Bernard Blier
Known for Acting · 191 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 (5)
Movies (186)
Femmes Fatales
1976
as Father Émile
My Friends Act III
1985
as Sig. Lenzi
Buffet Froid
1979
as Inspecteur Morvandieu
Jo
1971
as Inspecteur Ducros
Les Misérables
1958
as Javert father / Javert son
Paganini
1990
as Pater Caffarelli
My Friends
1975
as Righi Niccolò
The Hunchback
1960
as Feldwebel
The Restaurant
1966
as Le commissaire divisionnaire
Marie-Octobre
1959
as Julien Simoneau
The Possessed
1988
as Governor
Passion of Love
1981
as Major
Casanova '70
1965
as Il commissario (non accreditato)
Matrimonial Agency
1952
as Noël Pailleret
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981
as Emir Abdullah
Crooks in Clover
1963
as Raoul Volfoni
Nights of Boccaccio
1972
as Dr. Mazzeo
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
as Colonel Bernard Milan
The Gambler
1958
as General Zagoriensky
The Hussars
1955
as le brigadier Le Gouce
Sans famille
1958
as Renato Garofoli
The Great War
1959
as Capitano Castelli
Chinese In Paris
1974
as Le Président de la République
The Stranger
1967
as Defense Counsel
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
as Mariotti
Final Accord
1938
as Mérot
There's Always a Price Tag
1957
as Commissioner Plantavin
Voltati Eugenio
1980
as Grandfather Eugenio
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
1968
as Ubaldo Palmarini
Nailcruncher
1988
as Saltiel
The Restroom Robbery
1975
as Phano
Daybreak
1939
as Gaston
Idiot in Paris
1967
as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
Serie Noire
1979
as Staplin
Chance at Love
1964
as Camille (segment "Une chance explosive")
The Organizer
1963
as Martinetti
Troubleshooters
1971
as Commissaire Caillaud
Follow That Man
1953
as Commissioner François Basquier
The Cat
1958
as Debrun
Hôtel du Nord
1938
as Prosper
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
1971
as Persicelli
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
1960
as Commissario Polizia
The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961
as Charles Lepicard
Lost Souvenirs
1950
as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")
I picari
1987
as The exploiter of prostitutes
Germinal
1963
as Hennebeau
Messieurs Ludovic
1946
as Ludovic Seguin
The Seventh Juror
1962
as Grégoire Duval pharmacien
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Monsieur K.
Twist Again in Moscow
1986
as Alexei
Let's Hope It's a Girl
1986
as Uncle Gugo
Catch Me a Spy
1971
as Webb
High Infidelity
1964
as Sergio
Madman at War
1985
as Belucci
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968
as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970
as Liethard
Without Leaving an Address
1951
as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
Dedee
1948
as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses
The Magnificent Tramp
1959
as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
Homo Eroticus
1971
as Dr. Mezzini
The Body of My Enemy
1976
as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
as Sully
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
1942
as André Bertod
Quick Trial
1974
as Il giudice
Distracted
1970
as Guiton
Golden Night
1976
as Commissaire Pidoux
I Hate Actors
1986
as Jerome B. Cobb
I Am with You
1943
as Robert Nattier
The Woman I Loved the Most
1942
as Funeral home employee
My Uncle Benjamin
1969
as Marquis de Cambyse
The Elders of Saint-Loup
1950
as Jean Laclaux, ruined banker
A Matter of Honor
1966
as Don Leandro Sanna
Crime and Punishment
1956
as Antoine Monestier
Black Dossier
1955
as Le commissaire Noblet
Male Hunt
1964
as M. Heurtin
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941
as Officer from the Gendarmerie
The Possessors
1958
as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
Grisou
1938
as le fils Mélée
L'École des femmes
1973
as Arnolphe
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985
as Anselmo Paleari
The Great Spy Chase
1964
as Eusebio Cafarelli
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Jenny Lamour
1947
as Maurice Martineau
Revelation
1955
as Don Lorenzo
Almost Perfect Crime
1966
as William Derek Robson
Dear Caroline
1968
as Georges Berthier
Greed in the Sun
1964
as Mitch-Mitch
Killer
1972
as François Tellier, director of the PJ
Loose in the Trigger
1967
as Nicolas Pappas
The Secrets of the Bed
1954
as Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")
The President
1961
as Philippe Chalamont
Mathias Sandorf
1963
as Toronthal
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972
as Commissioner Camille Bistingo
Man to Men
1948
as Edmond Coquillot
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Taste of Life
1988
as Giuseppe Mondardini
Seduction Of The South
1961
as Colonelo Breviglieri
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973
as Adrien Colbard
The Spice of Life
1948
as L'importuné
Hitch-Hike
1962
as Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv
Premier bal
1941
as The maitre d'hotel
The Magnificent Adventurer
1963
as Clemente VII
Women and War
1961
as le docteur Leproux, maire du village
By the Blood of Others
1974
as Mayor
When a Woman Meddles
1957
as Félix Seguin
Ante Up
1974
as Priest
Carmen
1944
as Remendado
The Stream
1938
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
The Bonnadieu House
1951
as Félix Bonnadieu
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973
as Gastié-le-Roy père
Why Paris?
1964
as Building concierge
Return to Life
1949
as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Bloody Murder
1974
as Le commissaire Moureu
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972
as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
Cher Victor
1975
as Anselme Maillard
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
Secrets of a French Nurse
1958
as René Lecomte
The Fenouillard Family
1961
as A traveler (uncredited)
The Black Monocle
1961
as Commissaire Tournemire
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 191 credits spanning from 1937 to 2023, Bernard Blier has appeared in 186 films and 5 TV shows.
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- Femmes Fatales (1976) — as Father Émile
- My Friends Act III (1985) — as Sig. Lenzi
- Buffet Froid (1979) — as Inspecteur Morvandieu
- Jo (1971) — as Inspecteur Ducros
- Les Misérables (1958) — as Javert father / Javert son
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