Christian Marquand
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2016 · Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Le Tiroir secret as Stanislas
- 1985 · Farewell Fred as Victor
- 1985 · Next Summer as Pierre
- 1984 · Emmanuelle 4 as Doctor Santano
- 1982 · Chassé-croisé as
- 1981 · Choice of Arms as Jean
- 1981 · Le Beau Monde as Bertrand I
- 1980 · I Love All of You as Victor
- 1979 · Beggarman, Thief as Inspector Charboneau
- 1979 · Marrakesh Cult as Père Peter
- 1979 · Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses as Georges Julienne, grand reporter et écrivain
- 1979 · Swimming Instructor as Paul
- 1978 · Evening in Byzantium as Insp. DuBois
- 1977 · The Sorceror's Apprentice as Ashe / Bezzerides
- 1977 · The Other Side of Midnight as Armand Gautier
- 1976 · Victory at Entebbe as Captain Dukas
- 1973 · Ciao! Manhattan as Entrepreneur
- 1972 · Heiß und kalt as
- 1968 · Candy as Film Director (uncredited)
- 1967 · Who's Got the Black Box? 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 · How to Make a French Dish as Lucien Volard
- 1963 · Young Girls of Good Families as Steve
- 1962 · The Longest Day as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
- 1962 · Un chien dans un jeu de quilles as
- 1962 · Tales of Paris as Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia")
- 1961 · Shadows of Adultery as Bruno
- 1961 · Playtime as Philippe
- 1960 · Schlussakkord as Frank Leroux
- 1960 · Sweet Deceptions as Enrico
- 1960 · Altas variedades as Walter
- 1960 · Tender and Violent Elisabeth as
- 1960 · Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion as Michel Rousseau
- 1959 · I Spit on Your Grave as Joe Grant
- 1959 · Two Men in Town as Pablo Morales
- 1959 · Temptation as Patrick
- 1958 · End of Desire as Julien de Lamare
- 1957 · Sexpot as Engineer Philippe Vincent
- 1957 · No Sun in Venice as Michel Lafaurie
- 1956 · ...And God Created Woman as Antoine Tardieu
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · Lady Chatterley's Lover as
- 1955 · More Whiskey for Callaghan as
- 1955 · Love at Night as
- 1955 · Les Hommes en blanc as Philippon
- 1954 · Senso as Un Ufficiale Boemo
- 1954 · Attila as Capo degli Unni
- 1954 · Human Torpedoes as Paolo
- 1953 · Lucrèce Borgia as Paolo
- 1952 · La demoiselle et son revenant as Le zouave
- 1951 · Dirty Hands as Dimitri
- 1946 · Beauty and the Beast as Footman (uncredited)