Bernard Blier

Born: 1916-01-11 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died: 1989-03-29

Known For: Acting

Biography

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

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)

1990

Paganini as Pater Caffarelli

1989

Migrations as Opat Žoržel

1988

The Possessed as Governor
Nailcruncher as Saltiel
Taste of Life as Giuseppe Mondardini
Ada in the Jungle as Major Collins

1987

I picari as The exploiter of prostitutes
Under the Chinese Restaurant as Il professore

1986

Let's Hope It's a Girl as Uncle Gugo
Twist Again in Moscow as Alexei
I Hate Actors as Jerome B. Cobb

1985

My Friends Act III as Sig. Lenzi
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal as Anselmo Paleari
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi as Monsieur Guilledou
Madman at War as Belucci

1984

Cuore as Ing. Bottini

1981

Passion of Love as Major
Pétrole ! Pétrole ! as Emir Abdullah
Il turno as Don Marcantonio

1980

Voltati Eugenio as Grandfather Eugenio

1979

Buffet Froid as Inspecteur Morvandieu
Serie Noire as Staplin
On purge bébé as M. Follavoine
Hypochondriac as Dr. Purgone

1978

Feu la mère de Madame as Lucien

1976

Femmes Fatales as Father Émile
Golden Night as Commissaire Pidoux
The Body of My Enemy as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
My Friends as Righi Niccolò
The Phoney as Maxime
The Restroom Robbery as Phano
Cher Victor as Anselme Maillard
It's Tough for Everybody as Paul Tardel

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self
Chinese In Paris as Le Président de la République
By the Blood of Others as Mayor
Kisses Till Monday as Frankie Strong
Bloody Murder as Le commissaire Moureu
Ante Up as Priest
Quick Trial as Il giudice

1973

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything as Gastié-le-Roy père
L'École des femmes as Arnolphe
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous as Adrien Colbard

1972

Le Grand Échiquier as Self
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Colonel Bernard Milan
Killer as François Tellier, director of the PJ
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots as Commissioner Camille Bistingo
Nights of Boccaccio as Dr. Mazzeo
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle

1971

Jo as Inspecteur Ducros
Homo Eroticus as Dr. Mezzini
Catch Me a Spy as Webb
Troubleshooters as Commissaire Caillaud
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques as Monsieur K.
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... as Persicelli

1970

Distracted as Guiton
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks as Liethard
Le Mari, la femme et la mort as Sébastien

1969

My Uncle Benjamin as Marquis de Cambyse
The Fourth Wall as Andrea Brusa
Call Me Mathilde as Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband

1968

Dear Caroline as Georges Berthier
Coplan Saves His Skin as Marscar
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? as Ubaldo Palmarini
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '

1967

The Stranger as Defense Counsel
To Commit a Murder as Le commandant Rhome
Idiot in Paris as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
The Madman of Lab Four as Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
If I Were a Spy as le Docteur Lefèvre
Loose in the Trigger as Nicolas Pappas

1966

The Restaurant as Le commissaire divisionnaire
A Matter of Honor as Don Leandro Sanna
Almost Perfect Crime as William Derek Robson
Ring Around the World as Lord Richard Berry

1965

When the Pheasants Pass as Hyacinthe Camus
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
Casanova '70 as Il commissario (non accreditato)

1964

The Great Spy Chase as Eusebio Cafarelli
High Infidelity as Sergio
Greed in the Sun as Mitch-Mitch
The Magnificent Cuckold as Mariotti
Male Hunt as M. Heurtin
How to Make a French Dish as Joseph
Chance at Love as Camille (segment "Une chance explosive")
Why Paris? as Building concierge

1963

Crooks in Clover as Raoul Volfoni
The Organizer as Martinetti
Mathias Sandorf as Toronthal
The Magnificent Adventurer as Clemente VII
Young Girls of Good Families as Ribois
Germinal as Hennebeau

1962

The Seventh Juror as Grégoire Duval pharmacien
Operation Gold Ingot
Hitch-Hike as Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv

1961

The Counterfeiters of Paris as Charles Lepicard
The President as Philippe Chalamont
The Black Monocle as Commissaire Tournemire
Seduction Of The South as Colonelo Breviglieri
The Fenouillard Family as A traveler (uncredited)
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Sully
Women and War as le docteur Leproux, maire du village

1960

Do or Die! as Lenzi
...And Suddenly It's Murder! as Commissario Polizia
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre as le Patron
The Hunchback as Feldwebel

1959

Marie-Octobre as Julien Simoneau
The Great War as Capitano Castelli
The Magnificent Tramp as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
Eyes of Love as Dr. Andrieux
The Great Deception as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens

1958

Sans famille as Renato Garofoli
Les Misérables as Javert father / Javert son
The Possessors as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
The Gambler as General Zagoriensky
School for Coquettes as Labaume
The Cat as Debrun
Secrets of a French Nurse as René Lecomte
A Legitimate Defense as Gustave Martinet

1957

The Man in the Raincoat as Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
There's Always a Price Tag as Commissioner Plantavin
When a Woman Meddles as Félix Seguin

1956

Cinépanorama as Self
Crime and Punishment as Antoine Monestier

1955

Black Dossier as Le commissaire Noblet
Revelation as Don Lorenzo
The Hussars as le brigadier Le Gouce

1954

Marriage Episodes as la mari d'Aglaé
Before the Deluge as Marcel Noblet
The Secrets of the Bed as Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")

1953

Follow That Man as Commissioner François Basquier
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes as Narrator

1952

I Was It Three Times as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken
Matrimonial Agency as Noël Pailleret

1951

Without Leaving an Address as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
The Bonnadieu House as Félix Bonnadieu

1950

Lost Souvenirs as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")
The Elders of Saint-Loup as Jean Laclaux, ruined banker
Sorceror as Jean-Pierre Lesourd
1848 as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Tuesday's Guest as Charles Josse, agent d'assurance

1949

The Cheat as Robert
Return to Life as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Truant School as Buffle Pascal, teacher
Monsignor as Louis Mennechain

1948

Dedee as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses
Man to Men as Edmond Coquillot
The Spice of Life as L'importuné

1947

Jenny Lamour as Maurice Martineau
Clockface Cafe as Julien Couturier

1946

Mr. Gregoire Runs Away as Alex Grégoire
Messieurs Ludovic as Ludovic Seguin

1945

Alone in the Night as Inspector Pascal
Farandole as Sylvestre

1944

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform as Doctor Bernard
Carmen as Remendado

1943

I Am with You as Robert Nattier
Marie-Martine as Maurice
Domino as Crémone

1942

Fantastic Night as Lucien
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock as André Bertod
La Symphonie fantastique as Antoine Charbonnel
Whims as Marcel
The Woman I Loved the Most as Funeral home employee
The Marriage of Chiffon as Hotel boy
Threesome Romance as Marcel

1941

The Pavilion Burns as Benezy
Who Killed Santa Claus? as Officer from the Gendarmerie
Hell of Angels as Freddy, le patron du bistrot
Night in December as Édouard
Premier bal as The maitre d'hotel

1939

Daybreak as Gaston
Latin Quarter as (uncredited)
Place de la Concorde as Brioche

1938

Hôtel du Nord as Prosper
The Stream as Taxi driver (uncredited)
Grisou as le fils Mélée
Final Accord as Mérot
The Curtain Rises as Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire
Youth in Revolt as Benoît

1937

Heart of Paris as Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)
The Messenger as Nick's chauffeur (uncredited)
The Green Dress as Le fils Pinchet
Woman of Malacca as (uncredited)
Double Crime in the Maginot Line
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