Acting · Paris, France · Born May 22, 1937
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.
MovieLa Plus belle pour aller danser
2023
as Jean-Jacques
MovieCountry Cabaret
2022
as Léo
MovieTout nous sourit
2021
as Henri Pottier
MovieLa Dernière Partie
2021
as Francis
TVPrière d'enquêter
2020
as Pierre Maillard
MoviePrière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
2019
as Pierre Maillard
MovieWide Load
2019
as Le producteur
MovieTorn
2019
as Maurice
MovieLooking for Teddy
2018
as Le beau Francis
MovieJust to Be Sure
2017
as Bastien Gourmelon
MovieOwl You Need Is Love
2016
as Père de Rocky
TVCall My Agent!
2015
as Self
MovieThe Easy Way Out
2015
as Francis
MovieCalomnies
2014
as Horace
MovieThe Dune
2014
as Paolo
La Résidence
2011
as Francis Sudre
MovieUn bébé pour mes 40 ans
2010
as Le père de Béatrice
MovieFamily Tree
2010
as Frédérick Muller
MovieOff and Running
2008
as Pierre Delage
MovieUn crime très populaire
2008
as Mario Venturi
MovieAfter Him
2007
as Francois
MovieIn Paris
2006
as Mirko
MoviePaid
2006
as Giuseppe
MovieLa Fille du chef
2006
as Edmond Martin
MovieTrois jours en juin
2005
as Edmond Valadon
MovieLes Passeurs
2004
as Bernard Anthonioz
TVFargas
2003
as Fargas
MovieMy Wife's Name Is Maurice
2002
as Charles Boisdain
TVThe Red Summer
2002
as Capitaine Le Brec
Stolen Tangos
2002
as Lamblin / Bastiani
MovieLa Boîte
2001
as Pierre
MovieSuite en Ré
2000
as Louis Roche
MovieFugue en Ré
1999
as Louis Roche
TVVivement dimanche
1998
as Self
MovieThe Best Job in the World
1996
as Gauthier
MovieBeaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
as Man at the Parliament
MovieThe New World
1995
as Dr. Carrion
TVNestor Burma
1991
as Nestor Burma
MovieMay Wine
1990
as Dr. Paul Charmant
MovieWant to Stay Alive
1990
as Ottavioni
MovieMy New Partner II
1990
as Guy Brisson
MovieHave a Nice Night
1990
as Commissaire Ottavioni
MovieTry This One for Size
1989
as Ottavioni
MovieUn père et passe
1989
as Jacques Levasseur
MovieCoupe franche
1989
as Favier
MovieThe Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
1989
as Bruno
MovieBonjour l'angoisse
1988
as Lambert
TVSueurs froides
1988
as Fernand
MovieL'Île aux oiseaux
1988
as Bélisaire
MovieWidow's Walk
1987
as Inspector Leroyer
MovieCharlie Dingo
1987
as Charlie Dingo
TVLe monde est à vous
1987
as Self
TVNulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self
Châteauroux district
1987
as Marc, aka Bebop
MovieL'été en pente douce
1987
as André Voke
MovieGrand Guignol
1987
as Baptiste
MovieLa Rumba
1987
as Ma pomme
MovieI Hate Actors
1986
as Egelhofer
MovieFamily Business
1986
as Maximilien Faucon
Vaudeville
1986
as Gaston
TVVictoires de la musique
1985
as Self
MovieHold-up
1985
as Georges
MovieLe Tueur triste
1984
as Simon
MovieLed by the Nose
1984
as Romain
MovieStress
1984
as Alex
TVL'Homme de Suez
1984
as Ferdinand de Lesseps
MoviePetit Con
1984
as Bob Choupon
MovieEntre Nous
1983
as Michel Korski
MovieDeadly Circuit
1983
as The pale man
MovieNestor Burma, détective de choc
1982
as Marc Covet
MovieLes Sous-Doués En Vacances
1982
as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
Le Syndrome de Cendrillon
1981
as Marc
MovieCoup de Torchon
1981
as Marcel Chavasson
MovieThe Inquisitor
1981
as Inspector Marcel Belmont
MovieHeat of Desire
1981
as Max Moineau - un maquereau
TVLa Voie Jackson
1981
as Charlot
MovieLoulou
1980
as André
TVAchtung Zoll
1980
as L'inspecteur Mathieu
MovieSwimming Instructor
1979
as Marcel
MovieTake It from the Top
1978
as Le journaliste
MovieDear Inspector
1978
as Beretti
MovieL'Hôtel de la plage
1978
as Hubert Delambre
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieLa Mort amoureuse
1977
as Robert
MovieThe Big Operator
1976
as Marcel
TVLe Cœur au ventre
1976
as Nino Cerreti
MovieThe Honeymoon Trip
1976
as Self
MovieThe Acrobat
1976
as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'
MovieLet's Make a Dirty Movie
1976
as Bob Panzani
MovieCousin, Cousine
1975
as Pascal
TVNuméro un
1975
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
TVLe Pain noir
1974
as Darbois
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self
MovieMusidora
1973
as René Cresté
MovieA Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972
as Sam Golden
TVMidi trente
1972
as Self
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
TVCadet Rousselle
1971
as Self
MovieRum Runners
1971
as Ronald / The Actor
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
MovieChristmas at Vaugirard
1966
as Self
TVDim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
MovieThe Longest Day
1962
as Parachutist (uncredited)
TVDiscorama
1959
as Self
