Christian Marin
Acting
Biography
Christian Marin (8 February 1929 – 5 September 2012) was a French film actor. Born in Lyon, he is best known for his role in Le gendarme series (as "Merlot"), although he did not appear in the last two sequels. In 1967 he appeared in the television serial Les Chevaliers du ciel, in which he portrayed the character Ernest Laverdure. Source: Article "Christian Marin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: February 8, 1929
Place of Birth: Lyon, Rhône, France
Known For
Woodplum
Children find a baby in the forest.
A Blonde Like That
Myra, daughter of the circus king, has been kidnapped in South America. Or so her father believes. In reality, Miss Shumway has escaped into the Indian jungle in the company of a conjurer. Millan, a mischievous and adventurous journalist, tracks down the young woman in the Indian sector of Tamazunchale. They get to know each other and Myra tells the young man what drove her to flee her father. But she's run out of money and expects her adventure to come to an end soon. Then she meets a man named Doc, who suggests she contact an old Indian sorcerer.
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Television adaptation of the comedy by Eugène Labiche and Edouard Martin, written in 1860. On the Buttes Chaumont plateau, transformed into the Gare de Lyon, Monsieur Perrichon, who has all the makings of an honest bourgeois, sets off on a pleasure trip with his wife and his pretty daughter Henriette. He has no idea that his daughter's two official suitors will give this trip a fantastic turn.
The Aeronauts
The Aeronauts was a French children's TV series about two fighter jet pilots and their adventures. It was based on a comic book series by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo. Made by French production company Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française between 1967 and 1970, its original French title was Les chevaliers du ciel. The three seasons were originally filmed in colors but the first season was broadcast on French TV from September 1967 in black and white, as French television was only in black and white at the time. All three seasons, however, were later released in colors when the series appeared in a 6-DVD box in the early 2000s. This 6-DVD set is now sold out and used copies fetch high prices. It was dubbed into English, retitled The Aeronauts and shown on UK children's TV in the early 1970s. In 1972 Rick Jones released a single of the anglicised theme tune. In 1976 a version dubbed into Afrikaans and titled Mirage was shown by the SABC in South Africa.
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
The Reluctant Spy
Stanislas Dubois is the manager of a successful advertising agency. One day, he comes up against an imposing woman who foists on him a cumbersome painting by Cézanne.
The Blockhead Fair
On prize-giving day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.
Plaisir du théâtre
The Sleeping Car Murder
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
Squeak-squeak
Léonard Monestier owns a large fortune, alas his wife Cynthia made a bad investment in a worthless oil concession. Far from letting this get him down, Léonard decides to find a sucker to buy this concession from him. Right on cue appears Antoine Brévin, a befuddled billionaire who is very interested in Léonard's beautiful daughter Patricia and would do anything to win her hand...
Filmography
as L'aumônier
as le voisin au balcon
as Didier
as Adolphe Masson Massonnet
as Self
as Maximilien
as Clotaire
as Le maître sonneur berrichon
as Gaspard
as Jean
as Le gardien de la paix
as Self
as Firmin
as Joseph
as Le grand
as Albert Merlot
as Blount
as Rogue receiver
as Bartender
as Albert Merlot
as hotelman
as Le sergent
as Ernest Laverdure
as André
as William
as Le touriste
as Ice cream seller
as Le beau-frère de Georgette, mari soumis
as Albert Merlot
as Tattooed one
as Gendarme
as (segment "Pour qui sonne le ...")
as Omer
as Gremio
as Albert Merlot
as Marcel, tall police officer
as Station employee
as Charles
as Levasseur
as Lecanut
as Pierrot
as M. Loiseau, le greffier du juge d'instruction
as Désiré Piccolo
as Christy
as Fernand (uncredited)
as Le Commissaire
as le caméraman
as Bank cashier
as un technicien TV
as Pierrot
as Léon
as le second détective privé
as Le facteur (porteur) de la gare de Lyon
as Estry
as M. Loiseau, le greffier du juge d'instruction