Background
Born in Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arab mother, and his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant.
Born in Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arab mother, and his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant.
He can be seen as a heartthrob in French films of the 1950s. His first film appearance was in Jean Cocteau"s Louisiana Belle et la Bête in 1946. In 1956 he was directed by Roger Vadim in Et Dieu créa la femme (And God Created Woman) opposite Brigitte Bardot.
He appeared as the French Naval Commando leader Philippe Kieffer in The Longest Day that led to later roles in American produced films such as Lord Jim and The Flight of the Phoenix.
He later played the leader of a group of French in Apocalypse Now Redux. Marquand directed two pictures, the more famous of which was Candy (1968).