Christian Marquand
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1927
- Died
- November 22, 2000 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Biography
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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Filmography
Vadim Mister Cool
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le Tiroir secret
TV · as Stanislas · 6 eps
Farewell Fred
Movie · as Victor
Next Summer
Movie · as Pierre
Emmanuelle 4
Movie · as Doctor Santano
Chassé-croisé
Movie
Choice of Arms
Movie · as Jean
Le Beau Monde
Movie · as Bertrand I
I Love You All
Movie · as Victor
Swimming Instructor
Movie · as Paul
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Movie · as Georges Julienne, great reporter and writer
Marrakesh Cult
Movie · as Père Peter
Apocalypse Now
Movie · as Hubert de Marais
Beggarman, Thief
TV · as Inspector Charboneau · 2 eps
Evening in Byzantium
TV · as Insp. DuBois · 2 eps
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Movie · as Ashe / Bezzerides
The Other Side of Midnight
Movie · as Armand Gautier
Victory at Entebbe
Movie · as Captain Dukas
Ciao! Manhattan
Movie · as Entrepreneur
Heiß und kalt
Movie
Candy
Movie · as Film Director (uncredited)
The Road to Corinth
Movie · as Robert
The Corrupt Ones
Movie · as Brandon
The Flight of the Phoenix
Movie · as Dr. Renaud
Lord Jim
Movie · as French Officer
Behold a Pale Horse
Movie · as Zaganar
How to Make a French Dish
Movie · as Lucien Volard
Young Girls of Good Families
Movie · as Steve
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
Movie · as Rodolphe
The Longest Day
Movie · as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Tales of Paris
Movie · as Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia")
Shadows of Adultery
Movie · as Bruno
Playtime
Movie · as Philippe
Sweet Deceptions
Movie · as Enrico
Tender and Violent Elisabeth
Movie · as Claude Walter
Schlussakkord
Movie · as Frank Leroux
Altas variedades
Movie · as Walter
Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion
Movie · as Michel Rousseau
I Spit on Your Grave
Movie · as Joe Grant
Two Men in Town
Movie · as Pablo Morales
Temptation
Movie · as Patrick
End of Desire
Movie · as Julien de Lamare
Sexpot
Movie · as Engineer Philippe Vincent
No Sun in Venice
Movie · as Michel Lafaurie
...And God Created Woman
Movie · as Antoine Tardieu
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love at Night
Movie · as Eugène Legrand
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Movie · as Pub Regular
More Whiskey for Callaghan
Movie · as (uncredited)
Les Hommes en blanc
Movie · as Philippon
Senso
Movie · as Un Ufficiale Boemo
Attila
Movie · as Capo degli Unni
Human Torpedoes
Movie · as Paolo
Lucrèce Borgia
Movie · as Paolo
La demoiselle et son revenant
Movie · as Le zouave
Dirty Hands
Movie · as Dimitri
Jenny Lamour
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · as Footman (uncredited)