Christian Marin
Christian Bernard Georges Marin (born February 8, 1929 in Lyon , † September 5, 2012 in Paris ) was a French actor and musician .
Life
He began his acting career in 1953 at the Comédie de Saint-Étienne Theater in Saint-Étienne and also appeared in films from 1957.
Christian Marin achieved greater fame in Germany primarily through eight films starring the French comedian Louis de Funès . In four of them he played the role of sergeant Merlot; two more gendarme films were made without his involvement, as he had other obligations at the time. In France, he became known to the public through successful TV series such as Les chevaliers du ciel . Since the 1980s he slowly withdrew from the international screen and was most recently active primarily in television and theater .
In addition to his work as an actor, Marin also recorded some records.
Actor (selection)
- 1957: Morphine, murder and saucy moths (Ces dames préfèrent le mambo)
- 1959: La marquise d'O
- 1961: All the gold in the world (Tout l'or du monde)
- 1961: The Great American (La belle Américaine)
- 1963: Secret agent S. strikes (L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret)
- 1963: Squeak ... squeak ... who's drilling for oil? (Pouic-Pouic)
- 1964: The gendarme of Saint Tropez (Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez)
- 1964: A great Bobby, this Flic (Allez France!)
- 1965: And the woods will be silent (Le chant du monde)
- 1965: The gendarme from Broadway (Le gendarme à New York)
- 1965: Murder included in the fare (Compartiment tueurs)
- 1966: Even large bills can be wrong (Monnaie de singe)
- 1967–1970: Les chevaliers du ciel
- 1968: Baldwin, the grouchy marriage (Le gendarme se marie)
- 1970: Baldwin, the horror of St. Tropez (Le gendarme en balade)
- 1977: Turlututu
- 1979: The Falls of Monsieur Cabrol (Les cinq dernières minutes)
- 1987: Neuville ... ma belle
- 1990: Pépé la gâchette
- 2010: Two Sunny Days
Web links
- Christian Marin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Christian Marin on Cyranos.ch
- Interview on aeroplanete.net (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.cineartistes.com/fiche-Christian+Marin.html
- ↑ Christian Marin: mort d'un "gendarme de Saint-Tropez"
- ↑ http://www.cineartistes.com/fiche-Christian+Marin.html
- ↑ [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/artiste/3063.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marin, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marin, Christian Bernard Georges (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 2012 |
| Place of death | Paris |