---
name: "Jean-François Martial"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-francois-martial"
fi1m_id: "jean-francois-martial"
imdb_id: "nm0551792"
tmdb_id: 5768
wikidata_id: "Q3165763"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 September 1891"
died: "18 October 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:33:40.780730+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jean-François Martial

## Identity

Jean-François Martial

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-francois-martial
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-francois-martial
- **IMDb ID:** nm0551792
- **TMDB ID:** 5768
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3165763
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Martial, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3165763, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5768

Actor. Born 12 September 1891 in Walcourt. Died 18 October 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 September 1891, Walcourt
- **Died:** 18 October 1977
- **Also known as:** Martial, Martial Joseph Ghislain Fosseprez, J.F. Martial
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Martial, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3165763, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5768

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Mon Oncle*](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md) (82)

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## Biography

Jean-François Martial was a Belgian actor. Born Martial Joseph Ghislain Fosseprez in Walcourt, Belgium, he appeared in French films from the silent era in the early 1910s until the mid-1960s.

His credits include *Wooden Crosses* (1932) as Soldat Lemoine, *Lady Killer* (1937) as Alfred, *Panic* (1947) as Monsieur Joubert and *Mon Oncle* (1958) as Walter.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mon Oncle* (1958), Fi1m 82, as Walter — [page](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Easy Come Easy Go* (1960), Actor
- *Mon Oncle* (1958), as Walter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md)
- *Pas de grisbi pour Ricardo* (1957), Actor
- *The Case of Dr. Laurent* (1957), as (uncredited)
- *Guilty?* (1951), Actor
- *We Request an Assassin* (1949), Actor
- *56, rue Pigalle* (1949), Actor
- *The Red Signal* (1949), Actor
- *Fandango* (1948), as Engineer (uncredited)
- *Wench* (1948), as Le cabaretier
- *Madame and Her Redskins* (1948), Actor
- *Si ça peut vous faire plaisir* (1948), as (uncredited)
- *Woman of Evil* (1947), Actor
- *The Kids Are Leading the Investigation* (1947), as Regular in the circle (uncredited)
- *Le Secret du Florida* (1947), as Inspector
- *History of Singing* (1947), as Le livreur
- *Panic* (1947), as Monsieur Joubert
- *Dawn Devils* (1946), as German officer
- *Mysteries of Paris* (1943), as Le mouchard
- *The Heart of a Nation* (1943), as (uncredited)
- *Sacred Fire* (1942), as Customs officer (uncredited)
- *Mélodie pour toi* (1942), Actor
- *Men Without Fear* (1942), Actor
- *Blind Venus* (1941), as Un ami
- *Narcisse* (1940), Actor
- *The Last Turning* (1939), as Architect
- *Naples Under the Kiss of Fire* (1937), Actor
- *Lady Killer* (1937), as Alfred
- *Debout là-dedans !* (1935), Actor
- *Gypsy Baron* (1935), Actor
- *The Great Game* (1934), Actor
- *Bach millionnaire* (1933), Actor
- *The Two Orphans* (1933), as Kidnapper (uncredited)
- *Mirages of Paris* (1933), Actor
- *Lidoire* (1933), as Le brigadier de semaine
- *Mists of Paris* (1932), Actor
- *Fun in the Barracks* (1932), as Soldier (uncredited)
- *Wooden Crosses* (1932), as Soldat Lemoine
- *Rio's yellow house* (1931), Actor
- *The Yellow Captain* (1930), Actor
- *Accused, Stand Up!* (1930), as Consommateur au musette
- *Yvette* (1927), as Pascal
- *Le chemineau* (1926), Actor
- *La Justicière* (1925), as José
- *Sans famille* (1925), as Driscoll
- *The Devil in the City* (1925), Actor
- *The Clairvoyant* (1924), as André Renaud
- *The Drop Of Blood* (1924), as Bernier
- *Gaëtan ou le commis audacieux* (1922), Actor
- *La Fille de Delft* (1914), Actor
- *The Wagon Child* (1914), Actor
- *Fantômas* (1913), as Ribonard

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