Line #9 Creator/Bourvil


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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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