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Guy Marchand

Guy Marchand

Actor, also composer · Died December 15, 2023, aged 86 · Paris, France

Guy Marchand (22 May 1937 – 15 December 2023) was a French actor, musician, and singer. He appeared in over 100 films in over 30 years, but was best known for his role as the fictional television private detective Nestor Burma. Guy Émile Marchand was born in Paris, 19th arrondissement, the son of a scrap merchant and a housewife and grew up in Belleville, during the Occupation and contracted tuberculosis at the age of ten. Spending time in Sarthe in the country he learned to ride and kept a love of horses throughout his life. In Paris, he regularly went to the Danube cinema. While at the Lycée Voltaire secondary school in Paris he played the clarinet in night clubs in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. His military service was in an airborne troops division at the École des troupes aéroportées (BETAP) in Pau, becoming a sous-lieutenant – parachutist. He was assigned to the 3rd foreign infantry regiment as liaison officier during the Algerian war. As a parachute officer he was an advisor for the film Le Jour le plus long and entered the world of cinema. He made around 60 parachute jumps in his life. His first success however was as a crooner, with a popular hit of 1965 La Passionata, followed by other albums and singles. His film career mainly saw him in supporting roles; an inspector opposite Lino Ventura in Garde à vue, by Claude Miller won him a César in 1982 and the same year he was in Nestor Burma, détective de choc, by Jean-Luc Miesch, where Michel Serrault took the title role, but which Marchand later interpreted for over ten years in the television series Nestor Burma. Other important roles included Coup de torchon by Bertrand Tavernier (1981), with Philippe Noiret, Cousin, Cousine, by Jean-Charles Tacchella (1975), and a cynical provincial garage man in L'été en pente douce, by Gérard Krawczyk (1987). He published an autobiography entitled Le Guignol des Buttes-Chaumont in 2007 in which he wrote of his childhood, experiences in Algeria, his singing career and love for cars. Marchand died in Cavaillon on 15 December 2023, at the age of 86. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Guy Marchand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
May 22, 1937
Died
December 15, 2023 (aged 86)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor, also composer
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 90 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 4% in 30 days

What are Guy Marchand's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Self
23%
Morality
21%
Power
11%
Survival
6%
Society
6%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 6 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 14 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 12

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 13 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 8
Shadow
3 of 8
Threshold guardian
1 of 8
Hero
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Joyful
8
Absurd
10
Warm
8
Melancholic
5
Other
13

How their films linger

Feel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Guy Marchand's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Guy Marchand's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

90 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • La Plus belle pour aller danser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Jean-Jacques

  • Country Cabaret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Léo

  • Tout nous sourit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Henri Pottier

  • La Dernière Partie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Francis

  • Prière d'enquêter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pierre Maillard

  • Prière d'enquêter : Elli et Clément (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Pierre Maillard

  • Heavy Duty(2019)

    as Le producteur

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Torn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Maurice

  • Looking for Teddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Le beau Francis

  • Just to Be Sure(2017)

    as Bastien Gourmelon

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Hibou(2016)

    as Père de Rocky

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Easy Way Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Francis

  • Paris-Willouby(2015)

    as Le policier âgé

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Calomnies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Horace

  • The Dune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Paolo

  • La Résidence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Francis Sudre

  • Un bébé pour mes 40 ans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Le père de Béatrice

  • Family Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Frédérick Muller

  • Off and Running (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Pierre Delage

  • Un crime très populaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Mario Venturi

  • After Him (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Francois

  • In Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Mirko

  • Paid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Giuseppe

  • La Fille du chef (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Edmond Martin

  • Trois jours en juin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Edmond Valadon

  • Les Passeurs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Bernard Anthonioz

  • Fargas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 5 episodes · as Fargas

  • My Wife Maurice(2002)

    as Charles Boisdain

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Red Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 5 episodes · as Capitaine Le Brec

  • Stolen Tangos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Lamblin / Bastiani

  • La Boîte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Pierre

  • Suite en Ré (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Louis Roche

  • Fugue en Ré (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Louis Roche

  • The Best Job in the World(1996)

    as Gauthier

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Man at the Parliament

  • The New World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Dr. Carrion

  • Nestor Burma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 39 episodes · as Nestor Burma

  • May Wine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Dr. Paul Charmant

  • Want to Stay Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Ottavioni

  • My New Partner at the Races(1990)

    as Guy Brisson

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Have a Nice Night(1990)

    as Commissaire Ottavioni

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Try This One for Size(1989)

    as Ottavioni

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Un père et passe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Jacques Levasseur

  • Coupe franche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Favier

  • The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Bruno

  • Bonjour l'angoisse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Lambert

  • Sueurs froides (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Fernand

  • L'Île aux oiseaux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Bélisaire

  • Widow's Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Inspector Leroyer

  • Charlie Dingo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Charlie Dingo

  • Châteauroux district (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Marc, aka Bebop

  • L'été en pente douce(1987)

    as André Voke

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Grand Guignol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Baptiste

  • La Rumba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Ma pomme

  • I Hate Actors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Egelhofer

  • Family Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Maximilien Faucon

  • Vaudeville (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Gaston

  • Hold-Up(1985)

    as Georges

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Le Tueur triste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Simon

  • Led by the Nose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Romain

  • Stress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Alex

  • L'Homme de Suez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ferdinand de Lesseps

  • Petit Con (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Bob Choupon

  • Entre Nous(1983)

    as Michel Korski

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Deadly Circuit(1983)

    as The pale man

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Santa Claus Is a Stinker(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Nestor Burma, détective de choc(1982)

    as Marc Covet

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Les sous-doués en vacances(1982)

    as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Le Syndrome de Cendrillon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Marc

  • Coup de torchon(1981)

    as Marcel Chavasson

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Grilling(1981)

    as Inspector Marcel Belmont

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Heat of Desire(1981)

    as Max Moineau - un maquereau

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • La Voie Jackson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 3 episodes · as Charlot

  • Loulou(1980)

    as André

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Achtung Zoll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 18 episodes · as L'inspecteur Mathieu

  • Swimming Instructor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Marcel

  • Take It from the Top (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Le journaliste

  • Dear Inspector(1977)

    as Beretti

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Holiday Hotel(1978)

    as Hubert Delambre

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • La Mort amoureuse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Robert

  • The Big Operator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Marcel

  • Le Cœur au ventre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 6 episodes · as Nino Cerreti

  • The Acrobat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Robert Pottier aka 'Ramon le Gominé'

  • Let's Make a Dirty Movie(1976)

    Composer · as Bob Panzani

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Cousin, Cousine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Pascal

  • Le Pain noir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 8 episodes · as Darbois

  • Musidora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as René Cresté

  • A Gorgeous Girl Like Me(1972)

    as Sam Golden

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Rum Runners(1971)

    as Ronald / The Actor

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Longest Day(1962)

    as Parachutist (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 89 titles from 1962 to 2023; peak year 1986.

Biggest box office

Just to Be Sure (2017)

$6.7M worldwide

Highest rated

The Grilling (1981)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

L'été en pente douce (1987)

Film career

19622023

Peak 1986 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1971Screen debut· Rum Runners
  • 1985Career best· Hold-up

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting88 of 89: 87 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thMusic2 of 89: 1 only music, 1 with another role

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s14 · 14 acting · 1 crew1980s34 · 33 acting · 1 crew1990s9 · acting2000s14 · acting2010s12 · acting2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 28 roles
71818601

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Guy Marchand's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 26; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned3
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

My Wife Maurice (2002)

79th percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Longest Day (1962)

Midcredits 96th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 59. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Guy Marchand work with?

People who share at least 2 of Guy Marchand's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Claude Miller shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers