Bernard Blier
Acting
Born January 11, 1916, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He proved to be one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas. He often worked in Italian films, particularly in the last decade of his life. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, was posted at the time. He is the father of director Bertrand Blier, and appeared in a number of his son's films, most notably Buffet froid (1979). He was awarded an Honorary César (the French Oscar) in 1989, a month before he died. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Blier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 1990Paganini — Pater Caffarelli
- 1989Migrations — Opat Žoržel
- 1988Ada in the Jungle — Major Collins
- 1988Nailcruncher — Saltiel
- 1988Taste of Life — Giuseppe Mondardini
- 1988The Possessed — Governor
- 1987I picari — The exploiter of prostitutes
- 1987Under the Chinese Restaurant — Il professore
- 1986I Hate Actors — Jerome B. Cobb
- 1986Let's Hope It's a Girl — Uncle Gugo
- 1986Twist Again in Moscow — Alexei
- 1985Madman at War — Belucci
- 1985My Friends Act III — Sig. Lenzi
- 1985The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal — Anselmo Paleari
- 1985Ça n'arrive qu'à moi — Monsieur Guilledou
- Cuore — Ing. Bottini
- 1981Il turno — Don Marcantonio
- 1981Passion of Love — Major
- 1981Pétrole ! Pétrole ! — Emir Abdullah
- 1980Voltati Eugenio — Grandfather Eugenio
- 1979Buffet Froid — Inspecteur Morvandieu
- 1979Hypochondriac — Dr. Purgone
- 1979On purge bébé — M. Follavoine
- 1979Serie Noire — Staplin
- 1978Feu la mère de Madame — Lucien
- 1976Femmes Fatales — Father Émile
- 1976Golden Night — Commissaire Pidoux
- 1976The Body of My Enemy — Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
- 1975Cher Victor — Anselme Maillard
- 1975It's Tough for Everybody — Paul Tardel
- 1975My Friends — Righi Niccolò
- 1975The Phoney — Maxime
- 1975The Restroom Robbery — Phano
- 1974Ante Up — Priest
- 1974Bloody Murder — Le commissaire Moureu
- 1974By the Blood of Others — Mayor
- 1974Chinese In Paris — Le Président de la République
- 1974Kisses Till Monday — Frankie Strong
- 1974Quick Trial — Il giudice
- 1973I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything — Gastié-le-Roy père
- 1973L'École des femmes — Arnolphe
- 1973Moi y'en a vouloir des sous — Adrien Colbard
- 1972Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful — Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
- 1972Killer — François Tellier, director of the PJ
- 1972Nights of Boccaccio — Dr. Mazzeo
- 1972She No Longer Talks, She Shoots — Commissioner Camille Bistingo
- 1972The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe — Colonel Bernard Milan
- 1971Catch Me a Spy — Webb
- 1971Homo Eroticus — Dr. Mezzini
- 1971Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... — Persicelli
- 1971Jo — Inspecteur Ducros
- 1971Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques — Monsieur K.
- 1971Troubleshooters — Commissaire Caillaud
- 1970Distracted — Guiton
- 1970Le Mari, la femme et la mort — Sébastien
- 1970She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks — Liethard
- 1969Call Me Mathilde — Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband
- 1969My Uncle Benjamin — Marquis de Cambyse
- 1969The Fourth Wall — Andrea Brusa
- 1968Coplan Saves His Skin — Marscar
- 1968Dear Caroline — Georges Berthier
- 1968Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese — Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '
- 1968Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? — Ubaldo Palmarini
- 1967Idiot in Paris — Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
- 1967If I Were a Spy — le Docteur Lefèvre
- 1967Loose in the Trigger — Nicolas Pappas
- 1967The Madman of Lab Four — Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
- 1967The Stranger — Defense Counsel
- 1967To Commit a Murder — Le commandant Rhome
- 1966A Matter of Honor — Don Leandro Sanna
- 1966Almost Perfect Crime — William Derek Robson
- 1966Ring Around the World — Lord Richard Berry
- 1966The Restaurant — Le commissaire divisionnaire
- 1965Casanova '70 — Il commissario (non accreditato)
- 1965How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning — Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
- 1965When the Pheasants Pass — Hyacinthe Camus
- 1964Chance at Love — Camille (segment "Une chance explosive")
- 1964Greed in the Sun — Mitch-Mitch
- 1964High Infidelity — Sergio
- 1964How to Make a French Dish — Joseph
- 1964Male Hunt — M. Heurtin
- 1964The Great Spy Chase — Eusebio Cafarelli
- 1964The Magnificent Cuckold — Mariotti
- 1964Why Paris? — Building concierge
- 1963Crooks in Clover — Raoul Volfoni
- 1963Germinal — Hennebeau
- 1963Mathias Sandorf — Toronthal
- 1963The Magnificent Adventurer — Clemente VII
- 1963The Organizer — Martinetti
- 1963Young Girls of Good Families — Ribois
- 1962Hitch-Hike — Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv
- 1962Operation Gold Ingot
- 1962The Seventh Juror — Grégoire Duval pharmacien
- 1961Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! — Sully
- 1961Seduction Of The South — Colonelo Breviglieri
- 1961The Black Monocle — Commissaire Tournemire
- 1961The Counterfeiters of Paris — Charles Lepicard
- 1961The Fenouillard Family — A traveler (uncredited)
- 1961The President — Philippe Chalamont
- 1961Women and War — le docteur Leproux, maire du village
- 1960...And Suddenly It's Murder! — Commissario Polizia
- 1960Do or Die! — Lenzi
- 1960L'Ennemi dans l'ombre — le Patron
- 1960The Hunchback — Feldwebel
- 1959Eyes of Love — Dr. Andrieux
- 1959Marie-Octobre — Julien Simoneau
- 1959The Great Deception — le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
- 1959The Great War — Capitano Castelli
- 1959The Magnificent Tramp — M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
- 1958A Legitimate Defense — Gustave Martinet
- 1958Les Misérables — Javert father / Javert son
- 1958Sans famille — Renato Garofoli
- 1958School for Coquettes — Labaume
- 1958Secrets of a French Nurse — René Lecomte
- 1958The Cat — Debrun
- 1958The Gambler — General Zagoriensky
- 1958The Possessors — Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
- 1957The Man in the Raincoat — Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
- 1957There's Always a Price Tag — Commissioner Plantavin
- 1957When a Woman Meddles — Félix Seguin
- 1956Crime and Punishment — Antoine Monestier
- 1955Black Dossier — Le commissaire Noblet
- 1955Revelation — Don Lorenzo
- 1955The Hussars — le brigadier Le Gouce
- 1954Before the Deluge — Marcel Noblet
- 1954Marriage Episodes — la mari d'Aglaé
- 1954The Secrets of the Bed — Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")
- 1953Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes — Narrator
- 1953Follow That Man — Commissioner François Basquier
- 1952I Was It Three Times — Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken
- 1952Matrimonial Agency — Noël Pailleret
- 1951The Bonnadieu House — Félix Bonnadieu
- 1951Without Leaving an Address — Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
- 19501848 — Récitant / Narrator (voice)
- 1950Lost Souvenirs — Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")
- 1950Sorceror — Jean-Pierre Lesourd
- 1950The Elders of Saint-Loup — Jean Laclaux, ruined banker
- 1950Tuesday's Guest — Charles Josse, agent d'assurance
- 1949Monsignor — Louis Mennechain
- 1949Return to Life — Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
- 1949The Cheat — Robert
- 1949Truant School — Buffle Pascal, teacher
- 1948Dedee — "Monsieur"
- 1948Man to Men — Edmond Coquillot
- 1948The Spice of Life — L'importuné
- 1947Clockface Cafe — Julien Couturier
- 1947Jenny Lamour — Maurice Martineau
- 1946Messieurs Ludovic — Ludovic Seguin
- 1946Mr. Gregoire Runs Away — Alex Grégoire
- 1945Alone in the Night — Inspector Pascal
- 1945Farandole — Sylvestre
- 1944Carmen — Remendado
- 1944The Little Ones of the Flower Platform — Doctor Bernard
- 1943Domino — Crémone
- 1943I Am with You — Robert Nattier
- 1943Marie-Martine — Maurice
- 1942Fantastic Night — Lucien
- 1942La Symphonie fantastique — Antoine Charbonnel
- 1942The Marriage of Chiffon — Hotel boy
- 1942The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock — André Bertod
- 1942The Woman I Loved the Most — Funeral home employee
- 1942Threesome Romance — Marcel
- 1942Whims — Marcel
- 1941Hell of Angels — Freddy, le patron du bistrot
- 1941Night in December — Édouard
- 1941Premier bal — The maitre d'hotel
- 1941The Pavilion Burns — Benezy
- 1941Who Killed Santa Claus? — Officer from the Gendarmerie
- 1939Daybreak — Gaston
- 1939Latin Quarter — (uncredited)
- 1939Place de la Concorde — Brioche
- 1938Final Accord — Mérot
- 1938Grisou — le fils Mélée
- 1938Hôtel du Nord — Prosper
- 1938The Curtain Rises — Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire
- 1938The Stream — Taxi driver (uncredited)
- 1938Youth in Revolt — Benoît
- 1937Double Crime in the Maginot Line
- 1937Heart of Paris — Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)
- 1937The Green Dress — Le fils Pinchet
- 1937The Messenger — Nick's chauffeur (uncredited)
- 1937Trois... six... neuf
- 1937Woman of Malacca — (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (9)
- 2023L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)
- 2020Bernard Blier, façon puzzle — Self (archive footage)
- 2017À la recherche de... Pierre Richard — Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2002Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes — Self (archive footage)
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
- Spécial cinéma — Self
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self
- Cinépanorama — Self
- La Joie de vivre — Self