Personal Info
Jean Martin
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
as Self
Lucie Aubrac
as Paul Lardanchet
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
as Sculpteur
La Puce et le privé
as Gérard Le Tizou, head waiter
The King and the Mockingbird
as L’oiseau (voice)
Inspector Blunder
as Examination policeman (uncredited)
La Femme flic
as Le colonel Morange
L'Homme en colère
as Bully
The Associate
as M. Bastias
Dossier 51
as Vénus
TV Shows
Les Jupons de la révolution
as Marquis de persan · 1 ep.
Rendez-vous en noir
as Le commissaire · 6 ep.
Police Commissioner Moulin
as Larsen · 1 ep.
Mandrin
as Robert de Cazes · 6 ep.
Baal's Companions
as M. De Plassans · 7 ep.
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
as Gaston · 1 ep.
