Christian Henri Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor.

Early life

Marquand was born in

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, to a Spanish father and an Arab mother. He was the brother of actor Serge Marquand and filmmaker

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Career

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

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's ''

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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), ''

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'' (1959), and '' The Big Show'' (1960) and leads opposite actresses Maria Schell, Jean Seberg, and

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. In 1962, Marquand appeared as French Naval Commando leader

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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

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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 actress

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from 1963 to 1966. He had a son, Yann (born 1972), from a relationship with actress

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. Marquand was a close friend of actor

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, who named his son after him, as did director

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Death

Marquand was diagnosed with

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in 1985, retiring from acting two years later. He died from complications of the illness on 22 November 2000.

Selected filmography

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'' (1946) - Footman (uncredited) *''Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) - Bit Part (uncredited) * ''

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'' (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 ''Siluri umani'' (internationally released as ''Human Torpedoes'') is a 1954 Italian war film credited to Antonio Leonviola, who abandoned production and was substituted by director Carlo Lizzani (uncredited). The movie depicts the successful WWII ...

'' (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 *''

'' (1959) - Patrick *''Llegaron dos hombres'' (1959) - Pablo Morales *''J'irai cracher sur vos tombes'' (1959) - Joe Grant * '' Sergeant X'' (1960) - Michel Rousseau *''Tendre et Violente Élisabeth'' (1960) - Claude Walter *'' The Big Show'' (1960) - Walter *'' Sweet Deceptions'' (1960) - Enrico * '' Final Accord'' (1960) - Frank Leroux *'' Love Play'' (1961) - Philippe *'' La Proie pour l'ombre'' (1961) - Bruno *'' Les Parisiennes'' (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

- Commando Leader *''Les saintes-nitouches'' (1963) - Steve *''La bonne soupe'' (1964) - Lucien Volard *'' Behold a Pale Horse'' (1964) - Zaganar *'' Lord Jim'' (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 *''

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'' (1978) - Inspector DuBois *'' Beggarman, Thief'' (1979) - Inspector Charboneau *'' Le Maître-nageur'' (1979) - Paul Jouriace *' (1979) - Georges Julienne *'' Apocalypse Now Redux'' (1979) - Hubert de Marais *''Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech'' (1979) - Père Peter *'' Je vous aime'' (1980) - Victor *'' Choice of Arms'' (1981) - Jean *''Chassé-croisé'' (1982) *'' Emmanuelle 4'' (1984) - Docteur Santano *'' Next Summer'' (1985) - Vierre *'' Adieu Blaireau'' (1985) - Victor

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