Henri Marteau

Biography

Post‑war film enthusiasts will remember the face of Henri Marteau, a fairly prolific supporting actor whose name has since faded somewhat from memory. His early appearances, barely above that of an extra, explain why he is missing from certain credits. He appears for only a few seconds in A Witness in the City by Édouard Molinaro, and in The Big Restaurant with Louis de Funès, where he just as briefly plays the second inspector. In Le Mors aux dents, he plays a minister, then a stranded motorist in Jean L’Hôte’s La Communale, and a trafficker in Une Sale Affaire. His most notable performance is as a French colonist and the father of Catherine Deneuve in Indochine. He was more easily spotted on television, in Les Coquelicots sont revenus and Poil de carotte by Richard Bohringer. He also appeared in numerous episodes of Les Cinq Dernières Minutes with Raymond Souplex, as well as in the later season with Jacques Debary, and in Les Filles du maître de chai. He died in Paris at Hôpital Saint‑Louis at the age of seventy‑two.

Known For

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Joséphine, Guardian Angel

Indochine

The Unfaithful Wife

All Movies (24)

Carrot Top2003 · as Le grand-père
Les coquelicots sont revenus1999 · as Paul
La fille des nuages1997 · as Germain
The Eagle and the Horse1994
Les brouches1994 · as Fernand
Indochine1992 · as Emile Devries
Killing Time1987 · as Igor Malevitch
Fred connexion1986 · as Poutin
Richelieu ou La journée des dupes1983 · as Maréchal de Bassompierre
Operation Leopard1980 · as Chamfort
The Bit Between the Teeth1979 · as Le ministre
La boucle d'oreille1979 · as Le commissaire
Replay1977
The Question1977 · as Colonel Treguier
Doctor Justice1975
Saint-Just and the Force of Things1975 · as Lazare Carnot
One Morning in June 19401974 · as Lepage
A Cop1972 · as Police Officer Instructor of Shooting
Les Déracinés1972 · as Captain Sainbenin
The Confession1970 · as Policeman
The Unfaithful Wife1969 · as Paul
The Restaurant1966 · as Le second inspecteur adjoint
The Black Indies1964 · as deuxième policier
Without Trumpet or Drum1959

All TV Shows (10)

Joséphine, Guardian Angel1997 · as Paul
Les Filles du maître de chai1997 · as Léon
Docteur Teyran1980 · as L'inspecteur Maneaud
Ardéchois, cœur fidèle1974 · as Lyonnais
Le Petit Monde de Marie-Plaisance1969 · as Georges Cournebosc
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes1958 · as Louis Prinquiau
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes1958 · as Étienne
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes1958 · as Philippe Vignaud
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes1958 · as Grégoire
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes1958 · as Antoine