Christian Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Born in

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, 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.

Career

Marquand's first film appearance was in 1946, as a footman in

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'' (''La Belle et la Bête''). After a few more small parts, he was prominently featured in

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's '' Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953) as one of Lucrezia's lovers, and as an Austrian soldier in

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's '' Senso'' (1954). In 1956, he was directed by

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in '' And God Created Woman'' (''Et Dieu... créa la femme'') opposite

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. 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), ''

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'' (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

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'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 ''

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'' (1968).

Personal life

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

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after him, as did French director

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of Alzheimer's disease, aged 73.

Selected filmography

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'' (1946) - Footman (uncredited) *''Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) - Bit Part (uncredited) *' (1951) - Dimitri *'' La demoiselle et son revenant'' (1952) - Le zouave *''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953) - Paolo *'' Senso'' (1954) - Un ufficiale boemo *''

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'' (1954) - Hun Leader *'' Human Torpedoes'' (1954) - Paolo * '' Men in White'' (1955) - Philippon *' (1955) - Eugène Legrand * '' More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (1955) - (uncredited) *''L'Amant de lady Chatterley'' (1955) - L'amant de Bertha *'' And God Created Woman'' (1956) - Antoine Tardieu *'' No Sun in Venice'' (1957) - Michel Lafaurie *' (1958) - Philippe Vincent *'' One Life'' (1958) - Julien de Lamare *'' Temptation'' (1959) - Patrick *''Llegaron dos hombres'' (1959) - Pablo Morales *''J'irai cracher sur vos tombes'' (1959) - Joe Grant * ''

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'' (1960) - Michel Rousseau *''Tendre et Violente Élisabeth'' (1960) - Claude Walter *'' The Big Show'' (1960) - Walter *''

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'' (1960) - Enrico * '' Final Accord'' (1960) - Frank Leroux *'' Love Play'' (1961) - Philippe *''

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'' (1961) - Bruno *''

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'' (1962) - Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia") *''Le crime ne paie pas'' (1962) - Louis Aubert (segment "L'affaire Fenayrou") *''Un chien dans un jeu de quilles'' (1962) - Rodolphe *'' The Longest Day'' (1962) - Capitaine de Corvette Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader *''Les saintes-nitouches'' (1963) - Steve *''La bonne soupe'' (1964) - Lucien Volard *'' Behold a Pale Horse'' (1964) - Zaganar *''

'' (1965) - the French Officer *'' The Flight of the Phoenix'' (1965) - Dr. Renaud *'' The Peking Medallion'' (1967) - Brandon *'' Who's Got the Black Box?'' (1967) - Robert Ford *''

'' (1968) - Film director *'' Ciao Manhattan'' (1972) - Entrepreneur *''Heiß und kalt'' (1972) *'' Victory at Entebbe'' (1976, TV Movie) - Captain Dukas *'' The Other Side of Midnight'' (1977) - Armand Gautier *' (1977) - Ashe / Bezzerides *'' Evening in Byzantium'' (1978) - Inspector DuBois *'' Beggarman, Thief'' (1979) - Inspector Charboneau *''

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'' (1979) - Paul Jouriace *' (1979) - Georges Julienne *'' Apocalypse Now Redux'' (1979) - Hubert de Marais *''Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech'' (1979) - Père Peter *''

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'' (1980) - Victor *'' Choice of Arms'' (1981) - Jean *''Chassé-croisé'' (1982) *''

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'' (1984) - Docteur Santano *'' Next Summer'' (1985) - Vierre *'' Adieu Blaireau'' (1985) - Victor

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