Jacques Dumesnil
Actor
November 9, 1903 — May 8, 1998 (94 years)
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.
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
| 1976 | Le Village englouti · as Alphonse Delamoniaz |
| 1967 | Maigret (1967) · as Armand De Saint-Hilaire |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight · as Bernu |
| 1964 | Que personne ne sorte · as Police Director |
| 1963 | Crooks in Clover · as Louis « Le Mexicain » |
| 1961 | Secret File 1413 · as Docteur Pira |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairs · as Hans, Le Bourreau |
| 1958 | Life as a Couple · as Le Docteur Henri Girane |
| 1956 | Mitsou · as Eugène |
| 1956 | Plucking the Daisy · as General Dumont |
| 1956 | If Paris Were Told to Us · as Richelieu |
| 1955 | Napoleon · as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte |
| 1954 | The Count of Bragelonne · as D'artagnan |
| 1954 | Ulysses · as Alicinous |
| 1951 | Anna · as Professor Ferri |
| 1949 | The Farm of Seven Sins · as Paul-Louis Courier |
| 1949 | 56 rue Pigalle · as Jean Vigneron |
| 1947 | Rumors · as Jean |
| 1945 | La grande meute · as Côme De Lambrefaut |
| 1944 | Service de nuit · as Pierre Jansen |
| 1943 | Pierre and Jean · as Marchat |
| 1942 | Twisted Mistress · as Guy Carbonnel |
| 1942 | Le mariage de Chiffon · as Max De Bray |
| 1942 | Boléro · as Georges |
| 1940 | Forbidden Love · as Le Lieutenant Parent |
| 1940 | Two Women · as Gomar |
| 1939 | Derrière la façade · as Albert Durant, Stockbroker And Poker Player |
| 1938 | She Returned at Dawn · as Dick Farmer Aka 'keith' |
| 1938 | Marked Girls · as Lawyer |
| 1938 | Les pirates du rail · as Rolland |
| 1935 | Lucrezia Borgia · as Giannino Sforza, Duke Of Milano |
| 1934 | Le roi des Champs-Élysées · as Gangster |
| 1934 | La belle de nuit · as Jean Fournier |
| 1976 | César Awards · as Self |
| 1956 | All the Memory in the World · as Self / Narrator (voice) |
| 1944 | La Malibran · as Production Designer |