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Jean Martin

French actor (1922-2009) · France · On the map · Actors · Died at 86

Jean Martin was a French actor of stage and screen. Martin served in the French Resistance during World War II and later fought with the French paratroopers in Indochina.

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A life in dates

2009Died2 February 20092004Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of AlgiersFilm1989Les Jupons de la révolutionSeries, Marquis de persan1984The Crime of Ovide PlouffeFilm, Sculpteur1983Le fou du désertSeries, Saint-Quentin1980Inspector BlunderFilm, Examination policeman (uncredited)1978Dossier 51Film, Vénus1977Rendez-vous en noirSeries, Le commissaireJudge Fayard Called the SheriffFilm, 1977Surgeon1976Police Commissioner MoulinSeries, Larsen1975A Genius, Two Friends, and an IdiotFilm, Colonel Pembroke1973My Name Is NobodyFilm, Sullivan1972MandrinSeries, Robert de CazesThe BeguinesFilm, 1972René1970The Woman in WhiteSeries, Frédéric FairliePromise at DawnFilm, 1970Igor Igorevitch1968Baal's CompanionsSeries, M. De Plassans1967Graf Yoster gibt sich die EhreSeries, GastonThe Invention of MorelFilm, 1967Stoewer1966Soldier MartinFilm, Monnier1962Les Culottes rougesFilm, Un homme de la troupe (uncredited)1961Paris Belongs to UsFilm1944Cecile Is DeadFilm, Le garçon d'étage (uncredited)1922Born6 March 1922

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  • The Battle of Algiers 1966
  • The King and the Mockingbird 1980
  • The Day of the Jackal 1973
  • My Name Is Nobody 1973
  • The Wing or the Thigh? 1976

Filmography 40

59 credits on file

Television 8

About this person

Theatrically, he is perhaps best known for originating two roles in Samuel Beckett's most famous plays: Lucky in Waiting for Godot, and Clov in Endgame. During the 1950s, he was a performer at the Théâtre National Populaire and also worked for radio plays.

Country
France
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2009 · aged 86