Bourvil
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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Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

Les Misérables

Les Rois de la comédie

Le Cercle Rouge

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

The Sucker

The Longest Day

Way of Youth

The Brain

Atlantic Wall

Thank Heaven for Small Favors

Monte Carlo or Bust!

The Big Wash

Miquette

Fortunate

The Singer from Mexico

The Three Musketeers

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants

My Wife's Husband

La Traversée de Paris

Mr. Peek-a-Boo

The Green Mare

April Fools' Day

The Big Swag

Sideral Cruises

Don't Tempt the Devil

The Hunchback of Paris

The Christmas Tree

A Star to the Sun

Captain Blood

The Wise Guys

The Hotshots

Sunday Encounter

The Stud

All the Gold in the World

Cadet Rousselle

The Mirror Has Two Faces

Crazy for Love

The Big Scare

The Hussars

Not So Stupid

Les Culottes rouges

By the Window

Les Arnaud

White as Snow

Wear His Heart on His Sleeve

Serenade of Texas

Josefa's Loot

The Prize

Le Roi Pandore

Three Disordered Children

The Dirty Game

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 3 & 4)

Comiques de toujours, coffret Vol. 1 & 2

Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur

La Traversée de Bourvil

The Busybody

Tartarin de Tarascon

Clodo

One Hundred Francs Per Second

Le Fil à la patte

Alone in Paris
Studio en folies

La Bonne Planque

Hanged Man's Farm

Bourvil : Bien... si bien

Lino Ventura, la part intime

Bourvil, un homme vrai

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille

Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse

Spécial cinéma
Midi trente

Champs-Elysées

Cinépanorama
