Jacques Debary
Acting
Biography
Jacques Debary (25 November 1914 – 9 December 2011) was a French actor.
Born: November 25, 1914
Place of Birth: Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Picardie, France
Known For
Male of the Century
The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.
The Phantom of Liberty
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
That Obscure Object of Desire
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.
The Pariah
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
The Dominici Affair
In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death. But then the case begins to collapse. The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent…
The Thief of Paris
In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. In retaliation, Georges steals the fiancé's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a lifetime of burglary.
Borsalino and Co.
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
The School Teacher
After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.
The French Calvinists
A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers, formed groups following Gédéon Laporte and fought Louis XIV's dragoons.
Aloïse
Aloise creates a series of haunting drawings while she is incarcerated in an institution for the insane in turn-of-the-century Switzerland. She endures torments as a musically gifted girl and later as a young woman; her developing madness and the barbaric treatments of the time are shown.
Filmography
as Camille Saint-Saëns
as Saint-Saens
as Pistchitk
as School Director
as Dictation voice
as Judge on the Train
as Le Président Lenoir
as Bourcier
as Georges
as L'Homme au téléphone
as L'ancien directeur
as Isabelle's father
as Georges Vaucher, Pierre's father
as Vauquier's father
as Father Léon
as Prefect
as Le président du tribunal
as Albert
as L'inspecteur Wallon
as Divisional Commissioner (uncredited)
as General supervisor
as Carl
as The Commissioner of Marseille
as Gédéon Laporte
as Orgon
as Doctor
as Peyramale
as Courbassol
as Commissaire Cabrol