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Georges Marchal


1920 - 1997

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The actor Georges Marchal was born as Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy. 
He impersonated his first role as a teenager in "Le champion de ces dames" (35), but only from the beginning of the 40's he launched his real film career which experienced its height in the 50's and 60's.

The athletic cator took part in movies like "Lumière d'été" (43), "Blondine" (45), "Les démons de l'aube" (46), "La passagère" (48) and "La voyageuse inattendue" (49) in the 40's.

From the 50's he became one of the most popular French leading actors who especially distinguished in costume and historical movies. He impersonated countled heros for the French and Italian Film
To these movies belong "Les derniers jours de Pompei" (50), "Messalina" (51), "Jupiter" (52), "Les trois mousquetaires" (53) as d'Artagnan, "Si Versailles m'était conté" (54), "La contessa di Castiglione" (55), "La rivolta dei gladiatori" (58) and "Nel segno di Roma" (59).

His appearances diminished a little bit from the 60's but his popularity was still so great that he appeared in movies and TV productions till to the end of the 80's.
To his well-known movies of the 60's and 70's belong "Prisonniers de la brousse" (60), "Le legioni di Cleopatra" (60), "Austerlitz" (60), "Il colosso di Rodi" (61), "The Dirty Game" (65), "Belle de jour" (67) directed by Luis Bunuel, "Les six hommes en question" (72), "Claudine à Paris" (78) and "La chaine" (79).

With roles in "Cinq-Mars" (81), "L'honneur d'un capitaine" (82) and the TV serial "Les grandes familles" (89) he gave his farewell performance from the big ans small screen.

Georges Marchal was married with the actress Dany Robin.
 

Other movies with Georges Marchal: 
Le lit à colonnes (42) L'homme qui joue avec le feu (42) Vautrin (44) Paméla (45) Echec au roy (45) Fausse alerte (45) Torrents (46) La septième porte (46) Bethsabée (47) Figure de proue (48) Dernier amour (49) La soif des hommes (49) Au grand balcon (49) Le plus joli péché du monde (51) I sette nani alla riscossa (51) Il Naufrago del Pacifico (51) Gibier de potence (51) Les amours finissent à l'aube (53) Teodora, imperatrice de Bisanzio (54) Il visconte di Bragelonne (54) Dix-huit heures d'escale (54) La soupe à la grimace (55) Cherchez la femme (55) Cela s'appelle l'aurore (55) Una aventura de Gil Blas (56) La mort en ce jardin (56) Marchands de filles (57) Quand sonnera midi (58) Les filles de nuit (59) Vacanze d'inverno (59) Costa Azzurra (59) Apocalisse sul fiume giallo (60) Ulisse contro Ercole (61) Napoléon II, l'aiglon (61) Il colpo segreto di d'Artagnan (62) L'étrange auto-stoppeuse (64) Dacii (66) La voie lactée (69) Le Lys dans la vallée (70) Serie "Quentin Durward" (71) Faustine et le bel été (72) Serie "Les rois maudits" (72) Serie "Le neveu d'Amérique" (73) Serie "Paul et Virginie" (74) Serie "Les peupliers de la Prétentaine" (75) Serie "Ces Beaux messieurs de Bois-Doré" (76) Les enfants du placard (77) Vaincre à Olympie (77) Claudin en ménage (78) Claudine s'en va (78) Serie "Gaston Phoebus" (78) Serie"L'île aux trente cercueils" (79) Serie "Messieurs les jurés: L'affaire Romette" (81) Serie "Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret: Maigret se trompe" (81) Serie "Châteauvallon" (85) Meurtres pour mémoire (85)


 
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