Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier | |
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![]() Bernard Blier in Amici miei (1975). | |
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 11 January 1916
Died | Saint-Cloud, France | 29 March 1989 (aged 73)
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.
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 | 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 sur la ligne Maginot | 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 | ||
Le Ruisseau | Le chauffeur de taxi | Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara | ||
Hôtel du Nord | Prosper | Marcel Carné | ||
Accord final | 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 à trois | 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 s'évade | Alex Grégoire | Jacques Daniel-Norman | |
Messieurs Ludovic | Ludovic Seguin | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | ||
1947 | Le Café du Cadran | 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 | ||
Les Casse Pieds | Bernard | Jean Dréville | ||
1949 | L'école buissonnière | 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 | 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 | ||
Inspector Gustave Martinet | André Berthomieu | |||
Renato Garofoli | André Michel | |||
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 | 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 |
Doctor Leproux | Georges Lautner | |||
The President | Philippe Chalamont | Henri Verneuil | ||
Sully | Claude Autant-Lara | |||
Le cave se rebiffe | Charles Lepicard | Gilles Grangier | ||
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 | |||
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 | 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 | |
Commissaire Moureu | Étienne Périer | |||
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 | (final film role) |
References[]
- ^ "Bernard Blier". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ^ "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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- Argentine emigrants to France
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- César Honorary Award recipients
- French male film actors
- French male television actors
- French male stage actors
- Male actors from Buenos Aires
- 20th-century French male actors