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	\| birth_name = André Gaston Maillol		\| birth_name = André Gaston Maillol
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	\| birth_place = [[Toulouse]], [[France]]		\| birth_place = [[Toulouse]], [[France]]
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{{Short description|British actor (1926–2021)}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = André Maranne
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = André Gaston Maillol
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|5|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Toulouse]], [[France]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|12|1926|5|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Brighton]], England
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| years_active = 1956–1991
| spouse = {{marriage|Moira Mitchell|1955}}
}}

'''André Maranne''' (14 May 1926 – 12 April 2021) was a French-born British actor best known for playing roles in English-language films beginning in the mid-1950s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqyuDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA495|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=7 August 2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780719091391}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Born André Gaston Maillol in [[Toulouse]], [[France]], Maranne's best known role was probably Sergeant François Chevalier in six ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]]'' films alongside [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Herbert Lom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/andre-maranne/credits/139534/|title=Andre Maranne – TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> Before the Pink Panther, he appeared as a French officer in ''[[The War Lover]]'' (1962) and had a cameo role in the James Bond movie ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba73c9fef|title=André Maranne|publisher=}}</ref>

He appeared in such diverse television programmes as Merton Park Studios' ''[[Scotland Yard (TV series)|Scotland Yard]]'' (as a gendarme in 1956 episode "Wall of Death" and credited as André Maillol & the 1957 episode "Night Crossing" as Detective Nouvel credited as Andre Maranne), ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]'' ("Wanna buy a television series?", 1971), ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (as André in the 1975 "[[Gourmet Night]]" episode), ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey]]'' ("Clouds of Witness", 1972), ''[[Yes Minister]]'' (as [[European Commissioner|European Agricultural Commissioner]] Maurice, proponent of the "euro-[[sausage]]", in "[[Party Games (Yes Minister)|Party Games]]", 1984, the episode in which [[Jim Hacker]] becomes UK Prime Minister), ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (''[[The Moonbase]]'', 1967).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=11047|title=André Maranne|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref>

Maranne was also a co-presenter of four in the French teaching programme, ''Bonjour Françoise'' on the [[BBC]] in the 1960s and acted in all eight episodes of ''La Chasse au Trésor'' (1967) as well as all 24 episodes of ''Ensemble-French for Beginners'' in the 1970s, also for the BBC.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f1a62cdaac984735b1b1ab4ebfe25553|title=BONJOUR FRANCOISE – BBC Two England – 23 April 1968 – BBC Genome|issue=2319|pages=25|journal=The Radio Times|date=1968-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/La_Chasse_au_Tresor|title=La Chasse au Trésor – BroadcastForSchools.co.uk|website=www.broadcastforschools.co.uk|access-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913044415/http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/La_Chasse_au_Tresor|archive-date=13 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Maranne provided English audio translation of French-speaking interviewees in the 1988 [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] documentary ''[[The Men Who Killed Kennedy]]''.

Maranne died 12 April 2021 in [[Brighton, England]] at the age of 94. He was survived by his wife, Moira.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/andre-maranne-obituary-vpscqk6hj |title=André Maranne obituary |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=2021-05-04 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/andre-maranne-actor-in-pink-panther-movies-dies-at-94-1234949284/|title=Andre Maranne, Actor in Pink Panther Movies, Dies at 94|date=6 May 2021}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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*''[[Wicked as They Come]]'' (1956) as Paris Barman (uncredited)
*''[[Port Afrique]]'' (1956) as Police Officer
*''[[Loser Takes All (film)|Loser Takes All]]'' (1956) as Bar Waiter (uncredited)
*''[[Rogue's Yarn]]'' (1957) as French Fisherman (uncredited)
*''[[The Birthday Present]]'' (1957) as French Customs Officer (uncredited)
*''[[Carve Her Name with Pride]]'' (1958) as Garage Man
*''[[Law and Disorder (1958 film)|Law and Disorder]]'' (1958) as Fisherman (uncredited)
*''[[Harry Black (film)|Harry Black]]'' (1958) as Frenchman
*''[[The Whole Truth (1958 film)|The Whole Truth]]'' (1958) as Car owner
*''[[The Square Peg]]'' (1958) as Jean-Claude
*''[[The Giant Behemoth]]'' (1959) as French Radio Officer (uncredited)
*''[[A French Mistress]]'' (1960) as Dubbing (voice)
*''[[The Greengage Summer]]'' (1961) as Mounsieur Dufour
*''[[Two Wives at One Wedding]]'' (1961) as Paul
*''[[Middle Course]]'' (1961) as Franz
*''[[The Silent Invasion]]'' (1962) as Argen
*''[[H.M.S. Defiant]]'' (1962) as Colonel Giraud
*''[[The War Lover]]'' (1962) as French Officer (uncredited)
*''[[Come Fly with Me (film)|Come Fly with Me]]'' (1963) as French Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
*''[[Maniac (1963 film)|Maniac]]'' (1963) as Salon (voice, uncredited)
*''[[A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|A Shot in the Dark]]'' (1964) as Sgt. François Chevalier
*''[[The Beauty Jungle]]'' (1964) as Lift Man (uncredited)
*''[[Night Train to Paris]]'' (1964) as Louis Vernay
*''[[Return from the Ashes]]'' (1965) as 2nd Detective (voice, uncredited)
*''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965) as SPECTRE No. 10 (uncredited)
*''[[Doctor in Clover]]'' (1966) as Pierre in French film
*''[[The Terrornauts]]'' (1967) as Gendarme
*''[[The Girl on a Motorcycle]]'' (1968) as French Superintendent
*''[[Duffy (film)|Duffy]]'' (1968) as Garain
*''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' (1969) as French Army Signals NCO
*''[[Darling Lili]]'' (1970) as Lt. Liggett
*''[[And Soon the Darkness (1970 film)|And Soon the Darkness]]'' (1970) as Radio DJ (voice, uncredited)
*''[[The Guardians (British TV series)|The Guardians]]'' (1971) as Felicien de Bastion
*''[[Our Miss Fred]]'' (1972) as French Resistance Fighter
*''[[Bequest to the Nation (film)|Bequest to the Nation]]'' (1973) as Adm. Villenueuve
*''[[Paul and Michelle]]'' (1974) as Bellancourt
*''[[Percy's Progress]]'' (1974) as French Newsreader (uncredited)
*''[[Gold (1974 film)|Gold]]'' (1974) as Syndicate Member
*''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'' (1975) as Sgt. François Chevalier
*''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976) as Sgt François Chevalier
*''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'' (1978) as Sgt. François Chevalier
*''[[The London Connection]]'' (1979) as Duvalier
*''[[S.O.S. Titanic]]'' (1979) as Michel Navratil
*''[[Rise and Fall of Idi Amin]]'' (1981) as French Ambassador
*''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' (1982) as Sgt. François Chevalier
*''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]'' (1983) as Sgt. François Chevalier
*''[[The Razor's Edge (1984 film)|The Razor's Edge]]'' (1984) as Joseph, the butler
*''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' (1985) as Prof. Trousseau
*''[[Plenty (film)|Plenty]]'' (1985) as Villon
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0544860|André Maranne}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170913044415/http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/La_Chasse_au_Tresor Broadcasting for Schools UK – La Chasse au Trésor]

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[[Category:French emigrants to England]]
[[Category:French male film actors]]
[[Category:French male television actors]]
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