Guy Marchand
79 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1937
- Died
- Dec 15, 2023 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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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.
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Known for
Guy Marchand: movies and TV shows
Acting (88)
- 2023 La Plus belle pour aller danser
as Jean-Jacques
- 2022 Country Cabaret
as Léo
- 2021 Tout nous sourit
as Henri Pottier
- 2021 La Dernière Partie
as Francis
- 2020
- 2019 Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
as Pierre Maillard
- 2019 Wide Load
as Le producteur
- 2019 Torn
as Maurice
- 2018 Looking for Teddy
as Le beau Francis
- 2017 Just to Be Sure
as Bastien Gourmelon
- 2016 Owl You Need Is Love
as Père de Rocky
- 2015 The Easy Way Out
as Francis
- 2014 Calomnies
as Horace
- 2014 The Dune
as Paolo
- 2011 La Résidence
as Francis Sudre
- 2010 Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
as Le père de Béatrice
- 2010 Family Tree
as Frédérick Muller
- 2008 Off and Running
as Pierre Delage
- 2008 Un crime très populaire
as Mario Venturi
- 2007 After Him
as Francois
- 2006 In Paris
as Mirko
- 2006 Paid
as Giuseppe
- 2006 La Fille du chef
as Edmond Martin
- 2005 Trois jours en juin
as Edmond Valadon
- 2004 Les Passeurs
as Bernard Anthonioz
- 2003
- 2002 My Wife's Name Is Maurice
as Charles Boisdain
- 2002
- 2002 Stolen Tangos
as Lamblin / Bastiani
- 2001 La Boîte
as Pierre
- 2000 Suite en Ré
as Louis Roche
- 1999 Fugue en Ré
as Louis Roche
- 1996 The Best Job in the World
as Gauthier
- 1996 Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Man at the Parliament
- 1995 The New World
as Dr. Carrion
- 1991
- 1990 May Wine
as Dr. Paul Charmant
- 1990 Want to Stay Alive
as Ottavioni
- 1990 My New Partner II
as Guy Brisson
- 1990 Have a Nice Night
as Commissaire Ottavioni
- 1989 Try This One for Size
as Ottavioni
- 1989 Un père et passe
as Jacques Levasseur
- 1989 Coupe franche
as Favier
- 1989 The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
as Bruno
- 1988 Bonjour l'angoisse
as Lambert
- 1988
- 1988 L'Île aux oiseaux
as Bélisaire
- 1987 Widow's Walk
as Inspector Leroyer
- 1987 Charlie Dingo
as Charlie Dingo
- 1987 Châteauroux district
as Marc, aka Bebop
- 1987 L'été en pente douce
as André Voke
- 1987 Grand Guignol
as Baptiste
- 1987 La Rumba
as Ma pomme
- 1986 I Hate Actors
as Egelhofer
- 1986 Vaudeville
as Gaston
- 1986 Family Business
as Maximilien Faucon
- 1985 Hold-up
as Georges
- 1984 Le Tueur triste
as Simon
- 1984 Led by the Nose
as Romain
- 1984 Stress
as Alex
- 1984
- 1984 Petit Con
as Bob Choupon
- 1983 Entre Nous
as Michel Korski
- 1983 Deadly Circuit
as The pale man
- 1982 Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Marc Covet
- 1982 Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
- 1981 Le Syndrome de Cendrillon
as Marc
- 1981 Coup de Torchon
as Marcel Chavasson
- 1981 The Inquisitor
as Inspector Marcel Belmont
- 1981 Heat of Desire
as Max Moineau - un maquereau
- 1981
- 1980 Loulou
as André
- 1980
- 1979 Swimming Instructor
as Marcel
- 1978 Take It from the Top
as Le journaliste
- 1978 Dear Inspector
as Beretti
- 1978 L'Hôtel de la plage
as Hubert Delambre
- 1977 La Mort amoureuse
as Robert
- 1976 The Big Operator
as Marcel
- 1976
- 1976 The Acrobat
as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
- 1976 Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Bob Panzani
- 1975 Cousin, Cousine
as Pascal
- 1974
- 1973 Musidora
as René Cresté
- 1972 A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
as Sam Golden
- 1971 Rum Runners
as Ronald / The Actor
- 1962 The Longest Day
as Parachutist (uncredited)
Behind the camera (2)
- 1982 Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Music
- 1976 Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Original Music Composer
Talk shows and appearances (19)
- 2015 Call My Agent!
1 episode
- 1998 Vivement dimanche
4 episodes
- 1987 Le monde est à vous
1 episode
- 1987 Nulle part ailleurs
1 episode
- 1985 Victoires de la musique
1 episode
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
2 episodes
- 1978 Ciné regards
2 episodes
- 1976
- 1975 Numéro un
4 episodes
- 1975 Système 2
4 episodes
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
2 episodes
- 1974 Spécial cinéma
1 episode
- 1972 Midi trente
3 episodes
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier
1 episode
- 1971 Cadet Rousselle
1 episode
- 1971 Samedi soir
3 episodes
- 1966
- 1965 Dim Dam Dom
1 episode
- 1959 Discorama
1 episode