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Ivan Desny

Swiss actor

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IntroSwiss actor
PlacesSwitzerland
wasActor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth28 December 1922, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Death13 April 2002Ascona, Locarno District, Ticino (aged 79 years)
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Biography

Ivan Desny, born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitskij (28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a Swiss actor of Russian descent, born in China.

Early life

Desny was born in Peking, China.

Career

Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted in more than 150 films, both in Germany and France. Desny appeared in the 1950 film Madeleine by the English director David Lean, who was then the husband of star Ann Todd.

Death

Desny died in Ascona, Switzerland.

Selected filmography

  • La fleur de l'âge (1947)
  • Bonheur en location (1949) - Gordon junior
  • Madeleine (1950) - Emile L'Anglier
  • Les mousquetaires du roi (1951)
  • La Putain respectueuse (1952) - Fred Clarke - le fils du sénateur
  • The Lady Without Camelias (La signora senza camelie) (1953) - Bernardo 'Nardo' Rusconi
  • Le bon Dieu sans confession (1953) - Maurice Fréjoul
  • No Way Back (Weg ohne Umkehr) (1953) - Michael Zorin aka Mischa
  • Act of Love (1953) - (uncredited)
  • Geständnis unter vier Augen (1954) - Gregor Marmara
  • Die goldene Pest (1954) - Sergeant Hartwig
  • Herr über Leben und Tod (de) (1955) - Dr. Daniel Karentis
  • Frou-Frou (1955) - Henry de Gaspard
  • André and Ursula (1955) - André Duval
  • Dunja (1955) - Minski
  • Mädchen ohne Grenzen (1955) - Eric Johnson
  • Lola Montès (1955) - Lieutenant Thomas James
  • Ballerina (Rosen für Bettina) (1956) - Kostja Tomkoff, Choreograph
  • Mannequins de Paris (1956) - Pierre Lanier
  • Anastasia (1956) - Cleb Botkin
  • Women's Club (1956) - Laurent Gauthier
  • The Story of Anastasia (1956) - Prince Paul von Haraldberg
  • Wie ein Sturmwind (1957) - Viktor Ledin
  • OSS 117 Is Not Dead (OSS 117 n'est pas mort) (1957) - Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117
  • Von allen geliebt (1957) - Roger Marbeau
  • Donnez-moi ma chance (1957) - Gilbert Arnaud
  • Scandal in Bad Ischl (1957) - Graf Vanin
  • Alle Sünden dieser Erde (1958) - Lawyer Stephan Hardeck
  • Petersburger Nächte (1958) - Alexander Drubin
  • One Life (1958) - De Fourcheville
  • La Vie à deux (1958) - Michel Sellier
  • Le Miroir à deux faces (1958) - Gérard Durieu
  • Polikuschka (1958) - Verwalter
  • Frauensee (1958) - Frederic Fleury
  • Was eine Frau im Frühling träumt (1959) - Pierre Bonvant
  • Heiße Ware (1959) - Paul Martens
  • Monsieur Suzuki (1960) - Stankovitch
  • Satan Tempts with Love (1960) - Carlos
  • Song Without End (1960) - Prince Nicholas
  • Femmine di lusso (1960) - Count Luca di Sauvin
  • Geständnis einer Sechzehnjährigen (1961) - George Romanescu
  • Daniella by Night (1961) - Count Castellani
  • L'ammutinamento (1961) - Captain Cooper
  • Escapade in Florence (1962) - Count Roberto
  • Bon Voyage! (1962) - Rudolph Hunschak
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) - Paul King
  • Ist Geraldine ein Engel? (1963) - Jan
  • Jack und Jenny (1963) - Wladimir
  • Der Unsichtbare (de) (1963) - Prof. Lomm
  • Frühstück mit dem Tod (1964) - Luke Adama
  • Secret of the Sphinx (La sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra) (1964) - Green
  • Kidnapped to Mystery Island (I misteri della giungla nera) (1964) - Maciadi
  • DM-Killer (de) (1965) - Der Amerikaner
  • Captain from Toledo (1965) - Don Felipe
  • Who Wants to Sleep? (Das Liebeskarussell) (1965) - Baron Rudolf
  • The Beckett Affair (1966) - Frederick
  • Tender Scoundrel (Tendre Voyou) (1966) - Le vendeur de Cannes
  • Der Tod eines Doppelgängers (1967) - Hoggan
  • Da Berlino l'apocalisse (1967) - Steve
  • I Killed Rasputin (1967) - Grand Duke Alexander
  • Liebesnächte in der Taiga (1967) - Colonel Kirk
  • Guns for San Sebastian (1968) - Col. Calleja
  • Mayerling (1968) - Count Hoyos
  • Rebus (1969) - Guinness
  • The Adventures of Gerard (1970) - Gen. Lassalle
  • Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) - Marions Filmpartner
  • Die Tote aus der Themse (1971) - Louis Stout
  • Little Mother (1973) - Colonel Umberia
  • World on a Wire (Welt am Draht) (1973, TV film) - Günther Lause
  • Who? (1974) - General Sturmer
  • Touch Me Not (1974) - Mailet
  • El juego del diablo (1975) - Teacher
  • The Wrong Move (Falsche Bewegung) (1975) - Industrieller / The Industrialist
  • Paper Tiger (1975) - Foreign Minister
  • Shir Khofteh (1976)
  • The Conquest of the Citadel (Die Eroberung der Zitadelle) (1977) - Faconi
  • Halbe-Halbe (1977) - Baron Wurlitzer
  • Red Rings of Fear (Enigma rosso) (1978) - Chief Inspector Louis Roccaglio
  • The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun) (1979) - Karl Oswald
  • Bloodline (1979) - Jeweller
  • Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, TV miniseries) - Herr Pums
  • Car-napping (1980) - Consul Barnet
  • Fabian (1980) - Justizrat Labude
  • I Hate Blondes (Odio le bionde) (1980) - Mr. Brown
  • Malou (1981) - Paul
  • Exil (1981, TV miniseries) - Wiesener
  • Lola (1981) - Wittich
  • Ein gutes Land (1982)
  • The Roaring Fifties (Die wilden Fünfziger) (1983) - Arzt
  • The Future of Emily (Flügel und Fesseln) (1984) - Vater Charles
  • Le Caviar rouge (1986) - Yuri
  • Motten im Licht (1986)
  • Hôtel de France (1987) - Maurice Veninger
  • Un amore di donna (1988) - Avvocato Bernasconi
  • Quicker Than the Eye (de) (1988) - Schneider
  • Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (God afton, Herr Wallenberg) (1990) - Schmidthuber
  • La Désenchantée (1990) - L'oncle
  • Zockerexpreß (1991)
  • I Don't Kiss (J'embrasse pas) (1991) - Dimitri
  • Thieves (Les Voleurs) (1996) - Victor
  • Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland (Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz) (1999) - Rudolf Stauffacher
  • Mister Boogie (2000)
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