Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier | |
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 Bernard Blier in Amici miei (1975). | |
| Born | 11 January 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 29 March 1989 (aged 73) Saint-Cloud, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1989 |
| Spouse |
Gisèle Brunet (m. 1938) |
| Children | 2, including Bertrand Blier |
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.
Life and career[edit]
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 175 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[edit]
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[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1937 | Trois... six... neuf | Raymond Rouleau | ||
| The Messenger | Le chauffeur de Nick | Raymond Rouleau | Uncredited | |
| Gribouille | a young man | Marc Allégret | Uncredited | |
| Double Crime in the Maginot Line | Félix Gandéra | Uncreidted | ||
| Woman of Malacca | Marc Allégret | Uncredited | ||
| The Green Jacket | Le fils Pinchet | Roger Richebé | ||
| 1938 | Grisou | Le fils Mélée | Maurice de Canonge | |
| Altitude 3.200 | Benoît | Jean Benoît-Lévy and Marie Epstein | ||
| The Curtain Rises | Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire | Marc Allégret | ||
| The Gutter | Le chauffeur de taxi | Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara | ||
| Hôtel du Nord | Prosper | Marcel Carné | ||
| Final Accord | Mérot | Ignacy Rosenkranz | ||
| 1939 | Place de la Concorde | Brioche | Karel Lamač | |
| Le Jour Se Lève | Gaston | Marcel Carné | ||
| Quartier latin | Christian Chamborant Pierre Colombier Alexander Esway |
Uncredited | ||
| 1940 | Night in December | Edouard | Curtis Bernhardt | |
| 1941 | L'enfer des anges | Freddy, la patron du bistro | Christian-Jaque | |
| First Ball | Le maitre d'hôtel | Christian-Jaque | ||
| Who Killed Santa Claus? | a policeman | Christian-Jaque | Uncredited | |
| The Pavilion Burns | Bénézy | Jacques de Baroncelli | ||
| 1942 | Caprices | Marcel | Léo Joannon | Uncredited |
| La femme que j'ai le plus aimée | L'employé des Pompes Funèbres | Robert Vernay | ||
| La Symphonie fantastique | Antoine Charbonnel | Christian-Jaque | ||
| Le journal tombe à cinq heures | André Bertod | Georges Lacombe | ||
| Romance for Three | Marcel | Roger Richebé | ||
| La Nuit fantastique | Lucien | Marcel L'Herbier | ||
| Le mariage de Chiffon | Le garçon d'hôtel | Claude Autant-Lara | ||
| 1943 | Marie-Martine | Maurice | Albert Valentin | |
| Domino | Crémone | Roger Richebé | ||
| I Am with You | Robert | Henri Decoin | ||
| 1944 | Les Petites du quai aux fleurs | Le docteur Bernard | Marc Allégret | |
| Carmen | Remendado | Christian-Jaque | ||
| 1945 | Farandole | Sylvestre | André Zwoboda | |
| Alone in the Night | Inspecteur Pascal | Christian Stengel | ||
| 1946 | Monsieur Grégoire Escapes | Alex Grégoire | Jacques Daniel-Norman | |
| Messieurs Ludovic | Ludovic Seguin | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | ||
| 1947 | Clockface Café | Julien Couturier | Jean Gehret | |
| Quai des Orfèvres | Maurice Martineau | Henri-Georges Clouzot | ||
| 1948 | Man to Men | Coquillet | Christian-Jaque | |
| Dédée d'Anvers | Monsieur René, the innkeeper | Yves Allégret | ||
| The Spice of Life | Bernard | Jean Dréville | ||
| 1949 | Passion for Life | Buffle Pascal, l'instituteur | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | |
| Return to Life | Gaston | André Cayatte | (segment 1 : "Le retour de tante Emma") | |
| Monseigneur | Louis Mennechain | Roger Richebé | ||
| 1950 | Manèges | Robert | Yves Allégret | |
| La souricière | Jean-Pierre Lesourd | Henri Calef | ||
| Tuesday's Guest | Charles Josse | Jacques Deval | ||
| Old Boys of Saint-Loup | Jean Laclaux | Georges Lampin | ||
| Lost Souvenirs | L'agent de police Raoul | Christian-Jaque | (segment "Le violon") | |
| 1848 | Himself / narrator | Marguerite de la Mure Victoria Mercanton. |
Documentary short | |
| 1951 | Without Leaving an Address | Émile Gauthier | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | |
| La maison Bonnadieu | Félix Bonnadieu | Carlo Rim | ||
| 1952 | Matrimonial Agency | Noël Pailleret | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | |
| Je l'ai été trois fois | Henri Verdier / Hector Van Broken | Sacha Guitry | ||
| 1953 | Suivez cet homme | Commissaire François Basquier | Georges Lampin | |
| 1954 | Before the Deluge | Monsieur Marcel Noblet | André Cayatte | |
| Secrets d'alcôve | Emile Bergeret | Various directors | (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le") | |
| Scènes de ménage | Aglaé's husband | André Berthomieu | ||
| 1955 | Black Dossier | Inspector Noblet | André Cayatte | |
| Frou-Frou | Augusto Genina | cameo appearance | ||
| Les Hussards | Brigadier Le Gouce | Alex Joffé | ||
| Revelation | Father Lorenzo | Mario Costa | ||
| 1956 | Crime and Punishment | Antoine Monestier | Georges Lampin | |
| 1957 | The Man in the Raincoat | Monsieur Raphaël | Julien Duvivier | |
| 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 | Marie-Octobre | Julien Simoneau | Julien Duvivier | |
| Archimède le clochard | Monsieur Pichon | Gilles Grangier | ||
| The Great War | Captain Castelli | Mario Monicelli | ||
| Le Secret du chevalier d'Éon | Baron d'Exter | Jacqueline Audry | ||
| Eyes of Love | Doctor Andrieux | Denys de La Patellière | ||
| 1960 | Marche ou crève | Lenzi | Georges Lautner | |
| L'ennemi dans l'ombre | Le Patron du contre-espionage | Charles Gérard | ||
| The Hunchback of Rome | Maresciallo | Carlo Lizzani | ||
| Crimen | the police inspector | Mario Camerini | ||
| 1961 | The Fenouillard Family | Un voyageur | Yves Robert | Uncredited |
| 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 | ||
| The Black Monocle | Commissaire Tournemire | Georges Lautner | ||
| I briganti italiani | Colonel Breviglieri | Mario Camerini | ||
| 1962 | Operation Gold Ingot | Georges Lautner | ||
| Girl on the Road | Monsieur Rameau | Jacqueline Audry | ||
| The Seventh Juror | Grégoire Duval | Georges Lautner | ||
| Pourquoi Paris? | Le concierge de l'immeuble | Denys de La Patellière | ||
| Marco Polo | Hugo Fregonese Piero Pierotti |
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| 1963 | Mathias Sandorf | Toronthal | Georges Lampin | |
| Les saintes-nitouches | Ribois | Pierre Montazel | ||
| 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 | Sergio | Mario Monicelli | (segment "Gente Moderna") |
| La Bonne Soupe | Joseph | Robert Thomas | ||
| Greed in the Sun | Mitch-Mitch | Henri Verneuil | ||
| Male Hunt | Monsieur Heurtin | Édouard Molinaro | ||
| The Magnificent Cuckold | Roberto Mariotti | Antonio Pietrangeli | Various directors | |
| La Chance et l'Amour | Camille | (segment "Une chance explosive") | ||
| The Great Spy Chase | Eusebio Cafarelli | Georges Lautner | ||
| 1965 | Casanova 70 | the detective | Mario Monicelli | Uncredited |
| Quand passent les faisans | Hyacinthe Camus | Édouard Molinaro | ||
| Les Bons Vivants | Monsieur Charles | Gilles Grangier Georges Lautner |
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| 1966 | A Question of Honour | Don Léandro Sanna | Luigi Zampa | |
| The Almost Perfect Crime | Colonel Robson | Mario Camerini | ||
| The Big Restaurant | the chief superintendent | Jacques Besnard | ||
| Ring Around the World | Lord Richard Berry | Luigi Scattini Georges Combret |
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| How to Seduce a Playboy | Michael Pfleghar | |||
| 1967 | An Idiot in Paris | Léon Dessertine | Serge Korber | |
| To Commit a Murder | Commandant Rhome | Édouard Molinaro | ||
| Si j'étais un espion | Doctor Lefèvre | Bertrand Blier | ||
| Du mou dans la gâchette | Nicolas Pappas | Louis Grospierre | ||
| L'Étranger | the criminal defense lawyer | Luchino Visconti | ||
| Le fou du labo IV | Beauchard | Jacques Besnard | ||
| 1968 | Darling Caroline | Georges Berthier | Denys de La Patellière | |
| Coplan Saves His Skin | Mascar | Yves Boisset | ||
| Quarta parete | Andrea Brusa | Adriano Bolzoni | ||
| Leontine | Charles | Michel Audiard | ||
| 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 | |
| Appelez-moi Mathilde | Charles de Blanzac, l'époux de Mathilde | Pierre Mondy | ||
| 1970 | Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! | Liethard | Michel Audiard | |
| Le Distrait | Alexandre Guiton | Pierre Richard | ||
| 1971 | Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques | Monsieur K. | Michel Audiard | |
| Laisse aller... c'est une valse | Commissaire Caillaud | Georges Lautner | ||
| Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... | Persicelli | Bruno Corbucci | ||
| Jo | Inspector Ducros | Jean Girault | ||
| To Catch a Spy | Webb | Dick Clement | ||
| Man of the Year | Dr. Mezzini | Marco Vicario | ||
| 1972 | Le Tueur | François Tellier | Denys de La Patellière | |
| Boccaccio | Dr. Mazzeo | Bruno Corbucci | ||
| Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil | Louis-Marcel Thulle | Jean Yanne | ||
| Elle cause plus... elle flingue | Le commissaire Camille Bistingo | Michel Audiard | ||
| The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Bernard Milan | Yves Robert | ||
| 1973 | Moi y'en a vouloir des sous | Adrien Colbart | Jean Yanne | |
| I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything | M. Gastié-Leroy | Pierre Richard | ||
| 1974 | Chinese in Paris | Le Président de la République | Jean Yanne | |
| La Main à couper | Commissaire Moureu | Étienne Périer | ||
| Par le sang des autres | the mayor | Marc Simenon | ||
| Ante Up | the priest | Paolo Nuzzi | ||
| Bons baisers... à lundi | Frankie Strong Le Lion | Michel Audiard | ||
| Processo per direttissima | the judge | Lucio De Caro | ||
| 1975 | C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule! | Phano | Jacques Besnard | |
| Cher Victor | Anselme | Robin Davis | ||
| C'est dur pour tout le monde | Paul Tardel | Christian Gion | ||
| My Friends | Righi Niccolò | Mario Monicelli | ||
| Le faux-cul | Maxime | Roger Hanin | ||
| 1976 | Calmos | Émile | Bertrand Blier | |
| Le Corps de mon ennemi | Jean-Baptiste Liégard | Henri Verneuil | ||
| Golden Night | Commissaire Pidoux | Serge Moati | ||
| 1979 | Série noire | Staplin | Alain Corneau | |
| 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 | |
| Pétrole! Pétrole! | Christian Gion | L'émir Abdullah | ||
| Il turno | Don Marcantonio | Tonino Cervi | ||
| 1983 | La fuite en avant | Rene | Christian Zerbib | |
| 1985 | Ça n'arrive qu'à moi | M. Guilledou | Francis Perrin | |
| Madman at War | Major Belluci | Dino Risi | ||
| The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal | Anselmo Paléari | Mario Monicelli | ||
| Amici miei – Atto III | Stefano Lenzi | Nanni Loy | ||
| 1986 | Speriamo che sia femmina | Uncle Gugo | Mario Monicelli | |
| Je hais les acteurs | Jerome B. Cobb | Gérard Krawczyk | ||
| Twist again à Moscou | Alexei | Jean-Marie Poiré | ||
| 1987 | Under the Chinese Restaurant | Il professore | Bruno Bozzetto | |
| I picari | the pimp | Mario Monicelli | ||
| 1988 | The Possessed | the governor | Andrzej Wajda | |
| Ada dans la jungle | Le major Collins | Gérard Zingg | ||
| Mangeclous | Saltiel | Moshé Mizrahi | ||
| Una botta di vita | Giuseppe Mondardini | Enrico Oldoini | ||
| 1989 | Paganini | Father Caffarelli | Klaus Kinski | |
| Migrations | Opat Zorzel | Aleksandar Petrovic |
References[edit]
- ^ "Bernard Blier". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "In the later stages of his career, Blier divided his time between France and Italy". french_cinema.enacademic.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ^ "He was awarded an honorary Cesar (the French Oscar) in 1989 for lifetime achievement". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
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