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 lHôtel 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 dOr 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.
Jean Vigneron
Film 1949
General Dumont
Film 1956
Léon de Carneilhan
Film 1950
Bondizi
Film 1932
Film 1932
Film 1934
Film 1934
Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
Film 1935
Stefani
Film 1936
Baron Houzier
Film 1937
Film 1938
Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
Film 1939
Film 1942
Gérard Clairval
Film 1943
Film 1943
The sculptor Bruno Horp
Film 1944
Claude Amadieu
Film 1944
Film 1945
Stanislas
Film 1946
Professor Ferri
Film 1951
Garnier, le directeur
Film 1962
Max de Bray
Film 1942
Le lieutenant Parent
Film 1940
Police director
Film 1964
L'inspecteur principal Gardy
Film 1947
Film 1958
Le docteur Henri Girane
Film 1958
Côme de Lambrefaut
Film 1945
Film 1960
Jean
Film 1947
Gilbert Odet
Film 1957
Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
Film 1938
Clay
Film 1935
Georges
Film 1942
Marchat
Film 1943
Rolland
Film 1938
Paul-Louis Courier
Film 1949
Gaston de Bligny
Film 1933
Hans, le bourreau
Film 1961
Docteur Pira
Film 1961
Commissioner Masson
Film 1961
d'Artagnan
Film 1954
Pierre Jansen
Film 1944
Film 1961
Self / Narrator (voice)
Film 1956
Jean Fournier
Film 1934
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Film 1955
Film 1947
Pierre
Film 1943
Gomar
Film 1940
Malescot
Film 1934
Alicinous
Film 1954
Richelieu
Film 1956
Osman Hel Hussein
Film 1939
Old Horace
Film 1963
Alphonse Delamoniaz
Tv 1976
Duc Sosthène de Plessis-Vaudreuil
Tv 1977