Guy Marchand
Born: 1937-05-22 in Paris, France
Died: 2023-12-15
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- La Plus belle pour aller danser as Jean-Jacques
2022
- Country Cabaret as Léo
2021
- Tout nous sourit as Henri Pottier
- La Dernière Partie as Francis
2020
- Prière d'enquêter as Pierre Maillard
2019
- Wide Load as Le producteur
- Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément as Pierre Maillard
- Torn as Maurice
2018
- Looking for Teddy as Le beau Francis
2017
- Just to Be Sure as Bastien Gourmelon
2016
- Owl You Need Is Love as Père de Rocky
2015
- Call My Agent! as Self
- The Easy Way Out as Francis
2011
- La Résidence as Francis Sudre
2010
- Family Tree as Frédérick Muller
- Un bébé pour mes 40 ans as Le père de Béatrice
2008
- Off and Running as Pierre Delage
- Un crime très populaire as Mario Venturi
2007
- After Him as Francois
2006
- Paid as Giuseppe
- La Fille du chef as Edmond Martin
- In Paris as Mirko
2005
- Trois jours en juin as Edmond Valadon
2004
- Les Passeurs as Bernard Anthonioz
2003
- Fargas as Fargas
2002
- The Red Summer as Capitaine Le Brec
- My Wife's Name Is Maurice as Charles Boisdain
- Stolen Tangos as Lamblin / Bastiani
2001
- La Boîte as Pierre
2000
- Suite en Ré as Louis Roche
1999
- Fugue en Ré as Louis Roche
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
1996
- The Best Job in the World as Gauthier
- Beaumarchais the Scoundrel as Man at the Parliament
1995
- The New World as Dr. Carrion
1991
- Nestor Burma as Nestor Burma
1990
- My New Partner II as Guy Brisson
- Have a Nice Night as Commissaire Ottavioni
- Want to Stay Alive as Ottavioni
- May Wine as Dr. Paul Charmant
1989
- The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers as Bruno
- Un père et passe as Jacques Levasseur
- Try This One for Size as Ottavioni
- Coupe franche as Favier
1988
- Sueurs froides as Fernand
- L'Île aux oiseaux as Bélisaire
- Bonjour l'angoisse as Lambert
1987
- Le monde est à vous as Self
- Nulle part ailleurs as Self
- L'été en pente douce as André Voke
- Widow's Walk as Inspector Leroyer
- Grand Guignol as Baptiste
- Châteauroux district as Marc, aka Bebop
- La Rumba as Ma pomme
- Charlie Dingo as Charlie Dingo
1986
- I Hate Actors as Egelhofer
- Vaudeville as Gaston
- Family Business as Maximilien Faucon
1985
- Victoires de la musique as Self
- Hold-up as Georges
1984
- L'Homme de Suez as Ferdinand de Lesseps
- Led by the Nose as Romain
- Petit Con as Bob Choupon
- Le Tueur triste as Simon
- Stress as Alex
1983
- Entre Nous as Michel Korski
- Deadly Circuit as The pale man
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Santa Claus Is a Stinker ... (Music)
- Les Sous-Doués En Vacances as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
- Nestor Burma, détective de choc as Marc Covet
1981
- Coup de Torchon as Marcel Chavasson
- The Inquisitor as Inspector Marcel Belmont
- Heat of Desire as Max Moineau - un maquereau
- La Voie Jackson as Charlot
1980
- Achtung Zoll as L'inspecteur Mathieu
- Loulou as André
1979
- Swimming Instructor as Marcel
1978
- Dear Inspector as Beretti
- L'Hôtel de la plage as Hubert Delambre
- Take It from the Top as Le journaliste
1977
- La Mort amoureuse as Robert
1976
- Let's Make a Dirty Movie as Bob Panzani
- The Honeymoon Trip as Self
- The Big Operator as Marcel
- The Acrobat as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
- Le Cœur au ventre as Nino Cerreti
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Numéro un as Self
- Système 2 as Self
- Cousin, Cousine as Pascal
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Le Pain noir as Darbois
1973
- Musidora as René Cresté
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Midi trente as Self
- A Gorgeous Girl Like Me as Sam Golden
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Cadet Rousselle as Self
- Rum Runners as Ronald / The Actor
1966
- Christmas at Vaugirard as Self
1965
- Dim Dam Dom as Self
1962
- The Longest Day as Parachutist (uncredited)
1959
- Discorama as Self