
Bourvil
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.
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- 2023 · Les Rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · La Traversée de Bourvil as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Lino Ventura, la part intime as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Bourvil, un homme vrai as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Bourvil : Bien... si bien as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Comiques de toujours (Vol. 3 & 4) as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Comiques de toujours, coffret Vol. 1 & 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · Clodo as Gaston (uncredited)
- 1970 · Le Cercle Rouge as Commissioner François Mattei
- 1970 · Atlantic Wall as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
- 1970 · The Stud as William Chaminade
- 1969 · The Christmas Tree as Verdun
- 1969 · Monte Carlo or Bust! as Monsieur Dupont
- 1969 · The Brain as Anatole
- 1968 · The Big Wash as Armand Saint-Just
- 1968 · The Hotshots as Jules Auguste Duroc
- 1967 · Les Arnaud as Judge Henri Arnaud
- 1966 · Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! as Augustin Bouvet, house painter
- 1966 · Three Disordered Children as Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics
- 1965 · The Wise Guys as Hector Valentin
- 1965 · The Big Swag as Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer
- 1965 · The Dirty Game as Lalande
- 1965 · The Sucker as Antoine Maréchal
- 1964 · The Big Scare as
- 1964 · La Bonne Planque as Antoine Perrin
- 1963 · My Wife's Husband as André Colombey
- 1963 · Thank Heaven for Small Favors as Georges Lachaunaye
- 1963 · Josefa's Loot as Pierre Corneille
- 1963 · Don't Tempt the Devil as Albert Gaudet, investigating judge
- 1962 · Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge as Le chanteur à la télévision
- 1962 · Les Culottes rouges as Fendard
- 1962 · Tartarin de Tarascon as Priest who reinflates the tire of his moped
- 1962 · The Longest Day as Mayor of Colleville
- 1961 · The Busybody as André Loriot
- 1961 · All the Gold in the World as Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont
- 1960 · Fortunate as Noël Fortunat
- 1960 · Captain Blood as Baladin Cogolin
- 1959 · The Hunchback of Paris as Passepoil
- 1959 · The Green Mare as Honoré Haudouin
- 1959 · Way of Youth as Charles Michaud
- 1958 · Serenade of Texas as Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf
- 1958 · Sunday Encounter as Jean Brévent
- 1958 · The Mirror Has Two Faces as Pierre Tardivet
- 1958 · Les Misérables as Thénardier
- 1957 · The Singer from Mexico as Bilou
- 1956 · La Traversée de Paris as Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · The Hussars as le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis
- 1954 · Le Fil à la patte as Camille Bouzin
- 1954 · Cadet Rousselle as Jérôme Baguindet
- 1954 · April Fools' Day as Émile Dupuy
- 1954 · Royal Affairs in Versailles as Museum guard
- 1953 · The Three Musketeers as Planchet
- 1953 · One Hundred Francs Per Second as Self
- 1952 · Crazy for Love as Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine
- 1951 · Alone in Paris as Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard
- 1951 · Mr. Peek-a-Boo as Léon Dutilleul
- 1950 · The Prize as Isidore Pastouret
- 1950 · Miquette as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
- 1950 · Le roi Pandore as Léon Ménard, le gendarme
- 1949 · Wear His Heart on His Sleeve as Leon Ménard
- 1948 · White as Snow as Léon Ménard
- 1948 · By the Window as Gaston 'Pilou'
- 1947 · Not So Stupid as Léon Ménard
- 1947 · Studio en folies as Self
- 1945 · Hanged Man's Farm as Le bourrelier, le chanteur à la noce
- 1943 · A Star to the Sun as (uncredited)
- 1942 · Sideral Cruises as Scientist