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Dick Rivers

Acting Born Apr 24, 1946 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France 23 credits

Biography

Hervé Forneri (24 April 1945 – 24 April 2019), known professionally as Dick Rivers, was a French singer and actor who began performing in the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in France. He was an admirer of Elvis Presley, who influenced both his singing and looks. His stage name came from the character, Deke Rivers, that Presley played in his second film, Loving You (1957).

Rivers was born in Nice, France. He started his music career in 1960 as the lead singer of the band Les Chats Sauvages, cutting his first record on his fifteenth birthday. In 1961, the British music magazine NME reported that a Rivers concert with his group Les Chats Sauvages at the Palais des Sports de Paris, whilst headlining with Vince Taylor, had turned into a full-scale riot. Rivers left Les Chats Sauvages in 1962 to pursue a solo career.

His last album, Rivers, was released in 2014.

He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 2019, from cancer, on his 74th birthday.

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Known for

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Midi Première

as Self

Full filmography

  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • Midi Première (1975) as Self
  • Le monde est à vous (1987) as Self
  • Midi trente (1972) as Self
  • Discorama (1959) as Self
  • Fan School (1977) as Self
  • 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
  • Système 2 (1975) as Self
  • Cadet Rousselle (1971) as Self
  • Collaricocoshow (1987) as Self
  • No Goal (1987) as Vrai requin de radio
  • Le Furet (2003) as El Malo
  • Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
  • Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith (2017) as Self
  • Mon amour de fantôme (2007) as Chalopin
  • La Candide Madame Duff (2000) as Inspecteur Levy
  • Spirou, l'aventure humoristique (2013) as Self
  • Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie (1999) as Le maréchal Nouvoilà
  • Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 (1999)
  • Dorothée Show (1987) as Dick Rivers
  • Mi-temps (2017) as Dick Rivers