Portrait of Georges Marchal

Georges Marchal

Acting

Biography

Georges Marchal was one of the most important lead actors in French cinema in the '50s, together with Jean Marais. He was the lead in various costume dramas and swashbuckling films before taking part in some of the films of Luis Buñuel, a close friend of his

Born: January 10, 1920

Place of Birth: Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Filmography

1985
Châteauvallon

as Gilbert Bossis

1982
A Captain's Honor

as General Keller

1982
1981
Cinq-Mars

as Cardinal de Richelieu

1980
Charter 2020

as Commandant Le Kerlec

1979
L'Île aux trente cercueils

as Antoine d'Hergemont

1979
The Island of Thirty Coffins

as Antoine d'Hergemont

1978
Gaston Phébus

as Corbeyran

1978
Claudine

as Renaud

1976
Les Beaux Messieurs de Bois-Doré

as Marquis of Bois-Doré

1974
Paul et Virginie

as le gouverneur

1973
Le neveu d'Amérique

as Oger de Talleyrac

1972
The Accursed Kings

as Philippe IV le Bel, roi de France

1971
The Man Who Laughs

as Lord David

1971
Quentin Durward

as Crèvecoeur

1970
Le lys dans la vallée

as M. de Mortsauf

1969
The Milky Way

as Jesuit

1967
The Dacians

as Fuscus, General Romano

1967
1965
1962
Il naufrago del Pacifico

as Robinson Crusoe

1962
The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan

as Herzog von Montserrat

1961
Napoléon II, the Eagle

as General Gustav von Neipperg

1961
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz

as Le maréchal Jean Lannes

1960
Prisoner of the Jungle

as Fred Hersant

1959
Legions of the Nile

as Marc' Antonio

1959
Winter Holidays

as Georges Terdier

1959
Wild Cats on the Beach

as Maurice Mont-Bret

1959
Sign of the Gladiator

as Marcus Valerius, Roman Consul

1958
When Will It Strike Noon

as Michel Dumartin

1958
1957
Girl Merchants

as Mister John

1956
That Is the Dawn

as Doctor Valerio

1956
The Adventures of Gil Blas

as Gil Blas de Santillane

1956
1955
Cherchez la femme

as Paul Mercier

1955
Dix-huit heures d'escale

as L'inspecteur Bério

1954
1954
The Count of Bragelonne

as Raoul de Bragelonne

1954
The Contessa's Secret

as Lucio Falengo

1954
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Louis XIV young

1953
1953
Fatal Affair

as Didier Guéret

1952
Jupiter

as Jupiter' L'inconnu, escapee from the psychiatric asylum

1951
1951
1951
Gigolo

as Marceau Le Guen

1951
1950
Thirst Of Men

as Sergeant Léon Bouvard

1950
1949
At the Grand Balcony

as Jean Fabien

1949
The Passenger

as Pierre Kerjean

1949
Last Love

as Alain Fontenay

1948
The Figurehead

as François Martineau

1947
Torrents

as Yann Getersen

1947
Bethsabée

as Le capitaine Georges Dubreuil

1946
Dawn Devils

as Lieutenant Claude Legrand

1945
Blondine

as Prince 'A' / Astara

1945
Check on the King

as Le vicomte Pierre d'Haussy de Villefort

1945
Paméla

as René Bergerin

1943
Vautrin the Thief

as Lucien de Rubempré (jeune)

1943
Summer Light

as Julien

1942
The Four-Poster Bed

as Olivier de Verrières

1941
Her First Affair

as Jean de Vaugelas (uncredited)

1941
Her First Affair

as Jean de Vaugelas

1940
The French Way

as Bernard Dalban