Marius Gaidon
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 6, 1912
Place of Birth: Lyon, Rhône, France
Known For
The Sucker
In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
Max and the Junkmen
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Rapture
Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her father threatens to break up the union.
The Great Spy Chase
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
The Worthless
Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from a group of petty criminals, Manne and Harri flee from the gangsters across Finland, while Ville goes to Paris. On the road they meet Veera, an old girlfriend of Harri's, and try to avoid the gangsters in pursuit.
Cherchez l'idole
After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the precious instrument has just been sold! The problem is complicated by the fact that five stars all bought the same model that morning...
Cloportes
Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.
The Madman of Lab Four
This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love. He is chased by his boss, the police, and spies, who seek to secure the secret recipe for their own selfish purposes. A shadowy American underworld figure tries to intimidate the inventor. A half-hearted attempt at comedy tries to go along with the double dealing and trickery of the thin plot of the film.
Lovers of Paris
Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital.
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
Rita is a girl that lives on taking gangsters as lovers. But when the money stops coming, she swears revenge.
Filmography
as Garcon
as Man at the Crédit de la Seine (uncredited)
as Guest (uncredited)
as Restaurant server (uncredited)
as The President of the Military Tribunal (uncredited)
as Waiter at the cocktail (uncredited)
as Police officer (uncredited)
as Policeman at the police station (uncredited)
as Extra (uncredited)
as Wedding Guest
as Un policier bordelais (non crédité)
as Stabbed spy (uncredited)
as Waiter at the police gala
as SNCF controller (segment "Ella") (uncredited)
as Un serveur
as un badaud
as Waiter at the wedding buffet (uncredited)
as Punter (uncredited)
as The director of the municipal casino
as Un serveur du Triana-Club (uncredited)