Guy Decomble

1910-1964

Biography: life and films

Guy Decomble was a French actor. He was born in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France on 12th November 1910 and died in Châtellerault, France on 14th August 1964, aged 53.

His best films as an actor include Henri Calef's La Maison sous la mer (1947), Jacques Tati's comedy Jour de fête (1949), Claude Chabrol's Les Cousins (1959) and François Truffaut's Les Quatre cents coups (1959).

Guy Decomble appeared in 53 films and scripted 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Louis Daquin (4 films), Denys de La Patellière (4), Jean Delannoy (3), Gilles Grangier (3), André Cayatte (3), Pierre Prévert (2), Jean Renoir (2), Jean Faurez (2), Georges Lampin (2), Christian Stengel (2) and André Zwoboda (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (35 films), Thriller (8), comedy-drama (7), comedy (7), romance (4) and crime-thriller (3).

Our average rating for Guy Decomble over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

L'Affaire est dans le sac (1932) [a]

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936) [a]

Drôle de drame (1937) [a]

Forfaiture (1937) [a]

La Bête humaine (1938) [a]

Dernier atout (1942) [a]

Adieu Léonard (1943) [a]

Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (1943) [a]

Madame et le mort (1943) [a]

Florence est folle (1944) [a]

Premier de cordée (1944) [a]

François Villon (1945) [a]

La Grande meute (1945) [a]

La Ferme du pendu (1945) [a]

Le Couple idéal (1946) [a]

Le Dernier sou (1946) [a]

Patrie (1946) [a]

Sérénade aux nuages (1946) [a]

Le Village perdu (1947) [a]

Les Jeux sont faits (1947) [a]

Rêves d'amour (1947) [a]

La Maison sous la mer (1947) [a]

Histoires extraordinaires (1949) [a]

Jour de fête (1949) [a]

Scandale aux Champs-Élysées (1949) [a]

Vire-vent (1949) [a]

Premières armes (1950) [a]

Capitaine Ardant (1951) [a]

La Maison dans la dune (1952) [a]

Les Conquérants solitaires (1952) [a]

Nous sommes tous des assassins (1952) [a]

Ouvert contre X (1952) [a]

Plume au vent (1952) [w]

Cet homme est dangereux (1953) [a]

Suivez cet homme (1953) [a]

Le Défroqué (1954) [a]

Le Tournant dangereux (1954) [a]

Bob le flambeur (1955) [a]

Les Aristocrates (1955) [a]

Les Assassins du dimanche (1956) [a]

Maigret tend un piège (1958) [a]

Police judiciaire (1958) [a]

Thérèse Étienne (1958) [a]

Archimède, le clochard (1959) [a]

Guinguette (1959) [a]

Les Cousins (1959) [a]

Les Quatre cents coups (1959) [a]

Nathalie, agent secret (1959) [a]

Rue des Prairies (1959) [a]

Les Vieux de la vieille (1960) [a]

L'Affaire Nina B. (1961) [a]

Les Filles de La Rochelle (1962) [a]

Pourquoi Paris? (1962) [a]

Maigret voit rouge (1963) [a]



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