Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/27/1917
Place of Birth
Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
Also Known As
André Zacharie RaimbourgAndré BourvilAndré Robert Raimbourg
Bourvil
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Les Misérables
as Thénardier
The Sucker
as Antoine Maréchal
The Brain
as Anatole
La Traversée de Paris
as Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
The Longest Day
as Mayor of Colleville
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Augustin Bouvet, peintre en bâtiment
The Dirty Game
as Lalande
The Hunchback of Paris
as Passepoil
The Three Musketeers
as Planchet
The Green Mare
as Honoré Haudouin
The Hussars
as le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
Atlantic Wall
as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
Le Roi Pandore
as Léon Ménard, le gendarme
Way of Youth
as Charles Michaud
The Big Scare
Unknown Role
The Wise Guys
as Hector Valentin
Miquette
as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
Monte Carlo or Bust!
as Monsieur Dupont
Crazy for Love
as Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine