Jean Davy

{{Expand French|topic=bio|Jean Davy|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean Davy | birth_date = {{birth date|1911|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Puteaux, Île-de-France, France}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|2|5|1911|10|15|df=y}} | death_place = {{nowrap|Paris, Île-de-France, France}} | occupation = Actor | spouse = Odile Mallet | children = | parents = | relations = | awards = }} '''Jean Davy''' (15 October 1911 – 5 February 2001) was a French film, stage voice actor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jean-davy.fullmoviereview.com/ |title=Home |website=jean-davy.fullmoviereview.com}}</ref>

==Career== He was a Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.

In the premiere production of ''Antigone'' in Paris, 1944, Davy created the role of Créon.<ref>[http://www.regietheatrale.com/index/index/programmes/programmes.php?recordID=102&Antigone-ANOUILH-1944 Programme for original run of ''Antigone'', 1944] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204154102/http://www.regietheatrale.com/index/index/programmes/programmes.php?recordID=102&Antigone-ANOUILH-1944 |date=2020-02-04 }} on ''A.R.T, La Mémoire du théâtre'', accessed 3 August 2019.</ref>

He was a French voice of Charlton Heston (''The Ten Commandments'', ''The Three Musketeers'', ''The Four Musketeers''...), Errol Flynn, Orson Welles and Robert Taylor.

==Filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''The Crew'' (1935) *''Mayerling'' (1936) * ''Sirocco'' (1938) *''Remontons les Champs-Élysées'' (1938) * ''The Man Who Played with Fire'' (1942) *''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' (1942) *''Une étoile au soleil'' (1943) *''La Main du diable'' (1943) *''Mon amour est près de toi'' (1943) * ''First on the Rope'' (1944) *''Farandole'' (1945) *''Le mystère Saint-Val'' (1945) * ''The Last Judgment'' (1945) *''Alone in the Night'' (1945) *''Special Mission'' (1946) * ''Criminal Brigade'' (1947) * ''Vertigo'' (1947) * ''The Great Maguet'' (1947) *''Une mort sans importance'' (1948) *''Judicial Error'' (1948) *''Le Destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin'' (1948) *''La louve'' (1949) * ''The Nude Woman'' (1949) * ''The Sinners'' (1949) *''On ne triche pas avec la vie'' (1949) *''Cartouche, roi de Paris'' (1950) *''Souvenirs perdus'' (1950) * ''The Real Culprit'' (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'' (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'' (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'' (1984) (TV) *''Châteauvallon'' (1985) (TV) {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0205843}}

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