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André Maranne
André Maranne (born 1926) is a French former actor, best known for playing Frenchmen in English-language roles in the UK from the mid-1950s. Born André Gaston Maillol, he used André Maranne as a stage name for many years. As of 2005, he was residing in Brighton.
Career.
Born in Toulouse, France, Maranne's best known role was probably Sergeant François Chevalier in six of "The Pink Panther" films, alongside Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom. Before the Pink Panther
Robert Rietti - Jacques
- André Maranne - Franz
- André Mikhelson - Commandant
- Jan Conrad - Herman
- John Serret - Leverne
- William Abney - Jaghorst
- Yvonne André - Martine
- Julian Sherrier - Villager
- Donald Tandy - Sgt. Wilhelm
- Jacques Cey - Pierre
Critical reception.
"TV Guide" called the film "a predictable type of war drama that went out of fashion in the US ten years before this was made, but probably will always be resurrected