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Jean Martin
Homepage
https://www.spla.pro/fr/fiche.personnes.spla.56361.html
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-03-06,Paris, France
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

6.281

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975-12-16

The Day of the Jackal

7.528

The Day of the Jackal
1973-05-16

A Woman at Her Window

5.818

A Woman at Her Window
1976-11-10

The King and the Mockingbird

7.759

The King and the Mockingbird
1980-03-19

6.571

The Messiah
1975-10-24

My Name Is Nobody

7.271

My Name Is Nobody
1973-12-13

The Night Caller

7.182

The Night Caller
1975-04-09

Le Gentleman des Antipodes

8

Le Gentleman des Antipodes
1976-11-04

The Wild Goose Chase

6.1

The Wild Goose Chase
1975-10-08

The Battle of Algiers

7.902

The Battle of Algiers
1966-09-08

6.445

Dossier 51
1978-08-30

6.42

Lucie Aubrac
1997-02-26

I'm Losing My Temper

6.1

I'm Losing My Temper
1974-10-09

0

Gustave Moreau
1962-01-02

6.5

Cecile Is Dead
1944-03-08

6.396

The Inheritor
1973-03-22

HPW ou Anatomie d'un faussaire

0

HPW ou Anatomie d'un faussaire
1971-07-27

Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

7.2

Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
2004-08-01

Les Culottes rouges

6.6

Les Culottes rouges
1962-12-19

La Puce et le privé

5

La Puce et le privé
1981-03-11

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese

5.921

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968-09-06

The Wing or the Thigh?

7.201

The Wing or the Thigh?
1976-10-27

Inspector Blunder

6.276

Inspector Blunder
1980-12-03

Troubleshooters

6.4

Troubleshooters
1971-04-07

Your Turn, Darling

5.143

Your Turn, Darling
1963-02-18

5.2

The Beguines
1972-09-19

La Nuit bulgare

8

La Nuit bulgare
1972-04-20

5.3

Safety Catch
1970-01-14

Alouqa or the Comedy of the Dead

0

Alouqa or the Comedy of the Dead
1975-08-13

5.9

La Femme flic
1980-01-08

Promise at Dawn

5.55

Promise at Dawn
1970-11-25

6.333

Soldier Martin
1966-09-28

The Carpathian Castle

6

The Carpathian Castle
1976-12-19

6.5

The Associate
1979-08-22

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

6.1

Successive Slidings of Pleasure
1974-03-07

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

6.542

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime
1968-04-24

The Time of the Beginning

3.75

The Time of the Beginning
1974-10-15

7

Les filous
1967-01-01

Forgotten Stones

0

Forgotten Stones
1952-01-01

7.14

The Nun
1967-07-26

5.98

The Cat
1977-12-16

An Invitation to the Hunt

7

An Invitation to the Hunt
1974-11-01

Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

6.849

Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
1977-01-12

The Invention of Morel

7.389

The Invention of Morel
1967-12-08

Cry of the Heart

3

Cry of the Heart
1974-09-11

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

6

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984-08-29

7.403

Fortunate
1960-11-16

Paris Belongs to Us

6.605

Paris Belongs to Us
1961-12-13

L'Homme en colère

5.575

L'Homme en colère
1979-03-14

5.4

Manon 70
1968-02-21

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

6.9

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
1967-09-15

Les Jupons de la révolution

1

Les Jupons de la révolution
1989-07-19

Baal's Companions

7

Baal's Companions
1968-07-29

Police Commissioner Moulin

7.1

Police Commissioner Moulin
1976-08-04

Rendez-vous en noir

8.5

Rendez-vous en noir
1977-02-24

7

Mandrin
1972-06-03

The Woman in White

0

The Woman in White
1970-06-05