Guy Marchand

Acting

Born May 22, 1937

From Paris, France

Died Dec 15, 2023

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.

Guy Marchand

Known For

Let's Make a Dirty Movie

Coup de Torchon

The Inquisitor

Hold-up

Dear Inspector

Les Sous-Doués En Vacances

Loulou

Rum Runners

The Best Job in the World

Deadly Circuit

Filmography — Acting

Let's Make a Dirty Movie

Coup de Torchon

The Inquisitor

Hold-up

Dear Inspector

Les Sous-Doués En Vacances

Loulou

Rum Runners

The Best Job in the World

Deadly Circuit

Just to Be Sure

Have a Nice Night

Entre Nous

My New Partner II

Try This One for Size

Off and Running

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

The Dune

Want to Stay Alive

Heat of Desire

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

La Boîte

La Rumba

Looking for Teddy

L'été en pente douce

L'Hôtel de la plage

Country Cabaret

Owl You Need Is Love

The Easy Way Out

The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers

The Big Operator

Swimming Instructor

Cousin, Cousine

My Wife's Name Is Maurice

Family Business

In Paris

After Him

Paid

I Hate Actors

Charlie Dingo

Grand Guignol

Petit Con

The New World

Wide Load

La Plus belle pour aller danser

Tout nous sourit

The Acrobat

Take It from the Top

The Honeymoon Trip

La Dernière Partie

Calomnies

Widow's Walk

Nestor Burma, détective de choc

Torn

May Wine

Led by the Nose

La Fille du chef

Stolen Tangos

Musidora

Family Tree

Fugue en Ré

Un bébé pour mes 40 ans

Vaudeville

Un père et passe

Bonjour l'angoisse

Châteauroux district

Coupe franche