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Christian Marquand
Actor, Director, Writer
Died November 22, 2000 (73 years)
Christian Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Born in Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arab mother, and his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant. He was often cast as a heartthrob in French films of the 1950s.
Marquand's first film appearance was in 1946, as a footman in Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête). After a few more small parts, he was prominently featured in Christian-Jaque's Lucrèce Borgia (1953) as one of Lucrezia's lovers, and as an Austrian soldier in Luchino Visconti's Senso (1954).
In 1956, he was directed by Roger Vadim in And God Created Woman (Et Dieu... créa la femme) opposite Brigitte Bardot. That film's success led to starring roles in the movies No Sun in Venice (1957), Temptation (1959), and The Big Show (1960) and leads opposite actresses Maria Schell, Jean Seberg, and Annie Girardot.
In 1962, Marquand appeared as French Naval Commando leader Philippe Kieffer in Darryl F. Zanuck's World War II movie The Longest Day, which led to further roles in international productions such as Behold a Pale Horse (1964), Lord Jim (1965) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965).
He appeared in feature films and television throughout the 1970s, and played a French plantation owner in Francis Ford Coppola's re-edited Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now Redux (1979/2001). His last performance was in a 1987 French TV mini-series. He directed two films, Les Grands Chemins (1963) and the all-star sex farce Candy (1968).
Marquand was married to French actress Tina Aumont from 1963 to 1966, marrying her when she was 17 and he was 36. In the 1970s, he lived with French actress Dominique Sanda, 21 years his junior, with whom he had a son, Yann. He was a close friend of Marlon Brando, who named his son Christian after him, as did French director Roger Vadim.
Marquand died near Paris of Alzheimer's disease, aged 73.
Source: Article "Christian Marquand" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Marquand's first film appearance was in 1946, as a footman in Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête). After a few more small parts, he was prominently featured in Christian-Jaque's Lucrèce Borgia (1953) as one of Lucrezia's lovers, and as an Austrian soldier in Luchino Visconti's Senso (1954).
In 1956, he was directed by Roger Vadim in And God Created Woman (Et Dieu... créa la femme) opposite Brigitte Bardot. That film's success led to starring roles in the movies No Sun in Venice (1957), Temptation (1959), and The Big Show (1960) and leads opposite actresses Maria Schell, Jean Seberg, and Annie Girardot.
In 1962, Marquand appeared as French Naval Commando leader Philippe Kieffer in Darryl F. Zanuck's World War II movie The Longest Day, which led to further roles in international productions such as Behold a Pale Horse (1964), Lord Jim (1965) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965).
He appeared in feature films and television throughout the 1970s, and played a French plantation owner in Francis Ford Coppola's re-edited Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now Redux (1979/2001). His last performance was in a 1987 French TV mini-series. He directed two films, Les Grands Chemins (1963) and the all-star sex farce Candy (1968).
Marquand was married to French actress Tina Aumont from 1963 to 1966, marrying her when she was 17 and he was 36. In the 1970s, he lived with French actress Dominique Sanda, 21 years his junior, with whom he had a son, Yann. He was a close friend of Marlon Brando, who named his son Christian after him, as did French director Roger Vadim.
Marquand died near Paris of Alzheimer's disease, aged 73.
Source: Article "Christian Marquand" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
| 2017 | Le scandale Clouzot · as Un Inspecteur |
| 2008 | Hollywood contra Franco · as Zaganar |
| 1986 | The Secret Drawer (TV Series) · as Stanislas |
| 1985 | Farewell to Fred · as Victor |
| 1985 | L'été prochain · as Pierre |
| 1984 | Emmanuelle IV · as Doctor Santano |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Choice of Arms · as Jean |
| 1981 | Le beau monde · as Bertrand I |
| 1980 | I Love You All · as Victor |
| 1979 | Beggarman, Thief · as Inspector Charboneau |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now · as Hubert De Marais (redux And Final Cut Versions Only) |
| 1979 | Marrakesh Cult · as Père Peter |
| 1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! · as Georges Julienne, Grand Reporter Et Écrivain |
| 1979 | Le maître nageur · as Paul |
| 1977 | The Sorceror's Apprentice · as Ashe / Bezzerides |
| 1977 | The Other Side of Midnight · as Armand Gautier |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe · as Captain Dukas |
| 1972 | Ciao Manhattan · as Entrepreneur |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | The Road to Corinth · as Robert |
| 1967 | The Corrupt Ones · as Brandon |
| 1965 | The Flight of the Phoenix · as Dr. Renaud |
| 1965 | Lord Jim · as French Officer |
| 1964 | Behold a Pale Horse · as Zaganar |
| 1964 | La bonne soupe · as Lucien Volard |
| 1963 | Young Girls of Good Families · as Steve |
| 1962 | The Longest Day · as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay · as Louis Aubert (segment "l'affaire Fenayrou") |
| 1962 | Tales of Paris · as Christian Lénier (segment "antonia") |
| 1961 | Shadows of Adultery · as Bruno |
| 1961 | Love Play · as Philippe |
| 1960 | Schlußakkord · as Frank Leroux |
| 1960 | Sweet Deceptions · as Enrico |
| 1960 | The Big Show · as Walter |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | I Spit on Your Grave · as Joe Grant |
| 1959 | Two Men in Town · as Pablo Morales |
| 1959 | Temptation · as Patrick |
| 1958 | One Life · as Julien De Lamare |
| 1957 | Le désir mène les hommes · as Engineer Philippe Vincent |
| 1957 | No Sun in Venice · as Michel Lafaurie |
| 1956 | ...And God Created Woman · as Antoine Tardieu |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | The Doctors · as Philippon |
| 1954 | Senso · as Un Ufficiale Boemo |
| 1954 | Siluri umani · as Paolo |
| 1954 | Attila · as Capo Degli Unni |
| 1953 | Lucrèce Borgia · as Paolo |
| 1951 | Dirty Hands · as Dimitri |
| 1947 | Jenny Lamour · as Bit Part |
| 1946 | Beauty and the Beast · as Footman (uncredited) |