Actor
Guy Marchand
May 22, 1937 · Paris, France
Guy Marchand (22 May 1937 – 15 December 2023) was a French actor, musician, and singer. He appeared in over 100 films in over 30 years, but was best known for his role as the fictional television private detective Nestor Burma.
Guy Émile Marchand was born in Paris, 19th arrondissement, the son of a scrap merchant and a housewife and grew up in Belleville, during the Occupation and contracted tuberculosis at the age of ten. Spending time in Sarthe in the country he learned to ride and kept a love of horses throughout his life. In Paris, he regularly went to the Danube cinema. While at the Lycée Voltaire secondary school in Paris he played the clarinet in night clubs in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Notable work
Often works with
Michel Serrault
3 titles together
The Inquisitor, Deadly Circuit, Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Michel Such
3 titles together
The Inquisitor, Deadly Circuit, L'été en pente douce
Philippe Noiret
3 titles together
Coup de Torchon, My New Partner II, Dear Inspector
Jean-Claude Brialy
3 titles together
My New Partner II, Deadly Circuit, Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Gérard Depardieu
3 titles together
The Best Job in the World, Wide Load, Loulou
Ludovic Berthillot
2 titles together
Looking for Teddy, Country Cabaret
Full filmography · 85
La Plus belle pour aller danser
as Jean-Jacques
20236.5
Country Cabaret
as Léo
20225.7
Tout nous sourit
as Henri Pottier
20215.8
La Dernière Partie
as Francis
2021
Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément
as Pierre Maillard
2019
Wide Load
as Le producteur
20194.2
Torn
as Maurice
2019
Looking for Teddy
as Le beau Francis
20185.4
Just to Be Sure
as Bastien Gourmelon
20176.4
Owl You Need Is Love
as Père de Rocky
20165.6
The Easy Way Out
as Francis
20155.1
Calomnies
as Horace
2014