Bernard Blier
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina — Jan 11 1916• Died Mar 29 1989
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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 Bl…
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Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Femmes Fatales
Father Émile
Crooks in Clover
Raoul Volfoni
My Friends Act III
Sig. Lenzi
Les Misérables
Javert father / Javert son
My Friends
Righi Niccolò
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Colonel Bernard Milan
Paganini
Pater Caffarelli
The Organizer
Martinetti
Cuore
Ing. Bottini
Jenny Lamour
Maurice Martineau
The President
Philippe Chalamont
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Self - Actor (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
The Great War
Capitano Castelli
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
I picari
The exploiter of prostitutes
Distracted
Guiton
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Charles Lepicard
The Stranger
Defense Counsel
Idiot in Paris
Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
Daybreak
Gaston
Buffet Froid
Inspecteur Morvandieu
Without Leaving an Address
Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
Let's Hope It's a Girl
Uncle Gugo
Joe: The Busybody
Inspecteur Ducros
Sorceror
Jean-Pierre Lesourd
Chinese In Paris
Le Président de la République
The Spice of Life
L'importuné
Troubleshooters
Commissaire Caillaud
The Great Spy Chase
Eusebio Cafarelli
The Seventh Juror
Grégoire Duval pharmacien
Golden Night
Commissaire Pidoux
Nights of Boccaccio
Dr. Mazzeo
Dedee
"Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses
The Gambler
General Zagoriensky
Killer
François Tellier, director of the PJ
The Restaurant
Le commissaire divisionnaire
Germinal
Hennebeau
The Black Monocle
Commissaire Tournemire
The Curtain Rises
Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire
The Hussars
le brigadier Le Gouce
The Possessors
Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
Matrimonial Agency
Noël Pailleret
The Fenouillard Family
A traveler (uncredited)
Return to Life
Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Commissario Polizia
Marie-Octobre
Julien Simoneau
The Possessed
Governor
High Infidelity
Sergio
Coplan Saves His Skin
Marscar
Catch Me a Spy
Webb
A Matter of Honor
Don Leandro Sanna
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Gastié-le-Roy père
Greed in the Sun
Mitch-Mitch
Bloody Murder
Le commissaire Moureu
Premier bal
The maitre d'hotel
Follow That Man
Commissioner François Basquier
Migrations
Opat Žoržel
How to Make a French Dish
Joseph
Twist Again in Moscow
Alexei
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '
The Body of My Enemy
Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Commissioner Camille Bistingo
The Cheat
Robert
There's Always a Price Tag
Commissioner Plantavin
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
le Patron
Casanova '70
Il commissario (non accreditato)
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
André Bertod
The Restroom Robbery
Phano
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Sully
Black Dossier
Le commissaire Noblet
Ada in the Jungle
Major Collins
The Elders of Saint-Loup
Jean Laclaux, ruined banker
The Magnificent Cuckold
Mariotti
The Magnificent Adventurer
Clemente VII
The Phoney
Maxime
If I Were a Spy
le Docteur Lefèvre
Nailcruncher
Saltiel
Voltati Eugenio
Grandfather Eugenio
By the Blood of Others
Mayor
Sans famille
Renato Garofoli
Who Killed Santa Claus?
Officer from the Gendarmerie
The Great Deception
le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
Adrien Colbard
When a Woman Meddles
Félix Seguin
The Madman of Lab Four
Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
The Man in the Raincoat
Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
When the Pheasants Pass
Hyacinthe Camus
The Woman I Loved the Most
Funeral home employee
Homo Eroticus
Dr. Mezzini
Mathias Sandorf
Toronthal
Crime and Punishment
Antoine Monestier
I Was It Three Times
Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
Anselmo Paleari
The Stream
Taxi driver (uncredited)
Serie Noire
Staplin
Hitch-Hike
Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv
Revelation
Don Lorenzo
Young Girls of Good Families
Ribois
Why Paris?
Building concierge
Male Hunt
M. Heurtin
Il turno
Don Marcantonio
Farandole
Sylvestre
Before the Deluge
Marcel Noblet
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Monsieur K.
Taste of Life
Giuseppe Mondardini
To Commit a Murder
Le commandant Rhome
L'École des femmes
Arnolphe
Latin Quarter
(uncredited)
Clockface Cafe
Julien Couturier
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
Quick Trial
Il giudice
My Uncle Benjamin
Marquis de Cambyse
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Liethard
Kisses Till Monday
Frankie Strong
Passion of Love
Major
The Secrets of the Bed
Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
Ubaldo Palmarini
I Hate Actors
Jerome B. Cobb
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Doctor Bernard
A Legitimate Defense
Gustave Martinet
Dear Caroline
Georges Berthier
Place de la Concorde
Brioche
Night in December
Édouard
Eyes of Love
Dr. Andrieux
Ante Up
Priest
Madman at War
Belucci
Call Me Mathilde
Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband
Chance at Love
Camille (segment "Une chance explosive")
Seduction Of The South
Colonelo Breviglieri
C'est pas Parce qu'on n'a Rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule...
Stéphane, dit Phano
The Marriage of Chiffon
Hotel boy
Whims
Marcel
Hypochondriac
Dr. Purgone
It's Tough for Everybody
Paul Tardel
Fantastic Night
Lucien
The Green Dress
Le fils Pinchet
Hell of Angels
Freddy, le patron du bistrot
Almost Perfect Crime
William Derek Robson
Man to Men
Edmond Coquillot
Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
Alex Grégoire
La Symphonie fantastique
Antoine Charbonnel
Women and War
le docteur Leproux, maire du village
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
Persicelli
Monsignor
Louis Mennechain
Cher Victor
Anselme Maillard
Lost Souvenirs
Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")
The Messenger
Nick's chauffeur (uncredited)
On purge bébé
M. Follavoine
Truant School
Buffle Pascal, teacher
The Fourth Wall
Andrea Brusa
The Bonnadieu House
Félix Bonnadieu
Threesome Romance
Marcel
The Magnificent Tramp
M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
Carmen
Remendado
The Hunchback
Feldwebel
Heart of Paris
Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)
Youth in Revolt
Benoît
Trois... six... neuf
Operation Gold Ingot
Do or Die!
Lenzi
Loose in the Trigger
Nicolas Pappas
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Emir Abdullah
Hôtel du Nord
Prosper
Marriage Episodes
la mari d'Aglaé
School for Coquettes
Labaume
Ring Around the World
Lord Richard Berry
The Cat
Debrun
Secrets of a French Nurse
René Lecomte
The Pavilion Burns
Benezy
Domino
Crémone
Grisou
le fils Mélée
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
Monsieur Guilledou
Alone in the Night
Inspector Pascal
Marie-Martine
Maurice
Final Accord
Mérot
Under the Chinese Restaurant
Il professore
Messieurs Ludovic
Ludovic Seguin
Bernard Blier, façon puzzle
Self (archive footage)
Feu la mère de Madame
Lucien
Le Mari, la femme et la mort
Sébastien
Tuesday's Guest
Charles Josse, agent d'assurance
I Am with You
Robert Nattier
Double Crime in the Maginot Line
Woman of Malacca
(uncredited)
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes
Narrator
1848
Récitant / Narrator (voice)