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Bourvil
Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
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 co…
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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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2025
Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse
Movie Self (Footage Archives)
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2023
Les Magnifiques sauvages
Movie Music
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2023
Les Rois de la comédie
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
La Traversée de Bourvil
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2022
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2020
A Night at the Opera
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Bourvil : Bien... si bien
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1974
Spécial cinéma
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1972
Midi trente
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1971
Clodo
Movie Gaston (uncredited)
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1970
Le Cercle Rouge
Movie Commissioner François Mattei
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1970
Atlantic Wall
Movie Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
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1970
The Stud
Movie William Chaminade
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1969
The Christmas Tree
Movie Verdun
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1969
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Movie Monsieur Dupont
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1969
The Brain
Movie Anatole
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1968
The Big Wash
Movie Armand Saint-Just
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1968
The Hotshots
Movie Jules Auguste Duroc
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1967
Les Arnaud
Movie Judge Henri Arnaud
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1966
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Movie Augustin Bouvet
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1966
Three Disordered Children
Movie Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics
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1965
The Wise Guys
Movie Hector Valentin
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1965
The Big Swag
Movie Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer
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1965
The Dirty Game
Movie Lalande
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1965
The Sucker
Movie Antoine Maréchal
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1964
The Big Scare
Movie
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1964
La Bonne Planque
Movie Antoine Perrin
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1963
My Wife's Husband
Movie André Colombey
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1963
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
Movie Georges Lachaunaye
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1963
Josefa's Loot
Movie Pierre Corneille
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1963
Don't Tempt the Devil
Movie Albert Gaudet, investigating judge
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1962
Les Culottes rouges
Movie Fendard
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1962
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Movie Le chanteur à la télévision
