Bourvil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 27, 1917
- Died
- September 23, 1970 (aged 53)
- Birthplace
- Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
Biography
André Robert Raimbourg (27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil, and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in the films Le Corniaud (1965) and La Grande Vadrouille (1966). For his performance in Le Corniaud, he won a Special Diploma at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Bourvil's father was killed in the First World War before he was born. As a result, he spent his entire childhood in the village of Bourville, from which he took his stage name. He married Jeanne Lefrique on 23 January 1943. After a battle with Kahler's syndrome, which attacks the bone marrow, he died at the age of 53. He is buried in Montainville, Yvelines. In his comic performances Bourvil principally played roles of gentle and well-meaning characters who were often a bit obtuse or naïve, such as his roles opposite the hyperactive, dishonest and bossy ones played by Louis de Funès. Bourvil's characters not only managed to make viewers laugh, but also to save themselves, often unwittingly, from the Machiavellian designs of his adversaries. Bourvil was, however, also capable of more dramatic roles such as the handyman in L'Arbre de Noël (1969). In this role he observes the relationship between a man he works for and the young son who has fallen ill. The audience can identify with the character played by Bourvil, just as they can in his comic roles, so often as a simple man. One can also note his role of Monsieur Thénardier in the film adaptation of Les Misérables (1958), and his penultimate role as the policeman Mattei in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle rouge (1970). In March 1948, Bourvil took part in the complete recording of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann with artists of the Paris Opéra-Comique conducted by André Cluytens, playing the four 'servant' roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bourvil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Foutraque (!)
Movie · as himself
Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse
Movie · as Self (Footage Archives)
Les Rois de la comédie
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Traversée de Bourvil
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Movie
A Night at the Opera
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil : Bien... si bien
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Midi trente
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Clodo
Movie · as Gaston (uncredited)
Le Cercle Rouge
Movie · as Commissioner François Mattei
Atlantic Wall
Movie · as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
The Stud
Movie · as William Chaminade
The Brain
Movie · as Anatole
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Movie · as Monsieur Dupont
The Christmas Tree
Movie · as Verdun
The Big Wash
Movie · as Armand Saint-Just
The Hotshots
Movie · as Jules Auguste Duroc
Les Arnaud
Movie · as Judge Henri Arnaud
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Movie · as Augustin Bouvet
Three Disordered Children
Movie · as Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics
The Sucker
Movie · as Antoine Maréchal
The Big Swag
Movie · as Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer
The Wise Guys
Movie · as Hector Valentin
The Dirty Game
Movie · as Lalande
The Big Scare
Movie
La Bonne Planque
Movie · as Antoine Perrin
Light-Fingered George
Movie · as Georges Lachaunaye
My Wife's Husband
Movie · as André Colombey
Don't Tempt the Devil
Movie · as Albert Gaudet, investigating judge
Josefa's Loot
Movie · as Pierre Corneille
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Movie · as Le chanteur à la télévision
The Longest Day
Movie · as Mayor of Colleville
Les Culottes rouges
Movie · as Fendard
Tartarin de Tarascon
Movie · as Priest who reinflates the tire of his moped
All the Gold in the World
Movie · as Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont
The Busybody
Movie · as André Loriot
Fortunate
Movie · as Noël Fortunat
Captain Blood
Movie · as Baladin Cogolin
Way of Youth
Movie · as Charles Michaud, père
The Green Mare
Movie · as Honoré Haudouin
The Hunchback of Paris
Movie · as Passepoil
Les Misérables
Movie · as Thénardier
Sunday Encounter
Movie · as Jean Brévent
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Movie · as Pierre Tardivet
Serenade of Texas
Movie · as Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf
The Singer from Mexico
Movie · as Bilou
La Traversée de Paris
Movie · as Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Hussars
Movie · as le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis
April Fools' Day
Movie · as Émile Dupuy
Cadet Rousselle
Movie · as Jérôme Baguindet
Le Fil à la patte
Movie · as Camille Bouzin, clerc de notaire et auteur de chansonnettes lestes
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Planchet
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Movie · as Museum guard
One Hundred Francs Per Second
Movie · as Self
Crazy for Love
Movie · as Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine
Grrr....
Movie · as Lui-même
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
Movie · as Léon Dutilleul
Alone in Paris
Movie · as Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard
Miquette
Movie · as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
The Prize
Movie · as Isidore Pastouret
Le Roi Pandore
Movie · as Léon Ménard, le gendarme
Wear His Heart on His Sleeve
Movie · as Leon Ménard
By the Window
Movie · as Gaston 'Pilou'
White as Snow
Movie · as Léon Ménard
Not So Stupid
Movie · as Léon Ménard
Studio en folies
Movie · as Self
Hanged Man's Farm
Movie · as Le bourrelier, le chanteur à la noce
A Star to the Sun
Movie · as (uncredited)
Sideral Cruises
Movie · as Scientist