Henri Marteau
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.
Filmography (30 titles)
5.6MovieCarrot Top
Le grand-père · 2003
8.0MovieLes coquelicots sont revenus
Paul · 1999
6.0ShowJoséphine, Guardian Angel
Paul · 1997
10.0ShowLes Filles du maître de chai
Léon · 1997
La fille des nuages
Germain · 1997
10.0MovieThe Eagle and the Horse
1994
3.7MovieLes brouches
Fernand · 1994
7.0MovieIndochine
Emile Devries · 1992
6.3MovieKilling Time
Igor Malevitch · 1987
Fred connexion
Poutin · 1986
8.0MovieRichelieu ou La journée des dupes
Maréchal de Bassompierre · 1983
7.0ShowDocteur Teyran
L'inspecteur Maneaud · 1980
5.7MovieOperation Leopard
Chamfort · 1980
5.9MovieThe Bit Between the Teeth
Le ministre · 1979
MovieLa boucle d'oreille
Le commissaire · 1979
6.9MovieReplay
1977
5.7MovieThe Question
Colonel Treguier · 1977
4.7MovieDoctor Justice
1975
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
Lazare Carnot · 1975
7.1ShowArdéchois, cœur fidèle
Lyonnais · 1974
7.0MovieOne Morning in June 1940
Lepage · 1974
6.6MovieUn Flic
Police Officer Instructor of Shooting · 1972
MovieLes Déracinés
Captain Sainbenin · 1972
7.4MovieThe Confession
Policeman · 1970
9.0ShowLe Petit Monde de Marie-Plaisance
Georges Cournebosc · 1969
6.8MovieThe Unfaithful Wife
Paul · 1969
6.8MovieThe Restaurant
Le second inspecteur adjoint · 1966
7.0MovieThe Black Indies
deuxième policier · 1964
10.0MovieWithout Trumpet or Drum
1959
ShowLes Cinq Dernières Minutes
Louis Prinquiau · 1958