Jacques Dumesnil
Acting
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.
Born: November 9, 1903
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Filmography
as Duc Sosthène de Plessis-Vaudreuil
as Alphonse Delamoniaz
as Police director
as Louis « le Mexicain »
as Old Horace
as Garnier, director
as Docteur Pira
as Hans, le bourreau
as Commissioner Masson
as Pablo's father
as Pierre Berger
as Le docteur Henri Girane
as Gilbert Odet
as Self / Narrator (voice)
as General Dumont
as Richelieu
as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
as d'Artagnan
as Alicinous
as Professor Ferri
as Léon de Carneilhan
as Paul-Louis Courier
as Jean Vigneron
as L'inspecteur principal Gardy
as André Valérian
as Stanislas
as Côme de Lambrefaut
as Pierre Jansen
as Claude Amadieu
as The sculptor Bruno Horp
as Marchat
as Pierre
as Gérard Clairval
as Guy Carbonnel
as Max de Bray
as Georges
as Le lieutenant Parent
as Gomar
as Osman Hel Hussein
as Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
as Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
as Lawyer
as Rolland
as Baron Houzier
as Stefani
as Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
as Clay
as Malescot
as Jean Fournier
as Gaston de Bligny
as Bondizi