Ivan Desny

Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky; , 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a French actor of Russian Chinese origin. He had a lengthy career in French and German cinema, appearing in over 200 film and television roles over 50 years, and was a two-time German Film Award winner. Early life Desny was born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky in Beijing, China. His Russian father, Nikolai Desnitsky, gained French citizenship and worked as a secretary at the French embassy. His mother was Swedish.

Career Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted in more than 150 films, both in Germany and France.

In 1980, Desny received an honorary German Film Award for "his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years."

Death Desny died in Ascona, Switzerland.

Selected filmography

La fleur de l'âge (1947) Bonheur en location (1949) - Gordon junior Madeleine (1950) - Emile L'Anglier Les mousquetaires du roi (1951) The Respectful Prostitute (1952)) - Fred Clarke - le fils du sénateur The Lady Without Camelias (La signora senza camelie, 1953) - Bernardo 'Nardo' Rusconi Good Lord Without Confession (1953) - Maurice Fréjoul No Way Back (Weg ohne Umkehr, 1953) - Michael Zorin aka Mischa Act of Love (1953) - (uncredited) Confession Under Four Eyes (1954) - Gregor Marmara The Golden Plague (1954) - Sergeant Hartwig Master of Life and Death (1955) - Dr. Daniel Karentis Frou-Frou (1955) - Henry de Gaspard André and Ursula (1955) - André Duval Dunja (1955) - Minski A Girl Without Boundaries (1955) - Eric Johnson Lola Montès (1955) - Lieutenant Thomas James Ballerina (Rosen für Bettina, 1956) - Kostja Tomkoff, Choreograph Mannequins of Paris (1956) - Pierre Lanier The Story of Anastasia (1956) - Gleb Botkin Women's Club (1956) - Laurent Gauthier Anastasia (1956) - Prince Paul von Haraldberg The Night of the Storm (1957) - Viktor Ledin OSS 117 Is Not Dead (OSS 117 n'est pas mort, 1957) - Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117 Von allen geliebt (1957) - Roger Marbeau Donnez-moi ma chance (1957) - Gilbert Arnaud Scandal in Bad Ischl (1957) - Graf Vanin All the Sins of the Earth (1958) - Lawyer Stephan Hardeck (1958) - Alexander Drubin One Life (1958) - De Fourcheville Life Together (1958) - Michel Sellier Le Miroir à deux faces (1958) - Gérard Durieu Polikuschka (1958) - Verwalter Frauensee (1958) - Frederic Fleury What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959) - Pierre Bonvant Heiße Ware (1959) - Paul Martens Monsieur Suzuki (1960) - Stankovitch Satan Tempts with Love (1960) - Carlos Song Without End (1960) - Prince Nicholas Femmine di lusso (1960) - Count Luca di Sauvin (1961) - George Romanescu Daniella by Night (1961) - Count Castellani White Slave Ship (1961) - Captain Cooper Escapade in Florence (1962) - Count Roberto Number Six (1962) - Charles Valentine Bon Voyage! (1962) - Rudolph Hunschak Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) - Paul King Is Geraldine an Angel? (1963) - Jan Jack and Jenny (1963) - Wladimir The Invisible Terror (1963) - Prof. Lomm Frühstück mit dem Tod (1964) - Luke Adama Secret of the Sphinx (La sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra, 1964) - Green Kidnapped to Mystery Island (I misteri della giungla nera, 1964) - Maciadi DM-Killer (1965) - Der Amerikaner Captain from Toledo (1965) - Don Felipe Who Wants to Sleep? (Das Liebeskarussell, 1965) - Baron Rudolf The Beckett Affair (1966) - Frederick Tender Scoundrel (Tendre Voyou, 1966) - Le vendeur de Cannes The Death of a Double (1967) - Hoggan Da Berlino l'apocalisse (1967) - Steve I Killed Rasputin (1967) - Grand Duke Alexander Love Nights in the Taiga (1967) - Colonel Kirk Guns for San Sebastian (1968) - Col. Calleja Mayerling (1968) - Count Hoyos Rebus (1969) - Guinness The Adventures of Gerard (1970) - Gen. Lassalle Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) - Marions Filmpartner Tatort: (1971, TV) - Sievers The Body in the Thames (1971) - Louis Stout (1972) - Mailet Little Mother (1973) - Colonel Umberia World on a Wire (Welt am Draht, 1973, TV mini-series) - Günther Lause (1973) - Ivan Who? (1974) - General Sturmer El juego del diablo (1975) - Teacher The Wrong Move (Falsche Bewegung, 1975) - Industrieller / The Industrialist Paper Tiger (1975) - Foreign Minister Shir Khofteh (1976) The Conquest of the Citadel (Die Eroberung der Zitadelle, 1977) - Faconi (1977) - Baron Wurlitzer Red Rings of Fear (Enigma rosso, 1978) - Chief Inspector Louis Roccaglio The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun, 1979) - Karl Oswald Bloodline (1979) - Jeweller Mathias Sandorf (1979, TV series) - Ladislaus Zathmary Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, TV miniseries) - Herr Pums Car-napping (1980) - Consul Barnet Fabian (1980) - Justizrat Labude I Hate Blondes (Odio le bionde, 1980) - Mr. Brown (1981) - Paul Exil (1981, TV miniseries) - Wiesener Lola (1981) - Wittich Ein gutes Land (1982) The Roaring Fifties (Die wilden Fünfziger, 1983) - Arzt The Future of Emily (Flügel und Fesseln, 1984) - Vater Charles Le Caviar rouge (1986) - Yuri Motten im Licht (1986) Hôtel de France (1987) - Maurice Veninger Un amore di donna (1988) - Avvocato Bernasconi (1988) - Schneider Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (God afton, Herr Wallenberg, 1990) - Schmidthuber La Désenchantée (1990) - L'oncle Zockerexpreß (1991) I Don't Kiss (J'embrasse pas, 1991) - Dimitri Thieves (Les Voleurs, 1996) - Victor Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland (Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz, 1999) - Rudolf Stauffacher Mister Boogie (2000)