Guy Decomble

Acting

Born November 12, 1910, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

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.

Filmography

• L'Abonné de la ligne U — L'inspecteur Gaillardet
• 1964The Straight Line
• 1964Why Paris? — Guest released from prison
• 1963Maigret Sees Red — l'inspecteur Lognon
• 1962Smrt na Cukrovém ostrově — Jean
• 1962The Girls of La Rochelle — Sir Basile
• 1961The Nina B. Affair — Lofting
• 1960The Old Guard — Coach driver
• 1959Atomic Agent — Pageot
• 1959Guinguette
• 1959The 400 Blows — Professeur de français
• 1959The Cousins — Le libraire
• 1959The Magnificent Tramp — Le chef de station de la R.A.T.P.
• 1959The Wreckers
• 1958La dame de Noël
• 1958Maigret Sets a Trap — Mazet
• 1958Thérèse Étienne — Rothlisberger
• 1957Police Judiciaire — Inspector Mercier
• 1956Bob le Flambeur — Police Commissary Ledru
• 1956Every Second Counts
• 1955Black Dossier — Ll'inspecteur Leroy
• 1955The Aristocrats — Gustave, alcoolique, gardien de l'école communale
• 1954Dangerous Turning — Mr. Léon
• 1954The Unfrocked One — Le père Mascle
• 1953Follow That Man — Emile Kortenwirth
• 1953This Man Is Dangerous — Jacques 'le Dingue'
• 1952The Case Against X — Le concierge
• 1952The House on the Dune
• 1952The Solitary Conquerors — (voice)
• 1952We Are All Murderers — Un inspecteur
• 1951Captain Ardant — Jossip
• 1950The First Weapons — Émile
• 1949Jour de Fête — Roger
• 1949Le Cœur révélateur
• 1949Scandal on the Champs-Élysées — Pascaud
• 1949Unusual Tales — The Obsessed Killer, Adaptation
• 1949Vire-vent — Justin
• 1947Dreams of Love — Hurau
• 1947The Chips Are Down — Poulain
• 1947The House Under the Sea — Lucien
• 1947The Lost Village — Jean Pétrat
• 1946Homeland — un échevin
• 1946Song of the Clouds
• 1946The Ideal Couple — Operator
• 1946The Last Penny — Richard
• 1945Farandole
• 1945François Villon — Denisot
• 1945Hanged Man's Farm — Bénoni
• 1945The Great Pack — Me Frouas
• 1944First in Line — Warfield, Assistant Director
• 1944Florence is Crazy — (uncredited)
• 1943Adieu Léonard — Knife-grinder
• 1943Le Voyageur de la Toussaint — Robert (uncredited), Assistant Director
• 1943Madame et le mort
• 1942The Trump Card — Aspirant
• 1938The Time of the Cherries
• 1937Bizarre, Bizarre — le maquereau (uncredited)
• 1937Forfaiture — Un joueur
• 1937The Citadel of Silence — (uncredited)
• 1936The Crime of Monsieur Lange — Typesetter (uncredited)
• 1932It's in the Bag — Le pasteur (uncredited)