
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.

La Plus belle pour aller danser
Jean-Jacques

Country Cabaret
Léo

Tout nous sourit
Henri Pottier

La Dernière Partie
Francis

Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
Pierre Maillard

Torn
Maurice

Wide Load
Le producteur

Looking for Teddy
Le beau Francis

Just to Be Sure
Bastien Gourmelon

Owl You Need Is Love
Père de Rocky

The Easy Way Out
Francis

Calomnies
Horace

The Dune
Paolo
La Résidence
Francis Sudre

Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
Le père de Béatrice

Family Tree
Frédérick Muller

Off and Running
Pierre Delage

After Him
Francois

In Paris
Mirko

Paid
Giuseppe

La Fille du chef
Edmond Martin

Trois jours en juin
Edmond Valadon

Les Passeurs
Bernard Anthonioz

My Wife's Name Is Maurice
Charles Boisdain
Stolen Tangos
Lamblin / Bastiani

La Boîte
Pierre

Suite en Ré
Louis Roche

Fugue en Ré
Louis Roche

The Best Job in the World
Gauthier

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Man at the Parliament

The New World
Dr. Carrion

May Wine
Dr. Paul Charmant

Want to Stay Alive
Ottavioni

My New Partner II
Guy Brisson

Have a Nice Night
Commissaire Ottavioni

Try This One for Size
Ottavioni

Un père et passe
Jacques Levasseur

Coupe franche
Favier

The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
Bruno

Bonjour l'angoisse
Lambert

L'Île aux oiseaux
Bélisaire

Widow's Walk
Inspector Leroyer

Charlie Dingo
Charlie Dingo
Châteauroux district
Marc, aka Bebop

L'été en pente douce
André Voke

Grand Guignol
Baptiste

La Rumba
Ma pomme

I Hate Actors
Egelhofer

Family Business
Maximilien Faucon
Vaudeville
Gaston

Hold-up
Georges

Le Tueur triste
Simon

Led by the Nose
Romain

Stress
Alex

Petit Con
Bob Choupon

Entre Nous
Michel Korski

Deadly Circuit
The pale man

Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Marc Covet

Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis

Coup de Torchon
Marcel Chavasson

The Inquisitor
Inspector Marcel Belmont

Heat of Desire
Max Moineau - un maquereau

Loulou
André

Swimming Instructor
Marcel

Take It from the Top
Le journaliste

Dear Inspector
Beretti

L'Hôtel de la plage
Hubert Delambre

La Mort amoureuse
Robert

The Big Operator
Marcel

The Honeymoon Trip
Self

The Acrobat
Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'

Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Bob Panzani

Cousin, Cousine
Pascal

Musidora
René Cresté

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Sam Golden

Rum Runners
Ronald / The Actor

Christmas at Vaugirard
Self







