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3 | André Robert Raimbourg (July 27, 1917 - September 23, 1970), [[StageNames better known as]] "Bourvil", was a French actor, comedian and singer from Prétot-Vicquemare, [[UsefulNotes/DepartementalIssues Normandy]]. |
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5 | He worked as a baker before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, then embraced a stage artist career by imitating Creator/{{Fernandel}} in cabarets. When imitations of Fernandel became old-fashioned, he shifted to play naive, [[NiceGuy good-natured]] chaps, which would remain his famous SignatureStyle. He came to have a very prolific movie career in TheFifties and TheSixties. |
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7 | His comedic style had the most success when he was paired in an OddCouple with fellow big French stars, such as the [[LargeHam hammier]] and [[NervousWreck more nervous]] Creator/LouisDeFunes in ''[[Film/TheSucker Le Corniaud]]'' and ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'' (both times by director Creator/GerardOury), the imposing Creator/JeanGabin in ''Film/TheTripAcrossParis'', the more meridional (and longtime idol of his) Creator/{{Fernandel}} in ''Film/LaCuisineAuBeurre'' or the dashing Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo in ''Film/{{The Brain|1969}}''. He didn't limit himself to comedies however, and proved to be equally talented in more serious and dramatic roles, such as HardboiledDetective Inspector Mattei in ''Le Cercle Rouge'' (''The Red Circle''). |
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9 | The most famous international production he appeared was ''Film/TheLongestDay'', where he played the Mayor of Colleville, a [[LaResistance Resistance operative]] who destroys German communication lines and welcomes the Allies on Sword Beach with a bottle of Champagne (and speaks English with a thick French accent). |
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11 | His stage music career didn't stop even as he appeared in movies, as he also had a successful career as a [[{{Chanson}} singer]]. He performed about 300 songs between 1945 and 1970. |
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13 | He passed away from multiple myeloma on 23 September 1970 at the age of 53. |
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15 | !!Selected Filmography: |
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17 | * ''Crazy for Love'' (1952) as Hippolyte Lemoine |
18 | * ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1953}}'' (1953) as Planchet |
19 | * ''Film/TheTripAcrossParis'' (1956) as Marcel Martin |
20 | * ''DerivativeWorks/LesMiserables'' (1958) as Thénardier |
21 | * ''The Mirror has two Faces'' (1958) as Pierre Tardivet |
22 | * ''Film/{{Le Bossu|1959}}'' (1959) as Passepoil |
23 | * ''Film/LeCapitan'' (1960) as Cogolin |
24 | * ''Film/TheLongestDay'' (1962) as the Mayor of Colleville |
25 | * ''Film/LaCuisineAuBeurre'' (1963) as André Colombey |
26 | * ''Film/TheSucker'' (1965) as Antoine Maréchal |
27 | * ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'' (1966) as Augustin Bouvet |
28 | * ''Film/{{The Brain|1969}}'' (1969) as Anatole |
29 | * ''Film/LeCercleRouge'' (1970) as Inspector Mattei |
30 | * ''Film/AtlanticWall'' (1970) as Léon Duchemin |
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32 | !!Tropes & Trivia in his works: |
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34 | * PosthumousCredit: Both ''Film/LeCercleRouge'' and ''Film/AtlanticWall'' were released after his passing. |
35 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was originally cast as Blaze in ''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur'' which would have reunited him with Creator/LouisDeFunes and director Creator/GerardOury after ''Film/TheSucker'' and ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'', but he died before filming began, and Creator/YvesMontand replaced him. |
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