1917-07-27 Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
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.
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Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse | Self (Footage Archives) | 2025-10-09 |
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Les Rois de la comédie | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-01 |
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La Traversée de Bourvil | Self (archive footage) | 2022-09-23 |
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Lino Ventura, la part intime | Self (archive footage) | 2018-02-04 |
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Bourvil, un homme vrai | Self (archive footage) | 2016-12-11 |
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Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille | Self (archive footage) | 2015-10-06 |
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Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-12 |
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Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur | Self (archive footage) | 2015-06-01 |
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Bourvil : Bien... si bien | Self (archive footage) | 2009-12-23 |
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) | 2009-10-13 |
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 3 & 4) | Self (archive footage) | 2008-11-04 |
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Comiques de toujours, coffret Vol. 1 & 2 | Self (archive footage) | 2007-11-06 |
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Clodo | Gaston (uncredited) | 1971-06-15 |
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L'Étalon | William Chaminade | 1970-02-13 |
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Le Mur de l’Atlantique | Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur | 1970-10-14 |
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Le Cercle rouge | Commissioner François Mattei | 1970-10-19 |
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L'Arbre de Noël | Verdun | 1969-09-25 |
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Monte Carlo or Bust! | Monsieur Dupont | 1969-04-28 |
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Le Cerveau | Anatole | 1969-03-07 |
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Les Cracks | Jules Auguste Duroc | 1968-03-01 |
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La Grande Lessive (!) | Armand Saint-Just | 1968-11-12 |
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Les Arnaud | Judge Henri Arnaud | 1967-10-12 |
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La Grande Vadrouille | Augustin Bouvet, peintre en bâtiment | 1966-12-08 |
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Trois enfants dans le désordre | Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics | 1966-06-01 |
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Les Grandes Gueules | Hector Valentin | 1965-10-22 |
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Le Corniaud | Antoine Maréchal | 1965-03-24 |
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The Dirty Game | Lalande | 1965-06-23 |
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La Grosse Caisse | Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer | 1965-07-09 |
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La Bonne Planque | Antoine Perrin | 1964-04-30 |
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La Grande Frousse | 1964-10-28 | |
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Le magot de Josefa | Pierre Corneille | 1963-08-22 |
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La Cuisine au beurre | André Colombey | 1963-12-20 |
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Un drôle de paroissien | Georges Lachaunaye | 1963-08-28 |
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Les Bonnes Causes | Albert Gaudet, investigating judge | 1963-04-17 |
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Les Culottes rouges | Fendard | 1962-12-19 |
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The Longest Day | Mayor of Colleville | 1962-09-25 |
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Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge | Le chanteur à la télévision | 1962-12-19 |
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Tartarin de Tarascon | Priest who reinflates the tire of his moped | 1962-11-22 |
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Le Tracassin ou Les Plaisirs de la ville | André Loriot | 1961-12-20 |
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Tout l'or du monde | Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont | 1961-11-01 |
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Le Capitan | Baladin Cogolin | 1960-10-03 |
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Fortunat | Noël Fortunat | 1960-11-16 |
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Le Bossu | Passepoil | 1959-11-26 |
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La Jument verte | Honoré Haudouin | 1959-10-29 |
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Le Chemin des écoliers | Charles Michaud | 1959-09-23 |
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Un drôle de dimanche | Jean Brévent | 1958-11-19 |
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Les Misérables | Thénardier | 1958-03-12 |
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Le Miroir à deux faces | Pierre Tardivet | 1958-10-15 |
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Sérénade au Texas | Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf | 1958-12-16 |
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Le Chanteur de Mexico | Bilou | 1957-01-24 |
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La Traversée de Paris | Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver | 1956-10-26 |
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Les Hussards | le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis | 1955-12-14 |
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Poisson d'avril | Émile Dupuy | 1954-07-28 |
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Si Versailles m'était conté | Museum guard | 1954-02-10 |
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Cadet Rousselle | Jérôme Baguindet | 1954-10-20 |
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Le Fil à la patte | Camille Bouzin | 1954-12-06 |
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Cent Francs par seconde | Self | 1953-01-09 |
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Les Trois Mousquetaires | Planchet | 1953-10-07 |
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Le Trou normand | Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine | 1952-11-07 |
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Seul dans Paris | Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard | 1951-11-28 |
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Garou Garou, le passe-muraille | Léon Dutilleul | 1951-04-06 |
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Le Rosier de madame Husson | Isidore Pastouret | 1950-09-20 |
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Le Roi Pandore | Léon Ménard, le gendarme | 1950-03-31 |
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Miquette et sa mère | Urbain de la Tour-Mirande | 1950-04-14 |
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Le Cœur sur la main | Leon Ménard | 1949-06-28 |
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Par la fenêtre | Gaston 'Pilou' | 1948-01-22 |
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Blanc comme neige | Léon Ménard | 1948-04-28 |
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Pas si bête | Léon Ménard | 1947-07-19 |
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Studio en folies | Self | 1947-03-31 |
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La Ferme du pendu | Le bourrelier, le chanteur à la noce | 1945-12-05 |
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Une étoile au soleil | (uncredited) | 1943-02-24 |
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Croisières sidérales | Scientist | 1942-04-19 |
