- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 18, 1904
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- October 15, 1994
Jean Dasté
Jean Dasté (born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté; 18 September 1904 – 15 October 1994) was a French actor and theatre director. Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film (Boudu sauvé des eaux), and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85. He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies, L'Atalante and Zéro de conduite. Later, he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut. He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau (1902–1994), the daughter of the influential French writer, editor, and drama critic Jacques Copeau (1879–1949) and Agnès Thomsen. In 1947, he became the founding director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company in the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire de…
Filmography
movieCinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012 · Self
movieWhite Wedding
1989 · Concierge
movieDocile Night
1987 · Le chauffeur de taxi
movieSorceress
1987 · Christophe
movieLove Unto Death
1984 · Dr. Rozier
movieLes Îles
1983 · Jean
movieLe Crime d'amour
1982 · L'homme de l'asile
movieA Week's Vacation
1980 · le père de Laurence
movieMy American Uncle
1980 · M. Louis
Rue du Pied de Grue
1979 · Tonton
moviePourquoi Patricia
1979 · M. Folco
movieUtopia
1979 · Jean
movieMolière
1978 · Le grand-père de Molière
movieThe Green Room
1978 · Bernard Humbert
movieSaint-Étienne : ville secrète
1978
movieThe Man Who Loved Women
1977 · L'urologue
movieThe Body of My Enemy
1976 · Le gardien du chantier
movieLittle Marcel
1976 · Berger
movieLes jours gris
1974 · The old man
movieHandsome Face
1972 · Cuvrot
movieThe Wild Child
1970 · Professor Philippe Pinel
movieZ
1969 · Illya Coste
movieThe War Is Over
1966 · The Man in Charge
movieSkies Above
1965 · Bazin, le savant
movieMuriel, or the Time of Return
1963 · L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
movieSt. Val's Mystery
1945 · The bailiff
movieThe Great Pack
1945 · Bailiff (uncredited)
movieAdieu Léonard
1943 · Porcelain mender
movieA Star to the Sun
1943
moviePicpus
1943 · Le clerc (uncredited)
movieSideral Cruises
1942 · Pépin
movieStormy Waters
1941 · Le radio
The Time of the Cherries
1938 · Director's son
movieGrand Illusion
1937 · L'instituteur
movieLife Is Ours
1936 · L'instituteur / Teacher
movieUnder Western Eyes
1936 · Georges
movieThe Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · Model Maker
movieL'Atalante
1934 · Jean
movieZero for Conduct
1933 · Supervisor Huguet
movieBoudu Saved from Drowning
1932 · L'Étudiant