Jacques Dumesnil
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
Louis « le Mexicain »
Les Tontons flingueurs
Jean Vigneron
56, rue Pigalle
General Dumont
En effeuillant la marguerite
Léon de Carneilhan
Julie de Carneilhan
Bondizi
Mon amant l'assassin
Danton
3 de la marine
Gangster
Le Roi des Champs-Élysées
Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
Lucrèce Borgia
Stefani
Bach détective
Baron Houzier
Le cœur dispose
Lawyer
Prisons de femmes
Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
Derrière la façade
Guy Carbonnel
La Fausse Maîtresse
Gérard Clairval
Les Ailes blanches
Malaria
The sculptor Bruno Horp
Graine au vent
Claude Amadieu
Le bal des passants
Le Père Serge
Stanislas
Jeux de femmes
Professor Ferri
Anna
Garnier, director
La planque
Max de Bray
Le Mariage de Chiffon
Le lieutenant Parent
L'Homme du Niger
Police director
Que personne ne sorte
L'inspecteur principal Gardy
Trafiquants de la mer
Pierre Berger
La P..... sentimentale
Le docteur Henri Girane
La Vie à deux
Côme de Lambrefaut
La Grande Meute
La tricheuse
Jean
Rumeurs
Gilbert Odet
Le Septième Commandement
Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
Retour à l'aube
Clay
Un homme de trop à bord
Georges
Boléro
Marchat
Pierre et Jean
Rolland
Les Pirates du rail
Paul-Louis Courier
La Ferme des sept péchés
Gaston de Bligny
Le Maître de forges
Hans, le bourreau
Amours célèbres
Docteur Pira
Dossier 1413
Commissioner Masson
Première brigade criminelle
d'Artagnan
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne
Pierre Jansen
Service de nuit
Pablo's father
¿Pena de muerte?
Self / Narrator (voice)
Toute la mémoire du monde
Jean Fournier
La Belle de Nuit
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Napoléon
André Valérian
La dernière chevauchée
Pierre
Secrets
Gomar
L'Empreinte du dieu
Malescot
L’Or
Alicinous
Ulisse
Richelieu
Si Paris nous était conté
Osman Hel Hussein
Yamilé sous les cèdres
Old Horace
Horace 62
Alceste
Le Misanthrope
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
57
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-11-09
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
Жак Дюмениль