Guy Marchand
Acting
Born: May 22, 1937 · Paris, France
Died: December 15, 2023 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Marchand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Photos (2)
Movies (73)
The Longest Day
Parachutist (uncredited)
Dear Inspector
Beretti
Deadly Circuit
The pale man
Just to Be Sure
Bastien Gourmelon
Rum Runners
Ronald / The Actor
The Inquisitor
Inspector Marcel Belmont
My New Partner II
Guy Brisson
Loulou
André
Country Cabaret
Léo
Widow's Walk
Inspector Leroyer
Hold-up
Georges
Coup de Torchon
Marcel Chavasson
L'été en pente douce
André Voke
Wide Load
Le producteur
In Paris
Mirko
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
Sam Golden
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Bob Panzani
The New World
Dr. Carrion
After Him
Francois
Heat of Desire
Max Moineau - un maquereau
Try This One for Size
Ottavioni
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
L'Hôtel de la plage
Hubert Delambre
The Best Job in the World
Gauthier
I Hate Actors
Egelhofer
Take It from the Top
Le journaliste
Cousin, Cousine
Pascal
Tout nous sourit
Henri Pottier
The Big Operator
Marcel
Torn
Maurice
Entre Nous
Michel Korski
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
Charles Boisdain
Looking for Teddy
Le beau Francis
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
Bruno
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Man at the Parliament
The Easy Way Out
Francis
Grand Guignol
Baptiste
Calomnies
Horace
Family Business
Maximilien Faucon
Have a Nice Night
Commissaire Ottavioni
Owl You Need Is Love
Père de Rocky
Un crime très populaire
Mario Venturi
Swimming Instructor
Marcel
Les Passeurs
Bernard Anthonioz
La Fille du chef
Edmond Martin
Trois jours en juin
Edmond Valadon
La Boîte
Pierre
Paid
Giuseppe
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Marc Covet
Off and Running
Pierre Delage
La Plus belle pour aller danser
Jean-Jacques
May Wine
Dr. Paul Charmant
Suite en Ré
Louis Roche
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
Pierre Maillard
La Mort amoureuse
Robert
Musidora
René Cresté
Un père et passe
Jacques Levasseur
La Rumba
Ma pomme
The Dune
Paolo
L'Île aux oiseaux
Bélisaire
Led by the Nose
Romain
Bonjour l'angoisse
Lambert
Want to Stay Alive
Ottavioni
Stress
Alex
Fugue en Ré
Louis Roche
Le Tueur triste
Simon
Coupe franche
Favier
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
Le père de Béatrice
Charlie Dingo
Charlie Dingo
The Acrobat
Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
Family Tree
Frédérick Muller
Petit Con
Bob Choupon
La Dernière Partie
Francis
TV Shows (10)
Nestor Burma
Nestor Burma · 39 eps
Achtung Zoll
L'inspecteur Mathieu · 18 eps
Sueurs froides
Fernand · 1 eps
L'Homme de Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps · 6 eps
The Red Summer
Capitaine Le Brec · 5 eps
Prière d'enquêter
Pierre Maillard · 6 eps
Fargas
Fargas · 5 eps
Le Pain noir
Darbois · 8 eps
Le Cœur au ventre
Nino Cerreti · 6 eps
La Voie Jackson
Charlot · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (18)
Spécial cinéma
Self · 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 2 eps
Vivement dimanche
Self · 4 eps
Le monde est à vous
Self · 1 eps
Numéro un
Self · 3 eps
Numéro un
Self - Host · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 2 eps
Midi trente
Self · 3 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 1 eps
Discorama
Self · 1 eps
Victoires de la musique
Self · 1 eps
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · 1 eps
Call My Agent!
Self · 1 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 2 eps
Cadet Rousselle
Self · 1 eps
Dim Dam Dom
Self · 1 eps
The Honeymoon Trip
Self
Christmas at Vaugirard
Self
