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.
Acted in 56
1970s
- 1977
Au plaisir de Dieu
Duc Sosthène de Plessis-Vaudreuil · 6 episodes
- 1976
Le Village englouti
Alphonse Delamoniaz · 30 episodes
1960s
- 1964
Que personne ne sorte
Police director
- 1963
Crooks in Clover
Louis « le Mexicain »
Horace 62
Old Horace
- 1962
The Hideout
Garnier, director
- 1961
Secret File 1413
Docteur Pira
Famous Love Affairs
Hans, le bourreau
Première brigade criminelle
Commissioner Masson
¿Pena de muerte?
Pablo's father
- 1960
La tricheuse
Movie
1950s
- 1958
La P..... sentimentale
Pierre Berger
Life Together
Le docteur Henri Girane
- 1957
The Seventh Commandment
Gilbert Odet
- 1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
Richelieu
- 1955
- 1954
The Count of Bragelonne
d'Artagnan
- 1951
Anna
Professor Ferri
- 1950
Julie de Carneilhan
Léon de Carneilhan
1940s
- 1949
The Farm of Seven Sins
Paul-Louis Courier
56, rue Pigalle
Jean Vigneron
- 1947
Trafiquants de la mer
L'inspecteur principal Gardy
La Dernière chevauchée
André Valérian
- 1946
Women's Games
Stanislas
- 1945
Father Serge
Movie
The Great Pack
Côme de Lambrefaut
- 1944
Night Shift
Pierre Jansen
Le bal des passants
Claude Amadieu
Sowing the Wind
The sculptor Bruno Horp
- 1943
Pierre and Jean
Marchat
Malaria
Movie
Secrets
Pierre
White Wings
Gérard Clairval
- 1942
The Marriage of Chiffon
Max de Bray
Boléro
Georges
- 1940
African Diary
Le lieutenant Parent
Two Women
Gomar
1930s
- 1939
Yamilé Under the Cedars
Osman Hel Hussein
Behind the Facade
Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
- 1938
Return at Dawn
Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
Marked Girls
Lawyer
Rail Pirates
Rolland
- 1937
Le cœur dispose
Baron Houzier
- 1936
Bach the Detective
Stefani
- 1935
Lucrezia Borgia
Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
Un homme de trop à bord
Clay
- 1934
The King of the Champs-Élysées
Gangster
L’Or
Malescot
La Belle de Nuit
Jean Fournier
- 1933
The Ironmaster
Gaston de Bligny
Rivaux de la piste
Banz
- 1932
Danton
Movie
Mon amant l'assassin
Bondizi
Appearances1
1950s
- 1956
All the World's Memory
Self / Narrator (voice)