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Nationality
French
Name
Andre Robert Raimbourg
Occupation
actor, comedian
Birth Name
Andre Bourvil
Years active
1941–1970
Role
Actor
Born
27 July 1917 (
1917-07-27
)
Pretot-Vicquemare, France
Died
September 23, 1970, Paris, France
Spouse
Jeanne Lefrique (m. 1943–1970)
Movies
La Grande Vadrouille, The Sucker, Four Bags Full, The Brain, The Red Circle
[360/VR Video] Balade dans le village de Bourvil à 360°
André Bourvil, born André Robert Raimbourg ([ɑ̃dʁe buʁˈvil]; 27 July 1917, Prétot-Vicquemare, France – 23 September 1970, Paris), often known 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.
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, the name of which inspired 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.
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 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 last 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.
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″
Filmography
Actor
1971
Clodo as
Gaston (uncredited)
1970
The Red Circle as
Le Commissaire Francois Mattei (as André Bourvil)
1970
Le mur de l'Atlantique as
Léon Duchemin
1970
L'étalon as
William Chaminade
1969
The Christmas Tree as
Verdun
1969
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies as
Monsieur Dupont
1969
The Brain as
Anatole
1968
La grande lessive (!) as
Armand Saint Just
1968
Les cracks as
Jules Auguste Duroc
1967
Les Arnaud as
Le juge Henri Arnaud
1966
La Grande Vadrouille as
Augustin Bouvet
1966
Trois enfants... dans le désordre as
Eugène Laporte
1965
The Wise Guys as
Hector Valentin
1965
La grosse caisse as
Louis Bourdin alias Louis Le Normand
1965
The Secret Agents as
Lalande
1965
Le majordome as
Le vrai fiancé (uncredited)
1965
La bonne planque (TV Movie) as
Antoine
1965
The Sucker as
Antoine Maréchal
1964
The Big Scare as
Inspecteur Simon Triquet
1963
My Wife's Husband as
André Colombey - un restaurateur normand
1963
Le magot de Josefa as
Pierre Corneille
1963
Un drôle de paroissien as
Georges Lachaunaye
1963
Don't Tempt the Devil as
Albert Gaudet
1962
Les culottes rouges as
Fendard
1962
Un clair de lune à Maubeuge as
Le chanteur à la télévision
1962
Tartarin de Tarascon as
Le curé qui regonfle le pneu de son vélomoteur
1962
The Longest Day as
Mayor of Colleville
1961
Le tracassin ou Les plaisirs de la ville as
André Loriot
1961
Tout l'or du monde as
Dumont and his sons: Mathieu, 'Toine, Martial
1961
Dans la gueule du loup as
Un drogué
1960
Fortunat as
Noël Fortunat
1960
Captain Blood as
Cogolin
1959
Le Bossu as
Passepoil
1959
The Green Mare as
Honoré Haudouin
1959
Le chemin des écoliers as
Charles Michaud
1958
Sérénade au Texas as
Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf
1958
Un drôle de dimanche as
Jean Brévent
1958
The Mirror Has Two Faces as
Pierre Tardivet
1958
Les Misérables as
Thénardier
1956
Le chanteur de Mexico as
Bilou
1956
The Crossing of Paris as
Marcel Martin
1955
The Hussars as
Flicot - le trompette
1954
Le fil à la patte as
Bouzin
1954
Cadet Rousselle as
Jérôme Baguindet
1954
April Fools' Day as
Émile Dupuy
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles as
Un gardien de musée
1953
The Three Musketeers as
Planchet
1952
Grrr.... (Short)
1952
Cent francs par seconde as
André Bourvil
1952
Crazy for Love as
Hippolyte Lemoine
1951
Seul dans Paris as
Henri Milliard
1951
Mr. Peek-a-Boo as
Léon Dutilleul
1950
The Prize as
Isidore Pastouret
1950
Miquette as
Urbain de la Tour Mirande
1950
Le roi Pandore as
Léon Ménard
1948
Le coeur sur la main as
Leon Ménard - le bedeau d'un village normand qui devient vedette de cabaret
1948
Blanc comme neige as
Léon Ménard
1948
Par la fenêtre as
Pilou
1947
Studio en folies (Short) as
André Bourvil
1946
Pas si bête as
Lèon Ménard
1945
La ferme du pendu as
Le bourrelier
1943
Une étoile au soleil (uncredited)
1942
Croisières sidérales as
Un scientifique (as Alain Grimor)
Writer
1952
Grrr.... (Short)
Music Department
1946
Pas si bête (songs by)
Soundtrack
2021
Chansons! (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- L' Amour (2021) - (performer: "La Tendresse")
2021
Albatros (lyrics: "La Tactique du Gendarme")
2020
La nuit des Molières (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- 32e nuit des Molières (2020) - (performer: "C'était Bien (Le p'tit Bal Perdu)")
2013
Tenderness (performer: "La Tendresse")
2009
Drôle d'histoire (Short) (lyrics: "La Rumba du Pinceau") / (performer: "La Rumba du Pinceau")
La chance aux chansons (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Du Front populaire aux années noires (1999) - (lyrics: "Les Crayons")
1989
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (performer: "Mets tes Petits Souliers")
1989
Inéditos (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Homenaje a Gardel (1989) - (performer: "C'est du nanan")
1974
Vive la France (Documentary) (performer: "En Revenant de la Revue")
1968
La grande lessive (!) (performer: "Petit Agneau")
1966
Le palmarès des chansons (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Georges Guétary (1966) - (performer: "La Vie de Bohème")
1963
Le magot de Josefa (performer: "Un Air de Jeunesse")
1962
Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (performer: "Un Clair de Lune à Maubeuge")
1961
Rendez-vous avec Bourvil (TV Movie) (performer: "Joli, Joli Mois de Mai", "Tout l'Monde Peut se Tromper", "Ma P'tit' Chanson", "Je Fais ce que tu Veux", "Au Jardin du Temps Passé", "T'Épier", "C'était Bien (Le p'tit Bal Perdu)")
1961
Tout l'or du monde (performer: "La Chanson des Moutons")
1960
Captain Blood (performer: "Baladin", "Pour se Parler d'Amour")
1959
Le chemin des écoliers (lyrics: "Le Chemin des Écoliers") / (performer: "Le Chemin des Écoliers")
1956
Le chanteur de Mexico (performer: "Quand on est deux Amis")
1954
April Fools' Day (performer: "Aragon et Castille")
1954
La joie de vivre (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Georges Guétary (1954) - (performer: "La Vie de Bohème")
1953
Trois hommes et un piano (Short) (lyrics: "En Nourrice")
1952
Crazy for Love (performer: "Les Enfants Fan Fan")
1950
The Prize (lyrics: "Le Grand Dindon Blanc") / (performer: "Le Grand Dindon Blanc")
1950
Le roi Pandore (lyrics: "La Tactique du Gendarme") / (performer: "La Tactique du Gendarme")
1948
Le coeur sur la main (lyrics: "Sous la Lune", "Mais quand j'Entends l'Accordéon", "Chanson Anglaise") / (performer: "Sous la Lune", "Mais quand j'Entends l'Accordéon", "Le Super Swing", "Chanson Anglaise")
1948
Blanc comme neige (lyrics: "C'est l'Piston") / (performer: "C'est l'Piston")
1948
Par la fenêtre (lyrics: "La Rumba du Pinceau") / (performer: "La Rumba du Pinceau")
1947
Studio en folies (Short) (lyrics: "Timichiné La Pou-Pou", "Houpetta La Bella") / (performer: "Timichiné La Pou-Pou", "Houpetta La Bella")
1946
Pas si bête (lyrics: "Quand Même", "Les Hirondelles", "Il a Suffi d'un Hasard", "Pour sûr, qu'est-ce que tu Dis ?") / (performer: "Quand Même", "Les Hirondelles", "Il a Suffi d'un Hasard", "Pour sûr, qu'est-ce que tu Dis ?")
1945
La ferme du pendu (lyrics: "Les Crayons") / (performer: "Les Crayons")
Thanks
1971
Love Hate (dedicatee)
Self
1970
Visages du cinéma (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Bourvil et le cas Mocky (1970) - Self
1969
Sacha show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 10 December 1969 (1969) - Self
1968
Paris aktuell (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode #1.5 (1968) - Self
1967
Monsieur Cinéma (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 11 December 1967 (1967) - Self
1965
Cinéma (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 October 1967 (1967) - Self
- Episode dated 29 June 1967 (1967) - Self
- Episode dated 27 November 1965 (1965) - Self
1966
Le palmarès des chansons (TV Series) as
Self
- Georges Guétary (1966) - Self
1958
Reflets de Cannes (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 May 1966 (1966) - Self
- Episode dated 11 May 1958 (1958) - Self
1965
Grand écran (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Le Corniaud, Tous les enfants du monde (1965) - Self (as André Bourvil)
1956
Cinépanorama (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 19 December 1964 (1964) - Self
- Episode dated 15 June 1963 (1963) - Self
- Episode dated 25 September 1956 (1956) - Self
1964
Reflets du temps passé (Short) as
Self
1962
Dans la vie faut pas s'en faire (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1961
Voeux à tous vents (TV Movie) as
Self
1961
Rendez-vous avec Bourvil (TV Movie) as
Self
1961
Les échos du cinéma (TV Series short) as
Self
1960
Réveillon surprise (TV Special) as
Self
1960
Toute la chanson (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 October 1960 (1960) - Self
- Episode dated 25 April 1960 (1960) - Self
1959
Les joies de la vie (TV Series) as
Self
- Colette Renard (1959) - Self
1959
Continents sans visa (TV Series documentary) as
Self
1959
Gala de l'union (TV Series) as
Self
- 29ème gala de l'union des artistes (1959) - Self
1958
Trente-Six Chandelles (TV Series) as
Self
- Les grandes familles de Trente-Six chandelles: L'automobile (1958) - Self
1954
La joie de vivre (TV Series) as
Self - Performer
- Georges Guétary (1954) - Self - Performer
1953
Étoiles au soleil (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2024
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression Le Cercle Rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville (2024)
2024
Filmer la résistance: de La bataille du rail à Papy fait de la résistance (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2023
Beau geste (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Self
2022
La traversée de Bourvil (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2022
Belmondo L'Incorrigible (TV Movie documentary) as
Jean Brévent / Anatole
2022
Les 100 vies de Francis Blanche (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2022
Fantômas démasqué (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2021
Louis de Funès, champion du box office (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2021
Chansons! (TV Mini Series) as
Self - Singer
- L' Amour (2021) - Self - Singer
2021
Rembob'Ina (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- François Chalais (2021) - Self
2020
ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- La télé du général (2020) - Self
2020
A Night at the Opera (Documentary short) as
Self
2020
My Father's Stories as
Self (uncredited)
2020
Madelen, elle est tellement tout ça (TV Series documentary short) as
Self
- Michel Drucker (2020) - Self
- Dany Boon (2020) - Self
2020
La folle aventure de Louis de Funès (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2013
Un jour, un destin (TV Series documentary) as
Self / Various roles
- Gérard Oury, le roi de la comédie (2020) - Self
- André Bourvil, la rage de vaincre (2013) - Self / Various roles
2020
Le fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (Documentary)
2019
Le temps des nababs (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Les audacieux (2019) - Self
2019
Les Chroniques du Mea (TV Series) as
Self
- Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'or (1961) (2019) - Self
2018
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2018
Lino Ventura, la part intime (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2017
Un Français nommé Gabin (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2016
Bourvil, un homme vrai (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2016
Le grand show (TV Series) as
Self
- Le Grand Show fête le Cinéma (2016) - Self
2016
Duels (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Comédien
- Paris - Province, une rivalité capitale (2016) - Self - Comédien
2014
De Funès: 100 ans de rire (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2013
Il était une fois... (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self / Various characters
- Louis de Funès (2013) - Self / Various characters
2011
Germaine Damar - Der tanzende Stern (TV Movie documentary)
2011
Vivement dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Bourvil (2011) - Self
2010
On a tous quelque chose de Bourvil (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2010
Qui est-ce? (TV Series short) as
Noël Fortunat
- Frédéric Mitterrand (2010) - Noël Fortunat
2010
Nous nous sommes tant aimés (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Bourvil (2010) - Self
2009
La grande anthologie de l'humour (TV Series) as
Self
2007
Louis de Funès intime (Documentary) as
Marcel Martin / Antoine Maréchal / Augustin Bouvet (uncredited)
2005
La légende (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Bourvil - L'homme qui fait l'artiste (2005) - Self
2005
C'est au programme (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 May 2005 (2005) - Self
2003
Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (TV Movie documentary) as
Augustin Bouvet (uncredited)
2003
Louis de Funès, la comédie humaine (TV Special documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2001
Fantômas 70 (Video documentary) as
Passepoil
2001
La case de l'oncle Doc (TV Series documentary) as
Hector Valentin
- La route des 'Grandes gueules' (2001) - Hector Valentin
1984
Champs-Elysées (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 October 1984 (1984) - Self
1982
Bourvil, un éclat de rire (TV Movie documentary) as