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Jean Martin‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1922-03-06

Popularity

star7.5

Jean Martin

Paris, France

Jean Martin

Paris, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1922-03-06

Popularity

star7.5

Biography

Jean Martin (6 March 1922 - 2 February 2009) was a French actor. Coming from a Berry family, he spent part of his childhood in Biarritz, where his father worked for a furrier. During the Second World War, he hid to escape the Forced Labor Service. Staying in Paris, he appeared in two films by Maurice Tourneur: "The Devil's Hand" (1942) then "Cécile Est Mort" (1943). At the twilight of the forties, he started doing theater. In 1953, Jean Martin gained notoriety by playing the new play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, "Waiting for Godot", under the direction of Roger Blin, becoming the first to take on the role of Lucky. The same Roger Blin produced “End of the Game” (1957), by the same Beckett, a few years later, and entrusted the same Jean Martin with the role of Clov. In 1960, Jean Martin staged his first play, “Letter Dead”, by Robert Pinget. In 1962, he again staged a play, “The Representatives”, by Aglaé and Mona Mitropoulos, adapted by Michel Arnaud. Alongside this theatrical career which would prove to be rich, Jean Martin returned to cinema: “Notre-Dame de Paris” (1956), by Jean Delannoy, “Paris belongs to us” (1958), by Jacques Rivette, “Ballade for a thug " (1962), by Jean-Claude Bonnardot, "La foire aux dunces" (1963), by Louis Daquin and "À toi de fait mignon" (1963), by Bernard Borderie. In 1960, he was a signatory of the Manifesto of the 121 entitled “Declaration on the right to insubordination in the Algerian war”. In 1965, a role marked his career, that of Colonel Mathieu, in a film retracing the struggle in 1957 for control of the Casbah district of Algiers between FLN militants and French soldiers: "The Battle of Algiers" . Three years after the end of the Algerian War, the subject is still sensitive on each side of the Mediterranean; the film was banned in France upon its release, then censored until 2004. Jean Martin, very convincing in this role of division commander (historically, the commander is General Massu, but the character is inspired by Colonel Bigeard), is the only professional actor in the film. His large stature, his strong personality and his imperious face predispose him to notable roles generally showing authority: chief doctor, police commissioner, high-ranking military officer, ecclesiastical dignitary...; one of the most impressive will undoubtedly be that of a doctor vehemently expelling from his hospital a judge Fayard, Patrick Dewaere, a bit of a cavalier in "Le Juge Fayard Dit Le Shérif" (1976). Claude Zidi mocks these roles in his comedies: principal in “La moutarde monte au nose” (1974), bank director in “La Course À L'Échalote” (1975), chief doctor in “L'aile ou la thigh” (1976), principal inspector in “Bête mais disciplined” (1979) and examiner in “Inspecteur la Bavure” (1980). Alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo, he is… cardinal in “L’Hériter” (1972) and… divisional commissioner in “Peur Sur La ville” (1975)! But also alongside Terence Hill in “My Name is Nobody” (1973) in the role of Sullivan, or “One Genius, Two Associates, One Bell (1975). After devoting a large part of his career to the theater, appearing in around fifty films, Jean Martin died on February 2, 2009, in Paris.

Movie Credits

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot‌
star6.3
calendar 1975

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal‌
star7.5
calendar 1973

A Woman at Her Window

A Woman at Her Window‌
star5.8
calendar 1976

The King and the Mockingbird

The King and the Mockingbird‌
star7.8
calendar 1980

The Messiah

The Messiah‌
star6.4
calendar 1975

My Name Is Nobody

My Name Is Nobody‌
star7.3
calendar 1973

The Night Caller

The Night Caller‌
star7.2
calendar 1975

Le Gentleman des Antipodes

Le Gentleman des Antipodes‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The Wild Goose Chase

The Wild Goose Chase‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers‌
star7.9
calendar 1966

Dossier 51

Dossier 51‌
star6.5
calendar 1978

Lucie Aubrac

Lucie Aubrac‌
star6.4
calendar 1997

I'm Losing My Temper

I'm Losing My Temper‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Gustave Moreau

Gustave Moreau‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Cecile Is Dead

Cecile Is Dead‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

The Inheritor

The Inheritor‌
star6.3
calendar 1973

HPW ou Anatomie d'un faussaire

HPW ou Anatomie d'un faussaire‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers‌
star7.2
calendar 2004

Les Culottes rouges

Les Culottes rouges‌
star6.5
calendar 1962

La Puce et le privé

La Puce et le privé‌
star4.0
calendar 1981

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese‌
star5.9
calendar 1968

The Wing or the Thigh?

The Wing or the Thigh?‌
star7.2
calendar 1976

Inspector Blunder

Inspector Blunder‌
star6.3
calendar 1980

Troubleshooters

Troubleshooters‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

Your Turn, Darling

Your Turn, Darling‌
star4.4
calendar 1963

The Beguines

The Beguines‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

La nuit bulgare

La nuit bulgare‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Safety Catch

Safety Catch‌
star5.5
calendar 1970

Alouqa or the Comedy of the Dead

Alouqa or the Comedy of the Dead‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

La Femme flic

La Femme flic‌
star6.1
calendar 1980

Promise at Dawn

Promise at Dawn‌
star5.3
calendar 1970

Soldier Martin

Soldier Martin‌
star7.0
calendar 1966

The Carpathian Castle

The Carpathian Castle‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

The Associate

The Associate‌
star6.4
calendar 1979

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

Successive Slidings of Pleasure‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime‌
star6.5
calendar 1968

The Companions of Baal

The Companions of Baal‌
star7.0
calendar 1970

The Time of the Beginning

The Time of the Beginning‌
star3.5
calendar 1974

Les filous

Les filous‌
star7.0
calendar 1967

Forgotten Stones

Forgotten Stones‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Nun

The Nun‌
star7.2
calendar 1966

The Cat

The Cat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

The Invention of Morel

The Invention of Morel‌
star7.4
calendar 1967

An Invitation to the Hunt

An Invitation to the Hunt‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff‌
star7.0
calendar 1977

Cry of the Heart

Cry of the Heart‌
star1.0
calendar 1974

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe‌
star6.3
calendar 1984

Fortunate

Fortunate‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

Tv Credits

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre‌
star6.1
calendar 1967

Les Jupons de la révolution

Les Jupons de la révolution‌
star1.0
calendar 1989

Baal's Companions

Baal's Companions‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Police Commissioner Moulin

Police Commissioner Moulin‌
star5.8
calendar 1976

Rendez-vous en noir

Rendez-vous en noir‌
star9.0
calendar 1977