Dr. Jean Martel — The Story of Louis Pasteur Character Profile

About Dr. Jean Martel

A former assistant to Charbonnet who switches allegiance to Pasteur. He becomes engaged to Annette, and his urgent absence during her childbirth directly triggers the sterilization wager that serves as a practical test of Pasteur's medical theories.

Character Facts

Played by

Donald Woods

Appears in

The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Story of Louis Pasteur

• Louis Pasteur (Paul Muni)
• Marie Pasteur (Josephine Hutchinson)
• Annette Pasteur (Anita Louise)
• Dr. Pfeiffer (Frank Reicher)
• Dr. Charbonnet (Fritz Leiber)
• Joseph Meister (Dickie Moore)
• Dr. Emile Roux (Henry O'Neill)
• Napoleon III (Walter Kingsford)
• Empress Eugénie (Iphigenie Castiglioni)
• Louis Adolphe Thiers, 1st President, Republic of France (Herbert Corthell)
• Mrs. Meister (Ruth Robinson)
• Dr. Rossignol (Porter Hall)