Jean Del Val

Highest Rated: 100% So Dark the Night (1946)

Lowest Rated: 40% Down to Earth (1947)

Birthday: Nov 17, 1891

Birthplace: Not Available

French character actor Jean Del Val was a regular in American films from at least 1927. In the early days of the talkies, he offered his services as translator and vocal coach for the French-language versions of American films. Many of his later roles were fleeting but memorable: he's the French aviator in Block-Heads (1938) who rescues over-aged doughboy Stan Laurel from the trenches ("Why, you blockhead. Ze war's been over for twenty years!") and the French radio announcer who opens Casablanca (1942) by spreading the news of the murder of two German couriers carrying letters of transit. He enjoyed a larger role in Columbia's So Dark the Night (1946), a film seemingly conceived as a showcase for the best of Hollywood's foreign-accented bit players. Active in films until the 1960s, Jean del Val played a crucial non-speaking role in Fantastic Voyage (1966): he's the comatose scientist whose arterial system and brain are explored by the miniaturized heroes.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
96%	Wait Until Dark	The Old Man	—	1967
91%	Fantastic Voyage	Jan Benes	—	1966
80%	The Devil at 4 O'clock	Louis	—	1961
No Score Yet	Can-Can	Judge Merceaux	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Wreck of the Mary Deare	Javot	—	1959
88%	Funny Face	Hairdresser	—	1957
No Score Yet	Pirates of Tripoli	Abu Tala	—	1955
No Score Yet	Living It Up	Chef	—	1954
No Score Yet	Little Boy Lost	Dr. Birous	—	1953
98%	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Ship's Capt	—	1953
93%	The Hitch-hiker	Inspector General	—	1953
No Score Yet	The 49th Man	Maurice Ledoux	—	1953
No Score Yet	The Iron Mistress	St. Sylvain	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Great Sinner	Croupier	—	1949
60%	Julia Misbehaves	Croupier	—	1948
No Score Yet	I Walk Alone	Henri the Chef	—	1948
40%	Down to Earth	Croupier	—	1947
83%	13 Rue Madeleine	French Peasant	—	1947
92%	Life With Father	Francois	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Private Affairs of Bel Ami	Commissioner	—	1947
100%	So Dark the Night	Dr. Manet	—	1946
No Score Yet	Monsieur Beaucaire	Minister of War	—	1946
56%	The Razor's Edge	Police Clerk	—	1946
90%	Gilda	Man	—	1946
No Score Yet	O.S.S.	Conductor	—	1946
No Score Yet	Cornered	1st Prefect	—	1945
No Score Yet	Molly and Me	Pierre	—	1945
No Score Yet	Spider	Dutrelle	—	1945
No Score Yet	Tampico	Port Pilot	—	1944
No Score Yet	Passage to Marseille	Raoul	—	1944
88%	The Song of Bernadette	Estrade	—	1943
No Score Yet	Mission to Moscow	French Reporter	—	1943
71%	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Sniper	—	1943
No Score Yet	Wintertime	Constable	—	1943
No Score Yet	Reunion in France	Porter	—	1942
No Score Yet	Dr. Renault's Secret	Henri - Butler (uncredited)	—	1942
100%	The Pied Piper	Railroad Official	—	1942
No Score Yet	Take a Letter, Darling (Green-Eyed Woman)	Headwaiter	—	1942
100%	Gentleman Jim	Renaud	—	1942
No Score Yet	Crossroads	Court Clerk	—	1942
88%	Sergeant York	Marshal Foch	—	1941
No Score Yet	That Night in Rio	Man	—	1941
No Score Yet	Rage in Heaven	Porter	—	1941
No Score Yet	Hudson's Bay	Captain	—	1941
No Score Yet	Outlaws of the Desert	Faran El Kalar	—	1941
91%	The Mark of Zorro	Sentry	—	1940
No Score Yet	Arise, My Love	Conductor	—	1940
No Score Yet	Down Argentine Way	Rufino	—	1940
No Score Yet	Drums of the Desert	Col. Fouchet	—	1940
No Score Yet	Brother Orchid	Frenchman	—	1940
No Score Yet	Earthbound	Train Dispatcher	—	1940
No Score Yet	The House Across the Bay	French Official	—	1940
83%	The Flying Deuces	Sergeant	—	1939
No Score Yet	Everything Happens at Night	Gendarme	—	1939
No Score Yet	Block-Heads	French aviator	—	1938
No Score Yet	The Passionate Plumber	Chauffeur	—	1932
67%	A Sainted Devil	Casimiro	—	1924

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Mission: Impossible 1966-1973	Mr. Wolf	1967
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Monsieur Clemont	1965 1963
No Score Yet	Perry Mason 1957-1966	Waiter	1958
No Score Yet	Maverick 1957-1962	Anton Riviage	1957

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Jean Del Val

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Filmography

MOVIES

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