Portrait of Guy Decomble

Guy Decomble

Acting

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.

Born: November 12, 1910

Place of Birth: Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Filmography

1964
Why Paris?

as Guest released from prison

1963
Maigret Sees Red

as l'inspecteur Lognon

1962
1961
1960
The Old Guard

as Coach driver

1959
Atomic Agent

as Pageot

1959
The 400 Blows

as French Teacher

1959
The Magnificent Tramp

as Le chef de station de la R.A.T.P.

1959
The Cousins

as Le libraire

1958
Thérèse Étienne

as Rothlisberger

1957
Police Judiciaire

as Inspector Mercier

1956
Bob le Flambeur

as Police Commissary Ledru

1955
The Aristocrats

as Gustave, alcoolique, gardien de l'école communale

1955
Black Dossier

as Ll'inspecteur Leroy

1954
Dangerous Turning

as Mr. Léon

1954
The Unfrocked One

as Le père Mascle

1953
This Man Is Dangerous

as Jacques 'le Dingue'

1953
Follow That Man

as Emile Kortenwirth

1952
The Case Against X

as Le concierge

1952
We Are All Murderers

as Un inspecteur

1951
1950
1949
Unusual Tales

as The Obsessed Killer

1949
1949
Vire-vent

as Justin

1947
The Lost Village

as Jean Pétrat

1947
1947
1946
Homeland

as un échevin

1946
The Ideal Couple

as Operator

1946
The Last Penny

as Richard

1945
1945
1945
The Great Pack

as Me Frouas

1944
Florence is Crazy

as (uncredited)

1944
First in Line

as Warfield

1943
Adieu Léonard

as Knife-grinder

1943
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

as Robert (uncredited)

1942
The Trump Card

as Aspirant

1937
Forfaiture

as Un joueur

1937
Bizarre, Bizarre

as le maquereau (uncredited)

1937
The Citadel of Silence

as (uncredited)

1936
The Crime of Monsieur Lange

as Typesetter (uncredited)

1932
It's in the Bag

as Le pasteur (uncredited)