Jean Martin (actor)
Jean Martin (born March 6, 1922 in Paris , † February 2, 2009 ibid) was a French actor .
Life
Martin served in the French Resistance during World War II and later as a paratrooper in Indochina . As an actor he has appeared both on the stage (as early as Waiting for Godot and Endgame ) and in films, where he played Colonel Mathieu in the Battle of Algiers . In 1973 he was cast as an adjutant to the villains in The Jackal . He also played important supporting roles in the Nobody films with Terence Hill .
His film career began in 1943 with a role in the film Cécile est morte , directed by Maurice Tourneur . It included work with Jacques Rivette ( Paris nous appartient , 1960), Alain Resnais ( Je t'aime, je t'aime , 1968) and Otto Preminger ( Rosebud , 1975).
As a stage actor, he became known in the role of Lucky in Waiting for Godot . He played this role in 1953 in the first production of the play at the Théâtre de France-Odéon , in what , according to the unanimous criticism, was an intense, harrowing interpretation. In 1970 he took on a role again in a Beckett play, in La Dernière Bande , directed by Beckett himself.
He was politically active on the left wing throughout his life. He was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of 121 against the Algerian War , which appeared on September 6, 1960 in the magazine Verité-Liberté . In this manifesto the right to rebel ( droit à l'insoumission ) in the Algerian war was postulated. Like other signatories to the manifesto, he was blacklisted and banned from appearing on radio and television.
In the 1980s he was a frequent guest on Récré A2's children's programs .
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: The Scarlet Musketeer (Le chevalier de Pardaillan)
- 1966: Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)
- 1968: Unrestrained Manon (Manon 70)
- 1973: My name is Nobody (Il mio nome è Nessuno)
- 1973: The Jackal (The Day of the Jackal)
- 1974: The constant gliding of desire (Glissements progressifs du plaisir)
- 1974: The long blonde with the red hair (La moutarde me monte au nez)
- 1975: fear of the city (Peur sur la ville)
- 1975: The clumsy sixth sense (La course à l'échalotte)
- 1975: Nobody is the greatest (Un genio, due compari, un pollo)
- 1975: Rosebud Company (Rosebud)
- 1976: Breast or Leg (L'aile ou la cuisse)
- 1976: The Messiah (Il Messia)
- 1997: Lucie Aubrac
Web links
- Jean Martin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 2009 |
| Place of death | Paris |