Bourvil
Age: N/A | From: Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
Person Details
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Aliases: André Zacharie Raimbourg , André Bourvil , André Robert Raimbourg , Бурвиль
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
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Movie Involvements: 23
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Midi trente
(1972) Self (archive footage)
Le Cercle Rouge
(1970) Commissioner François Mattei
The Longest Day
(1962) Le maire de Colleville
Lino Ventura, la part intime
(2018) Self (archive footage)
Les Misérables
(1958) Thénardier
Captain Blood
(1960) Baladin Cogolin
The Christmas Tree
(1969) Verdun
The Hunchback of Paris
(1959) PassepoilActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lui-même (archives) | |
| 2022 | Himself (archive) | |
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Himself | |
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lui-même | ||
| Lui-même | ||
| 2009 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2007 | N/A | |
| 1982 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1972 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1971 | N/A | |
| 1970 | Commissioner François Mattei | |
| Léon Duchemin | ||
| William Chaminade | ||
| 1969 | Verdun | |
| Monsieur Dupont | ||
| Anatole | ||
| 1968 | Armand Saint-Just | |
| Jules Auguste Duroc | ||
| 1967 | Judge Henri Arnaud | |
| 1966 | Augustin Bouvet, house painter | |
| Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics | ||
| 1965 | Hector Valentin | |
| Louis Bourdin | ||
| Laland | ||
| Antoine Maréchal | ||
| 1964 | Antoine Perrin | |
| N/A | ||
| 1963 | André Colombey | |
| Georges Lachaunaye | ||
| Pierre Corneille | ||
| M. Albert Gaudet, juge d'instruction | ||
| 1962 | Fendard | |
| Le chanteur à la télévision | ||
| Le maire de Colleville | ||
| 1961 | André Loriot | |
| Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont | ||
| 1960 | Noël Fortunat | |
| Baladin Cogolin | ||
| 1959 | Passepoil | |
| Honoré Haudouin | ||
| Charles Michaud | ||
| 1958 | Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf | |
| Jean Brévent | ||
| Pierre Tardivet | ||
| Thénardier | ||
| 1957 | Bilou | |
| 1956 | Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver | |
| Self | ||
| 1955 | le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis | |
| 1954 | Camille Bouzin | |
| Jérôme Baguindet | ||
| Émile Dupuy | ||
| un gardien de musée | ||
| 1953 | Planchet | |
| Self | ||
| 1952 | Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine | |
| 1951 | Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard | |
| Léon Dutilleul | ||
| 1950 | Isidore Pastouret | |
| Urbain de la Tour-Mirande | ||
| Léon Ménard, le gendarme | ||
| 1949 | Leon Ménard | |
| 1948 | Léon Ménard | |
| Gaston | ||
| 1947 | Léon Ménard | |
| Lui-même | ||
| 1945 | Le bourrelier, le chanteur à la noce | |
| 1943 | N/A | |
| 1942 | Un scientifique | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
