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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 22, 1937
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Guy Marchand
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | La Plus belle pour aller danser | Jean-Jacques |
| 2022 | Country Cabaret | Léo |
| 2021 | La Dernière Partie | Francis |
| 2021 | Tout nous sourit | Henri Pottier |
| 2019 | Wide Load | Le producteur |
| 2019 | Torn | Maurice |
| 2019 | Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément | Pierre Maillard |
| 2018 | Looking for Teddy | Le beau Francis |
| 2017 | Just to Be Sure | Bastien Gourmelon |
| 2016 | Owl You Need Is Love | Père de Rocky |
| 2015 | The Easy Way Out | Francis |
| 2014 | Calomnies | Horace |
| 2014 | The Dune | Paolo |
| 2011 | La Résidence | Francis Sudre |
| 2010 | Family Tree | Frédérick Muller |
| 2010 | Un bébé pour mes 40 ans | Le père de Béatrice |
| 2008 | Off and Running | Pierre Delage |
| 2007 | After Him | Francois |
| 2006 | In Paris | Mirko |
| 2006 | La Fille du chef | Edmond Martin |
| 2006 | Paid | Giuseppe |
| 2005 | Trois jours en juin | Edmond Valadon |
| 2004 | Les Passeurs | Bernard Anthonioz |
| 2002 | Stolen Tangos | Lamblin / Bastiani |
| 2002 | My Wife's Name Is Maurice | Charles Boisdain |
| 2001 | La Boîte | Pierre |
| 2000 | Suite en Ré | Louis Roche |
| 1999 | Fugue en Ré | Louis Roche |
| 1996 | The Best Job in the World | Gauthier |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel | Man at the Parliament |
| 1995 | The New World | Dr. Carrion |
| 1990 | My New Partner II | Guy Brisson |
| 1990 | Have a Nice Night | Commissaire Ottavioni |
| 1990 | Want to Stay Alive | Ottavioni |
| 1990 | May Wine | Dr. Paul Charmant |
| 1989 | Un père et passe | Jacques Levasseur |
| 1989 | The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers | Bruno |
| 1989 | Try This One for Size | Ottavioni |
| 1988 | Bonjour l'angoisse | Lambert |
| 1988 | L'Île aux oiseaux | Bélisaire |
| 1987 | Grand Guignol | Baptiste |
| 1987 | La Rumba | Ma pomme |
| 1987 | Widow's Walk | Inspector Leroyer |
| 1987 | L'été en pente douce | André Voke |
| 1987 | Châteauroux district | Marc, aka Bebop |
| 1987 | Charlie Dingo | Charlie Dingo |
| 1986 | Vaudeville | Gaston |
| 1986 | Family Business | Maximilien Faucon |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors | Egelhofer |
| 1985 | Hold-up | Georges |
| 1984 | Stress | Alex |
| 1984 | Petit Con | Bob Choupon |
| 1984 | Le Tueur triste | Simon |
| 1984 | Led by the Nose | Romain |
| 1983 | Entre Nous | Michel Korski |
| 1983 | Deadly Circuit | The pale man |
| 1982 | The Under-Gifted In Vacation | Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis |
| 1982 | Nestor Burma, détective de choc | Marc Covet |
| 1981 | The Inquisitor | Inspector Marcel Belmont |
| 1981 | Coup de Torchon | Marcel Chavasson |
| 1981 | Heat of Desire | Max Moineau - un maquereau |
| 1980 | Loulou | André |
| 1979 | Swimming Instructor | Marcel |
| 1978 | Take It from the Top | Le journaliste |
| 1978 | L'Hôtel de la plage | Hubert Delambre |
| 1978 | Dear Inspector | Beretti |
| 1977 | La Mort amoureuse | Robert |
| 1976 | Let's Make a Dirty Movie | Bob Panzani |
| 1976 | The Honeymoon Trip | Self |
| 1976 | The Acrobat | Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé' |
| 1976 | The Big Operator | Marcel |
| 1975 | Cousin, Cousine | Pascal |
| 1973 | Musidora | René Cresté |
| 1972 | A Gorgeous Girl Like Me | Sam Golden |
| 1971 | Rum Runners | Ronald / The Actor |
| 1966 | Christmas at Vaugirard | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Prière d'enquêter | Pierre Maillard |
| 2015 | Call My Agent! | Self |
| 2003 | Fargas | Fargas |
| 2002 | The Red Summer | Capitaine Le Brec |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |
| 1991 | Nestor Burma | Nestor Burma |
| 1988 | Sueurs froides | Fernand |
| 1987 | Nulle part ailleurs | Self |
| 1987 | Le monde est à vous | Self |
| 1985 | Victoires de la musique | Self |
| 1984 | L'Homme de Suez | Ferdinand de Lesseps |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1981 | La Voie Jackson | Charlot |
| 1980 | Achtung Zoll | L'inspecteur Mathieu |
| 1976 | Le Cœur au ventre | Nino Cerreti |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self - Host |
| 1975 | Système 2 | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1974 | Le Pain noir | Darbois |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1971 | Cadet Rousselle | Self |
| 1971 | Samedi soir | Self |
| 1965 | Dim Dam Dom | Self |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self |