Bourvil’s early film roles were simple extensions of the character he played in his music hall performances, which offered little opportunity for him to build a reputation as an actor.
Bourvil’s best film roles were probably the comedies in which he would play the brow-beaten innocent, a typical, mild mannered working class man who, against the odds, would triumph over whatever adverersity Fate happened to throw in his path.
In 1968, Bourvil was diagnosed as suffering from a terminal bone-wasting disease.
Bourvil’s early film roles were simple extensions of the character he played in his music hall performances, which offered little opportunity for him to build a reputation as an actor.
Bourvil’s best film roles were probably the comedies in which he would play the brow-beaten innocent, a typical, mild mannered working class man who, against the odds, would triumph over whatever adverersity Fate happened to throw in his path.
In 1968, Bourvil was diagnosed as suffering from a terminal bone-wasting disease.
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