Félix Marten

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| birth_name = Felix Paul Gabriel Marten

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| birth_place = Remagen, Weimar Republic

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|11|20|1919|10|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1947–1993

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Félix Paul Gabriel Marten (29 October 1919 – 20 November 1992) was a German-born French film actor. He was born in Remagen to a Finnish father, and his family fled Germany following the Nazi takeover. He is one of a number of actors to play Leslie Charteris's character Simon Templar in the 1960 film Le Saint mène la danse.Barer p.107

Filmography

class="wikitable" \|+Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1947 \| Rêves d'amour \| (unknown role) \| English title: Dreams of Love
1953 \| L'oeil en coulisses \| (unknown role) \|
1956 \| Si Paris nous était conté \| Le Marquis de Mirabeau (uncredited) \| English title: If Paris Were Told to Us
1956 \| Goubbiah, mon amour \| Spence \| English title: Kiss of Fire
1956 \| Pitié pour les vamps \| Paul Duke \| English Title: Pity for the Vamps
1957 \| Escapade \| Angelo \|
1958 \| Ascenseur pour l'échafaud \| Christian Subervie \| English title: Elevator to the Gallows
1958 \| Maxime \| Hubert Treffujean \|
1959 \| Délit de fuite \| Fred Bartel \|
1959 \| Nathalie, agent secret \| Jacques Fabre \| English title: Nathalie, Secret Agent
1960 \| Le huitième jour \| Georges \|
1960 \| Le Saint mène la danse \| Simon Templar \| English title: The Saint Leads the Dance
1961 \| Dans la gueule du loup \| Henry Barbier \|
1962 \| En plein cirage \| Félix \| English title: Operation Gold Ingot
1962 \| Der Zigeunerbaron \| Istvan Homonay \| English title: The Gypsy Baron
1962 \| Le roi des montagnes \| Stavros \|
1964 \| La bonne soupe \| Odilon \| English title: Careless Love
1964 \| Le bluffeur \| Milord \|
1965 \| La corde au cou \| Robert \|
1965 \| La vedovella \| Corrado \|
1966 \| Paris brûle-t-il ? \| Georges Landrieu \| English title: Is Paris Burning?
1966 \| Ray Master l'inafferrabile \| John Martin \| English title: Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend
1968 \| Le Pasha \| Ernest \| English title: Pasha
1970 \| Le temps des loups \| Le patron du cabaret \| English title: The Heist
1970 \| La horse \| Marc Grutti \| English title: Horse
1972 \| Le tuere \| Campana \| English title: Killer
1972 \| La guerre des espions \| Peter Finshh \|
1978 \| Les raisins de la mort \| Paul \| English title: The Grapes of Death
1979 \| Coco la Fleur, candidat \| Denis Pauvert \| English title: Coco-the-Flower, Candidate
1980 \| Vivre libre ou mourir \| Victor Schoelcher \|
1983 \| Baby Cat \| Henry L. Romeux \|
1983 \| Adieu foulards \| Georges \|
1987 \| La rumba \| Raymond Leprince \| English title: ''
1990 \| Il y a des jours... et des lunes \| The upset mayor \| English title: There Were Days... and Moons

class="wikitable"

|+Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1947

| Rêves d'amour

| (unknown role)

| English title: Dreams of Love

1953

| L'oeil en coulisses

| (unknown role)

1956

| Si Paris nous était conté

| Le Marquis de Mirabeau (uncredited)

| English title: If Paris Were Told to Us

1956

| Goubbiah, mon amour

| Spence

| English title: Kiss of Fire

1956

| Pitié pour les vamps

| Paul Duke

| English Title: Pity for the Vamps

1957

| Escapade

| Angelo

1958

| Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

| Christian Subervie

| English title: Elevator to the Gallows

1958

| Maxime

| Hubert Treffujean

1959

| Délit de fuite

| Fred Bartel

1959

| Nathalie, agent secret

| Jacques Fabre

| English title: Nathalie, Secret Agent

1960

| Le huitième jour

| Georges

1960

| Le Saint mène la danse

| Simon Templar

| English title: The Saint Leads the Dance

1961

| Dans la gueule du loup

| Henry Barbier

1962

| En plein cirage

| Félix

| English title: Operation Gold Ingot

1962

| Der Zigeunerbaron

| Istvan Homonay

| English title: The Gypsy Baron

1962

| Le roi des montagnes

| Stavros

1964

| La bonne soupe

| Odilon

| English title: Careless Love

1964

| Le bluffeur

| Milord

1965

| La corde au cou

| Robert

1965

| La vedovella

| Corrado

1966

| Paris brûle-t-il ?

| Georges Landrieu

| English title: Is Paris Burning?

1966

| Ray Master l'inafferrabile

| John Martin

| English title: Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend

1968

| Le Pasha

| Ernest

| English title: Pasha

1970

| Le temps des loups

| Le patron du cabaret

| English title: The Heist

1970

| La horse

| Marc Grutti

| English title: Horse

1972

| Le tuere

| Campana

| English title: Killer

1972

| La guerre des espions

| Peter Finshh

1978

| Les raisins de la mort

| Paul

| English title: The Grapes of Death

1979

| Coco la Fleur, candidat

| Denis Pauvert

| English title: Coco-the-Flower, Candidate

1980

| Vivre libre ou mourir

| Victor Schoelcher

1983

| Baby Cat

| Henry L. Romeux

1983

| Adieu foulards

| Georges

1987

| La rumba

| Raymond Leprince

| English title: ''

1990

| Il y a des jours... et des lunes

| The upset mayor

| English title: There Were Days... and Moons

class="wikitable" \|+Television
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1960 \| Week-end surprise \| Francis \| TV movie
1962 \| Vincent Scotto \| Dalbret \| TV movie
1969 \| Le trésor des Hollandais \| Le commissaire Boudot \| (unknown episodes)
1969 \| Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret \| Oscar \| Season 1, Episode 9
1970 \| Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre \| Guy Lebeau \| Season 3, Episode 5
1970 \| Die Marquise von B. \| (unknown role) \| Miniseries (Episode 1)
1972 \| Alexander Zwo \| Voudier \| Miniseries (Episode 2)
1974 \| La folie des bêtes \| M. Mannecier \| Season 1, Episode 3
1974 \| Mort au jury \| Delupas \| Miniseries (all 4 episodes)
1978 \| L'inspecteur mène l'enquête \| (unknown role) \| Season 1, Episode 19
1978 \| De mémoire d'homme \| Le truand \| 1 episode
1978 \| Le temps des as \| Deperdussin \| Miniseries (all 6 episodes)
1981 \| Messieurs les jurés \| Favernay \| 1 episode
1983 \| Vichy dancing \| Skortich \| TV movie
1987 \| Marie Pervenche \| Donald \| Season 2, Episode 6
1993 \| L'affaire Seznec \| Charles Huzo \| TV movie (posthumous broadcast)

class="wikitable"

|+Television

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1960

| Week-end surprise

| Francis

| TV movie

1962

| Vincent Scotto

| Dalbret

| TV movie

1969

| Le trésor des Hollandais

| Le commissaire Boudot

| (unknown episodes)

1969

| Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret

| Oscar

| Season 1, Episode 9

1970

| Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

| Guy Lebeau

| Season 3, Episode 5

1970

| Die Marquise von B.

| (unknown role)

| Miniseries (Episode 1)

1972

| Alexander Zwo

| Voudier

| Miniseries (Episode 2)

1974

| La folie des bêtes

| M. Mannecier

| Season 1, Episode 3

1974

| Mort au jury

| Delupas

| Miniseries (all 4 episodes)

1978

| L'inspecteur mène l'enquête

| (unknown role)

| Season 1, Episode 19

1978

| De mémoire d'homme

| Le truand

| 1 episode

1978

| Le temps des as

| Deperdussin

| Miniseries (all 6 episodes)

1981

| Messieurs les jurés

| Favernay

| 1 episode

1983

| Vichy dancing

| Skortich

| TV movie

1987

| Marie Pervenche

| Donald

| Season 2, Episode 6

1993

| L'affaire Seznec

| Charles Huzo

| TV movie (posthumous broadcast)

References

Bibliography

Barer, Burl. The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar, 1928-1992. McFarland, 2003.

External links

{{IMDb name|0551651}}

Category:1919 births

Category:1992 deaths

Category:French male television actors

Category:French male film actors

Category:German male television actors

Category:German male film actors

Category:Emigrants from Nazi Germany to France

Category:People from Ahrweiler (district)

Category:French people of Finnish descent

Category:Male actors from Rhineland-Palatinate