Knaves
As Jacques de la Bastide
Bullfight
As Narrator (voice)
The Mark Of The Day
As Larzac
Homeland
As Karloo
Famous Love Affairs
As le baron Adrien de Jonchère
The Irony of Chance
As M. Desvrières
Countdown to Vengeance
As Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
Le deuxième coup de feu
As Olivier Lenoir
La Dixième de Beethoven
As Stephen Fauldgate
Équipe de nuit
As Le père
The Dance of the Heron
As Edouard
Cambiamento d'aria
As Ricky Lefèvre
The Two Orphans
As Le comte de Linières
One Night at the Beach
As Dr Francis
Premeditated
As Judge Lenoir
The Dance of Death
As Fred Pellmann
La pitié dangereuse
As Mr. de Kesfalva
Le fou du roi
As Louis XIV
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
As Self (archive footage)
Les Tisserands du pouvoir
As Auguste Roussel
Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
Chicago Digest
The Accursed Kings
As Le narrateur (voix)
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
As Narrator (voice)
Orient Express
As Paul
Le Grand Échiquier
As Self
Claudine
As Claude, le père de Claudine
Midi trente
As Self
Discorama
As Self - Host
30 millions d'amis
As Self
Champs-Elysées
As Self
Cinépanorama
As Self
Le bonheur conjugal
As Le professeur Jean Davennes
Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge
As Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge