Henri Marteau
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 16, 1933
- Died
- January 21, 2005 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Reims, France
Biography
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
Filmography
Carrot Top
Movie · as Le grand-père
Les coquelicots sont revenus
Movie · as Paul
La fille des nuages
Movie · as Germain
Les Filles du maître de chai
TV · as Léon · 3 eps
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
TV · as Paul · 1 ep
Les brouches
Movie · as Fernand
The Eagle and the Horse
Movie
Indochine
Movie · as Emile Devries
Killing Time
Movie · as Igor Malevitch
Fred connexion
Movie · as Poutin
Richelieu ou La journée des dupes
Movie · as Maréchal de Bassompierre
Operation Leopard
Movie · as Chamfort
Docteur Teyran
TV · as L'inspecteur Maneaud · 3 eps
The Bit Between the Teeth
Movie · as Le ministre
La boucle d'oreille
Movie · as Le commissaire
The Question
Movie · as Colonel Treguier
Replay
Movie
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
Movie · as Lazare Carnot
Doctor Justice
Movie
One Morning in June 1940
Movie · as Lepage
Ardéchois, cœur fidèle
TV · as Lyonnais · 6 eps
Un Flic
Movie · as Police Officer Instructor of Shooting
Les Déracinés
Movie · as Captain Sainbenin
The Confession
Movie · as Policeman
The Unfaithful Wife
Movie · as Paul
Le Petit Monde de Marie-Plaisance
TV · as Georges Cournebosc · 26 eps
The Restaurant
Movie · as Le second inspecteur adjoint
The Black Indies
Movie · as deuxième policier
Without Trumpet or Drum
Movie
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV · as Louis Prinquiau, Étienne, Philippe Vignaud, Grégoire, Antoine · 1 ep