Christian Marquand
Acting
Born 1927-03-15
Died 2000-11-22
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
57 credits
Apocalypse Now
Cinépanorama
Candy
The Longest Day
Emmanuelle 4
The Flight of the Phoenix
Beauty and the Beast
Lord Jim
...And God Created Woman
Lucrèce Borgia
The Other Side of Midnight
Beggarman, Thief
Evening in Byzantium
Attila
Choice of Arms
Behold a Pale Horse
Senso
Jenny Lamour
Altas variedades
Tales of Paris
Victory at Entebbe
Le Tiroir secret
Lady Chatterley's Lover
I Love You All
Temptation
The Corrupt Ones
Sweet Deceptions
Young Girls of Good Families
I Spit on Your Grave
Ciao! Manhattan
Beggarman, Thief
How to Make a French Dish
Swimming Instructor
Human Torpedoes
Playtime
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
End of Desire
Schlussakkord
Next Summer
Le Beau Monde
The Road to Corinth
No Sun in Venice
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Vadim Mister Cool
Farewell Fred
More Whiskey for Callaghan
Sexpot
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
La demoiselle et son revenant
Two Men in Town
Shadows of Adultery
Les Hommes en blanc
Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion
Tender and Violent Elisabeth
Dirty Hands
Marrakesh Cult
Love at Night
Directing
2 credits
Other credits
2 credits
Writing
1 credit
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