Guy Marchand
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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Fotos
Películas (81)
La Plus belle pour aller danser
2023 · Jean-Jacques
Country Cabaret
2022 · Léo
Tout nous sourit
2021 · Henri Pottier
La Dernière Partie
2021 · Francis
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
2019 · Pierre Maillard
Wide Load
2019 · Le producteur
Torn
2019 · Maurice
Looking for Teddy
2018 · Le beau Francis
Just to Be Sure
2017 · Bastien Gourmelon
Owl You Need Is Love
2016 · Père de Rocky
The Easy Way Out
2015 · Francis
Calomnies
2014 · Horace
The Dune
2014 · Paolo
La Résidence
2011 · Francis Sudre
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
2010 · Le père de Béatrice
Family Tree
2010 · Frédérick Muller
Off and Running
2008 · Pierre Delage
Un crime très populaire
2008 · Mario Venturi
After Him
2007 · Francois
In Paris
2006 · Mirko
Paid
2006 · Giuseppe
La Fille du chef
2006 · Edmond Martin
Trois jours en juin
2005 · Edmond Valadon
Les Passeurs
2004 · Bernard Anthonioz
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
2002 · Charles Boisdain
Stolen Tangos
2002 · Lamblin / Bastiani
La Boîte
2001 · Pierre
Suite en Ré
2000 · Louis Roche
Fugue en Ré
1999 · Louis Roche
The Best Job in the World
1996 · Gauthier
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996 · Man at the Parliament
The New World
1995 · Dr. Carrion
May Wine
1990 · Dr. Paul Charmant
Want to Stay Alive
1990 · Ottavioni
My New Partner II
1990 · Guy Brisson
Have a Nice Night
1990 · Commissaire Ottavioni
Try This One for Size
1989 · Ottavioni
Un père et passe
1989 · Jacques Levasseur
Coupe franche
1989 · Favier
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
1989 · Bruno
Bonjour l'angoisse
1988 · Lambert
L'Île aux oiseaux
1988 · Bélisaire
Widow's Walk
1987 · Inspector Leroyer
Charlie Dingo
1987 · Charlie Dingo
Châteauroux district
1987 · Marc, aka Bebop
L'été en pente douce
1987 · André Voke
Grand Guignol
1987 · Baptiste
La Rumba
1987 · Ma pomme
I Hate Actors
1986 · Egelhofer
Vaudeville
1986 · Gaston
Family Business
1986 · Maximilien Faucon
Hold-up
1985 · Georges
Le Tueur triste
1984 · Simon
Led by the Nose
1984 · Romain
Stress
1984 · Alex
Petit Con
1984 · Bob Choupon
Entre Nous
1983 · Michel Korski
Deadly Circuit
1983 · The pale man
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982 · Music
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
1982 · Marc Covet
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
1982 · Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
Le Syndrome de Cendrillon
1981 · Marc
Coup de Torchon
1981 · Marcel Chavasson
The Inquisitor
1981 · Inspector Marcel Belmont
Heat of Desire
1981 · Max Moineau - un maquereau
Loulou
1980 · André
Swimming Instructor
1979 · Marcel
Take It from the Top
1978 · Le journaliste
Dear Inspector
1978 · Beretti
L'Hôtel de la plage
1978 · Hubert Delambre
La Mort amoureuse
1977 · Robert
The Big Operator
1976 · Marcel
The Honeymoon Trip
1976 · Self
The Acrobat
1976 · Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976 · Bob Panzani, Original Music Composer
Cousin, Cousine
1975 · Pascal
Musidora
1973 · René Cresté
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
1972 · Sam Golden
Rum Runners
1971 · Ronald / The Actor
Christmas at Vaugirard
1966 · Self
The Longest Day
1962 · Parachutist (uncredited)
Series (27)
Prière d'enquêter
2020 · Pierre Maillard
Call My Agent!
2015 · Self
Fargas
2003 · Fargas
The Red Summer
2002 · Capitaine Le Brec
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Nestor Burma
1991 · Nestor Burma
Sueurs froides
1988 · Fernand
Le monde est à vous
1987 · Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987 · Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · Self
L'Homme de Suez
1984 · Ferdinand de Lesseps
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
La Voie Jackson
1981 · Charlot
Achtung Zoll
1980 · L'inspecteur Mathieu
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Le Cœur au ventre
1976 · Nino Cerreti
Numéro un
1975 · Self, Self - Host
Système 2
1975 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Le Pain noir
1974 · Darbois
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Midi trente
1972 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Cadet Rousselle
1971 · Self
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
Dim Dam Dom
1965 · Self
Discorama
1959 · Self