Jacques Dumesnil

Jacques Dumesnil (born Marie Émile Eugène André Joly; 9 November 1903 – 8 May 1998) was a French film and television actor.

Early life Jacques Dumesnil was born as Marie Émile Eugène André Joly on 9 November 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.

Career 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.

Personal life 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.

Death

Dumesnil died on 8 May 1998 in Bron, Rhône. He was buried three days later in the Miribel Cemetery in Miribel, Ain, the town where his sister Odette Joly had been a teacher and where he had chosen to study. install at the end of its life. Since then, a rue de Miribel has also been called “rue Jacques-Dumesnil”.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1932 Bondizi 1932 Danton Fabre d'Églantine 1933 Banz 1933 The Ironmaster Le duc Gaston de Bligny 1934 Beauty of the Night Jean Fournier 1934 Gold Malescot French-language version1934 Three Sailors Stephen Warren 1934 Le Roi des Champs-Élysées Un gangster 1935 Un homme de trop à bord Clay 1935 Lucrezia Borgia Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano 1936 Bach the Detective Stefani 1937 Wells in Flames Garcia 1937 The Heart Disposes Le baron Houzier 1938 Rail Pirates André Rolland 1938 Women's Prison L'avocat 1938 Return at Dawn Dick Farmer aka 'Keith' 1939 Behind the Facade Albert Durant, le jouer de poker 1939 Yamilé sous les cèdres Osman Hel Hussein 1940 The Man from Niger Le lieutenant Jacques Parent 1940 L'Empreinte du dieu Gomar 1942 Bolero Georges 1942 Chiffon's Wedding Max de Bray 1942 Twisted Mistress Guy Carbonnel 1943 White Wings Gérard Clairval 1943 Secrets Pierre 1943 Malaria Jean Barral 1943 Pierre and Jean Le docteur Henri Marchat 1944 Sowing the Wind Le sculpteur Bruno Horp 1944 Le bal des passants Claude Amadieu 1944 Night Shift Pierre Jansen 1945 The Great Pack Côme de Lambrefaut 1945 Father Serge Le prince Stéphane 1946 Women's Games Stanislas 1947 Rumours Jean 1947 La dernière chevauchée André Valérian 1947 Les trafiquants de la mer L'inspecteur principal Gardy 1949 56 Rue Pigalle Jean Vigneron 1949 The Farm of Seven Sins Paul-Louis Courier 1950 Julie de Carneilhan Léon de Carneilhan 1951 Anna Il professor Ferri 1954 Ulysses Alicinous 1954 The Count of Bragelonne d'Artagnan 1955 Napoleon Le maréchal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte 1956 If Paris Were Told to Us Richelieu 1956 Plucking the Daisy General Dumont 1956 Mitsou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles Eugène 1957 The Seventh Commandment Gilbert Odet 1958 Life Together Le professeur Henri Girane 1958 La p... sentimentale Pierre Berger 1960 La tricheuse Le docteur Armand Merville 1961 Famous Love Affairs Maître Hans - le bourreau (segment "Agnès Bernauer")1961 ¿Pena de muerte? Padre de Pablo 1962 First Criminal Brigade Commissar Masson 1962 Dossier 1413 Docteur Pira 1962 La planque Garnier - le directeur 1963 Les Tontons flingueurs Louis le Mexicain 1964 Que personne ne sorte Le directeur de la police