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
Madman at War as Belucci
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi as Monsieur Guilledou

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
Hypochondriac as Dr. Purgone
On purge bébé as M. Follavoine

1978

Feu la mère de Madame as Lucien

1976

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

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
Kisses Till Monday as Frankie Strong
By the Blood of Others as Mayor
Bloody Murder as Le commissaire Moureu
Quick Trial as Il giudice
Ante Up as Priest

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
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
Killer as François Tellier, director of the PJ
Nights of Boccaccio as Dr. Mazzeo
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots as Commissioner Camille Bistingo

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
Call Me Mathilde as Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband
The Fourth Wall as Andrea Brusa

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
Loose in the Trigger as Nicolas Pappas
If I Were a Spy as le Docteur Lefèvre

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

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)
When the Pheasants Pass as Hyacinthe Camus

1964

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

1963

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

1962

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

1961

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

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

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

1958

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

1957

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

La Joie de vivre as Self
Matrimonial Agency as Noël Pailleret
I Was It Three Times as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

Clockface Cafe as Julien Couturier
Jenny Lamour as Maurice Martineau

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
Domino as Crémone
Marie-Martine as Maurice

1942

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

1941

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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