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Brian Dennehy, actor, pictured today at the RSC rehearsal rooms Clapham.
Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Brian Dennehy was a burly, light-haired supporting player and occasional leading man whose Irish charm and engaging grin made him a popular second-tier star in the 1980s.
After numerous TV movies, including Pearl, Dummy, Skokie and A Real American Hero (a Walking Tall spinoff in which he played the lead), Dennehy captured attention with small but showy portrayals in such films as Semi-Tough (1977) and Foul Play (1978), leading to stronger assignments in 10 (1979, as the philosophical bartender), First Blood (1982, as the sheriff hunting Rambo), Cocoon (1985 and its 1988 sequel, as the friendly alien leader), and Silverado (also 1985, as a Western heavy), among others.
Elevated to costar and leading-man status, Dennehy frequently plays tough, no-nonsense cops, as in F/X (1986 and its 1991 sequel), Best Seller (1987), and The Last of the Finest (1990). Also impressive as a smarmy district attorney in Presumed Innocent (1990).
Most recently, Dennehy has been busy in TV movies and miniseries, including Deadly Matrimony, Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (both 1992), "Murder in the Heartland" (1993), and Foreign Affairs (also 1993), opposite Joanne Woodward. He also played Bobby Knight in the TV movie Season on the Brink (2002). After the failed TV drama "Birdland" (1994), Dennehy appeared in Tommy Boy (1995).
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Vintage postcard.
On 15 December 2023, French actor, singer and musician Guy Marchand (1937-2023) died at the age of 86. He appeared in supporting roles in many comedies, but occasionally also acted in dramas and crime films.
Guy Émile Marchand was born in 1937 in Paris into a modest milieu. He was the son of a garagist-wholesaler. He attended secondary school at the Lycée Voltaire. Even during his secondary studies, he could be spotted in the nightclubs of Saint-Germain-des-Prés where he played jazz clarinet. During his military service, he trained as a reserve officer. He became a sub-lieutenant and a certified paratrooper. He was also part of the French Foreign Legion for a time. Endowed with a beautiful crooner voice, he scored a summer hit in 1965 with his debut, the song 'La Passionata'. Marchand made his film debut in 1971 alongside Lino Ventura and Brigitte Bardot in the picaresque adventure film Boulevard du rhum (Robert Enrico, 1971). he played Bardot's silent film acting partner and lover. His next film was the tragicomedy Une belle fille comme moi/Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (François Truffaut, 1972), starring Bernadette Lafont. The role of musician in the film was tailor-made for him.
Three years later, Marchand had his breakthrough as a hot-tempered and unfaithful husband in the bittersweet romantic comedy Cousin, cousine (Jean-Charles Tacchella, 1975). This film received three nominations for the Césars and Marie-France Pisier won the César for Best Supporting Actress. The film also struck a chord in the United States and was nominated for three Oscars. After the acclaim of Cousin, cousine, Marchand could record three more successes in 1978. In the comedies Tendre poulet (Philippe de Broca, 1978) and Vas-y maman (Nicole de Buron, 1978), he was cast alongside Annie Girardot. The featherweight L'Hôtel de la plage (Michel Lang, 1978) achieved the biggest commercial success. It was followed a year later by the comedy Le Maître-nageur (Jean-Louis Trintignant, 1979) in which Marchand starred as a charm singer.
In 1981, Guy Marchand appeared in two commercially and critically successful crime films. In the tragicomic Coup de torchon (Bertrand Tavernier, 1981), Marchand played a racist police chief. The other crime film was the multiple César-winning Garde à vue (Claude Miller, 1981). Marchand shared in the awards with a César for best male supporting actor for his performance as Lino Ventura's deputy inspector. That same year, Marchand collaborated for the second time with Gérard Pirès in the comedy Rends-moi la clé (Gérard Pirès, 1981) in which he embodied the ex-husband (of Jane Birkin), a role he often played. A year later, Marchand was again a deputy, this time to private detective Michel Serrault in the crime comedy Nestor Burma, détective de choc (Jean-Luc Miesch, 1982). It was also the year of the blockbuster comedy Les Sous-doués en vacances (Claude Zidi, 1982), in which he embodied a famous singer and sang his hit 'Destinée'. Noteworthy crime comedies include the successful Hold-up (Alexandre Arcady, 1985) in which he was the accomplice of mugger Jean-Paul Belmondo, Conseil de famille (Costa-Gravas, 1986) in which he was a safecracker, and the commercial smash Ripoux contre ripoux (Claude Zidi, 1990) in which he was a corrupt police inspector. Noteworthy dramas from those years were Loulou (Maurice Piala, 1980) and Coup de foudre (Diane Kurys, 1983) in which Marchand repeatedly threatens to lose his wife, Isabelle Huppert. In Loulou to Gérard Depardieu, and in Coup de foudre to Miou-Miou. Coup de foudre scored well at the box office and picked up four nominations for the Césars as well as a nomination for the Oscar for Best International Film.
From the 1990s, Guy Marchand was rarely seen in the cinema as he again became more involved in music and television work. Between 1991 and 2006, he appeared in only six films, mostly in modest supporting roles. His most watched film from that time was Le Plus Beau Métier du monde (Gérard Lauzier, 1995), the third and last comedy he made under the direction of Gérard Lauzier. With Dans Paris (Christophe Honoré, 2006), Marchand made his comeback on the big screen. In this tragicomedy, he tries as a father together with his second son and his ex (Marie-France Pisier, his co-star in Cousin, cousine) to talk their eldest son out of his suicidal thoughts. This was followed by the drama Après lui (Gaël Morel, 2007) in which he, like his ex Catherine Deneuve, has to cope with the loss of their son. After these two films, his film career disappeared back into the background due to the books he was publishing at the time. In 2010, he released the gripping historical drama L'Arbre et la Forêt (Olivier Ducastel en Jacques Martineau, 2010) in which Marchand took the lead role of an old married tree farmer who carries a secret with him. The latter was imprisoned in a Nazi camp 50 years ago, not because of his political beliefs, but because of his homosexual orientation. During the following decade 2011-2020, his film career was again more prolific.
From 1973, Marchand was a familiar figure to television audiences, mainly through his portrayal of the title role of the television series Nestor Burma (1991-2003), a private detective whose adventures aired for eight seasons. The series was based on the crime comedy Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982) in which Marchand already acted as Nestor Burma's deputy (role of Michel Serrault). Over the years (1965-2000), Marchand released many more singles and EPs. Some 20 albums were released between 1969 and 2020, including about five compilation albums. Marchand was first married to actress Béatrice Chatelier (he was her ex-husband in Les Sous-doués en vacances). They had two children. In 2006, Marchand met a woman of Russian descent who was 40 years younger. They married in 2007. She left him a few years later and started a new life in Germany with a new partner. Guy Marchand died on 15 December 2023 in Cavaillon, France, at the age of 86.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dutch, English and French) and IMDb.
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