Jean Desailly: movies and TV shows
Jean Desailly has 94 credits in the archive: 80 films and 14 TV series, from 1943 to 2021. Highest rated: The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1943 – 2021 · busiest year: 1960 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes | Film | 2.0 | 100 | |
| 2018 | Françoise Dorléac, une promesse | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 97 |
| 1999 | La Dilettante | Edmond Thibault | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 1998 | Le radeau de la Méduse | La Tullaye | Film | 6.8 | 77 |
| 1990 | Équipe de nuit | Le père | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 1989 | Les Grandes Familles | Père Boudref | TV | 10.0 | 68 |
| 1988 | Les Tisserands du pouvoir | Auguste Roussel | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1988 | Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte | Film | 9.0 | 67 | |
| 1988 | Cambiamento d'aria | Ricky Lefèvre | Film | 8.3 | 67 |
| 1985 | La Dixième de Beethoven | Stephen Fauldgate | Film | — | 64 |
| 1984 | Le fou du roi | Louis XIV | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1981 | The Professional | Ministre | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1981 | Le Pain de fougère | Evêque d'Angers | Film | — | 60 |
| 1980 | Heads or Tails | Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1979 | The Skirt Chaser | Charles-Edmond | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1979 | Orient Express | Paul | TV | 8.5 | 58 |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs | Le directeur de la PJ | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 1979 | La pitié dangereuse | Mr. de Kesfalva | Film | — | 58 |
| 1978 | Claudine | Claude, le père de Claudine | TV | 4.9 | 57 |
| 1976 | 30 millions d'amis | Self | TV | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1974 | The Irony of Chance | M. Desvrières | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1973 | The Serpent | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1973 | The Inheritor | Jean-Pierre Carnavan | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self | TV | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1972 | The Accursed Kings | Le narrateur (voix) | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1972 | Un Flic | Distinguished Man | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1972 | The Assassination of Trotsky | Alfred Rosmer | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 1971 | Maigret en vacances | Docteur Bellamy | Film | — | 50 |
| 1971 | Le Misanthrope | Philinte | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1970 | Countdown to Vengeance | Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1970 | The Comeuppance | le commissaire | Film | 4.5 | 49 |
| 1969 | Le deuxième coup de feu | Olivier Lenoir | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1969 | You Will Reap the Tempest | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1969 | La Chapelle de Ronchamp | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1968 | Franciscan of Bourges | Monsieur Toledano | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1967 | The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.8 | 46 |
| 1967 | The 25th Hour | Le ministre (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1966 | La Cerisaie | Lopakhine | Film | — | 45 |
| 1966 | The Dance of the Heron | Edouard | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1965 | Le Bonheur conjugal | Le professeur Jean Davennes | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1965 | The Two Orphans | Count of Linières | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1964 | The Soft Skin | Pierre Lachenay | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1964 | La Double Inconstance | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1964 | Les Fausses Confidences | Dorante | Film | — | 43 |
| 1964 | Graduation Year | Mr. Terrenoire | Film | 8.5 | 43 |
| 1963 | Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge | Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1962 | Le Doulos | Superintendant Clain | Film | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure") | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1962 | Lust | Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1962 | Monsieur IL | Jacques Balmeyer | Film | — | 41 |
| 1961 | One Night at the Beach | Dr Francis | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairs | le baron Adrien de Jonchère | Film | 4.4 | 40 |
| 1961 | The Passion of Slow Fire | Stéphane Blanchon | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1961 | The Laws of War | Uhrmacher Rede | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman | Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence") | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 1960 | The Baron of the Locks | Mr. Maurice Montbernon | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1960 | Premeditated | Judge Lenoir | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1960 | Amphitryon | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1960 | The Dance of Death | Fred Pellmann | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self - Host | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1959 | 125 rue Montmartre | Commissaire Dodelot | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1959 | The Great Deception | le Roi Louis XV | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1958 | The Possessors | François Schoudler, le fils | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1958 | Maigret Sets a Trap | Marcel Maurin | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1958 | La Répétition ou l'Amour puni | Hero | Film | — | 37 |
| 1957 | Les alchimistes | Self - Narrator(voice) | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self | TV | 8.7 | 35 |
| 1956 | Impressions de New York | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1955 | The Grand Manoeuvre | Victor Duverger | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1953 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Marivaux | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1952 | Jocelyn | Jocelyn | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1952 | With André Gide | Narrator (voice) | Film | 3.0 | 31 |
| 1951 | Chicago Digest | Film | 9.0 | 30 | |
| 1951 | Tomorrow We Get Divorced | Max Blachet | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1951 | Bullfight | Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1950 | Chéri | Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri' | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1950 | Véronique | Florestan | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1949 | The Mark of the Day | Larzac | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1949 | Keep an Eye on Amelia | Marcel Courbois | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1949 | L'échafaud peut attendre | Michel Vincent | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1949 | La Veuve et l'innocent | Claude Girelle | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1948 | Just a Big Simple Girl | Michel | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1947 | Square of Knaves | Jacques de la Bastide | Film | 5.5 | 26 |
| 1947 | Loves, Delights and Organs | Jean Pelletier | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1946 | Pastoral Symphony | Jacques Martens - his son | Film | 6.2 | 25 |
| 1946 | Sylvia and the Ghost | Frederick | Film | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1946 | Homeland | Karloo | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1946 | The Revenge of Roger | Raymond de Noirville | Film | 7.2 | 25 |
| 1945 | The Last Judgment | Kyril | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1945 | Father Goriot | Bianchon | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1943 | Le Voyageur de la Toussaint | Gilles Mauvoisin | Film | 7.4 | 22 |