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

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2012Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo — Self