Name
Guy Marchand
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1937-05-22
Deathday
2023-12-15 (86 years old)
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.
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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- 1979 Swimming Instructor as Marcel
- 1972 A Gorgeous Kid Like Me as Sam Golden
- 1981 The Inquisitor as Inspector Marcel Belmont
- 1975 Cousin, Cousine as Pascal
- 2021 La Dernière Partie as Francis
- 1990 My New Partner II as Guy Brisson
- 2022 Country Cabaret as Léo
- 1996 The Best Job in the World as Gauthier
- 1985 Hold-up as Georges
- 1981 Coup de Torchon as Marcel Chavasson
- 1983 Entre Nous as Michel Korski
- 2006 In Paris as Mirko
- 2001 La Boîte as Pierre
- 1983 Deadly Circuit as The pale man
- 1986 Vaudeville as Gaston
- 1986 Family Business as Maximilien Faucon
- 1987 Grand Guignol as Baptiste
- 1978 Take It from the Top as Le journaliste
- 1980 Loulou as André
- 1988 Bonjour l'angoisse as Lambert
- 2007 After Him as Francois
- 1987 La Rumba as Ma pomme
- 1982 Les Sous-Doués En Vacances as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
- 1978 L'Hôtel de la plage as Hubert Delambre
- 1982 Nestor Burma, détective de choc as Marc Covet
- 2008 Off and Running as Pierre Delage
- 1976 Let's Make a Dirty Movie as Bob Panzani
- 2010 Family Tree as Frédérick Muller
- 1984 Stress as Alex
- 1977 La Mort amoureuse as Robert
- 1988 L'Île aux oiseaux as Bélisaire
- 1989 Un père et passe as Jacques Levasseur
- 2002 Stolen Tangos as Lamblin / Bastiani
- 1989 The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers as Bruno
- 1995 The New World as Dr. Carrion
- 1987 Widow's Walk as Inspector Leroyer
- 2002 My Wife's Name Is Maurice as Charles Boisdain
- 1984 Petit Con as Bob Choupon
- 2023 La Plus belle pour aller danser as Jean-Jacques
- 1976 The Honeymoon Trip as Self
- 1978 Dear Inspector as Beretti
- 1984 Le Tueur triste as Simon
- 1984 Led by the Nose as Romain
- 1987 L'été en pente douce as André Voke
- 1976 The Acrobat as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
- 2014 Calomnies as Horace
- 2011 La Résidence as Francis Sudre
- 1987 Châteauroux district as Marc, aka Bebop
- 1990 Have a Nice Night as Commissaire Ottavioni
- 1989 Try This One for Size as Ottavioni
- 1996 Beaumarchais the Scoundrel as Man at the Parliament
- 1981 Heat of Desire as Max Moineau - un maquereau
- 2016 Owl You Need Is Love as Père de Rocky
- 1976 The Big Operator as Marcel
- 1971 Rum Runners as Ronald / The Actor
- 2006 La Fille du chef as Edmond Martin
- 1990 Want to Stay Alive as Ottavioni
- 1973 Musidora as René Cresté
- 2017 Just to Be Sure as Bastien Gourmelon
- 1990 May Wine as Dr. Paul Charmant
- 2004 Les Passeurs as Bernard Anthonioz
- 2006 Paid as Giuseppe
- 2005 Trois jours en juin as Edmond Valadon
- 2018 Looking for Teddy as Le beau Francis
- 1986 I Hate Actors as Egelhofer
- 2019 Wide Load as Le producteur
- 2019 Torn as Maurice
- 2014 The Dune as Paolo
- 1999 Fugue en Ré as Louis Roche
- 2000 Suite en Ré as Louis Roche
- 2019 Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément as Pierre Maillard
- 2021 Tout nous sourit as Henri Pottier
- 2015 The Easy Way Out as Francis
- 2010 Un bébé pour mes 40 ans as Le père de Béatrice
- 1987 Charlie Dingo as Charlie Dingo
- 1966 Christmas at Vaugirard as Self
- 1989 Coupe franche as Favier
- 2008 Un crime très populaire as Mario Venturi
- 1962 The Longest Day as Parachutist (uncredited)
- 1981 Le Syndrome de Cendrillon as Marc
- 1965 Dim Dam Dom ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Victoires de la musique ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Nulle part ailleurs ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1980 Achtung Zoll ( 18 episodes ) as L'inspecteur Mathieu
- 1991 Nestor Burma ( 39 episodes ) as Nestor Burma
- 2020 Prière d'enquêter ( 6 episodes ) as Pierre Maillard
- 2002 The Red Summer ( 5 episodes ) as Capitaine Le Brec
- 1974 Spécial cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Cadet Rousselle ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1972 Midi trente ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Numéro un ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Numéro un ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1975 Système 2 ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1976 Le Cœur au ventre ( 6 episodes ) as Nino Cerreti
- 2003 Fargas ( 5 episodes ) as Fargas
- 1981 La Voie Jackson ( 3 episodes ) as Charlot
- 1988 Sueurs froides ( 1 episode ) as Fernand
- 1974 Le Pain noir ( 8 episodes ) as Darbois
- 1987 Le monde est à vous ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 L'Homme de Suez ( 6 episodes ) as Ferdinand de Lesseps
- 1959 Discorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 Vivement dimanche ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Call My Agent! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Samedi soir ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
