Jacques Dumesnil
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.
Filmography
Que personne ne sorte
as Police director
Que personne ne sorte
as Police director
Crooks in Clover
as Louis « le Mexicain »
Crooks in Clover
as Louis « le Mexicain »
Horace 62
as Old Horace
Horace 62
as Old Horace
The Hideout
as Garnier, director
The Hideout
as Garnier, director
Secret File 1413
as Docteur Pira
Secret File 1413
as Docteur Pira
Famous Love Affairs
as Hans, le bourreau
Famous Love Affairs
as Hans, le bourreau
Première brigade criminelle
as Commissioner Masson
Première brigade criminelle
as Commissioner Masson
¿Pena de muerte?
as Pablo's father
¿Pena de muerte?
as Pablo's father
La tricheuse
La tricheuse
La P..... sentimentale
as Pierre Berger
La P..... sentimentale
as Pierre Berger
Life Together
as Le docteur Henri Girane
Life Together
as Le docteur Henri Girane
Le Misanthrope
as Alceste
Le Misanthrope
as Alceste
The Seventh Commandment
as Gilbert Odet
The Seventh Commandment
as Gilbert Odet
All the World's Memory
as Self / Narrator (voice)
All the World's Memory
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Plucking the Daisy
as General Dumont
Plucking the Daisy
as General Dumont
If Paris Were Told to Us
as Richelieu
If Paris Were Told to Us
as Richelieu
Napoleon
as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Napoleon
as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
The Count of Bragelonne
as d'Artagnan
The Count of Bragelonne
as d'Artagnan
Ulysses
as Alcinous
Ulysses
as Alcinous
Anna
as Professor Ferri
Anna
as Professor Ferri
Julie de Carneilhan
as Léon de Carneilhan
Julie de Carneilhan
as Léon de Carneilhan
The Farm of Seven Sins
as Paul-Louis Courier
The Farm of Seven Sins
as Paul-Louis Courier
56, rue Pigalle
as Jean Vigneron
56, rue Pigalle
as Jean Vigneron
Trafiquants de la mer
as L'inspecteur principal Gardy
Trafiquants de la mer
as L'inspecteur principal Gardy
La Dernière chevauchée
as André Valérian
La Dernière chevauchée
as André Valérian
Rumors
as Jean
Rumors
as Jean
Women's Games
as Stanislas
Women's Games
as Stanislas
Father Serge
Father Serge
The Great Pack
as Côme de Lambrefaut
The Great Pack
as Côme de Lambrefaut
Night Shift
as Pierre Jansen
Night Shift
as Pierre Jansen
Le bal des passants
as Claude Amadieu
Le bal des passants
as Claude Amadieu
Sowing the Wind
as The sculptor Bruno Horp
Sowing the Wind
as The sculptor Bruno Horp
Pierre and Jean
as Marchat
Pierre and Jean
as Marchat
Malaria
Malaria
Secrets
as Pierre
Secrets
as Pierre
White Wings
as Gérard Clairval
White Wings
as Gérard Clairval
Twisted Mistress
as Guy Carbonnel
Twisted Mistress
as Guy Carbonnel
The Marriage of Chiffon
as Max de Bray
The Marriage of Chiffon
as Max de Bray
Boléro
as Georges
Boléro
as Georges
African Diary
as Le lieutenant Parent
African Diary
as Le lieutenant Parent
Two Women
as Gomar
Two Women
as Gomar
Yamilé Under the Cedars
as Osman Hel Hussein
Yamilé Under the Cedars
as Osman Hel Hussein
Behind the Facade
as Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
Behind the Facade
as Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
Return at Dawn
as Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
Return at Dawn
as Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
Marked Girls
as Lawyer
Marked Girls
as Lawyer
Rail Pirates
as Rolland
Rail Pirates
as Rolland
Le cœur dispose
as Baron Houzier
Le cœur dispose
as Baron Houzier
Bach the Detective
as Stefani
Bach the Detective
as Stefani
Lucrezia Borgia
as Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
Lucrezia Borgia
as Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
Un homme de trop à bord
as Clay
Un homme de trop à bord
as Clay
The King of the Champs-Élysées
as Gangster
The King of the Champs-Élysées
as Gangster
3 of the navy
3 of the navy
L’Or
as Malescot
L’Or
as Malescot
La Belle de Nuit
as Jean Fournier
La Belle de Nuit
as Jean Fournier
The Ironmaster
as Gaston de Bligny
The Ironmaster
as Gaston de Bligny
Danton
Danton
Mon amant l'assassin
as Bondizi
Mon amant l'assassin
as Bondizi