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AndrĂ© Robert Raimbourg (27 July 1917 â 23 September 1970), better known as AndrĂ© 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 FunĂšs 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 theâŠ
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AndrĂ© Robert Raimbourg (27 July 1917 â 23 September 1970), better known as AndrĂ© 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 FunĂšs 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 naĂŻve, such as his roles opposite the hyperactive, dishonest and bossy ones played by Louis de FunĂšs. 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 NoĂ«l (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 ThĂ©nardier in the film adaptation of Les MisĂ©rables (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 OpĂ©ra-Comique conducted by AndrĂ© 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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Bourvil's Filmography
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Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse
as Self (Footage Archives)
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
La Traversée de Bourvil
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
A Night at the Opera
as Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, un homme vrai
as Self (archive footage)
Le Tournage du Corniaud⊠Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil : Bien... si bien
as Self (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 Ă 4)
as Self (archive footage)
Clodo
as Gaston (uncredited)
Le Cercle Rouge
as Commissioner François Mattei
Atlantic Wall
as LĂ©on Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
The Stud
as William Chaminade
The Christmas Tree
as Verdun
Monte Carlo or Bust!
as Monsieur Dupont
The Brain
as Anatole
The Big Wash
as Armand Saint-Just
The Hotshots
as Jules Auguste Duroc
Les Arnaud
as Judge Henri Arnaud
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Augustin Bouvet
Three Disordered Children
as EugĂšne Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics
The Wise Guys
as Hector Valentin
The Big Swag
as Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer
The Dirty Game
as Lalande
The Sucker
as Antoine Maréchal
The Big Scare
La Bonne Planque
as Antoine Perrin
My Wife's Husband
as André Colombey
Light-Fingered George
as Georges Lachaunaye
Josefa's Loot
as Pierre Corneille
Don't Tempt the Devil
as Albert Gaudet, investigating judge
Les Culottes rouges
as Fendard
Un clair de Lune Ă Maubeuge
as Le chanteur à la télévision
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Priest who reinflates the tire of his moped
The Longest Day
as Mayor of Colleville
The Busybody
as André Loriot
All the Gold in the World
as Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont
Fortunate
as Noël Fortunat
Captain Blood
as Baladin Cogolin
The Hunchback of Paris
as Passepoil
The Green Mare
as Honoré Haudouin
Way of Youth
as Charles Michaud, pĂšre
Serenade of Texas
as Me JĂ©rĂŽme Quilleboeuf
Sunday Encounter
as Jean Brévent
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Pierre Tardivet
Les Misérables
as Thénardier
The Singer from Mexico
as Bilou
La Traversée de Paris
as Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
The Hussars
as le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis
Le Fil Ă la patte
as Camille Bouzin, clerc de notaire et auteur de chansonnettes lestes
Cadet Rousselle
as JĂ©rĂŽme Baguindet
April Fools' Day
as Ămile Dupuy
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Museum guard
The Three Musketeers
as Planchet
One Hundred Francs Per Second
as Self
Crazy for Love
as Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine
No Poster
Grrr....
as Lui-mĂȘme
Alone in Paris
as Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
as LĂ©on Dutilleul
The Prize
as Isidore Pastouret
Miquette
as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
Le Roi Pandore
as LĂ©on MĂ©nard, le gendarme
Wear His Heart on His Sleeve
as Leon MĂ©nard
White as Snow
as LĂ©on MĂ©nard
By the Window
as Gaston 'Pilou'
Not So Stupid
as LĂ©on MĂ©nard
No Poster
Studio en folies
as Self
Hanged Man's Farm
as Le bourrelier, le chanteur Ă la noce
A Star to the Sun
as (uncredited)
Sideral Cruises
as Scientist
Foutraque (!)
as himself