Acting · Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France · Born July 27, 1917
André Robert Raimbourg (27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil, and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in the films Le Corniaud (1965) and La Grande Vadrouille (1966). For his performance in Le Corniaud, he won a Special Diploma at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Bourvil's father was killed in the First World War before he was born. As a result, he spent his entire childhood in the village of Bourville, from which he took his stage name. He married Jeanne Lefrique on 23 January 1943. After a battle with Kahler's syndrome, which attacks the bone marrow, he died at the age of 53. He is buried in Montainville, Yvelines. In his comic performances Bourvil principally played roles of gentle and well-meaning characters who were often a bit obtuse or naïve, such as his roles opposite the hyperactive, dishonest and bossy ones played by Louis de Funès. Bourvil's characters not only managed to make viewers laugh, but also to save themselves, often unwittingly, from the Machiavellian designs of his adversaries. Bourvil was, however, also capable of more dramatic roles such as the handyman in L'Arbre de Noël (1969). In this role he observes the relationship between a man he works for and the young son who has fallen ill. The audience can identify with the character played by Bourvil, just as they can in his comic roles, so often as a simple man. One can also note his role of Monsieur Thénardier in the film adaptation of Les Misérables (1958), and his penultimate role as the policeman Mattei in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle rouge (1970). In March 1948, Bourvil took part in the complete recording of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann with artists of the Paris Opéra-Comique conducted by André Cluytens, playing the four 'servant' roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bourvil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieBourvil : le rire et la tendresse
2025
as Self (Footage Archives)
MovieLes Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLa Traversée de Bourvil
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBelmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
MovieA Night at the Opera
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLino Ventura, la part intime
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBourvil, un homme vrai
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLe Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJean Gabin, le dernier des géants
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBourvil : Bien... si bien
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieComiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self (archive footage)
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
TVMidi trente
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieClodo
1971
as Gaston (uncredited)
MovieLe Cercle Rouge
1970
as Commissioner François Mattei
MovieAtlantic Wall
1970
as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
MovieThe Stud
1970
as William Chaminade
MovieThe Christmas Tree
1969
as Verdun
MovieMonte Carlo or Bust!
1969
as Monsieur Dupont
MovieThe Brain
1969
as Anatole
MovieThe Big Wash
1968
as Armand Saint-Just
MovieThe Hotshots
1968
as Jules Auguste Duroc
MovieLes Arnaud
1967
as Judge Henri Arnaud
MovieDon't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
as Augustin Bouvet
MovieThree Disordered Children
1966
as Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics
MovieThe Wise Guys
1965
as Hector Valentin
MovieThe Big Swag
1965
as Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer
MovieThe Dirty Game
1965
as Lalande
MovieThe Sucker
1965
as Antoine Maréchal
MovieThe Big Scare
1964
MovieLa Bonne Planque
1964
as Antoine Perrin
MovieMy Wife's Husband
1963
as André Colombey
MovieThank Heaven for Small Favors
1963
as Georges Lachaunaye
MovieJosefa's Loot
1963
as Pierre Corneille
MovieDon't Tempt the Devil
1963
as Albert Gaudet, investigating judge
MovieUn clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as Le chanteur à la télévision
MovieLes Culottes rouges
1962
as Fendard
MovieTartarin de Tarascon
1962
as Priest who reinflates the tire of his moped
MovieThe Longest Day
1962
as Mayor of Colleville
MovieThe Busybody
1961
as André Loriot
MovieAll the Gold in the World
1961
as Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont
MovieFortunate
1960
as Noël Fortunat
MovieCaptain Blood
1960
as Baladin Cogolin
MovieThe Hunchback of Paris
1959
as Passepoil
MovieThe Green Mare
1959
as Honoré Haudouin
MovieWay of Youth
1959
as Charles Michaud, père
MovieSerenade of Texas
1958
as Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf
MovieSunday Encounter
1958
as Jean Brévent
MovieThe Mirror Has Two Faces
1958
as Pierre Tardivet
MovieLes Misérables
1958
as Thénardier
MovieThe Singer from Mexico
1957
as Bilou
MovieLa Traversée de Paris
1956
as Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
MovieThe Hussars
1955
as le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis
MovieLe Fil à la patte
1954
as Camille Bouzin, clerc de notaire et auteur de chansonnettes lestes
MovieCadet Rousselle
1954
as Jérôme Baguindet
MovieApril Fools' Day
1954
as Émile Dupuy
MovieRoyal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Museum guard
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1953
as Planchet
MovieOne Hundred Francs Per Second
1953
as Self
MovieCrazy for Love
1952
as Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine
Grrr....
1952
as Lui-même
MovieAlone in Paris
1951
as Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard
MovieMr. Peek-a-Boo
1951
as Léon Dutilleul
MovieThe Prize
1950
as Isidore Pastouret
MovieMiquette
1950
as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
MovieLe Roi Pandore
1950
as Léon Ménard, le gendarme
MovieWear His Heart on His Sleeve
1949
as Leon Ménard
MovieWhite as Snow
1948
as Léon Ménard
MovieBy the Window
1948
as Gaston 'Pilou'
MovieNot So Stupid
1947
as Léon Ménard
Studio en folies
1947
as Self
MovieHanged Man's Farm
1945
as Le bourrelier, le chanteur à la noce
MovieA Star to the Sun
1943
as (uncredited)
MovieSideral Cruises
1942
as Scientist
MovieFoutraque (!)
as himself
