Jean Dasté (September 18, 1904 in Paris, France - October 15, 1994 in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France) was an 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 département. The success of his theater was such that there is a college and a theater in Saint-Étienne named in his honor.
Filmography as actor
- Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning) (1932) - The student
- Zéro de conduite (Zero for Conduct) (1933) - Surveillant Huguet
- L'Atalante (1934) - Jean
- Sous les yeux d'occident (1936) - Georges
- Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (The Crime of Monsieur Lange) (1936) - The Model maker
- La Vie est à nous (1936) - L'instituteur/Teacher
- Le Temps des cerises (1937) - Le fils du directeur
- La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (1937) - The teacher
- Remorques (1941) - Le radio
- Croisières sidérales (1942) - Pépin
- Picpus (1943) - Le clerc
- Une étoile au soleil (1943)
- Adieu Léonard (1943) - Le raccommodeur de porcelaine
- La Grande meute (1945) - L'huissier
- Le Mystère Saint-Val (1945) - L'huissier
- Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour (1963) - L'homme à la chèvre/The Goat Man
- Le Ciel sur la tête (1965) - M. Bazin
- La Guerre est finie (1966) - Le chef du réseau clandestin/Chief
- Z (1969) - Illya Coste
- L'Enfant sauvage (The Wild Child) (1970) - Professor Philippe Pinel
- Beau Masque (1972) - Cuvrot
- Les Jours gris (1974) - Le vieil homme
- Le Petit Marcel (1976) - Berger
- Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976) - Le gardien du chantier/Keeper
- L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) (1977) - Docteur Bicard
- La Chambre verte (The Green Room) (1978) - Bernard Humbert
- Utopia (1978) - Jean
- Molière (1978) - The grandfather
- La Tortue sur le dos (1978) - Bad-tempered invalid
- Rue du Pied de Grue (1979) - Tonton
- Mon oncle d'Amérique (My American Uncle) (1980) - M. Louis
- Une semaine de vacances (1980) - Le père de Laurence
- Le Crime d'amour (1982) - L'homme de l'asile
- Les Îles (1983) - Jean
- L'amour à mort (1984) - Dr. Rozier
- Le Moine et la sorcière (1987) - Christophe
- Nuit docile (1987) - Le chauffeur de taxi
- Noce blanche (1989) - Le concierge
- Projections (1990) - Le propriétaire de la salle de cinéma
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