Bourvil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 27, 1917
- Died
- Sep 23, 1970 (aged 53)
- Place of birth
- Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
- Credits
- 78
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.
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Known for
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966Movie
Augustin Bouvet
The Longest Day
1962Movie
Mayor of Colleville
Le Cercle Rouge
1970Movie
Commissioner François Mattei
The Sucker
1965Movie
Antoine Maréchal
La Traversée de Paris
1956Movie
Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
The Brain
1969Movie
Anatole
Filmography
Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse
2025Movie
Self (Footage Archives)
Les Rois de la comédie
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
La Traversée de Bourvil
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022Movie
A Night at the Opera
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bourvil : Bien... si bien
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma
1974TV
Self (archive footage)
Midi trente
1972TV
Self (archive footage)
Clodo
1971Movie
Gaston (uncredited)
Le Cercle Rouge
1970Movie
Commissioner François Mattei
Atlantic Wall
1970Movie
Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
The Stud
1970Movie
William Chaminade
The Christmas Tree
1969Movie
Verdun
Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969Movie
Monsieur Dupont
The Brain
1969Movie
Anatole
The Big Wash
1968Movie
Armand Saint-Just
The Hotshots
1968Movie
Jules Auguste Duroc
Les Arnaud
1967Movie
Judge Henri Arnaud
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966Movie
Augustin Bouvet
Three Disordered Children
1966Movie
Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics
The Wise Guys
1965Movie
Hector Valentin
The Big Swag
1965Movie
Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer
The Dirty Game
1965Movie
Lalande
The Sucker
1965Movie
Antoine Maréchal
The Big Scare
1964Movie
La Bonne Planque
1964Movie
Antoine Perrin
My Wife's Husband
1963Movie
André Colombey
Light-Fingered George
1963Movie
Georges Lachaunaye
Josefa's Loot
1963Movie
Pierre Corneille
Don't Tempt the Devil
1963Movie
Albert Gaudet, investigating judge
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962Movie
Le chanteur à la télévision
Les Culottes rouges
1962Movie
Fendard
Tartarin de Tarascon
1962Movie
Priest who reinflates the tire of his moped
The Longest Day
1962Movie
Mayor of Colleville
The Busybody
1961Movie
André Loriot
All the Gold in the World
1961Movie
Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont
Fortunate
1960Movie
Noël Fortunat
Captain Blood
1960Movie
Baladin Cogolin
The Hunchback of Paris
1959Movie
Passepoil
The Green Mare
1959Movie
Honoré Haudouin
Way of Youth
1959Movie
Charles Michaud, père
Serenade of Texas
1958Movie
Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf
Sunday Encounter
1958Movie
Jean Brévent
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1958Movie
Pierre Tardivet
Les Misérables
1958Movie
Thénardier
The Singer from Mexico
1957Movie
Bilou
La Traversée de Paris
1956Movie
Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
Cinépanorama
1956TV
Self
The Hussars
1955Movie
le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis
Le Fil à la patte
1954Movie
Camille Bouzin, clerc de notaire et auteur de chansonnettes lestes
Cadet Rousselle
1954Movie
Jérôme Baguindet
April Fools' Day
1954Movie
Émile Dupuy
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953Movie
Museum guard
The Three Musketeers
1953Movie
Planchet
One Hundred Francs Per Second
1953Movie
Self
Crazy for Love
1952Movie
Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine
Grrr....
1952Movie
Lui-même
Alone in Paris
1951Movie
Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
1951Movie
Léon Dutilleul
The Prize
1950Movie
Isidore Pastouret
Miquette
1950Movie
Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
Le Roi Pandore
1950Movie
Léon Ménard, le gendarme
Wear His Heart on His Sleeve
1949Movie
Leon Ménard
White as Snow
1948Movie
Léon Ménard
By the Window
1948Movie
Gaston 'Pilou'
Not So Stupid
1947Movie
Léon Ménard
Studio en folies
1947Movie
Self
Hanged Man's Farm
1945Movie
Le bourrelier, le chanteur à la noce
A Star to the Sun
1943Movie
(uncredited)
Sideral Cruises
1942Movie
Scientist
Foutraque (!)
Movie
himself