Jean Martin

About

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 to take on the role of Lucky. The same Roger Blin produced “End of the Game” (1957), by the same Beckett, a few years later, and entrusted the same Jean Martin with the role of Clov. In 1960, Jean Martin staged his first play, “Letter Dead”, by Robert Pinget. In 1962, he again staged a play, “The...

Known for

Police Commissioner MoulinSeries • 1976Graf Yoster gibt sich die EhreSeries • 1967The Day of the JackalMovie • 1973My Name Is NobodyMovie • 1973The Battle of AlgiersMovie • 1966The Wing or the Thigh?Movie • 1976The Wild Goose ChaseMovie • 1975A Genius, Two Friends, and an IdiotMovie • 1975Lucie AubracMovie • 1997The Night CallerMovie • 1975Inspector BlunderMovie • 1980The King and the MockingbirdMovie • 1980Manon 70Movie • 1968The CatMovie • 1977Successive Slidings of PleasureMovie • 1974The NunMovie • 1967Je T'Aime, Je T'AimeMovie • 1968I'm Losing My TemperMovie • 1974The InheritorMovie • 1973Don't Take God's Children for Wild GeeseMovie • 1968Dossier 51Movie • 1978Paris Belongs to UsMovie • 1961FortunateMovie • 1960Jig-SawMovie • 1979