Jacques Marin

Actor

September 9, 1919 (81 years)

† January 10, 2001

Paris, France

Biography

Jacques Marin (9 September 1919 – 10 January 2001) was a French actor on film and television. Marin's fluency in English and his instantly recognisable features made him a familiar face in some major American and British productions (Charade, The Train, Marathon Man), and Disney movies (The Island at the Top of the World and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo). Source: Article "Jacques Marin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

5.7

Sacrée soirée

Self

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6.0

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Self

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

10.0

Polizeiinspektion 1

Gaston

Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.

7.7

Charade

Edouard Grandpierre

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

7.2

Marathon Man

LeClerc

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

7.8

Forbidden Games

Georges Dolle

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.

7.5

How to Steal a Million

Chief Guard

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.

7.2

Les Misérables

Monsieur Madeleine's secretary

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

7.6

The Train

Jacques

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.

7.6

The Truth

Le conducteur du bus

As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.

5.0

The Oldest Profession

Policeman (segment "Aujourd'hui") (uncredited)

A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.

7.2

Jo

Andrieux

A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.

6.3

Black Dossier

Un policier

In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.

6.7

Fantomas Unleashed

Agent de police ferroviaire

In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.

6.4

Flic Story

Owner of the inn in Saint-Rémy

The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.

6.8

The Chicken

Le père

The Chicken [Le Poulet] is a 1965 French short comedy film directed by Claude Berri. The film follows a father, mother, and son who go to visit a chicken farm. The son catches and brings home a chicken. The father plans to eat it if the chicken doesn't lay eggs. The boy aims to save the chicken and comedy ensues. It won an Oscar in 1966 for Best Short Subject.

4.7

Marie Pervenche

Ducreux, taxi driver

Marie Lorieux, a contract worker at the Paris Police Prefecture, is tired of distributing tickets. While walking the streets of the capital, she finds herself mingled with intrigues all wacky and incredible as each other and decides to act alone in its investigations to the chagrin of his head of department who does not know how to do for the reason and her husband, Hervé, worried constantly.

6.2

Lost Command

Mayor

After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.

5.9

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Inspector Bouchet

Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.

5.4

SPY*S

Lafayette

Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.

Jacques Marin

Biography