Bourvil
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André Bourvil | |
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![]() Bourvil in 1967 | |
Born | André Robert Raimbourg 27 July 1917 Prétot-Vicquemare, France |
Died | 23 September 1970 Paris, France | (aged 53)
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Years active | 1941–1970 |
Children | Philippe Raimbourg Dominique Raimbourg |
André Robert Raimbourg (French pronunciation:
Biography
His father was killed in the First World War before Bourvil 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.[2] He is buried in Montainville, Yvelines.
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Career
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
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.
Filmography
- 1942: Sideral Cruises as Extra (uncredited)
- 1943: Une étoile au soleil
- 1945: La Ferme du penduas Saddler
- 1946: Not So Stupid as Léon Ménard
- 1947: Le Studio en folie as himself
- 1947: Par la fenêtre as Pilou
- 1948: White as Snow as Léon Ménard
- 1948: The Heart on the Sleeve as Léon Ménard
- 1949: King Pandora as Léon Ménard
- 1950: Miquette as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
- 1950: The Prize as Isidore Pastouret
- 1951: Mr. Peek-a-Boo as Léon Dutilleul
- 1951: Alone in Paris as Henri Milliard
- 1952: Crazy for Love as Hippolyte Lemoine
- 1953: A Hundred Francs a Second as himself
- 1953: The Three Musketeers as Planchet
- 1954: Royal Affairs in Versailles (directed by Sacha Guitry) as Versailles Museum Guide
- 1954: Poisson d'avril as Émile Dupuy
- 1954: Cadet Rousselle as Jérôme Baguindet
- 1954: Le Fil à la patte as Bouzin
- 1955: Les Hussards as Flicot
- 1956: La Traversée de Paris as Marcel Martin
- 1956: The Singer from Mexico as Bilou
- 1958: Thénardier
- 1958: Le Miroir à deux faces as Pierre Tardivet
- 1958: Un drôle de dimancheas Jean Brévent
- 1958: Sérénade au Texas] as Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf
- 1959: Le chemin des écoliersas Charles Michaud
- 1959: The Green Mare (La Jument verte) as Honoré Haudouin
- 1959: Le Bossu as Passepoil
- 1960: Le Capitan as Cogolin
- 1960: Fortunat as Noël Fortunat
- 1961: Dans la gueule du loup as Drugged Man
- 1961: All the Gold in the World as Dumont and his sons: Mathieu, 'Toine, Martial
- 1961: Le Tracassin ou les plaisirs de la ville ("The Busybody", Alex Joffé) as André Loriot
- 1962: Colleville-sur-Orne
- 1962: Tartarin of Tarascon as Priest
- 1962: Un clair de lune à Maubeugeas Television Singer
- 1962: Les Culottes rouges as Fendard
- 1963: Les Bonnes Causesas Albert Gaudet
- 1963: Un drôle de paroissienas Georges Lachaunaye
- 1963: Le Magot de Josepha as Pierre Corneille
- 1963: La Cuisine au beurre as André Colombey
- 1964: La Grande Frousse as Inspector Simon Triquet
- 1965: Le Corniaud (The Sucker) (directed by Gérard Oury) as Antoine Maréchal
- 1965: Le Majordome as True Groom (uncredited)
- 1965: Guerre secrèteas Lalande
- 1965: La Grosse Caisse as Louis Bourdin
- 1965: The Wise Guys as Hector Valentin
- 1966: Trois enfants dans le désordre as Eugène Laporte
- 1966: La Grande Vadrouille (directed by Gérard Oury) as Augustin Bouvet
- 1967: Les Arnaud as Le juge Henri Arnaud
- 1968: Les Cracks as Jules Auguste Duroc
- 1968: La Grande Lessive as Armand Saint-Just
- 1969: Le Cerveau (directed by Gérard Oury) as Anatole
- 1969: Monte Carlo or Bust (Gonflés à bloc) (directed by Ken Annakin) as Monsieur Dupont
- 1969: The Christmas Tree (L'Arbre de Noël), (directed by Terence Young) as Verdun
- 1970: L'Étalon (directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky) as William Chaminade
- 1970: Le Mur de l'Atlantique (Atlantic Wall) directed by Marcel Camusas Léon Duchemin
- 1970: Le Cercle rouge directed by Jean-Pierre Melvilleas Le Commissaire Mattei
- 1971: Clodo as Gaston (final film role)
Songs
Nearly 300, among which the best known are:
- "La tendresse"
- "Salade de fruits"
- "Les crayons"
- "La Tactique du gendarme" (from the film Le roi Pandore)
- "Ballade irlandaise"
- "Un clair de lune à Maubeuge"
- "Petit bal perdu" (C'était bien)
- "Ma p'tite chanson"
- "Je t'aime moi non plus" (humouristic version), in duet with Jacqueline Maillan
References
- ^ "4th Moscow International Film Festival (1965)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ Philippe Crocq; Jean Mareska (2006). Bourvil. De rire et de tendresse (in French). Éditions Privat. p. 12.
External links
- Bourvil at IMDb
French links
- Biography Site Archived 4 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Bourvil on Encinematheque