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 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 1988 · Taste of Life as Giuseppe Mondardini
- 1988 · The Possessed as Governor
- 1985 · Madman at War as Belucci
- 1979 · Hypochondriac as Dr. Purgone
- 1979 · Serie Noire as Staplin
- 1976 · Golden Night as Commissaire Pidoux
- 1975 · The Restroom Robbery as Phano
- 1974 · Bloody Murder as Le commissaire Moureu
- 1971 · Catch Me a Spy as Webb
- 1970 · Distracted as Guiton
- 1968 · Coplan Saves His Skin as Marscar
- 1968 · Dear Caroline as Georges Berthier
- 1966 · Almost Perfect Crime as William Derek Robson
- 1965 · How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
- 1964 · Chance at Love as Camille (segment "Une chance explosive")
- 1964 · Male Hunt as M. Heurtin
- 1964 · Greed in the Sun as Mitch-Mitch
- 1963 · Germinal as Hennebeau
- 1962 · The Seventh Juror as Grégoire Duval, pharmacist
- 1961 · Seduction Of The South as Colonelo Breviglieri
- 1960 · L'Ennemi dans l'ombre as le Patron
- 1959 · Marie-Octobre as Julien Simoneau
- 1958 · The Cat as Debrun
- 1958 · Sans famille as Renato Garofoli
- 1957 · There's Always a Price Tag as Commissioner Plantavin
- 1956 · Crime and Punishment as Antoine Monestier
- 1955 · The Hussars as le brigadier Le Gouce
- 1953 · Follow That Man as Commissioner François Basquier
- 1951 · The Bonnadieu House as Félix Bonnadieu
- 1950 · 1848 as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
- 1950 · Sorceror as Jean-Pierre Lesourd
- 1949 · The Cheat as Robert
- 1948 · Dedee as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses
- 1948 · Man to Men as Edmond Coquillot
- 1944 · Carmen as Remendado
- 1944 · The Little Ones of the Flower Platform as Doctor Bernard
- 1942 · La Symphonie fantastique as Antoine Charbonnel
- 1942 · Whims as Marcel
- 1941 · Who Killed Santa Claus? as Officer from the Gendarmerie
- 1941 · Hell of Angels as Freddy, le patron du bistrot
- 1938 · Hôtel du Nord as Prosper
- 1938 · The Stream as Taxi driver (uncredited)
- 1938 · The Curtain Rises as Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire
- 1938 · Grisou as le fils Mélée
- 1937 · Gribouille as Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)
- 1937 · Trois... six... neuf as
- Future · C'est pas Parce qu'on n'a Rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule... as Stéphane, dit Phano
- 2020 · Bernard Blier, façon puzzle as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Paganini as Pater Caffarelli
- 1989 · Migrations as Opat Žoržel
- 1988 · Ada in the Jungle as Major Collins
- 1988 · Nailcruncher as Saltiel
- 1987 · I picari as The exploiter of prostitutes
- 1987 · Under the Chinese Restaurant as Il professore
- 1986 · Twist Again in Moscow as Alexei
- 1986 · I Hate Actors as Jerome B. Cobb
- 1986 · Let's Hope It's a Girl as Uncle Gugo
- 1985 · The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal as Anselmo Paleari
- 1985 · My Friends Act III as Sig. Lenzi
- 1985 · Ça n'arrive qu'à moi as Monsieur Guilledou
- 1984 · Cuore as Ing. Bottini
- 1981 · Il turno as Don Marcantonio
- 1981 · Passion of Love as Major
- 1981 · Pétrole ! Pétrole ! as Emir Abdullah
- 1980 · Voltati Eugenio as Grandfather Eugenio
- 1979 · Buffet Froid as Inspecteur Morvandieu
- 1979 · On purge bébé as M. Follavoine
- 1978 · Feu la mère de Madame as Lucien
- 1976 · The Body of My Enemy as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
- 1976 · Femmes Fatales as Father Émile
- 1975 · My Friends as Righi Niccolò
- 1975 · The Phoney as Maxime
- 1975 · It's Tough for Everybody as Paul Tardel
- 1975 · Cher Victor as Anselme Maillard
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · Kisses Till Monday as Frankie Strong
- 1974 · Ante Up as Priest
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · Quick Trial as Il giudice
- 1974 · By the Blood of Others as Mayor
- 1974 · Chinese In Paris as Le Président de la République
- 1973 · I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything as Gastié-le-Roy père
- 1973 · L'École des femmes as Arnolphe
- 1973 · Moi y'en a vouloir des sous as Adrien Colbard
- 1972 · The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Colonel Bernard Milan
- 1972 · She No Longer Talks, She Shoots as Commissioner Camille Bistingo
- 1972 · Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
- 1972 · Nights of Boccaccio as Dr. Mazzeo
- 1972 · Killer as François Tellier, director of the PJ
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Homo Eroticus as Dr. Mezzini
- 1971 · Joe: The Busybody as Inspecteur Ducros
- 1971 · Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... as Persicelli
- 1971 · Troubleshooters as Commissaire Caillaud
- 1971 · Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques as Monsieur K.
- 1970 · Le Mari, la femme et la mort as Sébastien
- 1970 · She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks as Liethard
- 1969 · Call Me Mathilde as Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband
- 1969 · My Uncle Benjamin as Marquis de Cambyse
- 1969 · The Fourth Wall as Andrea Brusa
- 1968 · Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? as Ubaldo Palmarini
- 1968 · Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '
- 1967 · The Madman of Lab Four as Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
- 1967 · The Stranger as Defense Counsel
- 1967 · Loose in the Trigger as Nicolas Pappas
- 1967 · If I Were a Spy as le Docteur Lefèvre
- 1967 · To Commit a Murder as Le commandant Rhome
- 1967 · Idiot in Paris as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
- 1966 · Ring Around the World as Lord Richard Berry
- 1966 · The Restaurant as Le commissaire divisionnaire
- 1966 · A Matter of Honor as Don Leandro Sanna
- 1965 · When the Pheasants Pass as Hyacinthe Camus
- 1965 · Casanova '70 as Il commissario (non accreditato
- 1964 · The Great Spy Chase as Eusebio Cafarelli
- 1964 · The Magnificent Cuckold as Mariotti
- 1964 · Why Paris? as Building concierge
- 1964 · How to Make a French Dish as Joseph
- 1964 · High Infidelity as Sergio
- 1963 · Crooks in Clover as Raoul Volfoni
- 1963 · The Organizer as Martinetti
- 1963 · The Magnificent Adventurer as Clemente VII
- 1963 · Young Girls of Good Families as Ribois
- 1963 · Mathias Sandorf as Toronthal
- 1962 · Hitch-Hike as Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv
- 1962 · Operation Gold Ingot as
- 1961 · The Counterfeiters of Paris as Charles Lepicard
- 1961 · The Black Monocle as Commissaire Tournemire
- 1961 · Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Sully
- 1961 · The President as Philippe Chalamont
- 1961 · Women and War as le docteur Leproux, maire du village
- 1961 · The Fenouillard Family as A traveler (uncredited)
- 1960 · ...And Suddenly It's Murder! as Commissario Polizia
- 1960 · The Hunchback as Feldwebel
- 1960 · Do or Die! as Lenzi
- 1959 · Eyes of Love as Dr. Andrieux
- 1959 · The Great War as Capitano Castelli
- 1959 · The Great Deception as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
- 1959 · The Magnificent Tramp as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
- 1958 · The Possessors as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
- 1958 · The Gambler as General Zagoriensky
- 1958 · A Legitimate Defense as Gustave Martinet
- 1958 · School for Coquettes as Labaume
- 1958 · Les Misérables as Javert father / Javert son
- 1958 · Secrets of a French Nurse as René Lecomte
- 1957 · When a Woman Meddles as Félix Seguin
- 1957 · The Man in the Raincoat as Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · Revelation as Don Lorenzo
- 1955 · Black Dossier as Le commissaire Noblet
- 1954 · Marriage Episodes as la mari d'Aglaé
- 1954 · The Secrets of the Bed as Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")
- 1954 · Before the Deluge as Marcel Noblet
- 1953 · Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes as Narrator
- 1952 · I Was It Three Times as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken
- 1952 · Matrimonial Agency as Noël Pailleret
- 1951 · Without Leaving an Address as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
- 1950 · Lost Souvenirs as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")
- 1950 · The Elders of Saint-Loup as Jean Laclaux, ruined banker
- 1950 · Tuesday's Guest as Charles Josse, agent d'assurance
- 1949 · Monsignor as Louis Mennechain
- 1949 · Return to Life as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
- 1949 · Truant School as Buffle Pascal, teacher
- 1948 · The Spice of Life as L'importuné
- 1947 · Jenny Lamour as Maurice Martineau
- 1947 · Clockface Cafe as Julien Couturier
- 1946 · Mr. Gregoire Runs Away as Alex Grégoire
- 1946 · Messieurs Ludovic as Ludovic Seguin
- 1945 · Alone in the Night as Inspector Pascal
- 1945 · Farandole as Sylvestre
- 1943 · I Am with You as Robert Nattier
- 1943 · Domino as Crémone
- 1943 · Marie-Martine as Maurice
- 1942 · The Marriage of Chiffon as Hotel boy
- 1942 · Fantastic Night as Lucien
- 1942 · Threesome Romance as Marcel
- 1942 · The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock as André Bertod
- 1942 · The Woman I Loved the Most as Funeral home employee
- 1941 · The Pavilion Burns as Benezy
- 1941 · Premier bal as The maitre d'hotel
- 1941 · Night in December as Édouard
- 1939 · Latin Quarter as (uncredited)
- 1939 · Daybreak as Gaston
- 1939 · Place de la Concorde as Brioche
- 1938 · Final Accord as Mérot
- 1938 · Youth in Revolt as Benoît
- 1937 · The Green Dress as Le fils Pinchet
- 1937 · Woman of Malacca as (uncredited)
- 1937 · Double Crime in the Maginot Line as
- 1937 · The Messenger as Nick's chauffeur (uncredited)




