
Birthday:
10-29-1919
Deathday:
11-20-1992 (73 years)
Birthplace:
Remagen, Germany
Biography
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.
Source: Article "Félix Marten" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Source: Article "Félix Marten" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Elevator to the Gallows
Act like Christian Subervie
event1958 star_border 7.6
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A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Killer
Act like Campana
event1972 star_border 5
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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.
La vedovella
Act like Corrado
event1965
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Italian comedy starring Margaret Lee.
The Grapes of Death
Act like Paul
event1978 star_border 5.8
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A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.
Pasha
Act like Ernest
event1968 star_border 6.7
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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...
It Happened All Night
Act like serveur restaurant
event1960 star_border 4.8
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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.
Dreams of Love
event1947
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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.
War Spies
Act like Peter Finshh
event1972 star_border 1
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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.
Atomic Agent
Act like Jacques Fabre
event1959 star_border 1
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Murderous foreign agents are after a scientist who has invented an atomic engine that could change the future of rocketry.
Baby Cat
Act like Henry L. Romeux
event1983 star_border 3.6
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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.
L'oeil en coulisse
event1953
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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.
Pity for the Vamps
event1956
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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.
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Act like Henri Barbier
event1961 star_border 8
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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.
Le bluffeur
Act like Milord
event1964 star_border 4.5
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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.
Rope Around the Neck
event1965
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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?
Operation Gold Ingot
Act like Felix
event1962
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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.
The Eighth Day
Act like Georges
event1960 star_border 5.2
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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.
Hit and Run
Act like Fred Bartel
event1959 star_border 10
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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.
Coco-the-Flower, Candidate
Act like Denis Pauvert
event1979 star_border 10
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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.
Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl
Act like Spence
event1956 star_border 7.3
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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.
Le roi des montagnes
Act like Stavros
event1964 star_border 6
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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.
How to Make a French Dish
Act like Odilon
event1964 star_border 4.5
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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.
Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend
Act like John Martin
event1966 star_border 1
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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.
Maxime
Act like Hubert de Treffujean
event1958 star_border 6.1
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Story of an aging dandy who is the factotum and arranger of female conquests for a brusque young millionaire.
The Dance of Death
Act like Simon Templar
event1960
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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.
The Horse
Act like Marc Grutti, emissary of the crooks
event1970 star_border 7
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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...
Time of the Wolves
Act like Boss of the cabaret
event1970 star_border 5.4
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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.
Escapade
Act like Angelo
event1957
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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.
Is Paris Burning?
Act like Georges Landrieu
event1966 star_border 7.2
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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.
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Act like Guy Lebeau (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 6.1
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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.
Le Temps des as
Act like Deperdussin (6 ep.)
event1978
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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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