Bernard Blier
Known for Acting · 192 credits
- Born
- 1916-01-11
- Died
- 1989-03-29
- Place of birth
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (186)
Femmes Fatales
1976
as Father Émile
By the Blood of Others
1974
as Mayor
The Possessed
1988
as Governor
My Friends
1975
as Righi Niccolò
Chinese In Paris
1974
as Le Président de la République
High Infidelity
1964
as Sergio
The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961
as Charles Lepicard
Sans famille
1958
as Renato Garofoli
Marie-Octobre
1959
as Julien Simoneau
My Friends Act III
1985
as Sig. Lenzi
The Cheat
1949
as Robert
Nailcruncher
1988
as Saltiel
Bernard Blier, façon puzzle
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Feu la mère de Madame
1978
as Lucien
The Stream
1938
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
Heart of Paris
1937
as Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)
The Gambler
1958
as General Zagoriensky
Kisses Till Monday
1974
as Frankie Strong
The Great Spy Chase
1964
as Eusebio Cafarelli
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
1960
as Commissario Polizia
Grisou
1938
as le fils Mélée
Passion of Love
1981
as Major
Marriage Episodes
1954
as la mari d'Aglaé
Without Leaving an Address
1951
as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
Do or Die!
1960
as Lenzi
The Man in the Raincoat
1957
as Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
The Great War
1959
as Capitano Castelli
I picari
1987
as The exploiter of prostitutes
Let's Hope It's a Girl
1986
as Uncle Gugo
Coplan Saves His Skin
1968
as Marscar
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981
as Emir Abdullah
Jo
1971
as Inspecteur Ducros
Hôtel du Nord
1938
as Prosper
Paganini
1990
as Pater Caffarelli
Dedee
1948
as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
1960
as le Patron
There's Always a Price Tag
1957
as Commissioner Plantavin
The Phoney
1975
as Maxime
Idiot in Paris
1967
as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
The Magnificent Tramp
1959
as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
Crime and Punishment
1956
as Antoine Monestier
The Body of My Enemy
1976
as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
Alone in the Night
1945
as Inspector Pascal
Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
1946
as Alex Grégoire
Black Dossier
1955
as Le commissaire Noblet
L'École des femmes
1973
as Arnolphe
Quick Trial
1974
as Il giudice
Germinal
1963
as Hennebeau
Fantastic Night
1942
as Lucien
Crooks in Clover
1963
as Raoul Volfoni
Clockface Cafe
1947
as Julien Couturier
The Seventh Juror
1962
as Grégoire Duval pharmacien
The Possessors
1958
as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
Dear Caroline
1968
as Georges Berthier
Man to Men
1948
as Edmond Coquillot
Migrations
1989
as Opat Žoržel
Young Girls of Good Families
1963
as Ribois
A Matter of Honor
1966
as Don Leandro Sanna
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
as Mariotti
Before the Deluge
1954
as Marcel Noblet
The Fenouillard Family
1961
as A traveler (uncredited)
The Restaurant
1966
as Le commissaire divisionnaire
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
as Colonel Bernard Milan
Les Misérables
1958
as Javert father / Javert son
Homo Eroticus
1971
as Dr. Mezzini
Jenny Lamour
1947
as Maurice Martineau
Twist Again in Moscow
1986
as Alexei
Catch Me a Spy
1971
as Webb
Distracted
1970
as Guiton
The Organizer
1963
as Martinetti
The Black Monocle
1961
as Commissaire Tournemire
The Pavilion Burns
1941
as Benezy
When a Woman Meddles
1957
as Félix Seguin
Operation Gold Ingot
1962
Madman at War
1985
as Belucci
When the Pheasants Pass
1965
as Hyacinthe Camus
Greed in the Sun
1964
as Mitch-Mitch
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
Follow That Man
1953
as Commissioner François Basquier
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970
as Liethard
Serie Noire
1979
as Staplin
The Stranger
1967
as Defense Counsel
The Hunchback
1960
as Feldwebel
I Am with You
1943
as Robert Nattier
Troubleshooters
1971
as Commissaire Caillaud
Hypochondriac
1979
as Dr. Purgone
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Monsieur K.
The Green Dress
1937
as Le fils Pinchet
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985
as Anselmo Paleari
The President
1961
as Philippe Chalamont
The Restroom Robbery
1975
as Phano
Golden Night
1976
as Commissaire Pidoux
Il turno
1981
as Don Marcantonio
I Hate Actors
1986
as Jerome B. Cobb
Nights of Boccaccio
1972
as Dr. Mazzeo
The Hussars
1955
as le brigadier Le Gouce
Night in December
1941
as Édouard
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973
as Gastié-le-Roy père
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972
as Commissioner Camille Bistingo
Revelation
1955
as Don Lorenzo
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
as Sully
Buffet Froid
1979
as Inspecteur Morvandieu
To Commit a Murder
1967
as Le commandant Rhome
I Was It Three Times
1952
as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes
1953
as Narrator
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968
as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '
Casanova '70
1965
as Il commissario (non accreditato)
Seduction Of The South
1961
as Colonelo Breviglieri
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
Male Hunt
1964
as M. Heurtin
Killer
1972
as François Tellier, director of the PJ
Taste of Life
1988
as Giuseppe Mondardini
The Curtain Rises
1938
as Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire
The Woman I Loved the Most
1942
as Funeral home employee
School for Coquettes
1958
as Labaume
The Bonnadieu House
1951
as Félix Bonnadieu
On purge bébé
1979
as M. Follavoine
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Daybreak
1939
as Gaston
About Bernard Blier
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 B… With 192 credits spanning from 1937 to 2023, Bernard Blier has appeared in 186 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Femmes Fatales (1976) — as Father Émile
- By the Blood of Others (1974) — as Mayor
- The Possessed (1988) — as Governor
- My Friends (1975) — as Righi Niccolò
- Chinese In Paris (1974) — as Le Président de la République
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