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
The Longest Day (1962)
as Parachutist (uncredited)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
as The pale man
Loulou (1980)
as André
Let's Make a Dirty Movie (1976)
as Bob Panzani
Hold-up (1985)
as Georges
Coup de Torchon (1981)
as Marcel Chavasson
Dear Inspector (1978)
as Beretti
Rum Runners (1971)
as Ronald / The Actor
L'Hôtel de la plage (1978)
as Hubert Delambre
Cousin, Cousine (1975)
as Pascal
Country Cabaret (2022)
as Léo
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances (1982)
as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
La Boîte (2001)
as Pierre
The Inquisitor (1981)
as Inspector Marcel Belmont
Calomnies (2014)
as Horace
Entre Nous (1983)
as Michel Korski
Musidora (1973)
as René Cresté
After Him (2007)
as Francois
Coupe franche (1989)
as Favier
Just to Be Sure (2017)
as Bastien Gourmelon
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Man at the Parliament
Stolen Tangos (2002)
as Lamblin / Bastiani
Off and Running (2008)
as Pierre Delage
Heat of Desire (1981)
as Max Moineau - un maquereau
Try This One for Size (1989)
as Ottavioni
In Paris (2006)
as Mirko
My Wife's Name Is Maurice (2002)
as Charles Boisdain
My New Partner II (1990)
as Guy Brisson
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
as Sam Golden
Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982)
as Marc Covet
La Rumba (1987)
as Ma pomme
The Best Job in the World (1996)
as Gauthier
Looking for Teddy (2018)
as Le beau Francis
Widow's Walk (1987)
as Inspector Leroyer
L'été en pente douce (1987)
as André Voke
The Dune (2014)
as Paolo
Tout nous sourit (2021)
as Henri Pottier
Trois jours en juin (2005)
as Edmond Valadon
Family Business (1986)
as Maximilien Faucon
Les Passeurs (2004)
as Bernard Anthonioz
The New World (1995)
as Dr. Carrion
Bonjour l'angoisse (1988)
as Lambert
Fugue en Ré (1999)
as Louis Roche
Wide Load (2019)
as Le producteur
Take It from the Top (1978)
as Le journaliste
The Acrobat (1976)
as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers (1989)
as Bruno
Swimming Instructor (1979)
as Marcel
Petit Con (1984)
as Bob Choupon
Have a Nice Night (1990)
as Commissaire Ottavioni
Led by the Nose (1984)
as Romain
The Honeymoon Trip (1976)
as Self
Want to Stay Alive (1990)
as Ottavioni
Christmas at Vaugirard (1966)
as Self
Grand Guignol (1987)
as Baptiste
Stress (1984)
as Alex
The Easy Way Out (2015)
as Francis
La Plus belle pour aller danser (2023)
as Jean-Jacques
May Wine (1990)
as Dr. Paul Charmant
Un crime très populaire (2008)
as Mario Venturi
The Big Operator (1976)
as Marcel
La Mort amoureuse (1977)
as Robert
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément (2019)
as Pierre Maillard
Paid (2006)
as Giuseppe
Owl You Need Is Love (2016)
as Père de Rocky
I Hate Actors (1986)
as Egelhofer
Charlie Dingo (1987)
as Charlie Dingo
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans (2010)
as Le père de Béatrice
Un père et passe (1989)
as Jacques Levasseur
Suite en Ré (2000)
as Louis Roche
Family Tree (2010)
as Frédérick Muller
Vaudeville (1986)
as Gaston
Le Tueur triste (1984)
as Simon
La Dernière Partie (2021)
as Francis
Châteauroux district (1987)
as Marc, aka Bebop
La Fille du chef (2006)
as Edmond Martin
L'Île aux oiseaux (1988)
as Bélisaire
Torn (2019)
as Maurice
La Résidence (2011)
as Francis Sudre