Guy Marchand
Acting
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.
TV Shows(26)
Prière d'enquêter
Pierre Maillard
2020
Call My Agent!
Self
2015
Fargas
Fargas
2003
The Red Summer
Capitaine Le Brec
2002
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Nestor Burma
Nestor Burma
1991
Sueurs froides
Fernand
1988
Le monde est à vous
Self
1987
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
1987
Victoires de la musique
Self
1985
L'Homme de Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps
1984
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
La Voie Jackson
Charlot
1981
Achtung Zoll
L'inspecteur Mathieu
1980
Le Cœur au ventre
Nino Cerreti
1976
Numéro un
Self
1975
Système 2
Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Le Pain noir
Darbois
1974
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Midi trente
Self
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Cadet Rousselle
Self
1971
Samedi soir
Self
1971
Dim Dam Dom
Self
1965
Discorama
Self
1959
Movies(79)
La Plus belle pour aller danser
Jean-Jacques
2023
Country Cabaret
Léo
2022
Tout nous sourit
Henri Pottier
2021
La Dernière Partie
Francis
2021
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
Pierre Maillard
2019
Wide Load
Le producteur
2019
Torn
Maurice
2019
Looking for Teddy
Le beau Francis
2018
Just to Be Sure
Bastien Gourmelon
2017
Owl You Need Is Love
Père de Rocky
2016
The Easy Way Out
Francis
2015
Calomnies
Horace
2014
The Dune
Paolo
2014
La Résidence
Francis Sudre
2011
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
Le père de Béatrice
2010
Family Tree
Frédérick Muller
2010
Off and Running
Pierre Delage
2008
Un crime très populaire
Mario Venturi
2008
After Him
Francois
2007
In Paris
Mirko
2006
Paid
Giuseppe
2006
La Fille du chef
Edmond Martin
2006
Trois jours en juin
Edmond Valadon
2005
Les Passeurs
Bernard Anthonioz
2004
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
Charles Boisdain
2002
Stolen Tangos
Lamblin / Bastiani
2002
La Boîte
Pierre
2001
Suite en Ré
Louis Roche
2000
Fugue en Ré
Louis Roche
1999
The Best Job in the World
Gauthier
1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Man at the Parliament
1996
The New World
Dr. Carrion
1995
May Wine
Dr. Paul Charmant
1990
Want to Stay Alive
Ottavioni
1990
My New Partner II
Guy Brisson
1990
Have a Nice Night
Commissaire Ottavioni
1990
Try This One for Size
Ottavioni
1989
Un père et passe
Jacques Levasseur
1989
Coupe franche
Favier
1989
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
Bruno
1989
Bonjour l'angoisse
Lambert
1988
L'Île aux oiseaux
Bélisaire
1988
Widow's Walk
Inspector Leroyer
1987
Charlie Dingo
Charlie Dingo
1987
Châteauroux district
Marc, aka Bebop
1987
L'été en pente douce
André Voke
1987
Grand Guignol
Baptiste
1987
La Rumba
Ma pomme
1987
I Hate Actors
Egelhofer
1986
Vaudeville
Gaston
1986
Family Business
Maximilien Faucon
1986
Hold-up
Georges
1985
Le Tueur triste
Simon
1984
Led by the Nose
Romain
1984
Stress
Alex
1984
Petit Con
Bob Choupon
1984
Entre Nous
Michel Korski
1983
Deadly Circuit
The pale man
1983
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Marc Covet
1982
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
1982
Coup de Torchon
Marcel Chavasson
1981
The Inquisitor
Inspector Marcel Belmont
1981
Heat of Desire
Max Moineau - un maquereau
1981
Loulou
André
1980
Swimming Instructor
Marcel
1979
Take It from the Top
Le journaliste
1978
Dear Inspector
Beretti
1978
L'Hôtel de la plage
Hubert Delambre
1978
La Mort amoureuse
Robert
1977
The Big Operator
Marcel
1976
The Honeymoon Trip
Self
1976
The Acrobat
Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Bob Panzani
1976
Cousin, Cousine
Pascal
1975
Musidora
René Cresté
1973
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Sam Golden
1972
Rum Runners
Ronald / The Actor
1971
Christmas at Vaugirard
Self
1966
The Longest Day
Parachutist (uncredited)
1962