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.
2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage) |
2020 | Bernard Blier, façon puzzle |
2017 | À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actor (archive footage) |
1990 | Paganini as Pater Caffarelli |
1989 | Seobe as Opat Žoržel |
1988 | Una botta di vita as Giuseppe Mondardini |
1988 | Ada dans la jungle as Major Collins |
1988 | Mangeclous as Saltiel |
1988 | Ecinniler as Governor |
1987 | I picari as The exploiter of prostitutes |
1987 | Sotto il ristorante cinese |
1986 | Twist again à Moscou as Alexei |
1986 | Je hais les acteurs as Jerome B. Cobb |
1986 | Speriamo che sia femmina as Uncle Gugo |
1985 | Le due vite di Mattia Pascal as Anselmo Paleari |
1985 | Amici miei - Atto III° as Sig. Lenzi |
1985 | Scemo di guerra as Belucci |
1985 | Ça n'arrive qu'à moi as Monsieur Guilledou |
1981 | Il turno |
1981 | Passione d'amore as Major |
1981 | Pétrole ! Pétrole ! as Emir Abdullah |
1980 | Voltati Eugenio as Grandfather Eugenio |
1979 | Il malato immaginario as Dr. Purgone |
1979 | Soğuk Büfe as Inspecteur Morvandieu |
1979 | Série noire as Staplin |
1979 | On purge bébé as M. Follavoine |
1978 | Feu la mère de Madame as Lucien |
1976 | Le Corps de mon ennemi as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard |
1976 | Nuit d'or as Commissaire Pidoux |
1976 | Calmos as Father Emile |
1975 | Arkadaşlarım as Righi Niccolò |
1975 | Le Faux-cul as Maxime |
1975 | C'est dur pour tout le monde as Paul Tardel |
1975 | Ce cher Victor as Anselme Maillard |
1975 | C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule... as Phano |
1974 | Bons baisers... à lundi as Frankie Strong |
1974 | Il piatto piange as Priest |
1974 | Processo per direttissima as Il giudice |
1974 | Par le sang des autres as Le maire |
1974 | ...La Main à couper as Le commissaire Moureu |
1974 | Les Chinois à Paris as Le Président de la République |
1973 | Je sais rien mais je dirai tout as Gastié-le-Roy père |
1973 | L'École des femmes as Arnolphe |
1973 | Moi y'en a vouloir des sous as Adrien Colbard |
1972 | Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire as Colonel Bernard Milan |
1972 | Elle cause plus, elle flingue ! as Commissioner Camille Bistingo |
1972 | Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle |
1972 | Boccaccio as Dr. Mazzeo |
1972 | Le tueur as François Tellier |
1971 | Homo Eroticus as Dr. Mezzini |
1971 | Catch Me a Spy as Webb |
1971 | Jo as Inspecteur Ducros |
1971 | Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... as Persicelli |
1971 | Laisse aller... c'est une valse as Commissaire Caillaud |
1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques as Monsieur K. |
1970 | Le Distrait as Guiton |
1970 | Le Mari, la femme et la mort as Sébastien |
1970 | Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais… elle cause ! as Liethard |
1969 | Appelez-moi Mathilde as Charles de Blanzac, l'époux de Mathilde |
1969 | Mon oncle Benjamin as Marquis de Cambyse |
1969 | Quarta parete as Andrea Brusa |
1968 | Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? as Ubaldo Palmarini |
1968 | Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire ' |
1968 | Coplan sauve sa peau as Marscar |
1968 | Caroline chérie as Georges Berthier |
1967 | Le Fou du labo 4 as Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang |
1967 | Lo straniero as Defense Counsel |
1967 | Du mou dans la gâchette as Nicolas Pappas |
1967 | Si j'étais un espion as le Docteur Lefèvre |
1967 | Peau d'espion as Le commandant Rhome |
1967 | Un idiot à Paris as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance |
1966 | Duello nel mondo |
1966 | Enayi Casus as Le commissaire divisionnaire |
1966 | Delitto quasi perfetto as William Derek Robson |
1966 | Una questione d'onore as Don Leandro Sanna |
1965 | Les Bons Vivants as Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”) |
1965 | Quand passent les faisans as Hyacinthe Camus |
1965 | Casanova '70 as Il commissario (non accreditato |
1964 | Les Barbouzes as Eusebio Cafarelli |
1964 | La chance et l'amour as Camille (segment "Une chance explosive") |
1964 | Il magnifico cornuto as Mariotti |
1964 | La Chasse à l'homme as M. Heurtin |
1964 | Pourquoi Paris ? as Building concierge |
1964 | Cent Mille Dollars au soleil as Mitch-Mitch |
1964 | La Bonne Soupe as Joseph |
1964 | Alta infedeltà as Sergio |
1963 | Les Tontons flingueurs as Raoul Volfoni |
1963 | I compagni as Martinetti |
1963 | Germinal as Hennebeau |
1963 | Il magnifico avventuriero as Clemente VII |
1963 | Les Saintes-Nitouches as Ribois |
1963 | Mathias Sandorf as Toronthal |
1962 | Le Septième Juré as Grégoire Duval, pharmacist |
1962 | Les Petits Matins as Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv |
1962 | En plein cirage |
1961 | I briganti italiani as Colonelo Breviglieri |
1961 | Le cave se rebiffe as Charles Lepicard |
1961 | Le Monocle noir as Commissaire Tournemire |
1961 | Vive Henri IV... Vive l'amour as Sully |
1961 | Le Président as Philippe Chalamont |
1961 | Arrêtez les tambours as le docteur Leproux, maire du village |
1961 | La Famille Fenouillard as A traveler (uncredited) |
1960 | Crimen as Commissario Polizia |
1960 | Il gobbo as Feldwebel |
1960 | L'Ennemi dans l'ombre as le Patron |
1960 | Marche ou crève as Lenzi |
1959 | Les Yeux de l'amour as Dr. Andrieux |
1959 | La grande guerra as Capitano Castelli |
1959 | Le Secret du chevalier d'Éon as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens |
1959 | Marie-Octobre as Julien Simoneau |
1959 | Archimède le clochard as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café |
1958 | Les Grandes Familles as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël |
1958 | Le Joueur as General Zagoriensky |
1958 | En légitime défense as Gustave Martinet |
1958 | L'École des cocottes as Labaume |
1958 | La Chatte as Debrun |
1958 | Les Misérables as Javert (père et fils) |
1958 | La Bonne Tisane as René Lecomte |
1958 | Sans famille as Renato Garofoli |
1957 | Quand la femme s'en mêle as Félix Seguin |
1957 | Retour de manivelle as Commissioner Plantavin |
1957 | L'Homme à l'imperméable as Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur |
1956 | Crime et châtiment as Antoine Monestier |
1955 | Prigionieri del male as Don Lorenzo |
1955 | Les Hussards as le brigadier Le Gouce |
1955 | Le Dossier noir as Le commissaire Noblet |
1954 | Scènes de ménage as la mari d'Aglaé |
1954 | Secrets d'alcôve as Bertrand Germain-Latour |
1954 | Secrets d'alcôve as Emile Bergeret |
1954 | Avant le déluge as Marcel Noblet |
1953 | Suivez cet homme as Commissioner François Basquier |
1953 | Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes as Narrator |
1952 | Je l'ai été 3 fois ! as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken |
1952 | Agence Matrimoniale as Noël Pailleret |
1951 | La Maison Bonnadieu as Félix Bonnadieu |
1951 | Sans laisser d'adresse as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat |
1950 | Souvenirs perdus as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon") |
1950 | Les Anciens de Saint-Loup as Jean Laclaux, ruined banker |
1950 | L'Invité du mardi as Charles Josse, agent d'assurance |
1950 | La Révolution de 1848 as Récitant / Narrator (voice) |
1950 | La Souricière as Jean-Pierre Lesourd |
1949 | Monseigneur as Louis Mennechain |
1949 | Retour à la vie as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma") |
1949 | Manèges as Robert |
1949 | L'École buissonnière as Buffle Pascal, teacher |
1948 | Les Casse-pieds as L'importuné |
1948 | D'homme à hommes as Edmond Coquillot |
1948 | Dédée d'Anvers as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses |
1947 | Paris Emniyeti as Maurice Martineau |
1947 | Le Café du Cadran as Julien Couturier |
1946 | Messieurs Ludovic as Ludovic Seguin |
1946 | Monsieur Grégoire s'évade as Alex Grégoire |
1945 | Seul dans la nuit as Inspector Pascal |
1945 | Farandole as Sylvestre |
1944 | Carmen as Remendado |
1944 | Les Petites du quai aux fleurs as Doctor Bernard |
1943 | Je suis avec toi as Robert Nattier |
1943 | Domino as Crémone |
1943 | Marie-Martine as Maurice |
1942 | Le Mariage de Chiffon as Hotel boy |
1942 | La Nuit fantastique |
1942 | Romance à trois as Marcel |
1942 | Le journal tombe à 5 heures as André Bertod |
1942 | La Symphonie fantastique as Antoine Charbonnel |
1942 | La femme que j'ai le plus aimée as Funeral home employee |
1942 | Caprices |
1941 | Le pavillon brûle as Benezy |
1941 | L'Assassinat du Père Noël as Officer from the Gendarmerie |
1941 | Premier bal as The maitre d'hotel |
1941 | La Nuit de Décembre as Édouard |
1941 | L'Enfer des anges as Freddy, le patron du bistrot |
1939 | Quartier Latin |
1939 | Gün Ağarıyor as Gaston |
1939 | Place de la Concorde as Brioche |
1938 | Accord final |
1938 | Hôtel du Nord as Prosper |
1938 | Le Ruisseau as le chauffeur de taxi |
1938 | Entrée des artistes as Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire |
1938 | Altitude 3.200 as Benoît |
1938 | Grisou as le fils Mélée |
1937 | L'Habit vert as Le fils Pinchet |
1937 | La Dame de Malacca as (uncredited) |
1937 | Double crime sur la ligne Maginot |
1937 | Gribouille as Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited) |
1937 | Le Messager |
1937 | Trois... six... neuf |
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