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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 27, 1917
Died
September 23, 1970
Place of Birth
Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
Also Known As
- André Zacharie Raimbourg
- André Bourvil
- André Robert Raimbourg
- Бурвиль
Bourvil
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Self (Footage Archives)
Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse
2025
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
9.0
Self (archive footage)
La Traversée de Bourvil
2022
7.8
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016
5.5
Self (archive footage)
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur
2015
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
2015
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Bourvil : Bien... si bien
2009
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
Credits
Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse
as Self (Footage Archives)
2025
0.0
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.5
La Traversée de Bourvil
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.8
Bourvil, un homme vrai
as Self (archive footage)
2016
6.0
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
as Self (archive footage)
2015
5.5
Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.0
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
as Self (archive footage)
2015
6.0
Bourvil : Bien... si bien
as Self (archive footage)
2009
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2009
6.0
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 3 & 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2008
6.0
Comiques de toujours, coffret Vol. 1 & 2
as Self (archive footage)
2007
6.0
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.3
Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1974
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Midi trente
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Clodo
as Gaston (uncredited)
1971
3.3
Le Cercle Rouge
as Commissioner François Mattei
1970
7.6
Atlantic Wall
as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
1970
6.2
The Stud
as William Chaminade
1970
4.7
The Christmas Tree
as Verdun
1969
6.2
Monte Carlo or Bust!
as Monsieur Dupont
1969
5.8
The Brain
as Anatole
1969
7.3
The Big Wash
as Armand Saint-Just
1968
5.9
The Hotshots
as Jules Auguste Duroc
1968
5.5
Les Arnaud
as Judge Henri Arnaud
1967
5.0
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Augustin Bouvet
1966
7.9
Three Disordered Children
as Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics
1966
4.7
The Wise Guys
as Hector Valentin
1965
7.9
The Big Swag
as Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer
1965
6.4
The Dirty Game
as Lalande
1965
5.5
The Sucker
as Antoine Maréchal
1965
7.4
The Big Scare
1964
5.7
La Bonne Planque
as Antoine Perrin
1964
7.9
My Wife's Husband
as André Colombey
1963
6.6
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
as Georges Lachaunaye
1963
6.6
Josefa's Loot
as Pierre Corneille
1963
5.0
Don't Tempt the Devil
as Albert Gaudet, investigating judge
1963
6.1
Les Culottes rouges
as Fendard
1962
6.5
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Le chanteur à la télévision
1962
5.0
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Priest who reinflates the tire of his moped
1962
4.8
The Longest Day
as Mayor of Colleville
1962
7.6
The Busybody
as André Loriot
1961
5.8
All the Gold in the World
as Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont
1961
6.3
Fortunate
as Noël Fortunat
1960
7.5
Captain Blood
as Baladin Cogolin
1960
6.5
The Hunchback of Paris
as Passepoil
1959
6.7
The Green Mare
as Honoré Haudouin
1959
5.5
Way of Youth
as Charles Michaud
1959
6.0
Serenade of Texas
as Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf
1958
4.2
Sunday Encounter
as Jean Brévent
1958
6.2
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Pierre Tardivet
1958
6.2
Les Misérables
as Thénardier
1958
7.2
The Singer from Mexico
as Bilou
1957
6.5
La Traversée de Paris
as Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
1956
7.3
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Hussars
as le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis
1955
5.8
Le Fil à la patte
as Camille Bouzin
1954
4.5
Cadet Rousselle
as Jérôme Baguindet
1954
4.8
April Fools' Day
as Émile Dupuy
1954
5.8
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Museum guard
1954
6.7
The Three Musketeers
as Planchet
1953
6.3
One Hundred Francs Per Second
as Self
1953
5.3
Crazy for Love
as Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine
1952
6.2
Alone in Paris
as Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard
1951
4.5
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
as Léon Dutilleul
1951
6.2
The Prize
as Isidore Pastouret
1950
6.1
Miquette
as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
1950
5.3
Le Roi Pandore
as Léon Ménard, le gendarme
1950
5.3
Wear His Heart on His Sleeve
as Leon Ménard
1949
6.6
White as Snow
as Léon Ménard
1948
6.4
By the Window
as Gaston 'Pilou'
1948
5.5
Not So Stupid
as Léon Ménard
1947
4.9
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Studio en folies
as Self
1947
8.0
Hanged Man's Farm
as Le bourrelier, le chanteur à la noce
1945
5.5
A Star to the Sun
as (uncredited)
1943
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Sideral Cruises
as Scientist
1942
7.2