Trivia

Musician, composer actor he was a friend from childhood of Eddy Mitchell.

With a voice of crooner, he had his first success in singing his interpretation of a hit of summer 1965 "La Passionata".

In addition to parachuting, Guy Marchand practiced boxing,horse riding,polo, motor sport at the wheel of a Simca 1000 Rallye 2 with the Star Racing Team.

In November 2019 it was revealed that he was ruined, overwhelmed by his all-consuming passion for cars.

He did his military service as reserve officer cadet (EOR) at the base school of airborne troops (BETAP) of Pau, and is assigned as second lieutenant - certified paratrooper6 - in an airborne train regiment, more precisely to the air delivery group (GLA 1) at Montigny-lès-Metz in 1962.

He devoted himself to writing several novels. 'A razor in the hands of a monkey', in 2008, and 'The Sun of Lost Children', in 2011, for which he received the Jean-Nohain prize in 2012.

During his secondary studies, at the Lycée Voltaire, he played the clarinet at night in the clubs of Saint-Germain. -des-Prés.

In 1982, the song Destinée, which he co-wrote and performed, was popularized thanks to the film Claude Zidi Les Sous-doués en vacances in which he plays Paul Memphis.

In 2007, he published his autobiography, Le Guignol des Buttes-Chaumont.

At the cinema, after a first role as a paratrooper (cut during editing) in the American film The Longest Day (1962), he plays, alongside Lino Ventura and Brigitte Bardot, in Boulevard du rum, by Robert Enrico (1971).

In 2020, he met the musician/composer Ludovic Beier16, with whom he collaborated on the production of his album Born in Belleville, which was released in November 2020.

In 2017 and 2018, he played his own role in the series Ten percent.

Marchand was a French actor, musician, and singer.

His film career is marked by numerous supporting roles.

He was best known for his role as the fictional private detective Nestor Burma.