Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier | |
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Bernard Blier in Amici miei (1975). | |
Born | (1916-01-11)11 January 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | (1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 73) Saint-Cloud, France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1937 - 1989 |
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor.
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time.
Contents
1 Life and career
2 Personal life
3 Filmography
4 References
5 External links
Life and career
His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He is notable for being one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas. His complete filmography includes 138 titles.[1] He often appeared in Italian films too, particularly in the last decade of his life.[2] He was awarded an Honorary César (the French Oscar) in 1989, 24 days before he died.[3]
Personal life
He is the father of director Bertrand Blier. He has appeared in a number of his son's films, most notably Buffet froid (1979).
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1937 | Gribouille | a young man (uncredited) | Marc Allégret |
1938 | Hôtel du Nord | Prosper | Marcel Carné |
Le Jour Se Lève | Gaston | Marcel Carné | |
1941 | The Pavilion Burns | Bénézy | Jacques de Baroncelli |
Caprices | Marcel (uncredited) | Léo Joannon | |
Who Killed Santa Claus? | a policeman (uncredited) | Christian-Jaque | |
1942 | La Nuit fantastique | Lucien | Marcel L'Herbier |
La Symphonie fantastique | Antoine Charbonnel | Christian-Jaque | |
1945 | Alone in the Night | Christian Stengel | |
1947 | Dédée d'Anvers | Monsieur René, the innkeeper | Yves Allégret |
Quai des Orfèvres | Maurice Martineau | Henri-Georges Clouzot | |
1948 | Man to Men | Coquillet | Christian-Jaque |
1848 | as himself/narrator | Marguerite de la Mure Victoria Mercanton. | |
1949 | Manèges | Robert | Yves Allégret |
Return to Life (episode Tante Emma) | Gaston | André Cayatte | |
1951 | Without Leaving an Address | Émile Gauthier | Jean-Paul Le Chanois |
1952 | Matrimonial Agency | Noël Pailleret | Jean-Paul Le Chanois |
1952 | Je l'ai été trois fois | Henri Verdier/Hector Van Broken | Sacha Guitry |
1953 | Before the Deluge | Marcel Noblet | André Cayatte |
1954 | Scènes de ménage | Aglaé's husband | André Berthomieu |
1955 | Black Dossier | Inspector Noblet | André Cayatte |
Frou-Frou | cameo appearance | Augusto Genina | |
Les Hussards | Brigadier Le Gouce | Alex Joffé | |
Revelation | Father Lorenzo | Mario Costa | |
1956 | Crime and Punishment | Antoine Monestier | Georges Lampin |
The Man in the Raincoat | Monsieur Raphaël | Julien Duvivier | |
1957 | Retour de manivelle | Inspector Plantavin | Denys de La Patellière |
Quand la femme s'en mêle | Félix Seguin | Yves Allégret | |
1958 | La Bonne Tisane | René Lecomte | Hervé Bromberger |
Les Misérables | Inspector Javert | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | |
The Cat | Capitaine Debrun | Henri Decoin | |
L'École des cocottes | Monsieur Labaume | Jacqueline Audry | |
En légitime défense | Inspector Gustave Martinet | André Berthomieu | |
Sans famille | Renato Garofoli | André Michel | |
Le Joueur | General Zagoriansky | Claude Autant-Lara | |
Les Grandes Familles | Simon Lachaume | Denys de La Patellière | |
1959 | Archimède le clochard | Monsieur Pichon | Gilles Grangier |
Marie-Octobre | Julien Simoneau | Julien Duvivier | |
The Great War | Captain Castelli | Mario Monicelli | |
Le Secret du chevalier d'Éon | Baron d'Exter | Jacqueline Audry | |
Les Yeux de l'amour | Doctor Andrieux | Denys de La Patellière | |
1960 | Marche ou crève | Lenzi | Georges Lautner |
The Hunchback of Rome | Maresciallo | Carlo Lizzani | |
Crimen | the police inspector | Mario Camerini | |
1961 | Arrêtez les tambours | Doctor Leproux | Georges Lautner |
The President | Philippe Chalamont | Henri Verneuil | |
Vive Henri IV, vive l'amour | Sully | Claude Autant-Lara | |
Le cave se rebiffe | Charles Lepicard | Gilles Grangier | |
Le Monocle noir | Commissaire Tournemire | Georges Lautner | |
I briganti italiani | Colonel Breviglieri | Mario Camerini | |
1962 | Girl on the Road | Monsieur Rameau | Jacqueline Audry |
The Seventh Juror | Grégoire Duval | Georges Lautner | |
1963 | Mathias Sandorf | Toronthal | Georges Lampin |
Il magnifico avventuriero | Pope Clement VII | Riccardo Freda | |
Germinal | Hennebeau | Yves Allégret | |
Les Tontons flingueurs | Raoul Volfoni | Georges Lautner | |
The Organizer | Martinetti | Mario Monicelli | |
1964 | High Infidelity (episode Gente moderna) | Sergio | Mario Monicelli |
Greed in the Sun | Mitch-Mitch | Henri Verneuil | |
The Magnificent Cuckold | Mariotti | Antonio Pietrangeli | |
The Great Spy Chase | Eusebio Cafarelli | Georges Lautner | |
1965 | A Question of Honour | Don Léandro Sanna | Luigi Zampa |
Casanova 70 | the detective | Mario Monicelli | |
Les Bons Vivants | Monsieur Charles | Gilles Grangier Georges Lautner | |
1966 | The Big Restaurant | the chief superintendent | Jacques Besnard |
1967 | Si j'étais un espion | Doctor Lefèvre | Bertrand Blier |
To Commit a Murder | Commandant Rhome | Édouard Molinaro | |
L'Étranger | the criminal defense lawyer | Luchino Visconti | |
1968 | Caroline chérie | Georges Berthier | Denys de La Patellière |
Coplan Saves His Skin | Mascar | Yves Boisset | |
Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? | Ubaldo Palmerini | Ettore Scola | |
1969 | Mon oncle Benjamin | the Marcquis of Cambise | Édouard Molinaro |
1970 | Le Distrait | Alexandre Guiton | Pierre Richard |
1971 | To Catch a Spy | Webb | Dick Clement |
Jo | Inspector Ducros | Jean Girault | |
1972 | Le Tueur | François Tellier | Denys de La Patellière |
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Bernard Milan | Yves Robert | |
1974 | La Main à couper | Commissaire Moureu | Étienne Périer |
Par le sang des autres | the mayor | Marc Simenon | |
Ante Up | the priest | Paolo Nuzzi | |
Processo per direttissima | the judge | Lucio De Caro | |
1975 | Cher Victor | Anselme | Robin Davis |
My Friends | Righi Niccolò | Mario Monicelli | |
1976 | Calmos | Émile | Bertrand Blier |
Golden Night | Commissaire Pidoux | Serge Moati | |
Le Corps de mon ennemi | Jean-Baptiste Liégard | Henri Verneuil | |
1978 | Série noire | Staplin | Alain Corneau |
1979 | Buffet froid | Inspector Morvandieu | Bertrand Blier |
Il malato immaginario | Purgone, the doctor | Tonino Cervi | |
1980 | Voltati Eugenio | Grandpa Eugenio | Luigi Comencini |
1981 | Passion of Love | Major Tarrasso | Ettore Scola |
1984 | The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal | Anselmo Paléari | Mario Monicelli |
1985 | Madman at War | Major Belluci | Dino Risi |
Amici miei – Atto III | Stefano Lenzi | Nanni Loy | |
1986 | Speriamo che sia femmina | Uncle Gugo | Mario Monicelli |
1987 | I picari | the pimp | Mario Monicelli |
Paganini | Father Caffarelli | Klaus Kinski | |
Migrations | Opat Zorzel | Aleksandar Petrovic | |
1988 | The Possessed | the governor | Andrzej Wajda |
References
^ "Bernard Blier". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-06-24..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "In the later stages of his career, Blier divided his time between France and Italy". french_cinema.enacademic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
^ "He was awarded an honorary Cesar (the French Oscar) in 1989 for lifetime achievement". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
External links
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