Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

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.

Known For

The Professional

as Ministre

Le Doulos

as Superintendant Clain

The Soft Skin

as Pierre Lachenay

Cast Credits

La Dilettante

as Edmond Thibault

Équipe de nuit

as Le père

Les Tisserands du pouvoir

as Auguste Roussel

Cambiamento d'aria

as Ricky Lefèvre

La Dixième de Beethoven

as Stephen Fauldgate

Le fou du roi

as Louis XIV

The Professional

as Ministre

Le Pain de fougère

as Evêque d'Angers

Heads or Tails

as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police

La pitié dangereuse

as Mr. de Kesfalva

The Skirt Chaser

as Charles-Edmond

The Irony of Chance

as M. Desvrières

The Serpent

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Inheritor

as Jean-Pierre Carnavan

A Cop

as Distinguished Man

Le Misanthrope

as Philinte

Countdown to Vengeance

as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose

The Comeuppance

as le commissaire

Le deuxième coup de feu

as Olivier Lenoir

Franciscan of Bourges

as Monsieur Toledano

The 25th Hour

as Le ministre (uncredited)

La Cerisaie

as Lopakhine

The Two Orphans

as Count of Linières

The Soft Skin

as Pierre Lachenay