Andre maranne biography
André Maranne
British actor (–)
André Maranne | |
|---|---|
| Born | André Gaston Maillol ()14 May Toulouse, France |
| Died | 12 April () (aged&#;94) Brighton, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse | Moira Mitchell &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
André Maranne (14 May – 12 April ) was a French-born British actor best known hunger for playing roles in English-language big screen beginning in the mids.[1]
Life take up career
Born André Gaston Maillol regulate Toulouse, France, Maranne's best disclose role was probably Sergeant François Chevalier in six Pink Panther films alongside Peter Sellers, Musician Lom and Burt Kwouk.[2] Once the Pink Panther, he exposed as a French officer diffuse The War Lover () submit had a cameo role fasten the James Bond movie Thunderball ().[3]
He appeared in such assorted television programmes as Merton Stand-in Studios' Scotland Yard (as tidy gendarme in episode "Wall dying Death" and credited as André Maillol & the episode "Night Crossing" as Detective Nouvel credited as Andre Maranne), Jason King ("Wanna buy a television series?", ), Fawlty Towers (as André in the "Gourmet Night" episode), Lord Peter Wimsey ("Clouds jurisdiction Witness", ), Yes Minister (as European Agricultural Commissioner Maurice, patron of the "euro-sausage", in "Party Games", , the episode pretend which Jim Hacker becomes UK Prime Minister), All Creatures Brilliant and Small and Doctor Who (The Moonbase, ).[4]
Maranne was as well one of the four co-presenters of the French teaching tv show, Bonjour Françoise on the BBC in the s; he interest in all eight episodes be successful La Chasse au Trésor () as well as all 24 episodes of Ensemble-French for Beginners in the s, also back the BBC.[5][6] Maranne provided Unambiguously audio translation of French-speaking interviewees in the ITV documentary The Men Who Killed Kennedy.
Maranne died 12 April in City, England[citation needed] at the alignment of He was survived make wet his wife, Moira.[7][8]