Guy Marchand
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-05-22
Day of Death
2023-12-15 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Guy Marchand
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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Acting
(2023)
La Plus belle pour aller danser
as Jean-Jacques
(2022)
Country Cabaret
as Léo
(2021)
La Dernière Partie
as Francis
(2021)
Tout nous sourit
as Henri Pottier
(2019)
Torn
as Maurice
(2019)
Wide Load
as Le producteur
(2019)
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
as Pierre Maillard
(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)
Family Tree
as Frédérick Muller
(2010)
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
as Le père de Béatrice
(2008)
Off and Running
as Pierre Delage
(2007)
After Him
as Francois
(2006)
Paid
as Giuseppe
(2006)
La Fille du chef
as Edmond Martin
(2006)
In Paris
as Mirko
(2005)
Trois jours en juin
as Edmond Valadon
(2004)
Les Passeurs
as Bernard Anthonioz
(2002)
Stolen Tangos
as Lamblin / Bastiani
(2002)
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
as Charles Boisdain
(2001)
La Boîte
as Pierre
(2000)
Suite en Ré
as Louis Roche
(1999)
Fugue en Ré
as Louis Roche
(1996)
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Man at the Parliament
(1996)
The Best Job in the World
as Gauthier
(1995)
The New World
as Dr. Carrion
(1990)
Want to Stay Alive
as Ottavioni
(1990)
Have a Nice Night
as Commissaire Ottavioni
(1990)
My New Partner II
as Guy Brisson
(1990)
May Wine
as Dr. Paul Charmant
(1989)
Un père et passe
as Jacques Levasseur
(1989)
Try This One for Size
as Ottavioni
(1989)
(1988)
Bonjour l'angoisse
as Lambert
(1988)
L'Île aux oiseaux
as Bélisaire
(1987)
La Rumba
as Ma pomme
(1987)
Châteauroux district
as Marc, aka Bebop
(1987)
L'été en pente douce
as André Voke
(1987)
Widow's Walk
as Inspector Leroyer
(1987)
Grand Guignol
as Baptiste
(1987)
Charlie Dingo
as Charlie Dingo
(1986)
Vaudeville
as Gaston
(1986)
Family Business
as Maximilien Faucon
(1986)
I Hate Actors
as Egelhofer
(1985)
Hold-up
as Georges
(1984)
Stress
as Alex
(1984)
Petit Con
as Bob Choupon
(1984)
Le Tueur triste
as Simon
(1984)
Led by the Nose
as Romain
(1983)
Entre Nous
as Michel Korski
(1983)
Deadly Circuit
as The pale man
(1982)
The Under-Gifted In Vacation
as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
(1982)
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Marc Covet
(1981)
Coup de Torchon
as Marcel Chavasson
(1981)
Heat of Desire
as Max Moineau - un maquereau
(1981)
The Inquisitor
as Inspector Marcel Belmont
(1980)
Loulou
as André
(1979)
Swimming Instructor
as Marcel
(1978)
Dear Inspector
as Beretti
(1978)
Take It from the Top
as Le journaliste
(1978)
L'Hôtel de la plage
as Hubert Delambre
(1977)
La Mort amoureuse
as Robert
(1976)
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Bob Panzani
(1976)
The Big Operator
as Marcel
(1976)
The Acrobat
as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
(1976)
The Honeymoon Trip
as Self
(1975)
Cousin, Cousine
as Pascal
(1973)
Musidora
as René Cresté
(1972)
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
as Sam Golden
(1971)
Rum Runners
as Ronald / The Actor
(1966)
Christmas at Vaugirard
as Self
Crew
(1982)
(1976)
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Original Music Composer