Jacques Dumesnil
Known for Acting · 59 credits
- Born
- 1903-11-09
- Died
- 1998-05-08
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Жак Дюмениль · Marie Émile Eugène André Joly
Biography
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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (57)
Ulysses
1954
as Alicinous
Crooks in Clover
1963
as Louis « le Mexicain »
Napoleon
1955
as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Anna
1951
as Professor Ferri
Plucking the Daisy
1956
as General Dumont
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
as Richelieu
The Count of Bragelonne
1954
as d'Artagnan
Famous Love Affairs
1961
as Hans, le bourreau
Twisted Mistress
1942
as Guy Carbonnel
La dernière chevauchée
1947
as André Valérian
Two Women
1940
as Gomar
Boléro
1942
as Georges
56, rue Pigalle
1949
as Jean Vigneron
African Diary
1940
as Le lieutenant Parent
Return at Dawn
1938
as Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
The Seventh Commandment
1957
as Gilbert Odet
Que personne ne sorte
1964
as Police director
Behind the Facade
1939
as Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
The Farm of Seven Sins
1949
as Paul-Louis Courier
Life Together
1958
as Le docteur Henri Girane
Night Shift
1944
as Pierre Jansen
Secrets
1943
as Pierre
The Marriage of Chiffon
1942
as Max de Bray
Bach the Detective
1936
as Stefani
Horace 62
1963
as Old Horace
The Great Pack
1945
as Côme de Lambrefaut
The Hideout
1962
as Garnier, director
Secret File 1413
1961
as Docteur Pira
All the World's Memory
1956
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Marked Girls
1938
as Lawyer
Rail Pirates
1938
as Rolland
Malaria
1943
L’Or
1934
as Malescot
Women's Games
1946
as Stanislas
Rumors
1947
as Jean
Pierre and Jean
1943
as Marchat
White Wings
1943
as Gérard Clairval
Lucrezia Borgia
1935
as Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
The King of the Champs-Élysées
1934
as Gangster
La tricheuse
1960
Father Serge
1945
Mon amant l'assassin
1932
as Bondizi
The Ironmaster
1933
as Gaston de Bligny
3 of the navy
1934
Trafiquants de la mer
1947
as L'inspecteur principal Gardy
Julie de Carneilhan
1950
as Léon de Carneilhan
Sowing the Wind
1944
as The sculptor Bruno Horp
Le bal des passants
1944
as Claude Amadieu
Yamilé Under the Cedars
1939
as Osman Hel Hussein
Le Misanthrope
1958
as Alceste
Un homme de trop à bord
1935
as Clay
La P..... sentimentale
1958
as Pierre Berger
Première brigade criminelle
1961
as Commissioner Masson
Danton
1932
Le cœur dispose
1937
as Baron Houzier
¿Pena de muerte?
1961
as Pablo's father
La Belle de Nuit
1934
as Jean Fournier
About 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… With 59 credits spanning from 1932 to 1977, Jacques Dumesnil has appeared in 57 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jacques Dumesnil Movies
- Ulysses (1954) — as Alicinous
- Crooks in Clover (1963) — as Louis « le Mexicain »
- Napoleon (1955) — as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
- Anna (1951) — as Professor Ferri
- Plucking the Daisy (1956) — as General Dumont
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