Jean Servais

Jean Servais (; 24 September 1910 – 17 February 1976) was a Belgian film and stage actor. He acted in many 20th century French cinema productions, from the 1930s through the early 1970s.

He was married to actress Dominique Blanchar (1952–1953) and later to Gilberte Graillot. (1955), which François Truffaut ranked as the best film noir, directed by American Jules Dassin,

He appeared in another film directed by Jules Dassin in 1957, He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir). He also appeared in a film written and directed by Luis Buñuel, La fièvre monte à El Pao (1959).

In the 1950s and 1960s, Servais rejoined the Renaud-Barrault theatre troupe for several plays, including La Répétition ou l'Amour puni (1950), Volpone (1955), and Marat/Sade (1966).

In the 1960s, Servais took small character roles in popular international fare such as The Longest Day (1962), an epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy, and That Man from Rio (1964). Other films in which he acted include Le Sahara brûle (1961), Un Soir Par Hasard (1964), and Avec la peau des autres (1966).

He had roles in several films in the early 1970s, such as The Devil's Nightmare (1971), an Italian horror series, and Le Protecteur (1974), about a recently released prisoner who tries to find his daughter who has fallen into the underworld of prostitution.

Selected filmography Films with roles played by Jean Servais include:

Mater dolorosa (1932) Criminal (1933) – Bob Graham Youth (1933) – Pierre The Faceless Voice (1933) – Gérard Les Misérables (1934) – Marius Pontmercy Angèle (1934) – Albin Amok (1934) – Jan Song of Farewell (1934) – Frédéric Chopin Last Hour (1934) – Jean Benoit Bourrasque (1935) – Marcel Bardet Rose (1936) – Jean Sergent Valse éternelle (1936) – Pierre Kramer Une fille à papa (1936) – Henri Guiraud The Forsaken (1937) – Prieur Gigolette (1937) – Docteur Jacques Bernais (1937) – l'ingénieur Philippe Dancourt (1939) – Maxime / Massimo (1939) – Le docteur Maire Quartier sans soleil (1939) – Jo (1940) – Paul Those of the Sky (1941) – Monval Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1941) – Fromont jeune Patricia (1942) – Fabien (1943) – Anders Finance noire (1943) – François Carré Mahlia the Mestiza (1943) – Henri de Roussière -le fils des parents adoptifs de Mahlia (1944) – Le vicomte Roland de la Chaume – un oisif The Seventh Door (1947) – Le chauffeur du car Prelude to Madness (1948) – Enrico Miller – il violinista The Dance of Death (1948) – Kurt Une si jolie petite plage (1949) – Fred Mademoiselle de La Ferté (1949) – Lord Osborne Le furet (1950) – Stadler The Glass Castle (1950) Une si jolie petite plage (1950) – Laurent Bertal (French version) Le Plaisir (1952) – L'ami de Jean / La voix de Maupassant (segment "Le Modèle") Mina de Vanghel (1953) – Ruppert Rue de l'Estrapade (1953) – Jacques Christian Tourbillon (1953) – Fred Maurin Le Chevalier de la nuit (1953) – Le châtelain Les crimes de l'amour (1953) – Ruppert (segment 1 : 'Mina de Vanghel') Rififi (1955) – Tony le Stéphanois The Heroes Are Tired (1955) – François Séverin Le couteau sous la gorge (1955) – Marc Hourtin The Lebanese Mission (1956) – Maj. Charles Hobson He Who Must Die (1957) – Priest Fotis The Wheel (1957) – Pierre Pelletier Send a Woman When the Devil Fails (1957) – Henri Godot Tamango (1958) – Doctor Corot That Night (1958) – André Reverdy Les Jeux dangereux (1958) – Fournier, le détective privé La Fièvre Monte à El Pao (1959) – Alejandro Gual Murder at 45 R.P.M. (1960) – Maurice Faugères The Sahara Is Burning (1961) – Wagner World in My Pocket (1961) – Gypo Les Menteurs (1961) – Paul Dutraz Le jeu de la vérité (1961) – Jean-François Vérate The Corsican Brothers (1961) – Gerolamo Sagona Le Crime ne paie pas (1962) – Ernest Vaughan (segment "L'affaire Hugues") The Longest Day (1962) – Rear Admiral Robert Jaujard The Cage (1963) – Rispal (1963) – Commissaire Beronnet (1963) – Piort Rififi in the City (1964) – Maurice Leprince That Man from Rio (1964) – Prof. Norbert Catalan (1965) – Dr. Roussel Thomas the Impostor (1965) – Pasquel-Duport Lost Command (1966) – General Melies Avec la peau des autres (1966) – Wegelt Qualcuno ha tradito (1967) – Jean Coplan Saves His Skin (1968) – Saroghu Black Jesus (1968) – Commander Better a Widow (1968) – Baron Misceni They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968) – Gino Peau d'âne (1970) – La voix de (voice) The Devil's Nightmare (1971) – Baron von Rhoneberg (1972) – De Gournais, le directeur de la galerie L'Affaire Crazy Capo (1973) – Joseph Marchesi, dit Crazy Capo Le Protecteur (1974) – Ancelin Un tueur, un flic, ainsi soit-il... (1977) – Forzi (final film role)