Georges Marchal (10 January 1920 â€" 28 November 1997) was a French
actor.Born Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France,
the strikingly handsome Marchal was discovered in the early-1940s by
director Jean Grémillon. By the early 1950s, he had become one of the
top male stars of French cinema, second only, perhaps, to actor Jean
Marais. He was also a favorite leading man of filmmaker Luis Buñuel,
appearing in the director's films La voie lactée, Belle de jour, Cela
s'appelle l'aurore, and La mort en ce jardin.Born Georges Louis Lucot
in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, the strikingly handsome Marchal
was discovered in the early-1940s by director Jean Grémillon. By the
early 1950s, he had become one of the top male stars of French cinema,
second only, perhaps, to actor Jean Marais. He was also a favorite
leading man of filmmaker Luis Buñuel, appearing in the director's
films La voie lactée, Belle de jour, Cela s'appelle l'aurore, and La
mort en ce jardin.In 1951, Marchal married French actress Dany Robin
and together they were a popular couple, playing in the movies La
Passagère (1949), La Voyageuse inattendue, Le plus joli péché du
monde, Jupiter directed by Gilles Grangier (1952), and Quand sonnera
midi directed by Edmond T. Gréville (1958).On television, Marchal
played Claude Jade's father in the TV-series The Island of Thirty
Coffins, and appeared as Richelieu, and Philippe IV, and in
adaptations of Balzac, Hugo, George Sand and Colette. Georges Marchal Top Movies & Young Movies