Guy Marchand
Born May 22, 1937 (Age: 88)
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Paris, France
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Marchand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
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Filmography
The Easy Way Out
2015
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as Francis
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Age: 77
The Dune
2014
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as Paolo
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Age: 77
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
2010
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as Le père de Béatrice
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Age: 73
In Paris
2006
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as Mirko
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Age: 69
Trois jours en juin
2005
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as Edmond Valadon
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Age: 68
Les Passeurs
2004
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as Bernard Anthonioz
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Age: 67
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
2002
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as Charles Boisdain
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Age: 65
No Image
Stolen Tangos
2002
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as Lamblin / Bastiani
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Age: 64
Suite en Ré
2000
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as Louis Roche
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Age: 63
The Best Job in the World
1996
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as Gauthier
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Age: 59
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
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as Man at the Parliament
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Age: 58
May Wine
1990
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as Dr. Paul Charmant
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Age: 52
Want to Stay Alive
1990
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as Ottavioni
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Age: 52
My New Partner II
1990
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as Guy Brisson
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Age: 52
Have a Nice Night
1990
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as Commissaire Ottavioni
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Age: 52
Try This One for Size
1989
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as Ottavioni
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Age: 52
Un père et passe
1989
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as Jacques Levasseur
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Age: 52
Coupe franche
1989
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as Favier
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Age: 51
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
1989
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as Bruno
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Age: 51
Bonjour l'angoisse
1988
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as Lambert
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Age: 51
L'Île aux oiseaux
1988
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as Bélisaire
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Age: 50
Widow's Walk
1987
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as Inspector Leroyer
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Age: 50
Charlie Dingo
1987
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as Charlie Dingo
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Age: 50
No Image
Châteauroux district
1987
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as Marc, aka Bebop
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Age: 50
L'été en pente douce
1987
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as André Voke
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Age: 49
Grand Guignol
1987
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as Baptiste
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Age: 49
La Rumba
1987
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as Ma pomme
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Age: 49
Family Business
1986
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as Maximilien Faucon
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Age: 48
Hold-up
1985
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as Georges
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Age: 48
Coup de Torchon
1981
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as Marcel Chavasson
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Age: 44
The Inquisitor
1981
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as Inspector Marcel Belmont
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Age: 44
Heat of Desire
1981
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as Max Moineau - un maquereau
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Age: 43
Loulou
1980
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as André
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Age: 43
Take It from the Top
1978
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as Le journaliste
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Age: 41
Dear Inspector
1978
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as Beretti
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Age: 40
L'Hôtel de la plage
1978
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as Hubert Delambre
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Age: 40
La Mort amoureuse
1977
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as Robert
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Age: 40
Musidora
1973
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as René Cresté
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Age: 36
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972
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as Sam Golden
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Age: 35
Christmas at Vaugirard
1966
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as Self
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Age: 29