Jean Claudio

Jean Claudio (28 March 1927 – 11 January 1992) was a French actor.

Biography Born Claude Daniel Robert Martin, he began his acting career in the cinema at the age of ten, playing the role of the Tsarevich, son of Tsar Nicolas II in The Imperial Tragedy.

In 1938, at the age of eleven, he played Mathieu Sorgue in Les Disparus de Saint-Agil by Christian-Jaque. He entered the Paris Conservatory, where, at fourteen, he was given the role of Chérubin in Le Mariage de Figaro. He has since had an international career, particularly in the United States.

He wrote a collection of poems, Les faux joies (published in 1950), as well as several novels: The Hot Season, Les Torts Reciprocals, Monsieur Damoclès and L'inconnu de Genève.

Selected filmography

Rasputin (1938) - Le tsarevitch The Postmaster's Daughter (1938) - Boy Boys' School (1938) - Mathieu Sorgue Crossroads (1938) - Paul de Vétheuil The Phantom Carriage (1939) - Un enfant L'Enfer des anges (1941) - Le jeune Lucien Andorra ou les Hommes d'airain (1942) - Angelo The Heart of a Nation (1943) - Félix enfant Les Cadets de l'océan (1945) - Michel Moulin Rouge (1952) - Drunken Reveller (uncredited) Marie Antoinette Queen of France (1956) - Fouquier-Tinville Elena and Her Men (1956) - Lionel Villaret Sylviane de mes nuits (1957) - Jean Dangerous Exile (1957) - DeCastres, Philippe's Paris Comrade Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? (1959) - Le grand-duc russe Nathalie, agent secret (1959) Picnic on the Grass (1959) - Rousseau Charge of the Black Lancers (1962) - Sergio Di Tula Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964) - Gaio Silio The Beauty Jungle (1964) - Armand Crimine a due (1964) - Davide Lugani The Magnificent Cuckold (1964) - The Man at the Swimming Pool (uncredited) Gentlemen of the Night (1964) Darling (1965) - Raoul Maxim Witness Out of Hell (1966) - Charlos Bianchi Espions à l'affût (1966) - Max Savelan Triple Cross (1966) - Sergeant Thomas Moto Shel Yehudi (1969) - Kassik Una storia d'amore (1970) - Marco The Mushroom (1970) - L'inspecteur Kogan Children of Mata Hari (1970) - Fédor 'La Filature' Le fou (1970) - L'agent d'affaires Sentivano uno strano, eccitante, pericoloso puzzo di dollari (1973) A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982) - Vittorio Orta