Jean Davy (15 October 1911 – 5 February 2001) was a French film, stage voice actor.
Career
He was a
Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.
In the premiere production of ''
Antigone
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'' in Paris, 1944, Davy created the role of Créon.
Programme for original run of ''Antigone'', 1944
on ''A.R.T, La Mémoire du théâtre'', accessed 3 August 2019.
He was a French voice of Charlton Heston (''The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments ( Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...
'', ''The Three Musketeers
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'', '' The Four Musketeers''...), Errol Flynn, Orson Welles and Robert Taylor.
Filmography
*'' L'équipage'' (1935)
*''Mayerling
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'' (1936)
*''La maison du Maltais
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* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
'' (1938)
*'' Remontons les Champs-Élysées'' (1938)
*'' L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942)
*''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary
Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (Mlle. Desiree) is a French film released in September 1942, black and white, written and directed by Sacha Guitry. The film concerns the life of Désirée Clary, the daughter of a Marseilles merchant, who b ...
'' (1942)
*'' Une étoile au soleil'' (1943)
*''La Main du diable
''La Main du diable'' ("The Devil's Hand"), also known as ''Carnival of Sinners'', is a 1943 French horror film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Pierre Fresnay as a struggling artist who acquires a supernatural talisman. Eventually, ...
'' (1943)
*'' Mon amour est près de toi'' (1943)
* '' First on the Rope'' (1944)
*''Farandole
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Traditional dance
The farandole is consi ...
'' (1945)
*'' Le mystère Saint-Val'' (1945)
* '' The Last Judgment'' (1945)
*'' Alone in the Night'' (1945)
*'' Special Mission'' (1946)
* '' Criminal Brigade'' (1947)
*'' Vertiges'' (1947)
*'' La grande Maguet'' (1947)
*'' Une mort sans importance'' (1948)
*'' Judicial Error'' (1948)
*'' Le Destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin'' (1948)
*'' La louve'' (1949)
*'' La femme nue'' (1949)
*'' Au royaume des cieux'' (1949)
*'' On ne triche pas avec la vie'' (1949)
*'' Cartouche, roi de Paris'' (1950)
*'' Souvenirs perdus'' (1950)
*'' Le vrai coupable'' (1951)
*'' Sainte Jeanne'' (1956) (TV)
*'' C'était un gentleman'' (1957) (TV)
*''Christine
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People
* Christine (name), a female given name
Film
* ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei''
* ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name
* ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...
'' (1958)
*'' Drôles de phénomènes'' (1959)
*'' Le juge de Malte'' (1959) (TV)
*'' Le Masque de fer'' (1962)
*'' La princesse du rail'' (1967) (TV series)
*'' La bouquetière des innocents'' (1967) (TV)
*'' Le profanateur'' (1969) (TV)
*'' Tête d'horloge'' (1970) (TV)
*'' Noëlle aux quatre vents'' (TV series)
*'' La Polonaise'' (1971)
*'' Le complot'' (1973)
*''Eugène Sue
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'' (1974) (TV)
*'' Stavisky'' (1974)
*'' Julie Charles'' (1974)
*'' Un jeune homme seul'' (1974)
*'' L'homme au contrat'' (1974) (TV series)
*'' Ces grappes de ma vigne'' (1975) (miniseries)
*'' Faux et usage de faux'' (1976) (TV series)
*'' Les jeunes filles'' (1977) (TV)
*'' Le diable dans la boîte'' (1977)
*'' Foch pour vaincre'' (1977) (TV)
*'' La lettre écarlate'' (1977) (TV)
*'' Il était un musicien'' (1978) (TV series)
*'' Zigzags'' (1978) (TV)
*'' Othello'' (1979) (TV)
*'' Le destin de Priscilla Davies'' (1979) (TV)
*'' La lumière des justes'' (1979) (miniseries)
*'' Les yeux bleus'' (1979) (miniseries)
*'' Bernard Quesnay'' (1979) (TV)
*'' Le mandarin'' (1980) (TV)
*'' La fraîcheur de l'aube'' (1980) (TV)
*'' L'inconnue d'Arras'' (1980) (TV)
*'' La provinciale'' (1981)
*'' Anthelme Collet ou Le brigand gentillhomme'' (1981) (miniseries)
*'' Histoire contemporaine'' (1981) (miniseries)
*'' Ursule Mirouët'' (1981) (TV)
*'' Le procès de Shamgorod'' (1982) (TV)
*'' Deux amies d'enfance'' (1983) (miniseries)
*'' Dessin sur un trottoir'' (1983) (TV)
*'' L'homme de Suez'' (1983) (miniseries)
*'' Les maîtres du soleil'' (1984)
*''Au théâtre ce soir
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* Au file format, Sun Microsystems' audio format
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'' (1984) (TV)
*'' Châteauvallon'' (1985) (TV)
References
External links
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1911 births
2001 deaths
French male film actors
French male voice actors
Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française
People from Puteaux
French male stage actors
20th-century French male actors
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