Actors - Bourvil

	Actors - Bourvil

Bourvil, a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in La Grande Vadrouille
(1966), was born André Zacharie Raimbourg (July 27, 1917, Prétot-Vicquemare, France). He died September 23,1970 in Paris, of Kahler's syndrome.

Biography

When Bourvil was very young his father died, and he spent his entire childhood in the village of Bourville, the name of which inspired his stage name. He married Jeanne Lefrique on January 23, 1943. After a battle with Kahler's syndrome, which attacks the bone marrow, he died at the age of 53. He is buried in Mountainville (Yvelines).

His roles

In his comic performances Bourvil principally played roles of gentle and well-meaning characters who were often a bit obtuse or naive, such as his roles opposite the energetic Louis de Funès. Bourvil's well-meaning characters not only managed to make us laugh but also to save themselves from the Machiavellian designs of adversaries played by de Funès.

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 Thénardier in the film adaptation of Misérables (1957)).

Filmography

1941 : Croisières sidérales
1945 : la Ferme du pendu
1946 : Pas si bête
1947 : le Studio en folie
1947 : Par la fenêtre
1947 : Blanc comme neige
1948 : le Cœur sur la main
1949 : le Roi Pandore
1949 : Miquette et sa mère
1950 : le Rosier de madame Husson
1950 : le Passe-Muraille (film, 1950)
1951 : Seul dans Paris
1952 : le Trou normand
1952 : Cent francs par seconde
1953 : les Trois Mousquetaires
1954 : Si Versailles m'était conté ..., (Sacha Guitry
)
1954 : Poisson d'avril
1954 : Cadet-Rousselle
1954 : le Fil à la patte
1955 : les Hussards
1956 : la Traversée de Paris
1956 : le Chanteur de Mexico

1957 : les Misérables

1958 : le Miroir à deux faces

1958 : Sérénade au Texas
1958 : Un drôle de dimanche
1959 : le Chemin des écoliers
1959 : le Bossu
1959 : la Jument verte
1960 : le Capitan
1960 : Fortunat
1961 : Tout l'or du monde
1961 : Le Tracassin ou les plaisirs de la ville ("The Busybody", Alex Joffé)
1962 : les Culottes rouges
1962 : les Bonnes Causes
1963 : le Magot de Josepha
1963 : Un drôle de paroissien
1963 : la Cuisine au beurre
1963 : le Jour le plus long
1964 : la Grande Frousse
1964 : le Corniaud ("The Sucker", Gérard Oury)
1965 : Guerre secrète
1965 : la Grosse Caisse
1965 : les Grandes Gueules
1966 : la Grande Vadrouille (Gérard Oury)
1966 : Trois enfants dans le désordre
1967 : les Arnaud
1967 : les Cracks
1968 : la Grande Lessive
1968 : Gonflés à bloc
1968 : le Cerveau
1969 : l'Arbre de Noël
1969 : l'Étalon
1970 : le Cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville)
1970 : le Mur de l'Atlantique

Songs

Nearly 300, among which the best now 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

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