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Acting
Birthday:
January 11, 1916
Place of Birth:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Bernard Blier
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Bernard Blier, façon puzzle | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | À la recherche de... Pierre Richard | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Paganini | Pater Caffarelli |
| 1989 | Migrations | Opat Žoržel |
| 1988 | Taste of Life | Giuseppe Mondardini |
| 1988 | Nailcruncher | Saltiel |
| 1988 | The Possessed | Governor |
| 1988 | Ada in the Jungle | Major Collins |
| 1987 | I picari | The exploiter of prostitutes |
| 1987 | Under the Chinese Restaurant | Il professore |
| 1986 | Twist Again in Moscow | Alexei |
| 1986 | Let's Hope It's a Girl | Uncle Gugo |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors | Jerome B. Cobb |
| 1985 | My Friends Act III | Sig. Lenzi |
| 1985 | Madman at War | Belucci |
| 1985 | The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal | Anselmo Paleari |
| 1985 | Ça n'arrive qu'à moi | Monsieur Guilledou |
| 1981 | Pétrole ! Pétrole ! | Emir Abdullah |
| 1981 | Passion of Love | Major |
| 1981 | Il turno | Don Marcantonio |
| 1980 | Voltati Eugenio | Grandfather Eugenio |
| 1979 | Buffet Froid | Inspecteur Morvandieu |
| 1979 | Serie Noire | Staplin |
| 1979 | Hypochondriac | Dr. Purgone |
| 1979 | On purge bébé | M. Follavoine |
| 1978 | Feu la mère de Madame | Lucien |
| 1976 | Golden Night | Commissaire Pidoux |
| 1976 | Femmes Fatales | Father Émile |
| 1976 | The Body of My Enemy | Jean-Baptiste Liégeard |
| 1975 | The Restroom Robbery | Phano |
| 1975 | It's Tough for Everybody | Paul Tardel |
| 1975 | The Phoney | Maxime |
| 1975 | My Friends | Righi Niccolò |
| 1975 | Cher Victor | Anselme Maillard |
| 1974 | Kisses Till Monday | Frankie Strong |
| 1974 | Quick Trial | Il giudice |
| 1974 | Ante Up | Priest |
| 1974 | Par le sang des autres | Mayor |
| 1974 | Bloody Murder | Le commissaire Moureu |
| 1974 | Chinese In Paris | Le Président de la République |
| 1973 | I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything | Gastié-le-Roy père |
| 1973 | Moi y'en a vouloir des sous | Adrien Colbard |
| 1973 | L'École des femmes | Arnolphe |
| 1972 | Killer | François Tellier, director of the PJ |
| 1972 | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Colonel Bernard Milan |
| 1972 | Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful | Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle |
| 1972 | She No Longer Talks, She Shoots | Commissioner Camille Bistingo |
| 1972 | Nights of Boccaccio | Dr. Mazzeo |
| 1971 | Joe: The Busybody | Inspecteur Ducros |
| 1971 | Troubleshooters | Commissaire Caillaud |
| 1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques | Monsieur K. |
| 1971 | Homo Eroticus | Dr. Mezzini |
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy | Webb |
| 1971 | Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... | Persicelli |
| 1970 | She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks | Liethard |
| 1970 | Le Mari, la femme et la mort | Sébastien |
| 1970 | Distracted | Guiton |
| 1969 | My Uncle Benjamin | Marquis de Cambyse |
| 1969 | Call Me Mathilde | Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband |
| 1969 | The Fourth Wall | Andrea Brusa |
| 1968 | Coplan Saves His Skin | Marscar |
| 1968 | Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? | Ubaldo Palmarini |
| 1968 | Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese | Charles aka 'Le Téméraire ' |
| 1968 | Dear Caroline | Georges Berthier |
| 1967 | The Stranger | Defense Counsel |
| 1967 | If I Were a Spy | le Docteur Lefèvre |
| 1967 | Du mou dans la gâchette | Nicolas Pappas |
| 1967 | The Madman of Lab Four | Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang |
| 1967 | To Commit a Murder | Le commandant Rhome |
| 1967 | Idiot in Paris | Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance |
| 1966 | The Restaurant | Le commissaire divisionnaire |
| 1966 | A Matter of Honor | Don Leandro Sanna |
| 1966 | Delitto quasi perfetto | William Derek Robson |
| 1966 | Ring Around the World | Lord Richard Berry |
| 1965 | When the Pheasants Pass | Hyacinthe Camus |
| 1965 | How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning | Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”) |
| 1965 | Casanova '70 | Il commissario (non accreditato |
| 1964 | Male Hunt | M. Heurtin |
| 1964 | The Great Spy Chase | Eusebio Cafarelli |
| 1964 | Greed in the Sun | Mitch-Mitch |
| 1964 | The Magnificent Cuckold | Mariotti |
| 1964 | Why Paris? | Building concierge |
| 1964 | High Infidelity | Sergio |
| 1964 | How to Make a French Dish | Joseph |
| 1964 | Chance at Love | Camille (segment "Une chance explosive") |
| 1963 | Crooks in Clover | Raoul Volfoni |
| 1963 | The Organizer | Martinetti |
| 1963 | Germinal | Hennebeau |
| 1963 | Young Girls of Good Families | Ribois |
| 1963 | Mathias Sandorf | Toronthal |
| 1963 | The Magnificent Adventurer | Clemente VII |
| 1962 | The Seventh Juror | Grégoire Duval, pharmacist |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike | Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv |
| 1962 | Operation Gold Ingot | |
| 1961 | The President | Philippe Chalamont |
| 1961 | Women and War | le docteur Leproux, maire du village |
| 1961 | The Counterfeiters of Paris | Charles Lepicard |
| 1961 | Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! | Sully |
| 1961 | Seduction Of The South | Colonelo Breviglieri |
| 1961 | The Black Monocle | Commissaire Tournemire |
| 1961 | The Fenouillard Family | A traveler (uncredited) |
| 1960 | L'Ennemi dans l'ombre | le Patron |
| 1960 | Do or Die! | Lenzi |
| 1960 | ...And Suddenly It's Murder! | Commissario Polizia |
| 1960 | The Hunchback | Feldwebel |
| 1959 | The Magnificent Tramp | M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café |
| 1959 | The Great Deception | le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens |
| 1959 | Marie-Octobre | Julien Simoneau |
| 1959 | The Great War | Capitano Castelli |
| 1959 | Eyes of Love | Dr. Andrieux |
| 1958 | Les Misérables | Javert father / Javert son |
| 1958 | The Possessors | Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël |
| 1958 | The Cat | Debrun |
| 1958 | A Legitimate Defense | Gustave Martinet |
| 1958 | Secrets of a French Nurse | René Lecomte |
| 1958 | School for Coquettes | Labaume |
| 1958 | The Gambler | General Zagoriensky |
| 1958 | Sans famille | Renato Garofoli |
| 1957 | When a Woman Meddles | Félix Seguin |
| 1957 | There's Always a Price Tag | Commissioner Plantavin |
| 1957 | The Man in the Raincoat | Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur |
| 1956 | Crime and Punishment | Antoine Monestier |
| 1955 | The Hussars | le brigadier Le Gouce |
| 1955 | Black Dossier | Le commissaire Noblet |
| 1955 | Revelation | Don Lorenzo |
| 1954 | Before the Deluge | Marcel Noblet |
| 1954 | Marriage Episodes | la mari d'Aglaé |
| 1954 | The Secrets of the Bed | Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le") |
| 1953 | Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes | Narrator |
| 1953 | Follow That Man | Commissioner François Basquier |
| 1952 | I Was It Three Times | Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken |
| 1952 | Matrimonial Agency | Noël Pailleret |
| 1951 | The Bonnadieu House | Félix Bonnadieu |
| 1951 | Without Leaving an Address | Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat |
| 1950 | Lost Souvenirs | Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon") |
| 1950 | Sorceror | Jean-Pierre Lesourd |
| 1950 | The Elders of Saint-Loup | Jean Laclaux, ruined banker |
| 1950 | 1848 | Récitant / Narrator (voice) |
| 1950 | Tuesday's Guest | Charles Josse, agent d'assurance |
| 1949 | Return to Life | Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma") |
| 1949 | Truant School | Buffle Pascal, teacher |
| 1949 | The Cheat | Robert |
| 1949 | Monsignor | Louis Mennechain |
| 1948 | Dedee | "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses |
| 1948 | Man to Men | Edmond Coquillot |
| 1948 | The Spice of Life | L'importuné |
| 1947 | Clockface Cafe | Julien Couturier |
| 1947 | Jenny Lamour | Maurice Martineau |
| 1946 | Mr. Gregoire Runs Away | Alex Grégoire |
| 1946 | Messieurs Ludovic | Ludovic Seguin |
| 1945 | Alone in the Night | Inspector Pascal |
| 1945 | Farandole | Sylvestre |
| 1944 | The Little Ones of the Flower Platform | Doctor Bernard |
| 1944 | Carmen | Remendado |
| 1943 | Marie-Martine | Maurice |
| 1943 | Domino | Crémone |
| 1943 | I Am with You | Robert Nattier |
| 1942 | The Woman I Loved the Most | Funeral home employee |
| 1942 | The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock | André Bertod |
| 1942 | Threesome Romance | Marcel |
| 1942 | Fantastic Night | Lucien |
| 1942 | The Marriage of Chiffon | Hotel boy |
| 1942 | La Symphonie fantastique | Antoine Charbonnel |
| 1942 | Whims | Marcel |
| 1941 | The Pavilion Burns | Benezy |
| 1941 | Hell of Angels | Freddy, le patron du bistrot |
| 1941 | Premier bal | The maitre d'hotel |
| 1941 | Who Killed Santa Claus? | Officer from the Gendarmerie |
| 1941 | Night in December | Édouard |
| 1939 | Place de la Concorde | Brioche |
| 1939 | Latin Quarter | (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Daybreak | Gaston |
| 1938 | Hôtel du Nord | Prosper |
| 1938 | The Curtain Rises | Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire |
| 1938 | Final Accord | Mérot |
| 1938 | Grisou | le fils Mélée |
| 1938 | The Stream | Taxi driver (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Youth in Revolt | Benoît |
| 1937 | The Messenger | Nick's chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Gribouille | Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Woman of Malacca | (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Trois... six... neuf | |
| 1937 | The Green Dress | Le fils Pinchet |
| 1937 | Double Crime in the Maginot Line |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Cuore | Ing. Bottini |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |