
André Robert Raimbourg (27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André 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 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. 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 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 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 Opéra-Comique conducted by André Cluytens, playing the four 'servant' roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bourvil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

La Traversée de Bourvil

Belmondo l'incorrigible

Cinépanorama

男たちの掟

大進撃

La Bonne Planque

Lino Ventura, la part intime

仁義

史上最大の作戦

Fortunat

大追跡

大頭脳

La Traversée de Paris

レ・ミゼラブル

Croisières sidérales

Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur

Le Bossu

Si Versailles m'était conté

Le Cœur sur la main

Un drôle de paroissien

La Cuisine au beurre

Le Chanteur de Mexico

Les Culottes rouges

La Grosse Caisse

Blanc comme neige

Le Capitan

Les Rois de la comédie

Les Trois Mousquetaires

Tout l'or du monde

Champs-Elysées

Le Mur de l’Atlantique

Garou-Garou, le passe-muraille

L'Arbre de Noël

Le Miroir à deux faces

Le Trou normand

Un drôle de dimanche

Les Bonnes Causes

Le Rosier de madame Husson

Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants

Bourvil, un homme vrai

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

Le Chemin des écoliers

La Grande Lessive (!)

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Poisson d'avril

Les Hussards

Le Tracassin ou Les Plaisirs de la ville

La Grande Frousse

La Jument verte

Les Cracks

Par la fenêtre

The Dirty Game

Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille

La Ferme du pendu

Miquette et sa mère

Le Roi Pandore

Cent Francs par seconde

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

Le Magot de Josefa

Pas si bête

Les Arnaud

Tartarin de Tarascon

Cadet Rousselle

Trois Enfants... dans le désordre

L'Étalon

Le Fil à la patte

Seul dans Paris

Sérénade au Texas

Clodo

Une étoile au soleil

Bourvil : Bien... si bien

Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse

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