French scriptwriter and stand-up comedian Guy Bedos passes away

French scriptwriter and stand-up comedian  Guy Bedos have passed away according to what his son, director and actor Nicolas Bedos, said on Instagram on Thursday.

“He was handsome, he was funny, he was free and courageous. How proud I am to have had you as a father. Kiss (Pierre) Desproges and (Jean-Loup) Dabadie, since you are all in Heaven, ”he wrote on Instagram and Twitter.

Born in Algiers in 1934, Guy Bedos made himself recognised thanks to striking sketches, in duet first with Sophie Daumier whom he married, including that faithful to the dredge which reveals them to the general public at the beginning of the years 1960.

The consecration came in 1968, alone on stage at Bobino, then with roles on the big screen, very often in front of Yves Robert’s camera.

His greatest successes are “An elephant that deceives enormously” (1976) and “We will all go to paradise” (1977). He also works for Marcel Carné, Claude Berri or Patrice Chéreau.

He has also appeared in many comic shows of which he is the author, goes to the Zenith, triumphs at the Olympia with Muriel Robin. They obtain Victory 93 from the humorist.