Cast

Bourvil

Acting

Cast

Bourvil

Known for

Acting

Born

1917-07-27

From

Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France

Died

1970-09-23

Also known as André Zacharie Raimbourg, André Bourvil, André Robert Raimbourg

Biography

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.

Bourvil

Bourvil

Biography

The Longest Day

Le Cercle Rouge

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

Miquette

Clodo

The Stud

The Christmas Tree

Fortunate

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Way of Youth

Thank Heaven for Small Favors

The Sucker

The Hotshots

Les Arnaud

The Wise Guys

Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants

Les Misérables

White as Snow

Monte Carlo or Bust!

All the Gold in the World

The Brain

My Wife's Husband

Sideral Cruises

Atlantic Wall

The Dirty Game

Tartarin de Tarascon

The Three Musketeers

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Bourvil, un homme vrai

A Star to the Sun

One Hundred Francs Per Second

Studio en folies

Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse

La Bonne Planque

Foutraque (!)

Three Disordered Children

The Green Mare

La Traversée de Paris

Crazy for Love

The Hunchback of Paris

The Hussars

La Traversée de Bourvil

The Mirror Has Two Faces

Don't Tempt the Devil

Le Fil à la patte

April Fools' Day

Mr. Peek-a-Boo

The Big Scare

The Big Wash

Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur

Sunday Encounter

Captain Blood

The Singer from Mexico

Serenade of Texas

The Big Swag

Les Rois de la comédie

The Busybody

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

Hanged Man's Farm

Cadet Rousselle

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

By the Window

Grrr....

Josefa's Loot

A Night at the Opera

Les Culottes rouges

Alone in Paris

The Prize

Wear His Heart on His Sleeve

Le Roi Pandore

Not So Stupid

Lino Ventura, la part intime

Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille

Bourvil : Bien... si bien