
Known for
Acting
Born
January 16, 1933
Birthplace
Reims, France
Died
January 21, 2005 (aged 72)
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...
2003
as Le grand-père
1999
as Paul
1997
1997
1997
as Germain
1994
1994
as Fernand
1992
as Emile Devries
1987
as Igor Malevitch
1986
as Poutin
1983
as Maréchal de Bassompierre
1980
1980
as Chamfort
1979
as Le ministre
1979
as Le commissaire
1977
1977
as Colonel Treguier
1975
1975
as Lazare Carnot
1974
1974
as Lepage
1972
as Police Officer Instructor of Shooting
1972
as Captain Sainbenin
1970
as Policeman
1969