Andre Maranne, Actor in Pink Panther Movies, Dies at 94
The Frenchman also appeared as a chef on 'Fawlty Towers' and as a physicist on 'Doctor Who.'
He was not on the list.
André Maranne, who portrayed Sgt. François Chevalier in six Pink Panther movies over two decades and a French chef who prepares duck in a beloved episode of Fawlty Towers, died April 12, The Times of London reported. He was 94.
The French actor appeared for the first time as Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus’ (Herbert Lom) assistant in A Shot in the Dark (1964) for director Blake Edwards and reprised the role in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983).
On 1975’s “Gourmet Night,” the fifth episode of the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers, Maranne’s character, a local restauranteur, is asked to his make his signature dish for his frantic friend, Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), when the new Greek chef at the inn becomes too drunk.
Maranne also appeared for Edwards in Darling Lili (1970) opposite the filmmaker’s wife, Julie Andrews; played a SPECTRE agent in Thunderball (1965); and showed up in such other movies as The War Lover (1962), The Battle of Britain (1969) and The Razor’s Edge (1984).
In the ’60s, the Toulouse-born Maranne portrayed Roger Benoit, a Moonbase physicist, on the BBC’s Doctor Who and served as a presenter on a BBC language program for kids, Bonjour Françoise.
Survivors include his wife, Moira.
Selected filmography
Wicked as They Come (1956) as Paris Barman (uncredited)
Port Afrique (1956) as Police Officer
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) as Fisherman (uncredited)
Harry Black (1958) as Frenchman
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 (1963) as French Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Maniac (1963) as Salon (voice, uncredited)
A Shot in the Dark (1964) as François
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 (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 (1968) as Garain
Battle of Britain (1969) as French Army Signals NCO
Darling Lili (1970) as Lt. Liggett
And Soon the Darkness (1970) as Radio DJ (voice, uncredited)
Our Miss Fred (1972) as French Resistance Fighter
Bequest to the Nation (1973) as Adm. Villenueuve
Paul and Michelle (1974) as Bellancourt
Percy's Progress (1974) as French Newsreader (uncredited)
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) as Joseph, the butler
Morons from Outer Space (1985) as Prof. Trousseau
Plenty (1985) as Villon
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