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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Vadim Mister Cool
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/12/2016
Farewell Fred
Character:Victor
Release Date:30/01/1985
Next Summer
Character:Pierre
Release Date:09/01/1985
Emmanuelle 4
Character:Doctor Santano
Release Date:15/02/1984
Chassé-croisé
Character:
Release Date:24/03/1982
Choice of Arms
Character:Jean
Release Date:19/08/1981
Le Beau Monde
Character:Bertrand I
Release Date:06/06/1981
I Love You All
Character:Victor
Release Date:17/12/1980
Beggarman, Thief
Character:Inspector Charboneau
Release Date:26/11/1979
Marrakesh Cult
Character:Père Peter
Release Date:01/08/1979
Apocalypse Now
Character:Hubert de Marais
Release Date:19/05/1979
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Character:Georges Julienne, great reporter and writer
Release Date:18/04/1979
Swimming Instructor
Character:Paul
Release Date:28/03/1979
Evening in Byzantium
Character:Insp. DuBois
Release Date:14/08/1978
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Character:Ashe / Bezzerides
Release Date:28/09/1977
The Other Side of Midnight
Character:Armand Gautier
Release Date:08/06/1977
Victory at Entebbe
Character:Captain Dukas
Release Date:22/12/1976
Ciao! Manhattan
Character:Entrepreneur
Release Date:19/04/1973
Heiß und kalt
Character:
Release Date:04/05/1972
Candy
Character:Film Director (uncredited)
Release Date:17/12/1968
The Road to Corinth
Character:Robert
Release Date:27/10/1967
The Corrupt Ones
Character:Brandon
Release Date:20/01/1967
The Flight of the Phoenix
Character:Dr. Renaud
Release Date:15/12/1965
Lord Jim
Character:French Officer
Release Date:15/02/1965
Behold a Pale Horse
Character:Zaganar
Release Date:14/08/1964
How to Make a French Dish
Character:Lucien Volard
Release Date:29/01/1964
Young Girls of Good Families
Character:Steve
Release Date:12/07/1963
The Longest Day
Character:Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Release Date:25/09/1962
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
Character:Rodolphe
Release Date:22/08/1962
Tales of Paris
Character:Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia")
Release Date:17/01/1962
Shadows of Adultery
Character:Bruno
Release Date:13/04/1961
Playtime
Character:Philippe
Release Date:23/02/1961
Schlussakkord
Character:Frank Leroux
Release Date:23/12/1960
Sweet Deceptions
Character:Enrico
Release Date:15/10/1960
Altas variedades
Character:Walter
Release Date:19/05/1960
Tender and Violent Elisabeth
Character:Claude Walter
Release Date:29/04/1960
Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion
Character:Michel Rousseau
Release Date:19/02/1960
I Spit on Your Grave
Character:Joe Grant
Release Date:26/06/1959
Two Men in Town
Character:Pablo Morales
Release Date:22/06/1959
Temptation
Character:Patrick
Release Date:04/03/1959
End of Desire
Character:Julien de Lamare
Release Date:24/09/1958
Sexpot
Character:Engineer Philippe Vincent
Release Date:23/10/1957
No Sun in Venice
Character:Michel Lafaurie
Release Date:31/05/1957
...And God Created Woman
Character:Antoine Tardieu
Release Date:28/11/1956
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Character:Pub Regular
Release Date:07/12/1955
More Whiskey for Callaghan
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:07/12/1955
Love at Night
Character:Eugène Legrand
Release Date:08/11/1955
Les Hommes en blanc
Character:Philippon
Release Date:09/05/1955
Attila
Character:Capo degli Unni
Release Date:27/12/1954
Human Torpedoes
Character:Paolo
Release Date:07/05/1954
Senso
Character:Un Ufficiale Boemo
Release Date:25/03/1954
Lucrèce Borgia
Character:Paolo
Release Date:23/10/1953
La demoiselle et son revenant
Character:Le zouave
Release Date:03/09/1952
Dirty Hands
Character:Dimitri
Release Date:09/08/1951
Beauty and the Beast
Character:Footman (uncredited)
Release Date:29/10/1946
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