Jean Dasté
Acting • Born 1904-08-18 – Died 1994-10-15
Biography
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 department. A college and a theatre in the town are named in his honour. Source: Article "Jean Dasté" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
40 credits
The Man Who Loved Women
Movie • 1977
L'urologue
The Wild Child
Movie • 1970
Professor Philippe Pinel
Grand Illusion
Movie • 1937
L'instituteur
Z
Movie • 1969
Illya Coste
The War Is Over
Movie • 1966
The Man in Charge
Les Îles
Movie • 1983
Jean
Utopia
Movie • 1979
Jean
The Green Room
Movie • 1978
Bernard Humbert
Zero for Conduct
Movie • 1933
Supervisor Huguet
L'Atalante
Movie • 1934
Jean
Life Is Ours
Movie • 1936
L'instituteur / Teacher
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Movie • 1932
L'Étudiant
A Week's Vacation
Movie • 1980
le père de Laurence
Under Western Eyes
Movie • 1936
Georges
The Time of the Cherries
Movie • 1938
Director's son
Muriel, or the Time of Return
Movie • 1963
L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
Sideral Cruises
Movie • 1942
Pépin
A Star to the Sun
Movie • 1943
Picpus
Movie • 1943
Le clerc (uncredited)
Adieu Léonard
Movie • 1943
Porcelain mender
St. Val's Mystery
Movie • 1945
The bailiff
The Great Pack
Movie • 1945
Bailiff (uncredited)
The Body of My Enemy
Movie • 1976
Le gardien du chantier
Docile Night
Movie • 1987
Le chauffeur de taxi
Skies Above
Movie • 1965
Bazin, le savant
Les jours gris
Movie • 1974
The old man
Rue du Pied de Grue
Movie • 1979
Tonton
Handsome Face
Movie • 1972
Cuvrot
Stormy Waters
Movie • 1941
Le radio
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
Movie • 2012
Self
Little Marcel
Movie • 1976
Berger
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Movie • 1936
Model Maker
My American Uncle
Movie • 1980
M. Louis
Sorceress
Movie • 1987
Christophe
Molière
Movie • 1978
Le grand-père de Molière
White Wedding
Movie • 1989
Concierge
Love Unto Death
Movie • 1984
Dr. Rozier
Le Crime d'amour
Movie • 1982
L'homme de l'asile
Pourquoi Patricia?
Movie • 1979
M. Folco
Saint-Étienne : ville secrète
Movie • 1978