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Jean Martin

6 March 1922 - 2 February 2009

Actor

A stage actor associated with the works of Samuel Beckett in his native France, Martin had a key role in Gilles Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers (1966). Other notable film appearances include My Name Is Nobody (1973), The Day of The Jackal (1973), The Messiah (1975) and Lucie Aubrac (1997).

  • Read Jean Martin's Guardian Obituary
  • Read Jean Martin's Times Obituary

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