Jean Martin

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 …

Movies & TV Shows

1. My Name Is Nobody (1973) — Sullivan
2. The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) — Le médecin
3. The Battle of Algiers (1966) — Colonel Philippe Mathieu
4. The Day of the Jackal (1973) — Victor Wolenski
5. The King and the Mockingbird (1980) — L’oiseau (voice)
6. The Night Caller (1975) — Divisional commissioner Sabin
7. Inspector Blunder (1980) — Examination policeman (uncredited)
8. A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975) — Colonel Pembroke
9. The Nun (1967) — Monsieur Hébert
10. Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime (1968) — Un responsable d'édition
11. I'm Losing My Temper (1974) — Headmaster
12. The Inheritor (1973) — Mgr. Schneider
13. The Wild Goose Chase (1975) — Le directeur de la banque
14. Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
15. Lucie Aubrac (1997) — Paul Lardanchet
16. Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) — The Priest
17. Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese (1968) — A henchman of Charles (uncredited)
18. Dossier 51 (1978) — Vénus
19. Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977) — Surgeon
20. The Cat (1977) — Legrand
21. La Femme flic (1980) — Le colonel Morange
22. Troubleshooters (1971) — Homme de Varèse
23. A Woman at Her Window (1976) — Drieu La Rochelle (uncredited)
24. Fortunate (1960) — faux croque-mort
25. The Messiah (1975) — Pontius Pilate
26. L'Homme en colère (1979) — Bully
27. Manon 70 (1968)
28. The Beguines (1972) — René
29. Les Culottes rouges (1962) — Un homme de la troupe (uncredited)
30. Safety Catch (1970) — Butler
31. Promise at Dawn (1970) — Igor Igorevitch
32. The Associate (1979) — M. Bastias
33. The Invention of Morel (1967) — Stoewer
34. Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967) — Gaston
35. Cecile Is Dead (1944) — Le garçon d'étage (uncredited)
36. Police Commissioner Moulin (1976) — Larsen
37. Your Turn, Darling (1963)
38. Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers (2004) — Self
39. The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984) — Sculpteur
40. The Time of the Beginning (1974) — Direttore clinica / Sottocapo