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Jacques Dumesnil

Jacques Dumesnil

Acting

Born: November 9, 1903Paris, France

Jacques Dumesnil (born Marie Émile Eugène André Joly ; 9 November 1903 – 8 May 1998) was a French film and television actor. Jacques Dumesnil was born as Marie Émile Eugène André Joly on November 9, 1903, in Paris, France. Before becoming an actor, he received training as a mechanical engineer. After starting as a secretary at the aviation school, he became an industrial designer, a profession he left to devote himself to the theater. He adopted the pseudonym Dumesnil because of the admiration he had to French actor Camille Dumény. He started out as a fanciful singer in a café located in Paris Place de l'Hôtel de Ville , he was paid in sandwiches and glasses of beer. Dumesnil started on stage in 1927 and divided his career between theater and cinema. Having spent two years at the Comédie-Française , he played among other things in Les Tontons flingueurs and provided the French voice of Charlie Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux (1947) and A King in New York (1957). His role as Duke of Plessis-Vaudreuil in the television series Au Plaisir de Dieu , earned him a resurgence of popularity and the 7 d'Or for best actor. Jacques Dumesnil had a son, Pierre Joly dit Dumesnil , who was a French swimming champion and participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Finland.

Known For
Filmography
Que personne ne sorte

Que personne ne sorte

Police director

1964
Crooks in Clover

Crooks in Clover

Louis « le Mexicain »

1963
Horace 62

Horace 62

Old Horace

1963
The Hideout

The Hideout

Garnier, director

1962
Secret File 1413

Secret File 1413

Docteur Pira

1961
Famous Love Affairs

Famous Love Affairs

Hans, le bourreau

1961
Première brigade criminelle

Première brigade criminelle

Commissioner Masson

1961
¿Pena de muerte?

¿Pena de muerte?

Pablo's father

1961
La tricheuse

La tricheuse

1960
La P..... sentimentale

La P..... sentimentale

Pierre Berger

1958
Life Together

Life Together

Le docteur Henri Girane

1958

Le Misanthrope

Alceste

1958
The Seventh Commandment

The Seventh Commandment

Gilbert Odet

1957
All the World's Memory

All the World's Memory

Self / Narrator (voice)

1956
Plucking the Daisy

Plucking the Daisy

General Dumont

1956
If Paris Were Told to Us

If Paris Were Told to Us

Richelieu

1956
Napoleon

Napoleon

Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

1955
The Count of Bragelonne

The Count of Bragelonne

d'Artagnan

1954
Ulysses

Ulysses

Alicinous

1954
Anna

Anna

Professor Ferri

1951
Julie de Carneilhan

Julie de Carneilhan

Léon de Carneilhan

1950
The Farm of Seven Sins

The Farm of Seven Sins

Paul-Louis Courier

1949
56, rue Pigalle

56, rue Pigalle

Jean Vigneron

1949
Trafiquants de la mer

Trafiquants de la mer

L'inspecteur principal Gardy

1947
La dernière chevauchée

La dernière chevauchée

André Valérian

1947

Rumors

Jean

1947
Women's Games

Women's Games

Stanislas

1946
Father Serge

Father Serge

1945
The Great Pack

The Great Pack

Côme de Lambrefaut

1945
Night Shift

Night Shift

Pierre Jansen

1944
Le bal des passants

Le bal des passants

Claude Amadieu

1944
Sowing the Wind

Sowing the Wind

The sculptor Bruno Horp

1944
Pierre and Jean

Pierre and Jean

Marchat

1943
Malaria

Malaria

1943
Secrets

Secrets

Pierre

1943
White Wings

White Wings

Gérard Clairval

1943
Twisted Mistress

Twisted Mistress

Guy Carbonnel

1942
The Marriage of Chiffon

The Marriage of Chiffon

Max de Bray

1942
Boléro

Boléro

Georges

1942
African Diary

African Diary

Le lieutenant Parent

1940
Two Women

Two Women

Gomar

1940
Yamilé Under the Cedars

Yamilé Under the Cedars

Osman Hel Hussein

1939
Behind the Facade

Behind the Facade

Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player

1939
Return at Dawn

Return at Dawn

Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'

1938
Marked Girls

Marked Girls

Lawyer

1938
Rail Pirates

Rail Pirates

Rolland

1938
Le cœur dispose

Le cœur dispose

Baron Houzier

1937
Bach the Detective

Bach the Detective

Stefani

1936
Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia

Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano

1935
Un homme de trop à bord

Un homme de trop à bord

Clay

1935
The King of the Champs-Élysées

The King of the Champs-Élysées

Gangster

1934

3 of the navy

1934
L’Or

L’Or

Malescot

1934
La Belle de Nuit

La Belle de Nuit

Jean Fournier

1934
The Ironmaster

The Ironmaster

Gaston de Bligny

1933
Danton

Danton

1932
Mon amant l'assassin

Mon amant l'assassin

Bondizi

1932
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