Yves Robert
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1920-06-21
- Died
- 2002-05-10
- Place of birth
- Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Biography
Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. From ages 12–20 he set type as a typographer, then studied mime in his early 20s. In 1948 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film, Les Dieux du dimanche. Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and producing.
Yves Robert's directorial efforts included several successful comedies for which he had written the screenplay. His 1962 film, La Guerre des boutons won France's Prix Jean Vigo. His 1972 film Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. In 1976, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, starring his wife, earned him international acclaim. Robert's 1973 devastating comedy Salut l'artiste is considered by many performers to be the ultimate film about the humiliations of the actor's life. In 1977, he directed another comedy, Nous irons tous au paradis, which was nominated for a César Award for Best Film.
In 1990, Robert directed two dramatic films, My Mother's Castle (Le château de ma mère) and My Father's Glory (La Gloire de mon Père). Based on autobiographical novels by Marcel Pagnol, they were jointly voted "Best Film" at the 1991 Seattle International Film Festival, and received rave reviews. Over his career, he directed more than twenty feature-length motion pictures, wrote an equal number of scripts, and acted in more than seventy-five films. Although his last major role was perhaps in 1980, A Bad Son by Claude Sautet, as the working-class father of a drug-dealer, he continued acting past 1997.
Robert played opposite Danièle Delorme in the 1951 play Colombe (Dove) by Jean Anouilh. They married in 1956, and jointly formed the film production company La Guéville in 1961. La Guéville also released several films by Monty Python and Terry Gilliam, which was very influential into establishing the comedy troupe to French audiences. He died in Paris on 10 May 2002 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery with the epitaph "A man of joy ...", where visitors leave buttons of many colors.[citation needed]He was survived by Danièle and two children, Anne and Jean-Denis Robert, by first wife, actress Rosy Varte. That month's Cannes Film Festival paid homage to his contribution to French film.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Discorama
1959
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Stars 90
1990
as Self
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
as Self
Movies (69)
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
as The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958
as Le photographe lors du mariage
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
as Conductor
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
as le chef d'orchestre
The Crisis
1992
as M. Barelle
The Twin
1984
as l’homme dans l'ascenseur
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955
as Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
King of Hearts
1966
as General Baderna (uncredited)
The Crook
1970
as Commissioner
The Troubles of Alfred
1972
as Parisian television viewer
Money Money Money
1972
as Defense counsel
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
1994
as Léo
Special Section
1975
as Émile Bastard
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951
as Accordionist
The Annuity
1972
as Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
Idiot in Paris
1967
as Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
The Right of the Maddest
1973
as Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Commissioner
The Judge and the Assassin
1976
as Professeur Degueldre
The Green Mare
1959
as Zèphe Maloret
Waiter!
1983
as Simon, dance teacher
Clerambard
1969
as Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited)
Fiancés on the Bridge
1962
as Handkerchief Seller
Le Cinema de Papa
1971
as Henri Roger Langmann
Follow That Man
1953
as Inspector Paulhan
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
1979
as Le père de Louise
Public School
1965
as L'oncle Henri
Little Marcel
1976
as Commissioner Mancini
School for Love
1955
as Clément
Hail the Artist
1973
as le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017
as Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
The Fenouillard Family
1961
as 'Le Coq' (uncredited)
Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959
as La Ballu
A Bad Son
1980
as René Calgagni
Dear Louise
1972
as Magnéto, cycle merchant
Vive la sociale !
1983
as Jojo, le père
The Terror with Women
1956
as Journalist Labarge
The Red Rose
1951
as Yves Gérard
Billy Ze Kick
1985
as Alcide
An Evening at the Music Hall
1956
as Jeff
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
as Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Bibi Fricotin
1951
as Antoine Gardon, détective "Passe Partout"
Bebert and the Train
1963
as Chaussin
Repeated Absences
1972
as Le père de François
Les Truands
1956
as Amédée Benoît / Son père
Men Think Only of That
1954
as Veteran / Walker
Les Dieux du dimanche
1949
as Guillot
The Man with Connections
1970
as The Father
There Is the Brunette
1958
as Le mécanicien
The Little Professor
1958
as Dr Aubin
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
2005
as Self
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
1979
as Workman
The Most Beautiful Month
1968
as Le cheminot
Virgile
1953
as Esposito
Women Are Talkative
1958
as Christian
Paris Incident
1950
as Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
Éclats de famille
1995
as Léon
Bad Liaisons
1955
as L'inspecteur Forbin
Le Pèlerinage
1962
Anthony's Crime
1989
as Pilou
The Passion of Slow Fire
1961
as Bartender
Le Tampon du capiston
1950
as Pastini
Les Bonnes Manières
1952
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
1951
as Charlot, le voyou
Infernal Symphony
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Le rose et le blanc
1982
as Le barman des Caraïbes
La Grande Paulette
1974
as The first gangster
Le Nez au vent
1995
as Raphaël
About Yves Robert
Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. From ages 12–20 he set type as a typographer, then studied mime in his early 20s. In 1948 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film, Les Dieux du dimanche. Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and produci… With 80 credits spanning from 1949 to 2020, Yves Robert has appeared in 69 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Yves Robert Movies
- Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) — as The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
- Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958) — as Le photographe lors du mariage
- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) — as Conductor
- The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974) — as le chef d'orchestre
- The Crisis (1992) — as M. Barelle
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