André Maranne
André Maranne | |
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| Born | André Gaston Maillol 14 May 1926 Toulouse, France |
| Died | 12 April 2021 (aged 94) Brighton, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–1991 |
| Spouse |
Moira Mitchell (m. 1955) |
André Maranne (14 May 1926 – 12 April 2021) was a French-born British actor best known for playing roles in English-language films beginning in the mid-1950s.[1]
Life and career
Born André Gaston Maillol in
He appeared in such diverse television programmes as Merton Park Studios'
Maranne was also one of the four co-presenters of the French teaching programme, Bonjour Françoise on the BBC in the 1960s; he acted in all eight episodes of La Chasse au Trésor (1967) as well as all 24 episodes of Ensemble-French for Beginners in the 1970s, also for the BBC.[5][6] Maranne provided English audio translation of French-speaking interviewees in the 1988 ITV documentary The Men Who Killed Kennedy.
Maranne died 12 April 2021 in
Selected filmography
- Wicked as They Come (1956) as Paris Barman (uncredited)
- Port Afrique (1956) as Police Officer
- Loser Takes All (1956) as Bar Waiter (uncredited)
- Rogue's Yarn (1957) as French Fisherman (uncredited)
- The Birthday Present (1957) as French Customs Officer (uncredited)
- Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) as Garage Man
- Law and Disorder (1958) as Fisherman (uncredited)
- Harry Black (1958) as Frenchman
- The Whole Truth (1958) as Car owner
- The Square Peg (1958) as Jean-Claude
- The Giant Behemoth (1959) as French Radio Officer (uncredited)
- A French Mistress (1960) as Dubbing (voice)
- The Greengage Summer (1961) as Mounsieur Dufour
- Two Wives at One Wedding (1961) as Paul
- Middle Course (1961) as Franz
- The Silent Invasion (1962) as Argen
- H.M.S. Defiant (1962) as Colonel Giraud
- The War Lover (1962) as French Officer (uncredited)
- Come Fly with Me (1963) as French Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- Maniac (1963) as Salon (voice, uncredited)
- A Shot in the Dark (1964) as Sgt. François Chevalier
- The Beauty Jungle (1964) as Lift Man (uncredited)
- Night Train to Paris (1964) as Louis Vernay
- Return from the Ashes (1965) as 2nd Detective (voice, uncredited)
- Thunderball (1965) as SPECTRE No. 10 (uncredited)
- Doctor in Clover (1966) as Pierre in French film
- The Terrornauts (1967) as Gendarme
- The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) as French Superintendent
- Duffy (1968) as Garain
- Battle of Britain (1969) as French Army Signals NCO
- Darling Lili (1970) as Lt. Liggett
- And Soon the Darkness (1970) as Radio DJ (voice, uncredited)
- The Guardians (1971) as Felicien de Bastion
- Our Miss Fred (1972) as French Resistance Fighter
- Bequest to the Nation (1973) as Adm. Villenueuve
- Paul and Michelle (1974) as Bellancourt
- Percy's Progress (1974) as French Newsreader (uncredited)
- Gold (1974) as Syndicate Member
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) as Sgt. François Chevalier
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) as Sgt François Chevalier
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) as Sgt. François Chevalier
- The London Connection(1979) as Duvalier
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979) as Michel Navratil
- Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981) as French Ambassador
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) as Sgt. François Chevalier
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) as Sgt. François Chevalier
- The Razor's Edge (1984) as Joseph, the butler
- Morons from Outer Space (1985) as Prof. Trousseau
- Plenty (1985) as Villon
References
- ISBN 9780719091391– via Google Books.
- ^ "Andre Maranne – TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "André Maranne". Archived from the original on 7 August 2018.
- ^ "André Maranne". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "BONJOUR FRANCOISE – BBC Two England – 23 April 1968 – BBC Genome". The Radio Times (2319): 25. 18 April 1968.
- ^ "La Chasse au Trésor – BroadcastForSchools.co.uk". www.broadcastforschools.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "André Maranne obituary". The Times. 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Andre Maranne, Actor in Pink Panther Movies, Dies at 94". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 May 2021.
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