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Guy Marchand
Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born May 22, 1937Died December 15, 2023 (86 years)
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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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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Known For
Guy Marchand Filmography
| 2023 | La plus belle pour aller danser · as Jean-Jacques |
| 2022 | Country Cabaret · as Léo |
| 2021 | La dernière partie · as Francis |
| 2020 | Tout nous sourit · as Henri Pottier |
| 2019 | Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément · as Pierre Maillard |
| 2019 | Under Law And Grace (TV Series) · as Pierre Maillard |
| 2019 | Heavy Duty · as Le Producteur |
| 2018 | Torn · as Maurice |
| 2018 | Looking for Teddy · as Le Beau Francis |
| 2017 | Just to Be Sure · as Bastien Gourmelon |
| 2016 | Hibou · as Père De Rocky |
| 2015 | Paris-Willouby · as Le Policier Âgé |
| 2014 | The Easy Way Out · as Francis |
| 2014 | Calomnies · as Horace |
| 2013 | The Dune · as Paolo |
| 2012 | Our Dear Neighbors (TV Series) · as Philippe |
| 2011 | Doc Martin (FR) (TV Series) · as Jacques Le Foll |
| 2010 | Mother at 40 · as Le Père De Béatrice |
| 2010 | Family Tree · as Frédérick Muller |
| 2009 | Household Scenes (TV Series) · as Nino |
| 2008 | Off and Running · as Pierre Delage |
| 2007 | Après lui · as Francois |
| 2007 | La fille du chef · as Edmond Martin |
| 2006 | Dans Paris · as Mirko |
| 2006 | Paid · as Giuseppe |
| 2005 | 3 jours en juin · as Edmond Valadon |
| 2005 | Trois femmes... un soir d'été (TV Series) · as Lucien Sauveterre |
| 2003 | Fargas (TV Series) · as Fargas |
| 2002 | My Wife Maurice · as Charles Boisdain |
| 2002 | The Red Summer (TV Series) · as Capitaine Le Brec |
| 2001 | Stolen Tangos · as Lamblin / Bastiani |
| 2001 | La boîte · as Pierre |
| 1998 | All Saints (TV Series) · as Peter |
| 1996 | The Best Job in the World · as Gauthier |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel · as Man At The Parliament |
| 1995 | New World · as Dr. Carrion |
| 1991 | Nestor Burma (TV Series) · as Nestor Burma |
| 1990 | May Wine · as Dr. Paul Charmant |
| 1990 | Want to Stay Alive · as Ottavioni |
| 1990 | My New Partner at the Races · as Guy Brisson |
| 1990 | Have a Nice Night · as Commissaire Ottavioni |
| 1989 | Try This One for Size · as Ottavioni |
| 1989 | Les maris, les femmes, les amants · as Bruno |
| 1988 | Bonjour l'angoisse · as Lambert |
| 1987 | Noyade interdite · as Inspector Leroyer |
| 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 Council · as Maximilien Faucon |
| 1985 | Hold-Up · as Georges |
| 1984 | Led by the Nose · as Romain |
| 1984 | Stress · as Alex |
| 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 | Les héroïques · as Rousseau |
| 1981 | Clean Slate · as Marcel Chavasson |
| 1981 | The Grilling · as Inspector Marcel Belmont |
| 1981 | Heat of Desire · as Max Moineau - Un Maquereau |
| 1981 | Rends-moi la clé! · as Charlie |
| 1980 | Loulou · as André |
| 1980 | The Big Red One · as Capt. Chapier |
| 1980 | Achtung Zoll! (TV Series) · as L'inspecteur Mathieu |
| 1979 | Le maître nageur · as Marcel |
| 1978 | Take It from the Top · as Le Journaliste |
| 1978 | Holiday Hotel · as Hubert Delambre |
| 1977 | Dear Inspector · as Beretti |
| 1976 | The Big Operator · as Marcel |
| 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 |
| 1972 | A Gorgeous Girl Like Me · as Sam Golden |
| 1971 | Rum Runners · as Ronald / The Actor |
| 1962 | The Longest Day · as Parachutist |
| 1958 | The Last Five Minutes (TV Series) · as Julien Froment |