Christian Marquand
Born March 15, 1927 (Age: 99)
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Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Farewell Fred
1985
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as Victor
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Age: 57
Next Summer
1985
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as Pierre
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Age: 57
Choice of Arms
1981
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as Jean
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Age: 54
Le Beau Monde
1981
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as Bertrand I
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Age: 54
I Love You All
1980
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as Victor
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Age: 53
Apocalypse Now
1979
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as Hubert de Marais
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Age: 52
Evening in Byzantium
1978
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as Insp. DuBois
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Age: 51
Ciao! Manhattan
1973
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as Entrepreneur
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Age: 46
Heiß und kalt
1972
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as
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Age: 45
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
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as Dr. Renaud
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Age: 38
Lord Jim
1965
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as French Officer
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Age: 37
Behold a Pale Horse
1964
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as Zaganar
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Age: 37
How to Make a French Dish
1964
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as Lucien Volard
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Age: 36
Young Girls of Good Families
1963
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as Steve
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Age: 36
The Longest Day
1962
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as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
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Age: 35
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
1962
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as Rodolphe
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Age: 35
Tales of Paris
1962
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as Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia")
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Age: 34
Shadows of Adultery
1961
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as Bruno
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Age: 34
Playtime
1961
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as Philippe
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Age: 33
Schlussakkord
1960
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as Frank Leroux
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Age: 33
Sweet Deceptions
1960
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as Enrico
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Age: 33
Altas variedades
1960
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as Walter
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Age: 33
Tender and Violent Elisabeth
1960
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as Claude Walter
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Age: 33
Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion
1960
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as Michel Rousseau
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Age: 32
I Spit on Your Grave
1959
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as Joe Grant
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Age: 32
Two Men in Town
1959
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as Pablo Morales
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Age: 32
Temptation
1959
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as Patrick
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Age: 31
End of Desire
1958
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as Julien de Lamare
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Age: 31
...And God Created Woman
1956
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as Antoine Tardieu
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Age: 29
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1955
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as Pub Regular
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Age: 28
More Whiskey for Callaghan
1955
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 28
Love at Night
1955
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as Eugène Legrand
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Age: 28
Les Hommes en blanc
1955
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as Philippon
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Age: 28
Attila
1954
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as Capo degli Unni
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Age: 27
Human Torpedoes
1954
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as Paolo
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Age: 27
Senso
1954
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as Un Ufficiale Boemo
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Age: 27
Lucrèce Borgia
1953
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as Paolo
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Age: 26