Charles Boyer
Born: 1899-08-28 in Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Died: 1978-08-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas, Algiers (1938) and Love Affair (1939). Another famous role was in the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight. He received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.
Filmography
2024
- The Trouble With Forgetting as (archive footage)
2009
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Reflections on 'Gaslight' as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Ingrid Bergman Remembered as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1978
- The Louvre as Narrator
1976
- A Matter of Time as Count Sanziani
1974
- Stavisky... as Le baron Jean Raoul
1973
- Lost Horizon as The High Lama
1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1969
- The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Broker
- Garbo, by Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage)
- The April Fools as Andre Greenlaw
1968
- The Name of the Game as Henri Jarnoux
- The Day the Hot Line Got Hot as Vostov
1967
- Casino Royale as Legrand
- Barefoot in the Park as Victor Velasco
1966
- How to Steal a Million as Bernard De Solnay
- Is Paris Burning? as Doctor Monod
1965
- A Very Special Favor as Michel Boullard
1964
- The Rogues as Marcel St. Clair
1963
- Love Is a Ball as M. Etienne Pimm
1962
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Marcelo Desnoyers
- Adorable Julia as Michael Grosselyn
1961
- Fanny as Cesar
- Demons at Midnight as Pierre Guérande
1958
- Maxime as Maxime Cherpray
- The Buccaneer as Dominique You
1957
- La Parisienne as Le prince Charles
- Alcoa Theatre as Dr. Jacques Roland
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- Around the World in 80 Days as Monsieur Gasse
- Paris, Palace Hôtel as Henri Delormel
- What a Woman! as Count Gregorio Sennetti
1955
- Nana as Comte Muffat
- The Wild Bunch as George
- The Cobweb as Dr. Douglas N. Devanal
1953
- The Earrings of Madame de... as Général André de...
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Paul
- Thunder in the East as Primer Minister Singh
- The Happy Time as Jacques Bonnard
1951
- I Love Lucy as Charles Boyer
- The 13th Letter as Dr. Paul Laurent
- The First Legion as Father Marc Arnoux
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Karoly Valkay
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
- Riviera Dream as Charles Boyer
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Arch of Triumph as Dr. Ravic
- A Woman's Vengeance as Henry Maurier
1946
- Cluny Brown as Adam Belinski
- The Battle of the Rails as Narrator (voice)
1945
- Confidential Agent as Luis Denard
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Together Again as George Corday
- Gaslight as Gregory Anton
- The Fighting Lady as Narrator (French version)
1943
- Flesh and Fantasy as Paul Gaspar (segment 3)
- The Constant Nymph as Lewis Dodd
1942
- Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- Tales of Manhattan as Paul Orman
- Little Isles of Freedom as Narrator (voice)
1941
- Back Street as Walter Louis Saxel
- Hold Back the Dawn as Georges Iscovescu
- Appointment for Love as Andre Cassil
1940
- All This, and Heaven Too as Duc de Praslin
1939
- Love Affair as Michel Marnet
- When Tomorrow Comes as Phillipe Andre Chagal
1938
- Algiers as Pepe le Moko
- Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- Orage as André Pascaud
1937
- Tovarich as Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff
- Conquest as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
- History Is Made at Night as Paul Dumond
- The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)
1936
- Mayerling as L'archiduc Rodolphe
- The Garden of Allah as Boris Androvsky
1935
- Break of Hearts as Franz Roberti
- Private Worlds as Dr. Charles Monet
- Shanghai as Dimitri Koslov
1934
- Liliom as Liliom Zadowski
- The Battle as Marquis Yorisaka
- Caravane as Lazi
- Caravan as Latzi
- Le Bonheur as Philippe Lutcher
1933
- The Only Girl as André Robert Maxim, Duke of Pontignac
- Moi et l'impératrice
- The Hawk as Count Georges de Dasetta
1932
- Red-Headed Woman as Albert
- The Man from Yesterday as Rene Gaudin
- Tumultes as Ralph Schwarz
1931
- The Big House as Fred Morgan
- The Trial of Mary Dugan as The prosecutor
- The Magnificent Lie as Jacques
1930
- The Barcarolle of Love as André Le Kerdec
1929
- Captain Fracasse as The Duke
1928
1921
1920
- The Man of the Sea as Guenn la Taupe