Félix Marten

Félix Marten

Born: October 29, 1919
Died: November 20, 1992
in Remagen, Germany
Félix Marten (1919–1992) 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.

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Title: La Chance aux chansons
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 1984
Type: TV
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Title: La Chance aux chansons
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 26, 1984
Type: TV
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Baby Cat
Title: Baby Cat
Character: Henry L. Romeux
Released: November 2, 1983
Type: Movie
The life of a Parisian photo model turns into a nightmare when the photographer with whom she used to work begins to pursue her constantly but she refuses his offers.
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Coco-the-Flower, Candidate
Title: Coco-the-Flower, Candidate
Character: Denis Pauvert
Released: February 14, 1979
Type: Movie
It shows an electoral campaign in Guadeloupe in which Coco la fleur is asked to stand for election for strategic purposes. However, when he discovers how much publicity the campaign offers, he seizes the opportunity to voice the people's grievances.
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Title: Le Temps des as
Character: Deperdussin
Released: October 26, 1978
Type: TV
The World War I is declared. The french pioneers of aviation are requisitioned, but they try to renew with the spirit of chivalry.
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The Grapes of Death
Title: The Grapes of Death
Character: Paul
Released: July 5, 1978
Type: Movie
A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.
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Title: Mort au jury
Character: Michel Delupas dit Le Chirurgien
Released: September 24, 1974
Type: TV
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Killer
Title: Killer
Character: Campana
Released: March 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.
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War Spies
Title: War Spies
Character: Peter Finshh
Released: February 3, 1972
Type: Movie
Professor Meier has stolen the plans of his own infernal machine, the T-14, and intends to sell to the highest bidder in a transaction organized in an Avoriaz hotel belonging to "Pasha", a mob boss who acts as go between. To retrieve the famous case, the SDECEE release Peter Finshh, a professional gentleman thief, from prison to return to the plans. Peter is ordered to recover the T-14 from the possession of a group of spies in Avoriaz.
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The Horse
Title: The Horse
Character: Marc Grutti, emissary of the crooks
Released: February 22, 1970
Type: Movie
Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...
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Time of the Wolves
Title: Time of the Wolves
Character: Le patron du cabaret
Released: January 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, the criminal (Robert Hossein) is tracked by the inspector (Charles Aznavour), a former childhood friend. Plenty of gunplay and psychology is used to trap the killer. His only tender moments are spent with his girlfriend Stella (Virna Lisi). Dillinger is cornered by the police and kills several innocent victims in a crowd during the shootout. The mob decides to take things into their own hands as they approach the doomed man with a noose when he runs out of bullets.
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Pasha
Title: Pasha
Character: Ernest
Released: March 14, 1968
Type: Movie
Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...
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Title: Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Character: Guy Lebeau
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: TV
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.
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Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend
Title: Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend
Character: John Martin
Released: December 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Amazing Italian movie written and directed by Vittorio Sala and starring Félix Marten, Liana Orfei and Gastone Moschin. An adventurer steals a valuable diamond known as "Mountain of Light" from the museum. A band of gangsters gets on his trail to take his loot. It's going to be a long battle.
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Is Paris Burning?
Title: Is Paris Burning?
Character: Georges Landrieu
Released: October 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
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La vedovella
Title: La vedovella
Character: Corrado
Released: November 17, 1965
Type: Movie
Italian comedy starring Margaret Lee.
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Rope Around the Neck
Title: Rope Around the Neck
Released: August 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Arthur can no longer stand married life. He wants to get rid of his wife and live with his mistress. In doing so, he makes a mistake and kills his mistress Clara. But did he really commit the crime? His wife is accused. Who killed Clara?
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Le roi des montagnes
Title: Le roi des montagnes
Character: Stavros
Released: September 2, 1964
Type: Movie
A young botanist, an Englishwoman and her daughter are prisoners of a group of bandits operating in the mountains of Albania. A ransom is demanded. The capture of the gang leader's daughter, however, brings the situation to a happy conclusion.
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Le bluffeur
Title: Le bluffeur
Released: May 6, 1964
Type: Movie
Fredo, a former gangster nicknamed "The Bluffer", has just been released from prison and is now thinking of going into the legal world with a friend. But his ex-partners are desperate to find him, to punish him for operating without their cooperation. His fortune is stolen and he is accused of a diamond robbery perpetrated by the old gang.
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How to Make a French Dish
Title: How to Make a French Dish
Character: Odilon
Released: January 29, 1964
Type: Movie
In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's romantic exploits with men. Though she was involved with many men, only one really touched her heart. He was a bartender who was tragically shot and killed during an attempted robbery. She later marries and has a daughter. Unfortunately she alienates herself from her daughter when she has an affair with her daughter's fiance. Her remorse is short lived. The film jumps back to the present with the woman leaving the casino on the arm of a handsome millionaire.
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Operation Gold Ingot
Title: Operation Gold Ingot
Character: Felix
Released: March 13, 1962
Type: Movie
The owner of a high-tech heating mechanism is being forced by gangsters to help them in a plot to steal gold ingots. An ex-secret agent is called in to search for him and stop the criminals.
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Petit Jour
Title: Petit Jour
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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In the Mouth of the Wolf
Title: In the Mouth of the Wolf
Character: Henri Barbier
Released: June 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.
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It Happened All Night
Title: It Happened All Night
Character: serveur restaurant
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn’t like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful brunette named Christine.
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The Dance of Death
Title: The Dance of Death
Character: Simon Templar
Released: May 25, 1960
Type: Movie
On his journey through USA, Simon Templar, alias 'the Saint', landed in Palm Springs. After arrival, Simon is offered a job as a bodyguard of a millionaire who is threatened with death.
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The Eighth Day
Title: The Eighth Day
Character: Georges
Released: February 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Françoise, a thirty-year-old single typist lives only for her Sunday release. On this day, she attends a horse race under pretext of perfecting her taste for elegance and refinement. Georges, a neighbor widower, begins to court her.
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Atomic Agent
Title: Atomic Agent
Character: Jacques Fabre
Released: November 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Murderous foreign agents are after a scientist who has invented an atomic engine that could change the future of rocketry.
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Hit and Run
Title: Hit and Run
Character: Fred Bartel
Released: March 11, 1959
Type: Movie
The unfortunate journalist Fred falls in love with the young wife of an older business tycoon. Fred's involvement with her involves him in both blackmail and murder.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Maxime
Title: Maxime
Character: Hubert de Treffujean
Released: November 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Story of an aging dandy who is the factotum and arranger of female conquests for a brusque young millionaire.
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Elevator to the Gallows
Title: Elevator to the Gallows
Character: Christian Subervie
Released: January 29, 1958
Type: Movie
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
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Escapade
Title: Escapade
Character: Angelo
Released: June 7, 1957
Type: Movie
Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.
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Pity for the Vamps
Title: Pity for the Vamps
Released: October 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Paris, 1956. Three sisters, three actresses willing to do almost anything to make it big. Their lives, their loves, their dramas. A savory satire of the world of show business and cinema in particular.
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Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl
Title: Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl
Character: Spence
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Goubbiah is a Yugoslav sponge fisherman. He loves Trinida, but she is promised to Peppo, the village drunkard. Jao tries to keep Goubbiah away from his daughter.
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L'oeil en coulisse
Title: L'oeil en coulisse
Released: July 19, 1953
Type: Movie
Wounded during a rugby match he'd come to Paris to play, Tonin Bonnafous, a thoroughbred southerner, settled in Paris with a former stalag mate he'd happily met. Tonin liked the asylum. His friends are charming, and there's a neighbor, Martine, a young cinema extra, whom Tonin finds to his liking. Through his electrician friend, Tonin gets a job on the radio, and through his young neighbor, he even gets a job as an extra in the cinema.
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Dreams of Love
Title: Dreams of Love
Released: January 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Paris, 1833. The famous composer Franz Liszt is friends with Chopin who introduces him to Countess Marie d'Agout. Very quickly Liszt falls in love and she, who is already married and has two children, abandons honor and reputation to follow him. They leave to live a great passion in Italy. Then, Franz Liszt gives concerts, the triumph awaits him everywhere. Little by little the fame of the composer will move the two lovers away.