Guy Marchand
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Guy Marchand (22 May 1937 – 15 December 2023) was a French actor, musician, and singer. He appeared in over 100 films in over 30 years, but was best known for his role as the fictional television private detective Nestor Burma. Guy Émile Marchand was born in Paris, 19th arrondissement, the son of a scrap merchant and a housewife and grew up in Belleville, during the Occupation and contracted tuberculosis at the age of ten. Spending time in Sarthe in the country he learned to ride and kept a love of horses throughout his life. In Paris, he regularly went to the Danube cinema. While at the Lycée Voltaire secondary school in Paris he played the clarinet in night clubs in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. His military service was in an airborne troops division at the École des troupes aéroportées (BETAP) in Pau, becoming a sous-lieutenant – parachutist. He was assigned to the 3rd foreign infantry regiment as liaison officier during the Algerian war. As a parachute officer he was an advisor for the film Le Jour le plus long and entered the world of cinema. He made around 60 parachute jumps in his life. His first success however was as a crooner, with a popular hit of 1965 La Passionata, followed by other albums and singles. His film career mainly saw him in supporting roles; an inspector opposite Lino Ventura in Garde à vue, by Claude Miller won him a César in 1982 and the same year he was in Nestor Burma, détective de choc, by Jean-Luc Miesch, where Michel Serrault took the title role, but which Marchand later interpreted for over ten years in the television series Nestor Burma. Other important roles included Coup de torchon by Bertrand Tavernier (1981), with Philippe Noiret, Cousin, Cousine, by Jean-Charles Tacchella (1975), and a cynical provincial garage man in L'été en pente douce, by Gérard Krawczyk (1987). He published an autobiography entitled Le Guignol des Buttes-Chaumont in 2007 in which he wrote of his childhood, experiences in Algeria, his singing career and love for cars. Marchand died in Cavaillon on 15 December 2023, at the age of 86. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Marchand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
L'été en pente douce (1987)
as André Voke
The Longest Day (1962)
as Parachutist (uncredited)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
as The pale man
Dear Inspector (1978)
as Beretti
Hold-up (1985)
as Georges
L'Hôtel de la plage (1978)
as Hubert Delambre
Just to Be Sure (2017)
as Bastien Gourmelon
Loulou (1980)
as André
Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982)
as Marc Covet
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972)
as Sam Golden
Coup de Torchon (1981)
as Marcel Chavasson
Let's Make a Dirty Movie (1976)
as Bob Panzani
I Hate Actors (1986)
as Egelhofer
La Boîte (2001)
as Pierre
The Best Job in the World (1996)
as Gauthier
Have a Nice Night (1990)
as Commissaire Ottavioni
The Inquisitor (1981)
as Inspector Marcel Belmont
My New Partner II (1990)
as Guy Brisson
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances (1982)
as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
Try This One for Size (1989)
as Ottavioni
Rum Runners (1971)
as Ronald / The Actor
Wide Load (2019)
as Le producteur
Heat of Desire (1981)
as Max Moineau - un maquereau
My Wife's Name Is Maurice (2002)
as Charles Boisdain
Stolen Tangos (2002)
as Lamblin / Bastiani
Un crime très populaire (2008)
as Mario Venturi
Led by the Nose (1984)
as Romain
Family Business (1986)
as Maximilien Faucon
The Honeymoon Trip (1976)
as Self
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers (1989)
as Bruno
Les Passeurs (2004)
as Bernard Anthonioz
Off and Running (2008)
as Pierre Delage
The Easy Way Out (2015)
as Francis
La Plus belle pour aller danser (2023)
as Jean-Jacques
Calomnies (2014)
as Horace
Want to Stay Alive (1990)
as Ottavioni
Swimming Instructor (1979)
as Marcel
Cousin, Cousine (1975)
as Pascal
The Dune (2014)
as Paolo
Take It from the Top (1978)
as Le journaliste
Entre Nous (1983)
as Michel Korski
Tout nous sourit (2021)
as Henri Pottier
Country Cabaret (2022)
as Léo
Widow's Walk (1987)
as Inspector Leroyer
Owl You Need Is Love (2016)
as Père de Rocky
Le Syndrome de Cendrillon (1981)
as Marc
In Paris (2006)
as Mirko
Trois jours en juin (2005)
as Edmond Valadon
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Man at the Parliament
Family Tree (2010)
as Frédérick Muller
Coupe franche (1989)
as Favier
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans (2010)
as Le père de Béatrice
After Him (2007)
as Francois
Grand Guignol (1987)
as Baptiste
Looking for Teddy (2018)
as Le beau Francis
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément (2019)
as Pierre Maillard
L'Île aux oiseaux (1988)
as Bélisaire
La Rumba (1987)
as Ma pomme
May Wine (1990)
as Dr. Paul Charmant
Vaudeville (1986)
as Gaston
La Mort amoureuse (1977)
as Robert
Bonjour l'angoisse (1988)
as Lambert
The Big Operator (1976)
as Marcel
La Fille du chef (2006)
as Edmond Martin
Suite en Ré (2000)
as Louis Roche
Musidora (1973)
as René Cresté
Un père et passe (1989)
as Jacques Levasseur
Fugue en Ré (1999)
as Louis Roche
The New World (1995)
as Dr. Carrion
Paid (2006)
as Giuseppe
Torn (2019)
as Maurice
Charlie Dingo (1987)
as Charlie Dingo
Petit Con (1984)
as Bob Choupon
Châteauroux district (1987)
as Marc, aka Bebop
La Résidence (2011)
as Francis Sudre
La Dernière Partie (2021)
as Francis
The Acrobat (1976)
as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
Stress (1984)
as Alex
Christmas at Vaugirard (1966)
as Self
Le Tueur triste (1984)
as Simon