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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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2020s
- 2023
La Plus belle pour aller danser
Jean-Jacques
- 2022
- 2021
La Dernière Partie
Francis
- 2020
Prière d'enquêter
Pierre Maillard · 6 episodes
2010s
- 2019
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
Pierre Maillard
Wide Load
Le producteur
Torn
Maurice
- 2018
- 2017
Just to Be Sure
Bastien Gourmelon
- 2016
Owl You Need Is Love
Père de Rocky
- 2015
The Easy Way Out
Francis
- 2014
Calomnies
Horace
The Dune
Paolo
- 2010
Family Tree
Frédérick Muller
2000s
- 2008
Off and Running
Pierre Delage
Un crime très populaire
Mario Venturi
- 2007
After Him
Francois
- 2006
In Paris
Mirko
Paid
Giuseppe
La Fille du chef
Edmond Martin
- 2005
Trois jours en juin
Edmond Valadon
- 2004
- 2003
Fargas
Fargas · 5 episodes
- 2002
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
Charles Boisdain
The Red Summer
Capitaine Le Brec · 5 episodes
- 2001
- 2000
Suite en Ré
Louis Roche
1990s
- 1999
Fugue en Ré
Louis Roche
- 1996
The Best Job in the World
Gauthier
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Man at the Parliament
- 1995
The New World
Dr. Carrion
- 1991
Nestor Burma
Nestor Burma · 39 episodes
- 1990
May Wine
Dr. Paul Charmant
Want to Stay Alive
Ottavioni
My New Partner II
Guy Brisson
Have a Nice Night
Commissaire Ottavioni
1980s
- 1989
Try This One for Size
Ottavioni
Un père et passe
Jacques Levasseur
Coupe franche
Favier
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
Bruno
- 1988
Bonjour l'angoisse
Lambert
Sueurs froides
Fernand · 1 episode
L'Île aux oiseaux
Bélisaire
- 1987
Widow's Walk
Inspector Leroyer
Charlie Dingo
Charlie Dingo
Grand Guignol
Baptiste
La Rumba
Ma pomme
- 1986
I Hate Actors
Egelhofer
Family Business
Maximilien Faucon
- 1985
Hold-up
Georges
- 1984
Le Tueur triste
Simon
Led by the Nose
Romain
Stress
Alex
L'Homme de Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps · 6 episodes
Petit Con
Bob Choupon
- 1983
Entre Nous
Michel Korski
- 1982
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Marc Covet
- 1981
The Inquisitor
Inspector Marcel Belmont
La Voie Jackson
Charlot · 3 episodes
- 1980
Loulou
André
Achtung Zoll
L'inspecteur Mathieu · 18 episodes
1970s
- 1979
Swimming Instructor
Marcel
- 1978
Take It from the Top
Le journaliste
- 1977
La Mort amoureuse
Robert
- 1976
The Big Operator
Marcel
Le Cœur au ventre
Nino Cerreti · 6 episodes
The Acrobat
Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Bob Panzani
- 1975
Cousin, Cousine
Pascal
- 1974
Le Pain noir
Darbois · 8 episodes
- 1973
Musidora
René Cresté
- 1972
- 1971
1960s
- 1962
Sound 2
1980s
- 1982
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Music
1970s
- 1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Original Music Composer
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2010s
- 2015
1990s
- 1998
1980s
- 1987
- 1985
- 1982
1970s
- 1978
- 1976
The Honeymoon Trip
Self
- 1975
- 1974
- 1972
- 1971
Cadet Rousselle
Self · 1 episode
1960s
- 1966
Christmas at Vaugirard
Self
- 1965
Dim Dam Dom
Self · 1 episode
1950s
- 1959
