Guy Decomble

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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

The 400 Blows

Professeur de français

Bob le Flambeur

Police Commissary Ledru

Jour de fête

Roger

Maigret Sets a Trap

Mazet

The Cousins

Le libraire

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

Typesetter (uncredited)

Bizarre, Bizarre

le maquereau (uncredited)

Maigret Sees Red

l'inspecteur Lognon

Full Filmography

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

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