Christian Marquand
Christian Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French director, actor and screenwriter working in French cinema. Born in Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arab mother, and his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant.[1] He can be seen as a heartthrob in French films of the 1950s.
Career
His first film appearance was in Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête in 1946. He was first noticed in Christian-Jaque's Lucrèce Borgia (1953) as Lucrezia's lover picked up in Roma streets during Carnival, he is the next day pursued about through a forest like a game at bay by Lucrezia (Martine Carol) and her brother Cesare (Pedro Armendáriz). In 1956 he was directed by Roger Vadim in Et Dieu créa la femme (And God Created Woman) opposite Brigitte Bardot.
He appeared as the French Naval Commando leader Philippe Kieffer in The Longest Day that led to later roles in American produced films such as Lord Jim and The Flight of the Phoenix. He later played the leader of a group of French in Apocalypse Now Redux.
Marquand directed two pictures, the more famous of which was Candy (1968).
Personal life
Marquand was married to French actress. Tina Aumont in the 1960s. He died near Paris of Alzheimer's disease, aged 73. He was a close friend of Marlon Brando, who named his son Christian after him, as did French director Roger Vadim.[2]
Selected filmography
- Beauty and the Beast (1946) - Footman (uncredited)
- Quai des Orfèvres (1947) - Bit Part (uncredited)
- Les Mains sales (1951) - Dimitri
- La demoiselle et son revenant (1952) - Le zouave
- Lucrèce Borgia (1953) - Paolo
- Senso (1954) - Un ufficiale boemo
- Attila (1954) - Hun Leader
- Human Torpedoes (1954) - Paolo
- Men in White (1955) - Philippon
- Impasse des vertus (1955) - Eugène Legrand
- Plus de whisky pour Callaghan! (1955) - (uncredited)
- L'Amant de lady Chatterley (1955) - L'amant de Bertha
- And God Created Woman (1956) - Antoine Tardieu
- No Sun in Venice (1957) - Michel Lafaurie
- Le désir mène les hommes (1958) - Philippe Vincent
- One Life (1958) - Julien de Lamare
- Temptation (1959) - Patrick
- Llegaron dos hombres (1959) - Pablo Morales
- J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (1959) - Joe Grant
- Sergent X (1960) - Michel Rousseau
- Tendre et Violente Élisabeth (1960) - Claude Walter
- The Big Show (1960) - Walter
- Sweet Deceptions (1960) - Enrico
- Schlußakkord (1960) - Frank Leroux
- La récréation (1961) - Philippe
- Prey for the Shadows (1961) - Bruno
- Les Parisiennes (1962) - Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia")
- Le crime ne paie pas (1962) - Louis Aubert (segment "L'affaire Fenayrou")
- Un chien dans un jeu de quilles (1962) - Rodolphe
- The Longest Day (1962) - Capitaine de Corvette Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
- Les saintes-nitouches (1963) - Steve
- La bonne soupe (1964) - Lucien Volard
- Behold a Pale Horse (1964) - Zaganar
- Lord Jim (1965) - the French Officer
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) - Dr. Renaud
- The Peking Medallion (1967) - Brandon
- Who's Got the Black Box? (1967) - Robert Ford
- Candy (1968) - Film director
- Ciao Manhattan (1972) - Entrepreneur
- Heiß und kalt (1972)
- Victory at Entebbe (1976) - Captain Dukas
- The Other Side of Midnight (1977) - Armand Gautier
- Les Apprentis Sorciers (1977) - Ashe / Bezzerides
- Evening in Byzantium (1978) - Inspector DuBois
- Beggarman, Thief (1979) - Inspector Charboneau
- Le Maître-nageur (1979) - Paul Jouriace
- Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses ! (1979) - Georges Julienne
- Apocalypse Now Redux (1979) - Hubert de Marais
- Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech (1979) - Père Peter
- Je vous aime (1980) - Victor
- Choice of Arms (1981) - Jean
- Chassé-croisé (1982)
- Emmanuelle 4 (1984) - Docteur Santano
- Next Summer (1985) - Vierre
- Adieu Blaireau (1985) - Victor
Notes
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2000/dec/02/guardianobituaries1
- ↑ p. 229 Ellis, Chris & Ellis, Julie The Mammoth Book of Celebrity Murder: Murder Played Out in the Spotlight of Maximum Publicity Berghahn Books, 2005