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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Blier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances
My Uncle Benjamin
as Marquis de Cambyse
1969
Les Misérables
as Javert father / Javert son
1958
Killer
as François Tellier, director of the PJ
1972
Male Hunt
as M. Heurtin
1964
The Seventh Juror
as Grégoire Duval pharmacien
1962
My Friends Act III
as Sig. Lenzi
1985
The Great Spy Chase
as Eusebio Cafarelli
1964
The Stranger
as Defense Counsel
1967
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as Colonel Bernard Milan
1972
Crooks in Clover
as Raoul Volfoni
1963
The Magnificent Tramp
as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
1959
Golden Night
as Commissaire Pidoux
1976
Joe: The Busybody
as Inspecteur Ducros
1971
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
1972
Greed in the Sun
as Mitch-Mitch
1964
The Possessors
as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
1958
Crime and Punishment
as Antoine Monestier
1956
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
as Gastié-le-Roy père
1973
Femmes Fatales
as Father Émile
1976
Return to Life
as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
1949
