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born: "18 August 1904"
died: "15 October 1994"
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# Jean Dasté

Actor. Born 18 August 1904 in Paris, France. Died 15 October 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1904, Paris, France
- **Died:** 15 October 1994
- **Also known as:** Jean Georges Gustave Dasté
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dast%C3%A9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11550

## Biography

Jean Dasté (also credited as Jean Georges Gustave Dasté) was a French actor and theatre director. He made his screen debut in Jean Renoir's *Boudu Saved from Drowning* (1932) and appeared as the teacher in Renoir's *Grand Illusion* (1937). He played leading roles in two films by Jean Vigo: the supervisor in *Zero for Conduct* (1933) and the title character in *L'Atalante* (1934).

Dasté was a prominent figure in French theatre. In 1947 he became founding director of the Comédie de Saint-Étienne company. He later appeared in films by Alain Resnais and François Truffaut, including *Z* (1969), *The Wild Child* (1970) and *The Man Who Loved Women* (1977). He was married to actress Marie-Hélène Dasté, daughter of Jacques Copeau.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Grand Illusion* (1937), Fi1m 92, as Teacher — [page](https://film.one/film/grand-illusion.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *White Wedding* (1989), as Concierge
- *Docile Night* (1987), as Le chauffeur de taxi
- *Sorceress* (1987), as Christophe
- *Love Unto Death* (1984), as Dr. Rozier
- *Les Îles* (1983), as Jean
- *Le Crime d'amour* (1982), as L'homme de l'asile
- *A Week's Vacation* (1980), as le père de Laurence
- *My American Uncle* (1980), as M. Louis
- *Rue du Pied de Grue* (1979), as Tonton
- *Pourquoi Patricia* (1979), as M. Folco
- *Utopia* (1979), as Jean
- *Molière* (1978), as Le grand-père de Molière
- *The Green Room* (1978), as Bernard Humbert
- *Saint-Étienne : ville secrète* (1978), Actor
- *The Man Who Loved Women* (1977), as L'urologue
- *The Body of My Enemy* (1976), as Le gardien du chantier
- *Little Marcel* (1976), as Berger
- *Les jours gris* (1974), as The old man
- *Handsome Face* (1972), as Cuvrot
- *The Wild Child* (1970), as Professor Philippe Pinel
- *Z* (1969), as Illya Coste
- *The War Is Over* (1966), as The Man in Charge
- *Skies Above* (1965), as Bazin, le savant
- *Muriel, or the Time of Return* (1963), as L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
- *St. Val's Mystery* (1945), as The bailiff
- *The Great Pack* (1945), as Bailiff (uncredited)
- *Adieu Léonard* (1943), as Porcelain mender
- *A Star to the Sun* (1943), Actor
- *Picpus* (1943), as Le clerc (uncredited)
- *Sideral Cruises* (1942), as Pépin
- *Stormy Waters* (1941), as Le radio
- *The Time of the Cherries* (1938), as Director's son
- *Grand Illusion* (1937), as Teacher — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/grand-illusion.md)
- *Life Is Ours* (1936), as L'instituteur / Teacher
- *Under Western Eyes* (1936), as Georges
- *The Crime of Monsieur Lange* (1936), as Model Maker
- *L'Atalante* (1934), as Jean
- *Zero for Conduct* (1933), as Supervisor Huguet
- *Boudu Saved from Drowning* (1932), as L'Étudiant

## Gallery

- ![Jean Dasté](https://film.one/media/person/1230779/gallery-f4ca2b985afb.jpg) Jean Dasté — Paul kiujcom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Alain_Meilland_Jean_Dast%C3%A9_maison_de_la_culture_bourges_1974.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jean Dasté](https://film.one/media/person/1230779/gallery-12c4494c3568.jpg) Jean Dasté — Image via TMDB

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