Christian Marquand

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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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2016
Vadim Mister Cool
Movie Self (archive footage)
1986
Le Tiroir secret
TV show Stanislas
1985
Farewell Fred
Movie Victor
1985
Next Summer
Movie Pierre
1984
Emmanuelle 4
Movie Doctor Santano
1982
Chassé-croisé
Movie
1981
Choice of Arms
Movie Jean
1981
Le Beau Monde
Movie Bertrand I
1980
I Love You All
Movie Victor
1979
Beggarman, Thief
TV show Inspector Charboneau
1979
Marrakesh Cult
Movie Père Peter
1979
Apocalypse Now
Movie Hubert de Marais
1979
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Movie Georges Julienne, great reporter and writer
1979
Swimming Instructor
Movie Paul
1978
Evening in Byzantium
TV show Insp. DuBois
1977
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Movie Ashe / Bezzerides