--- name: "Jean Debucourt" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-debucourt" fi1m_id: "jean-debucourt" imdb_id: "nm0213581" tmdb_id: 36209 wikidata_id: "Q3171608" roles: ["Actor"] born: "19 January 1894" died: "22 March 1958" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T05:31:24.028392+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jean Debucourt ## Identity Jean Debucourt - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-debucourt - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jean-debucourt - **IMDb ID:** nm0213581 - **TMDB ID:** 36209 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3171608 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Debucourt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3171608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36209 Actor. Born 19 January 1894 in Paris, France. Died 22 March 1958. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 19 January 1894, Paris, France - **Died:** 22 March 1958 - **Also known as:** Жан Дебюкур, Jean-Étienne Pelisse - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Debucourt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3171608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36209 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Earrings of Madame de...*](https://film.one/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jean Debucourt (born Jean-Étienne Pelisse) was a French stage and film actor. Born in Paris on 19 January 1894, he appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and his death on 22 March 1958 in Montrouge. He trained at the Paris Conservatoire and performed at the Odéon before joining the Comédie-Française in 1936, becoming a sociétaire the following year. He remained active in theatre while building a substantial screen career, often in supporting roles. Debucourt is remembered for parts including Sir Roderick Usher in *The Fall of the House of Usher* (1928), Monsieur Rémy in *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), and Camille Guimard in *Maigret Sets a Trap* (1958), as well as voice work such as the historian in *Fan-Fan the Tulip* (1952). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), Fi1m 87, as Monsieur Rémy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de.md) ## Complete filmography (101) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Maigret Sets a Trap* (1958), as Camille Guimard - *When a Woman Meddles* (1957), as Auguste Coudert de la Taillerie - *The Witches of Salem* (1957), as Reverend Paris - *Bold Adventure* (1956), as Cardinal - *My Priest Among the Poor* (1956), as Monsignor Sibué - *The Wages of Sin* (1956), as Frank Lindstrom - *If Paris Were Told to Us* (1956), as Philippe de Comynes - *The Light Across the Street* (1955), as le professeur Nieumer - *Marguerite of the Night* (1955), as L'homme austère - *Lord Rogue* (1955), as King Louis-Philippe - *Nana* (1955), as Napoléon III - *Les Hommes en blanc* (1955), as Professeur Hauberger - *Napoleon* (1955), as Count Joseph Fouché - *Caroline and the Rebels* (1955), as Le père supérieur - *No Exit* (1954), as Le général - *The Secret of Helene Marimon* (1954), as Camille Marimon - *Mademoiselle Nitouche* (1954), as Major of Longueville - *Les Amoureux de Marianne* (1953), as Monsignor the Archbishop - *Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's* (1953), as Baron, noble, restaurant regular - *The Night Is Ours* (1953), as Besagne - *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), as Monsieur Rémy — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de.md) - *Les Dents longues* (1953), as Goudal - *The Golden Coach* (1952), as Eveque de Carmol - *Dr. Schweitzer* (1952), as Le père Charles - *La Danseuse nue* (1952), as Gilbert Chantal - *Desperate Decision* (1952), as A Mysterious Man - *My Priest Among the Rich* (1952), as Monseigneur Sibué - *Cent ans de gloire* (1952), as Narrator - *Trial at the Vatican* (1952), as M. Martin - *The Case Against X* (1952), as Maître Landry, avocat pénaliste, ténor du barreau - *The Little World of Don Camillo* (1952), as La voix du Jésus - *The Seven Deadly Sins* (1952), as Mr. Signac (segment "L'Orgueil") - *Leathernose* (1952), as The Marquis of Brives - *Fan-Fan the Tulip* (1952), as Voice of the historian (voice) - *Jocelyn* (1952), as Julie's godfather - *Poison* (1951), as Maître Aubanel - *The Cape of Hope* (1951), as Commissaire André Troyon - *Bluebeard* (1951), as Le majordome - *Paris Vice Squad* (1951), as Maître Berthet, avocat - *Dear Caroline* (1951), as La voix narrateur - *Justice Is Done* (1950), as Michel Caudron, 7th juror - *Prelude to Glory* (1950), as Maréchal - *Here Is the Beauty* (1950), as Monsieur de la Brunerie - *The Crime of the Just* (1950), as Arnal dit Conseiller - *Rome Express* (1950), as Lacaze - *Keep an Eye on Amelia* (1949), as (uncredited) - *The Secret of Mayerling* (1949), as L'empereur François-Joseph - *White Paws* (1949), as The investigating judge - *L'échafaud peut attendre* (1949), as Doctor Jeannin - *Last Love* (1949), as Count of Cravant - *The Eagle with Two Heads* (1948), as Felix de Willenstein - *Man to Men* (1948), as Napoleon III - *The Devil Who Limped* (1948), as Baron of Humboldt - *Carrefour du crime* (1948), as Pierre Morel - *The Eleven O'Clock Woman* (1948), as Doctor Vermeulen - *Torrents* (1947), as Lindval - *Monsieur Vincent* (1947), as Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi, comte de Joigny - *Vertiges* (1947), as Professor Borand - *Not Guilty* (1947), as Inspector Chambon - *Devil in the Flesh* (1947), as Edouard Jaubert - *The Woman in Red* (1947), as Imaneff - *Distress* (1947), as Clermont-Latour - *Rendezvous in Paris* (1947), as Raymond Aubour - *The Fugitive* (1947), as Doctor Jacques Bréville - *Tainted* (1946), as l’inspecteur - *Her Last Part* (1946), as Professor Mercier - *The Idiot* (1946), as Totsky - *Roger the Disgrace* (1946), as Lucien de Noirville - *As Long As I Live* (1946), as Jean Marail - *La Malibran* (1944), as Countess's friend - *The Woman Who Dared* (1944), as Larcher, le professeur de piano - *Douce* (1943), as Engelbert de Bonafé - *Malaria* (1943), Actor - *Monsieur des Lourdines* (1943), as Doctor - *Marie-Martine* (1943), as Monsieur de Lachaume - *Coup de feu dans la nuit* (1943), as Investigating judge - *Love Letters* (1942), as Emperor Napoléon III - *Business Is Business* (1942), as Viscount de la Fontenelle - *The Trump Card* (1942), as Thomas - *Retour au bonheur* (1942), Actor - *Thunder Over Paris* (1940), as Gerlier - *From Mayerling to Sarajevo* (1940), as Janatschek - *Woman of Malacca* (1937), as Sir Eric Temple - *The Drunkard* (1937), as Doctor Marignan - *The Life and Loves of Beethoven* (1937), as Count Robert Gallenberg - *Wolves Between Them* (1936), Actor - *Mayerling* (1936), as Count Taafe - *Crimson Dynasty* (1935), as Le lieutenant de Hagen - *Speak to Me of Love* (1935), as Raymond Valtier - *Le Clown Bux* (1935), Actor - *Le Prince Jean* (1934), as Prince Léopold of Arnheim - *Maître Bolbec et son mari* (1934), as Edmond Bolbec - *L'Agonie des aigles* (1933), as Lieutenant Pascal de Breuilly - *Le mari garçon* (1933), Actor - *Mr Poirier's Son-in-Law* (1933), as Gaston de Presles - *Mistigri* (1931), Actor - *One Night at the Front* (1931), Actor - *Saint Joan the Maid* (1929), as Charles VII - *The Fall of the House of Usher* (1928), as Sir Roderick Usher - *Jean Chouan* (1926), as Maximilien de Robespierre - *La rue du pavé d'amour* (1924), as Adrien Fleury ## Gallery - ![Jean Debucourt](https://film.one/media/person/3869366/gallery-af5047776e71.jpg) Jean Debucourt — Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Jean_Debucourt_by_Harcourt_1938.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jean Debucourt](https://film.one/media/person/3869366/gallery-def41c0fea20.jpg) Jean Debucourt — Image via TMDB - ![Jean Debucourt](https://film.one/media/person/3869366/gallery-b6b3e50acea3.jpg) Jean Debucourt — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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