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 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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Filmography (Movies)
La Plus belle pour aller danser
Character:Jean-Jacques
Release Date:19/04/2023
Country Cabaret
Character:Léo
Release Date:11/05/2022
Tout nous sourit
Character:Henri Pottier
Release Date:20/10/2021
La Dernière Partie
Character:Francis
Release Date:05/10/2021
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
Character:Pierre Maillard
Release Date:08/12/2019
Wide Load
Character:Le producteur
Release Date:13/03/2019
Torn
Character:Maurice
Release Date:13/03/2019
Looking for Teddy
Character:Le beau Francis
Release Date:20/06/2018
Just to Be Sure
Character:Bastien Gourmelon
Release Date:06/09/2017
Owl You Need Is Love
Character:Père de Rocky
Release Date:06/07/2016
The Easy Way Out
Character:Francis
Release Date:04/03/2015
Calomnies
Character:Horace
Release Date:19/11/2014
The Dune
Character:Paolo
Release Date:13/08/2014
La Résidence
Character:Francis Sudre
Release Date:24/05/2011
Un bébé pour mes 40 ans
Character:Le père de Béatrice
Release Date:06/06/2010
Family Tree
Character:Frédérick Muller
Release Date:16/02/2010
Off and Running
Character:Pierre Delage
Release Date:16/04/2008
After Him
Character:Francois
Release Date:23/05/2007
In Paris
Character:Mirko
Release Date:04/10/2006
Paid
Character:Giuseppe
Release Date:01/09/2006
La Fille du chef
Character:Edmond Martin
Release Date:24/01/2006
Trois jours en juin
Character:Edmond Valadon
Release Date:19/09/2005
Les Passeurs
Character:Bernard Anthonioz
Release Date:04/10/2004
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
Character:Charles Boisdain
Release Date:25/09/2002
Stolen Tangos
Character:Lamblin / Bastiani
Release Date:18/04/2002
La Boîte
Character:Pierre
Release Date:04/07/2001
Suite en Ré
Character:Louis Roche
Release Date:17/12/2000
Fugue en Ré
Character:Louis Roche
Release Date:02/04/1999
The Best Job in the World
Character:Gauthier
Release Date:11/12/1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Character:Man at the Parliament
Release Date:20/03/1996
The New World
Character:Dr. Carrion
Release Date:22/02/1995
May Wine
Character:Dr. Paul Charmant
Release Date:01/05/1990
Want to Stay Alive
Character:Ottavioni
Release Date:24/02/1990
My New Partner II
Character:Guy Brisson
Release Date:07/02/1990
Have a Nice Night
Character:Commissaire Ottavioni
Release Date:27/01/1990
Try This One for Size
Character:Ottavioni
Release Date:22/09/1989
Un père et passe
Character:Jacques Levasseur
Release Date:09/08/1989
Coupe franche
Character:Favier
Release Date:15/02/1989
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
Character:Bruno
Release Date:04/01/1989
Bonjour l'angoisse
Character:Lambert
Release Date:17/08/1988
L'Île aux oiseaux
Character:Bélisaire
Release Date:27/01/1988
Widow's Walk
Character:Inspector Leroyer
Release Date:02/12/1987
Charlie Dingo
Character:Charlie Dingo
Release Date:07/10/1987
Châteauroux district
Character:Marc, aka Bebop
Release Date:12/08/1987
L'été en pente douce
Character:André Voke
Release Date:29/04/1987
Grand Guignol
Character:Baptiste
Release Date:25/02/1987
La Rumba
Character:Ma pomme
Release Date:18/02/1987
I Hate Actors
Character:Egelhofer
Release Date:10/09/1986
Vaudeville
Character:Gaston
Release Date:19/03/1986
Family Business
Character:Maximilien Faucon
Release Date:19/03/1986
Hold-up
Character:Georges
Release Date:23/10/1985
Le Tueur triste
Character:Simon
Release Date:21/12/1984
Led by the Nose
Character:Romain
Release Date:31/10/1984
Stress
Character:Alex
Release Date:19/09/1984
Petit Con
Character:Bob Choupon
Release Date:18/01/1984
Entre Nous
Character:Michel Korski
Release Date:06/04/1983
Deadly Circuit
Character:The pale man
Release Date:09/03/1983
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Character:Marc Covet
Release Date:14/04/1982
The Under-Gifted In Vacation
Character:Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
Release Date:10/03/1982
Coup de Torchon
Character:Marcel Chavasson
Release Date:04/11/1981
The Inquisitor
Character:Inspector Marcel Belmont
Release Date:23/09/1981
Heat of Desire
Character:Max Moineau - un maquereau
Release Date:29/04/1981
Loulou
Character:André
Release Date:03/09/1980
Swimming Instructor
Character:Marcel
Release Date:28/03/1979
Take It from the Top
Character:Le journaliste
Release Date:09/08/1978
Dear Inspector
Character:Beretti
Release Date:18/01/1978
L'Hôtel de la plage
Character:Hubert Delambre
Release Date:11/01/1978
La Mort amoureuse
Character:Robert
Release Date:16/11/1977
The Big Operator
Character:Marcel
Release Date:27/11/1976
The Honeymoon Trip
Character:Self
Release Date:21/04/1976
The Acrobat
Character:Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
Release Date:10/03/1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Character:Bob Panzani
Release Date:17/02/1976
Cousin, Cousine
Character:Pascal
Release Date:19/11/1975
Musidora
Character:René Cresté
Release Date:29/12/1973
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Character:Sam Golden
Release Date:13/09/1972
Rum Runners
Character:Ronald / The Actor
Release Date:13/10/1971
Christmas at Vaugirard
Character:Self
Release Date:23/12/1966
Television Appearances
Prière d'enquêter
Character:Pierre Maillard
Call My Agent!
Character:Self
Fargas
Character:Fargas
The Red Summer
Character:Capitaine Le Brec
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
Nestor Burma
Character:Nestor Burma
Sueurs froides
Character:Fernand
Le monde est à vous
Character:Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self
Victoires de la musique
Character:Self
L'Homme de Suez
Character:Ferdinand de Lesseps
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
La Voie Jackson
Character:Charlot
Achtung Zoll
Character:L'inspecteur Mathieu
Le Cœur au ventre
Character:Nino Cerreti
Numéro un
Character:Self
Numéro un
Character:Self - Host
Système 2
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Le Pain noir
Character:Darbois
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Midi trente
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Cadet Rousselle
Character:Self
Samedi soir
Character:Self
Dim Dam Dom
Character:Self
Discorama
Character:Self
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