Guy Decomble

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.

Guy Decomble
Born	(1910-11-12)12 November 1910 Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Died	14 August 1964(1964-08-14) (aged 53) Châtellerault, Vienne, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932–1964 (film & TV)

Selected filmography

• L'affaire est dans le sac (1932) - Le pasteur (uncredited)
• The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936) - Typesetter (uncredited)
• The Citadel of Silence (1937) - (uncredited)
• Bizarre, Bizarre (1937) - Le maquereau (uncredited)
• The Cheat (1937) - Un joueur (uncredited)
• The Time of the Cherries (1938) - (uncredited)
• La Bête Humaine (1938) - Le garde-barrière (uncredited)
• The Trump Card (1942) - Un aspirant
• Strange Inheritance (1943) - Robert (uncredited)
• Madame et le mort (1943)
• Goodbye Leonard (1943) - Le rémouleur
• First on the Rope (1944) - Warfield
• Florence est folle (1944) - (uncredited)
• Farandole (1945)
• The Great Pack (1945) - Maître Frouas
• François Villon (1945) - Denisot
• Hanged Man's Farm (1945) - Bénoni
• The Last Penny (1946) - Richard
• Song of the Clouds (1946)
• The Ideal Couple (1946) - Un opérateur
• Patrie (1946) - Un échevin
• Dreams of Love (1947) - Hurau
• Les jeux sont faits (1947) - Poulain
• La maison sous la mer (1947) - Lucien
• The Lost Village (1947) - Jean Pétrat
• A Change in the Wind (1949) - Justin
• Scandal on the Champs-Élysées (1949) - Pascaud
• Jour de fête (1949) - Roger
• Histoires extraordinaires (1949) - Le tueur obsédé
• The Winner's Circle (1950) - Émile
• Captain Ardant (1951) - Jossip
• The House on the Dune (1952)
• The Case Against X (1952)
• We Are All Murderers (1952) - Un inspecteur
• Ouvert contre X (1952) - Le concierge
• Les conquérants solitaires (1952) - (narration)
• Follow That Man (1953) - Emile Kortenwirth
• This Man Is Dangerous (1953) - Jacques le Dingue
• The Unfrocked One (1954) - Le père Mascle
• Dangerous Turning (1954) - M. Léon
• Black Dossier (1955) - L'inspecteur Leroy
• The Aristocrats (1955) - Gustave
• Les assassins du dimanche (1956) - Le brigadier
• Bob le flambeur (1956) - Le commissaire Ledru
• Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) - Mazet
• Thérèse Étienne (1958) - Rothlisberger
• Police judiciaire (1958) - L'inspecteur Mercier
• Les Naufrageurs (1959)
• Guinguette (1959)
• Les Cousins (1959) - Le libraire
• Archimède le clochard (1959) - Le chef de station de la RATP
• The 400 Blows (1959) - 'Petite Feuille' - l'instituteur
• Rue des prairies (1959) - Le père de Paul
• Nathalie, Secret Agent (1959) - Pageot
• The Old Guard (1960) - Le chauffeur du car
• The Nina B. Affair (1961) - Lofting
• Smrt na cukrovém ostrove (1962) - Jean
• The Girls of La Rochelle (1962) - Sire Basile
• Pourquoi Paris? (1962)
• Maigret Sees Red (1963) - Lognon

Bibliography

• Paietta, Ann C. (2007) Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present. McFarland.

External links

• Guy Decomble at IMDb