Biography
Christian Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Marseille, he was the brother of actor Serge Marquand and director Nadine Trintignant.
His first film appearance was an uncredited role as a footman in Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (1946). After small parts, he was featured in Lucrèce Borgia (1953) and as an Austrian soldier in Luchino Visconti's Senso (1954). In 1956 he played opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim's ...And God Created Woman.
Marquand appeared in international productions including The Longest Day (1962), Lord Jim (1965), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and Apocalypse Now (1979). He directed Les Grands Chemins (1963) and Candy (1968).
