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person_profile-Christian Marquand

Christian Marquand Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Christian Marquand

Date of Birth:

Mar 15, 1927

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Nov 22, 2000

Biography of

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.

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Christian Marquand

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Filmography of

Christian Marquand

Found 46 Movies in total

Vadim Mister Cool

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

Farewell Fred

Victor ( Actor )

... 1985

Next Summer

Pierre ( Actor )

... 1985

Emmanuelle 4

Doctor Santano ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1982

Choice of Arms

Jean ( Actor )

... 1981

Le Beau Monde

Bertrand I ( Actor )

... 1981

I Love You All

Victor ( Actor )

... 1980

Beggarman, Thief

Inspector Charboneau ( Actor )

... 1979

Marrakesh Cult

Père Peter ( Actor )

... 1979

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

Georges Julienne, grand reporter et écrivain ( Actor )

... 1979

Swimming Instructor

Paul ( Actor )

... 1979

Evening in Byzantium

Insp. DuBois ( Actor )

... 1978

The Other Side of Midnight

Armand Gautier ( Actor )

... 1977

Victory at Entebbe

Captain Dukas ( Actor )

... 1976

Ciao! Manhattan

Entrepreneur ( Actor )

... 1973

Candy

Film Director (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director

... 1968

The Road to Corinth

Robert ( Actor )

... 1967

The Corrupt Ones

Brandon ( Actor )

... 1967

The Flight of the Phoenix

Dr. Renaud ( Actor )

... 1965

Lord Jim

French Officer ( Actor )

... 1965

Behold a Pale Horse

Zaganar ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1963

The Longest Day

Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer (commando leader) ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1962

Tales of Paris

Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia") ( Actor )

... 1962

Shadows of Adultery

Bruno ( Actor )

... 1961

Playtime

Philippe ( Actor )

... 1961

Sweet Deceptions

Enrico ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

I Spit on Your Grave

Joe Grant ( Actor )

... 1959

End of Desire

Julien de Lamare ( Actor )

... 1958

Sexpot

Engineer Philippe Vincent ( Actor )

... 1957

No Sun in Venice

Michel Lafaurie ( Actor )

... 1957

...And God Created Woman

Antoine Tardieu ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1955

... 1955

... 1955

Les Hommes en blanc

Philippon ( Actor )

... 1955

Senso

Un ufficiale boemo ( Actor )

... 1954

Attila

Capo degli Unni ( Actor )

... 1954

Human Torpedoes

Paolo ( Actor )

... 1954

Lucrèce Borgia

Paolo ( Actor )

... 1953

... 1952

Dirty Hands

Dimitri ( Actor )

... 1951

Beauty and the Beast

Footman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946