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