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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 16


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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.

Most Famous Work

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(1975) Self - Host
Achtung Zoll
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Achtung Zoll

(1980) L'inspecteur Mathieu
Midi trente
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Midi trente

(1972) Self
Le Grand Échiquier
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8

Le Grand Échiquier

(1972) Self
Cadet Rousselle
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Cadet Rousselle

(1971) Self
Sueurs froides
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Sueurs froides

(1988) Fernand
Dim Dam Dom
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Dim Dam Dom

(1965) Self
Victoires de la musique
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2

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Jean-Jacques
2022 Léo
2021 Henri Pottier
Francis
2020 N/A
2019 Pierre Maillard
Le producteur
Maurice
2018 Le beau Francis
2017 Bastien Gourmelon
2016 Père de Rocky
2015 Self
Francis
2014 Horace
Paolo
2012 Philippe
2011 Francis Sudre
2010 Le père de Béatrice
Frédérick Muller
2009 Nino - Coiffeur visagiste
2008 Pierre Delage
2007 Francois
2006 Mirko
Giuseppe
Edmond Martin
2005 Edmond Valadon
2004 Bernard Anthonioz
2003 Fargas
2002 Charles Boisdain
Capitaine Le Brec
Lamblin / Bastiani
2001 Pierre
2000 Louis Roche
1998 Self
Louis Roche
1996 Gauthier
Man at the Parliament
1995 Dr. Carrion
1991 Nestor Burma
1990 Dr. Paul Charmant
Ottavioni
Guy Brisson
Commissaire Ottavioni
1989 Ottavioni
N/A
Bruno
1988 Lambert
Fernand
N/A
1987 Inspector Leroyer
Charlie Dingo
Self
Self
Marc, aka Bebop
André Voke
Baptiste
Ma pomme
1986 Egelhofer
Gaston
Maximilien Faucon
1985 Self
Georges
1984 Simon
Romain
Alex
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Bob Choupon
1983 Michel Korski
l'homme pâle
1982 Marc Covet
Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
Self
1981 Marcel Chavasson
Inspector Marcel Belmont
Max Moineau - un maquereau
Charlot
1980 André
L'inspecteur Mathieu
1979 Marcel
1978 Le journaliste
Beretti
Hubert Delambre
1977 Robert
1976 Marcel
Nino Cerreti
Self
Robert Pottier dit Ramon le Gominé
Bob Panzani
1975 Pascal
Self
Self - Host
Self
Self
1974 Darbois
Self
1973 René Cresté
1972 Sam Golden
Self
Self
1971 Self
Ronald / The Actor
Self
1966 Self
1965 Self
1959 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1982 Music
1976 Original Music Composer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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