Dick Rivers
Born: 1946-04-24 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Died: 2019-04-24
Known For: Acting
Biography
Hervé Forneri (24 April 1945 – 24 April 2019), known professionally as Dick Rivers, was a French singer and actor who began performing in the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in France. He was an admirer of Elvis Presley, who influenced both his singing and looks. His stage name came from the character, Deke Rivers, that Presley played in his second film, Loving You (1957). Rivers was born in Nice, France. He started his music career in 1960 as the lead singer of the band Les Chats Sauvages, cutting his first record on his fifteenth birthday. In 1961, the British music magazine NME reported that a Rivers concert with his group Les Chats Sauvages at the Palais des Sports de Paris, whilst headlining with Vince Taylor, had turned into a full-scale riot. Rivers left Les Chats Sauvages in 1962 to pursue a solo career. His last album, Rivers, was released in 2014. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 2019, from cancer, on his 74th birthday. Source: Article "Dick Rivers" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2017
- Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith as Self
- Mi-temps as Dick Rivers
2013
- Spirou, l'aventure humoristique as Self
2007
- Mon amour de fantôme as Chalopin
2003
- Le Furet as El Malo
2000
- La Candide Madame Duff as Inspecteur Levy
1999
- Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie as Le maréchal Nouvoilà
- Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Le monde est à vous as Self
- No Goal as Vrai requin de radio
- Collaricocoshow as Self
- Dorothée Show as Dick Rivers
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
1977
- Fan School as Self
1976
- 30 millions d'amis as Self
1975
- Midi Première as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Système 2 as Self
1972
- Midi trente as Self
1971
- Cadet Rousselle as Self
1959
- Discorama as Self