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.
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Movies (55)
Vadim Mister Cool
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Farewell Fred
1985 · Victor
Next Summer
1985 · Pierre
Emmanuelle 4
1984 · Doctor Santano
Chassé-croisé
1982
Choice of Arms
1981 · Jean
Le Beau Monde
1981 · Bertrand I
I Love You All
1980 · Victor
Marrakesh Cult
1979 · Père Peter
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Hubert de Marais
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1979 · Georges Julienne, great reporter and writer
Swimming Instructor
1979 · Paul
The Sorceror's Apprentice
1977 · Ashe / Bezzerides
The Other Side of Midnight
1977 · Armand Gautier
Victory at Entebbe
1976 · Captain Dukas
Ciao! Manhattan
1973 · Entrepreneur
Heiß und kalt
1972
Candy
1968 · Film Director (uncredited), Director
The Road to Corinth
1967 · Robert
The Corrupt Ones
1967 · Brandon
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Dr. Renaud
Lord Jim
1965 · French Officer
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · Zaganar
How to Make a French Dish
1964 · Lucien Volard
Young Girls of Good Families
1963 · Steve
Of Flesh and Blood
1963 · Director, Writer
The Longest Day
1962 · Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
1962 · Rodolphe
Tales of Paris
1962 · Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia")
Shadows of Adultery
1961 · Bruno
Playtime
1961 · Philippe
Schlussakkord
1960 · Frank Leroux
Sweet Deceptions
1960 · Enrico
Altas variedades
1960 · Walter
Tender and Violent Elisabeth
1960 · Claude Walter
Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion
1960 · Michel Rousseau
I Spit on Your Grave
1959 · Joe Grant
Two Men in Town
1959 · Pablo Morales
Temptation
1959 · Patrick
End of Desire
1958 · Julien de Lamare
Sexpot
1957 · Engineer Philippe Vincent
No Sun in Venice
1957 · Michel Lafaurie
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Antoine Tardieu
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1955 · Pub Regular
More Whiskey for Callaghan
1955 · (uncredited)
Love at Night
1955 · Eugène Legrand
Les Hommes en blanc
1955 · Philippon
Attila
1954 · Capo degli Unni
Human Torpedoes
1954 · Paolo
Senso
1954 · Un Ufficiale Boemo
Lucrèce Borgia
1953 · Paolo
La demoiselle et son revenant
1952 · Le zouave
Dirty Hands
1951 · Dimitri
Jenny Lamour
1947 · Bit Part (uncredited)
Beauty and the Beast
1946 · Footman (uncredited)
