Félix Paul Gabriel Marten (29 October 1919 – 20 November 1992) was a German-born French

film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He was born in

Remagen Remagen () is a town in Germany in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler (district), Ahrweiler. It is about a one-hour drive from Cologne, just south of Bonn, the former West Germany, West German seat of government. It i ...

to a Finnish father, and his family fled Germany following the Nazi takeover. He is one of a number of actors to play

Leslie Charteris Leslie Charteris (; born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin; 12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter.Simon Templar The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a List of works by Leslie Charteris, series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date other authors collaborat ...

in the 1960 film '' Le Saint mène la danse''.Barer p.107

Filmography

References

Bibliography

* Barer, Burl. ''The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar, 1928-1992''. McFarland, 2003.

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* 1919 births 1992 deaths French male television actors French male film actors German male television actors German male film actors Emigrants from Nazi Germany to France People from Ahrweiler (district) French people of Finnish descent Male actors from Rhineland-Palatinate {{France-film-bio-stub