Guy Marchand
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1937
- Died
- December 15, 2023 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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.
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Filmography
La Plus belle pour aller danser
Movie · as Jean-Jacques
Country Cabaret
Movie · as Léo
La Dernière Partie
Movie · as Francis
Tout nous sourit
Movie · as Henri Pottier
Prière d'enquêter
TV · as Pierre Maillard · 6 eps
Wide Load
Movie · as Le producteur
Torn
Movie · as Maurice
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
Movie · as Pierre Maillard
Looking for Teddy
Movie · as Le beau Francis
Just to Be Sure
Movie · as Bastien Gourmelon
Owl You Need Is Love
Movie · as Père de Rocky
The Easy Way Out
Movie · as Francis
Call My Agent!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Calomnies
Movie · as Horace
The Dune
Movie · as Paolo
La Résidence
Movie · as Francis Sudre
Family Tree
Movie · as Frédérick Muller
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
Movie · as Le père de Béatrice
Off and Running
Movie · as Pierre Delage
Un crime très populaire
Movie · as Mario Venturi
After Him
Movie · as Francois
In Paris
Movie · as Mirko
La Fille du chef
Movie · as Edmond Martin
Paid
Movie · as Giuseppe
Trois jours en juin
Movie · as Edmond Valadon
Les Passeurs
Movie · as Bernard Anthonioz
Fargas
TV · as Fargas · 5 eps
Stolen Tangos
Movie · as Lamblin / Bastiani
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
Movie · as Charles Boisdain
The Red Summer
TV · as Capitaine Le Brec · 5 eps
La Boîte
Movie · as Pierre
Suite en Ré
Movie · as Louis Roche
Fugue en Ré
Movie · as Louis Roche
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Best Job in the World
Movie · as Gauthier
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Movie · as Man at the Parliament
The New World
Movie · as Dr. Carrion
Nestor Burma
TV · as Nestor Burma · 39 eps
My New Partner II
Movie · as Guy Brisson
Have a Nice Night
Movie · as Commissaire Ottavioni
Want to Stay Alive
Movie · as Ottavioni
May Wine
Movie · as Dr. Paul Charmant
Un père et passe
Movie · as Jacques Levasseur
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
Movie · as Bruno
Try This One for Size
Movie · as Ottavioni
Coupe franche
Movie · as Favier
Bonjour l'angoisse
Movie · as Lambert
L'Île aux oiseaux
Movie · as Bélisaire
Sueurs froides
TV · as Fernand · 1 ep
Grand Guignol
Movie · as Baptiste
La Rumba
Movie · as Ma pomme
Widow's Walk
Movie · as Inspector Leroyer
L'été en pente douce
Movie · as André Voke
Châteauroux district
Movie · as Marc, aka Bebop
Charlie Dingo
Movie · as Charlie Dingo
Nulle part ailleurs
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vaudeville
Movie · as Gaston
Family Business
Movie · as Maximilien Faucon
I Hate Actors
Movie · as Egelhofer
Hold-up
Movie · as Georges
Victoires de la musique
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stress
Movie · as Alex
Petit Con
Movie · as Bob Choupon
Le Tueur triste
Movie · as Simon
Led by the Nose
Movie · as Romain
L'Homme de Suez
TV · as Ferdinand de Lesseps · 6 eps
Entre Nous
Movie · as Michel Korski
Deadly Circuit
Movie · as The pale man
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Movie · as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Movie · as Marc Covet
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Inquisitor
Movie · as Inspector Marcel Belmont
Coup de Torchon
Movie · as Marcel Chavasson
Heat of Desire
Movie · as Max Moineau - un maquereau
Le Syndrome de Cendrillon
Movie · as Marc
La Voie Jackson
TV · as Charlot · 3 eps
Loulou
Movie · as André
Achtung Zoll
TV · as L'inspecteur Mathieu · 18 eps
Swimming Instructor
Movie · as Marcel
Take It from the Top
Movie · as Le journaliste
L'Hôtel de la plage
Movie · as Hubert Delambre
Dear Inspector
Movie · as Beretti
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
La Mort amoureuse
Movie · as Robert
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Movie · as Bob Panzani
The Honeymoon Trip
Movie · as Self
The Acrobat
Movie · as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
The Big Operator
Movie · as Marcel
Le Cœur au ventre
TV · as Nino Cerreti · 6 eps
Cousin, Cousine
Movie · as Pascal
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Numéro un
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 3 eps
Système 2
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le Pain noir
TV · as Darbois · 8 eps
Musidora
Movie · as René Cresté
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
Movie · as Sam Golden
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Rum Runners
Movie · as Ronald / The Actor
Cadet Rousselle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Christmas at Vaugirard
Movie · as Self
Dim Dam Dom
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Longest Day
Movie · as Parachutist (uncredited)
Discorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep