Guy Decomble

ActorWriterDirecting Nov 12 (died age 53) Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France 1932–1964 (32 year career)

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Biography

Guy Decomble (1910–1964) was a French film and television actor. A character actor he played in a number of supporting parts in postwar cinema. One of his better known roles is as the teacher in The 400 Blows by François Truffaut.

Known For

Film

The 400 Blows

Professeur de français

Film

Bob le Flambeur

Police Commissary Ledru

Film

Jour de Fête

Roger

Film

Maigret Sets a Trap

Mazet

Film

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

Typesetter (uncredited)

Film

The Cousins

Le libraire

Film

Bizarre, Bizarre

le maquereau (uncredited)

Film

The Magnificent Tramp

Le chef de station de la R.A.T.P.

Filmography

Acting (60)

Movies (60)

The Straight Line

1964

Why Paris?

1964

as Guest released from prison

Maigret Sees Red

1963

as l'inspecteur Lognon

6.1

The Girls of La Rochelle

1962

as Sir Basile

Smrt na Cukrovém ostrově

as Jean

The Nina B. Affair

as Lofting

The Old Guard

as Coach driver

The Magnificent Tramp

1959

as Le chef de station de la R.A.T.P.

7.0

The 400 Blows

1959

as Professeur de français

Atomic Agent

as Pageot

The Wreckers

The Cousins

as Le libraire

Guinguette

La dame de Noël

Thérèse Étienne

as Rothlisberger

Maigret Sets a Trap

as Mazet

Police Judiciaire

as Inspector Mercier

Bob le Flambeur

as Police Commissary Ledru

Every Second Counts

Black Dossier

as Ll'inspecteur Leroy

6.2

The Aristocrats

1955

as Gustave, alcoolique, gardien de l'école communale

6.4

Dangerous Turning

1954

as Mr. Léon

The Unfrocked One

as Le père Mascle

Follow That Man

as Emile Kortenwirth

This Man Is Dangerous

1953

as Jacques 'le Dingue'

The Case Against X

as Le concierge

We Are All Murderers

as Un inspecteur

The Solitary Conquerors

1952

as (voice)

The House on the Dune

1952

6.2

Captain Ardant

1951

as Jossip

The First Weapons

as Émile

Jour de Fête

as Roger

Vire-vent

as Justin

Le Cœur révélateur

1949

Scandal on the Champs-Élysées

1949

as Pascaud

5.5

Unusual Tales

1949

as The Obsessed Killer

The Chips Are Down

as Poulain

The Lost Village

as Jean Pétrat

The House Under the Sea

1947

as Lucien

6.0

Dreams of Love

1947

as Hurau

Song of the Clouds

Homeland

as un échevin

The Ideal Couple

as Operator

The Last Penny

as Richard

Hanged Man's Farm

as Bénoni

Farandole

François Villon

as Denisot

The Great Pack

as Me Frouas

Florence is Crazy

as (uncredited)

First in Line

as Warfield

Madame et le mort

Adieu Léonard

as Knife-grinder

Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

1943

as Robert (uncredited)

7.1

The Trump Card

1942

as Aspirant

4.3

The Time of the Cherries

1938

Bizarre, Bizarre

1937

as le maquereau (uncredited)

6.9

Forfaiture

1937

as Un joueur

6.5

The Citadel of Silence

1937

as (uncredited)

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

1936

as Typesetter (uncredited)

7.0

It's in the Bag

1932

as Le pasteur (uncredited)

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Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Unusual Tales

Adaptation

First in Line

Assistant Director

Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

1943

Assistant Director

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