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'' 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
Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.
As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film ''The Ten C ...
('' The Ten Commandments'', '' The Three Musketeers'', '' The Four Musketeers''...), Errol Flynn, Orson Welles and Robert Taylor.
Filmography
*''L'équipage
''The Crew'' (French: ''L'Équipage'') is a 1923 war novel by the French writer Joseph Kessel. It is set during the First World War, focusing on the crew of a two-man reconnaissance plane whose pilot is in love with the wife of the observer. I ...
'' (1935)
*'' Mayerling'' (1936)
*'' La maison du Maltais'' (1938)
*'' Remontons les Champs-Élysées'' (1938)
*'' L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942)
*'' Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' (1942)
*''Une étoile au soleil
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'' (1943)
*'' La Main du diable'' (1943)
*''Mon amour est près de toi
Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to:
Places
* Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar
* Mon, India, a town in Nagaland
* Mon district, Nagaland
* Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
* Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons
* A ...
'' (1943)
* ''First on the Rope
''First on the Rope'' (French: ''Premier de cordée'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Irène Corday, André Le Gall and Lucien Blondeau. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Roger Frison ...
'' (1944)
*'' Farandole'' (1945)
*'' Le mystère Saint-Val'' (1945)
* ''The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...
'' (1945)
*''Alone in the Night Alone in the Night may refer to:
* Alone in the Night (1945 film), a French crime film
* Alone in the Night (2024 film), a Spanish comedy-drama film
* Alone in the Night, a song by Roger Daltrey, from the album Can't Wait to See the Movie
' ...
'' (1945)
*'' Special Mission'' (1946)
* '' Criminal Brigade'' (1947)
*'' Vertiges'' (1947)
*'' La grande Maguet'' (1947)
*''Une mort sans importance
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'' (1948)
*''Judicial Error
''Judicial Error'' (French: ''Erreur judiciaire'') is a 1948 French drama film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Michèle Alfa, Jimmy Gaillard and Lucienne Le Marchand.Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: e ...
'' (1948)
*'' Le Destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin'' (1948)
*'' La louve'' (1949)
*''La femme nue The Nude Woman may refer to:
* The Nude Woman (1922 film)
''The Nude Woman'' ( it, La donna nuda) is a 1922 Italian silent drama film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Francesca Bertini and Angelo Ferrari.Jandelli p.54
The film's sets w ...
'' (1949)
*''Au royaume des cieux
Au, AU, au or a.u. may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* .au, the internet country code for Australia
* Au file format, Sun Microsystems' audio format
* Audio Units, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer
* Adobe Audit ...
'' (1949)
*'' On ne triche pas avec la vie'' (1949)
*''Cartouche, roi de Paris
''Cartouche, King of Paris'' or just ''Cartouche'' (French: ''Cartouche, roi de Paris'') is a 1950 French historical adventure film directed by Guillaume Radot and starring Roger Pigaut, Renée Devillers and Claire Duhamel.Klossner p.64 The fil ...
'' (1950)
*''Souvenirs perdus
''Lost Souvenirs'' (French: ''Souvenirs perdus'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur and Suzy Delair.Turk p.363
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was ...
'' (1950)
*'' Le vrai coupable'' (1951)
*'' Sainte Jeanne'' (1956) (TV)
*'' C'était un gentleman'' (1957) (TV)
*'' Christine'' (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
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' (1967) (TV)
*'' Le profanateur'' (1969) (TV)
*''Tête d'horloge
Tête, head in French, may refer to :
* ''Tête'' (sculpture), a 1912 work of art by Amedeo Modigliani; one of the most expensive sculptures ever sold
* "Je danse dans ma tête", a 1991 song from the Dion chante Plamondon album by Céline Dion
* ...
'' (1970) (TV)
*'' Noëlle aux quatre vents'' (TV series)
*'' La Polonaise'' (1971)
*'' Le complot'' (1973)
*'' Eugène Sue'' (1974) (TV)
*''Stavisky
''Stavisky...'' is a 1974 French biographical drama film based on the life of the financier and embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This gave rise to a political scandal known as the Stavis ...
'' (1974)
*'' Julie Charles'' (1974)
*''Un jeune homme seul
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizin ...
'' (1974)
*'' L'homme au contrat'' (1974) (TV series)
*'' Ces grappes de ma vigne'' (1975) (miniseries)
*''Faux et usage de faux
Faux may refer to: People
*Faux (surname)
Places Places in Belgium
* Faux, a village in the Belgian commune of Court-Saint-Étienne
Places in France
* Faux, Ardennes, French commune of the Ardennes department
* Faux, Dordogne, French commune of t ...
'' (1976) (TV series)
*'' Les jeunes filles'' (1977) (TV)
*'' Le diable dans la boîte'' (1977)
*''Foch pour vaincre
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'' (1977) (TV)
*''La lettre écarlate
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' (1977) (TV)
*'' Il était un musicien'' (1978) (TV series)
*'' Zigzags'' (1978) (TV)
*''Othello
''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...
'' (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
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' (1980) (TV)
*''L'inconnue d'Arras
"L'Inconnue" is a short story by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885.
Synopsis
On the Concorde bridge, baron Roger des Annettes meets a stranger who has "an effect... an astonishing effect" on him.
Publication
''L'Inconnue'' wa ...
'' (1980) (TV)
*'' La provinciale'' (1981)
*'' Anthelme Collet ou Le brigand gentillhomme'' (1981) (miniseries)
*'' Histoire contemporaine'' (1981) (miniseries)
*''Ursule Mirouët
''Ursule Mirouët'', a novel, belongs to Honoré de Balzac’s series of 94 novels and short stories ''La Comédie humaine''. First published in 1841, it forms part of his ''Scènes de la vie de province''.
The action of the novel takes place in ...
'' (1981) (TV)
*'' Le procès de Shamgorod'' (1982) (TV)
*''Deux amies d'enfance Deux and D'eux means "of them" or "about them" while also being the number "two" in French.
*2 (number), the natural number following 1 and preceding 3
**Two (disambiguation)
*Folie à deux, a rare psychiatric syndrome
Geography
*Deux Montagnes ...
'' (1983) (miniseries)
*'' Dessin sur un trottoir'' (1983) (TV)
*'' L'homme de Suez'' (1983) (miniseries)
*'' Les maîtres du soleil'' (1984)
*'' Au théâtre ce soir'' (1984) (TV)
*''Châteauvallon
''Châteauvallon'' is a soap opera of , created by Georges Conchon and Jean-Pierre Petrolacci, which was broadcast in France between and on Antenne 2. It was a France, Franco-Switzerland, Swiss-Great Britain, British-Italy, Italian-Luxembourg (c ...
'' (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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