Henri Marteau
Post‑war film enthusiasts will remember the face of Henri Marteau, a fairly prolific supporting actor whose name has since faded somewhat from memory. His early appearances, barely above that of an extra, explain why he is missing from certain credits. He appears for only a few seconds in A Witness in the City by Édouard Molinaro, and in The Big Restaurant with Louis de Funès, where he just as briefly plays the second inspector. In Le Mors aux dents, he plays a minister, then a stranded motorist in Jean L’Hôte’s La Communale, and a trafficker in Une Sale Affaire. His most notable performance is as a French colonist and the father of Catherine Deneuve in Indochine. He was more easily spotted on television, in Les Coquelicots sont revenus and Poil de carotte by Richard Bohringer. He also appeared in numerous episodes of Les Cinq Dernières Minutes with Raymond Souplex, as well as in the later season with Jacques Debary, and in Les Filles du maître de chai. He died in Paris at Hôpital Saint‑Louis at the age of seventy‑two.
Known For
Credits
- 2003 · Carrot Top as Le grand-père
- 1999 · Les coquelicots sont revenus as Paul
- 1997 · Joséphine, Guardian Angel as Paul
- 1997 · Les Filles du maître de chai as Léon
- 1997 · La fille des nuages as Germain
- 1994 · The Eagle and the Horse as
- 1994 · Les brouches as Fernand
- 1992 · Indochine as Emile Devries
- 1987 · Killing Time as Igor Malevitch
- 1986 · Fred connexion as Poutin
- 1983 · Richelieu ou La journée des dupes as Maréchal de Bassompierre
- 1980 · Docteur Teyran as L'inspecteur Maneaud
- 1980 · Operation Leopard as Chamfort
- 1979 · The Bit Between the Teeth as Le ministre
- 1977 · Replay as
- 1977 · The Question as Colonel Treguier
- 1975 · Doctor Justice as
- 1975 · Saint-Just and the Force of Things as Lazare Carnot
- 1974 · Ardéchois, cœur fidèle as Lyonnais
- 1974 · One Morning in June 1940 as Lepage
- 1972 · A Cop as Police Officer Instructor of Shooting
- 1972 · Les Déracinés as Captain Sainbenin
- 1970 · The Confession as Policeman
- 1969 · Le Petit Monde de Marie-Plaisance as Georges Cournebosc
- 1969 · The Unfaithful Wife as Paul
- 1966 · The Restaurant as Le second inspecteur adjoint
- 1964 · The Black Indies as deuxième policier
- 1959 · Without Trumpet or Drum as
- 1958 · Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Louis Prinquiau
- 1958 · Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Étienne
- 1958 · Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Philippe Vignaud
- 1958 · Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Grégoire
- 1958 · Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Antoine