Bernard Blier

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-01-11 (73 years old)

Deathday

1989-03-29

Place of Birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bernard Blier

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...

Acting

1969

My Uncle Benjamin

as Marquis de Cambyse

1958

Les Misérables

as Javert father / Javert son

1972

Killer

as François Tellier, director of the PJ

1964

Male Hunt

as M. Heurtin

1962

The Seventh Juror

as Grégoire Duval, pharmacist

1985

My Friends Act III

as Sig. Lenzi

1964

The Great Spy Chase

as Eusebio Cafarelli

1967

The Stranger

as Defense Counsel

1972

1963

Crooks in Clover

as Raoul Volfoni

1959

The Magnificent Tramp

as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café

1976

Golden Night

as Commissaire Pidoux

1971

Joe: The Busybody

as Inspecteur Ducros

1972

Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful

as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle

1964

Greed in the Sun

as Mitch-Mitch

1958

The Possessors

as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël

1956

Crime and Punishment

as Antoine Monestier

1976

Femmes Fatales

as Father Émile

1949

Return to Life

as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

1979

Buffet Froid

as Inspecteur Morvandieu

1979

Serie Noire

as Staplin

1958

The Cat

as Debrun

1968

1947

Clockface Cafe

as Julien Couturier

1949

Truant School

as Buffle Pascal, teacher

1938

Hôtel du Nord

as Prosper

1947

Jenny Lamour

as Maurice Martineau

1966

The Restaurant

as Le commissaire divisionnaire

1963

The Organizer

as Martinetti

1976

The Body of My Enemy

as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard

1959

The Great Deception

as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens

1971

Troubleshooters

as Commissaire Caillaud

1985

Madman at War

as Belucci

1937

The Messenger

as Nick's chauffeur (uncredited)

1937

Gribouille

as Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)

1937

Woman of Malacca

as (uncredited)

1988

Taste of Life

as Giuseppe Mondardini

1942

The Woman I Loved the Most

as Funeral home employee

1938

The Curtain Rises

as Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire

1938

Final Accord

as Mérot

1939

1942

1942

1942

1942

La Symphonie fantastique

as Antoine Charbonnel

1968

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese

as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '

1939

Latin Quarter

as (uncredited)

1941

1961

The President

as Philippe Chalamont

1974

Kisses Till Monday

as Frankie Strong

1942

Whims

as Marcel

1965

When the Pheasants Pass

as Hyacinthe Camus

1952

I Was It Three Times

as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken

1963

Germinal

as Hennebeau

1981

Pétrole ! Pétrole !

as Emir Abdullah

1957

When a Woman Meddles

as Félix Seguin

1961

Women and War

as le docteur Leproux, maire du village

1959

Marie-Octobre

as Julien Simoneau

1967

If I Were a Spy

as le Docteur Lefèvre

1960

1961

The Counterfeiters of Paris

as Charles Lepicard

1972

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

as Commissioner Camille Bistingo

1950

Lost Souvenirs

as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")

1950

Sorceror

as Jean-Pierre Lesourd

1967

Du mou dans la gâchette

as Nicolas Pappas

1965

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

as Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)

1962

Hitch-Hike

as Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv

1948

Dedee

as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses

1987

I picari

as The exploiter of prostitutes

1988

Nailcruncher

as Saltiel

1955

The Hussars

as le brigadier Le Gouce

1973

1975

1958

A Legitimate Defense

as Gustave Martinet

1969

Call Me Mathilde

as Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband

1958

1960

Do or Die!

as Lenzi

1938

Grisou

as le fils Mélée

1938

The Stream

as Le chauffeur de taxi (non crédité)

1960

...And Suddenly It's Murder!

as Commissario Polizia

1951

The Bonnadieu House

as Félix Bonnadieu

1945

Alone in the Night

as Inspector Pascal

1943

Marie-Martine

as Maurice

1960

The Hunchback

as Feldwebel

1967

The Madman of Lab Four

as Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang

1985

1967

To Commit a Murder

as Le commandant Rhome

1987

1950

The Elders of Saint-Loup

as Jean Laclaux, ruined banker

1975

The Phoney

as Maxime

1966

A Matter of Honor

as Don Leandro Sanna

1981

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Homo Eroticus

as Dr. Mezzini

1951

Without Leaving an Address

as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat

1957

There's Always a Price Tag

as Commissioner Plantavin

1966

Delitto quasi perfetto

as William Derek Robson

1959

The Great War

as Capitano Castelli

1946

Mr. Gregoire Runs Away

as Alex Grégoire

1974

Quick Trial

as Il giudice

1941

Hell of Angels

as Freddy, le patron du bistrot

1939

Daybreak

as Gaston

2017

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1968

Dear Caroline

as Georges Berthier

1949

The Cheat

as Robert

1986

1955

Black Dossier

as Le commissaire Noblet

1979

Hypochondriac

as Dr. Purgone

1975

My Friends

as Righi Niccolò

1970

Distracted

as Guiton

1961

Seduction Of The South

as Colonelo Breviglieri

1941

Premier bal

as The maitre d'hotel

1967

Idiot in Paris

as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance

1961

The Black Monocle

as Commissaire Tournemire

1964

Why Paris?

as Building concierge

1943

Domino

as Crémone

1989

Migrations

as Opat Žoržel

1966

Ring Around the World

as Lord Richard Berry

1972

Nights of Boccaccio

as Dr. Mazzeo

1952

Matrimonial Agency

as Noël Pailleret

1958

1937

The Green Dress

as Le fils Pinchet

1953

Follow That Man

as Commissioner François Basquier

1949

Monsignor

as Louis Mennechain

1959

Eyes of Love

as Dr. Andrieux

1985

Ça n'arrive qu'à moi

as Monsieur Guilledou

1954

Before the Deluge

as Marcel Noblet

1981

Il turno

as Don Marcantonio

1961

The Fenouillard Family

as A traveler (uncredited)

1974

Ante Up

as Priest

1988

The Possessed

as Governor

1990

Paganini

as Pater Caffarelli

1971

1974

Bloody Murder

as Le commissaire Moureu

1948

Man to Men

as Edmond Coquillot

1948

The Spice of Life

as L'importuné

1946

Messieurs Ludovic

as Ludovic Seguin

1943

I Am with You

as Robert Nattier

1950

1848

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

1954

Marriage Episodes

as la mari d'Aglaé

1965

Casanova '70

as Il commissario (non accreditato

1944

Carmen

as Remendado

1969

The Fourth Wall

as Andrea Brusa

1955

Revelation

as Don Lorenzo

1963

Mathias Sandorf

as Toronthal

1950

Tuesday's Guest

as Charles Josse, agent d'assurance

1980

Voltati Eugenio

as Grandfather Eugenio

1988

Ada in the Jungle

as Major Collins

1964

1979

On purge bébé

as M. Follavoine

1986

I Hate Actors

as Jerome B. Cobb

1941

Who Killed Santa Claus?

as Officer from the Gendarmerie

1938

Youth in Revolt

as Benoît

1957

The Man in the Raincoat

as Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur

1958

The Gambler

as General Zagoriensky

1974

Chinese In Paris

as Le Président de la République

1958

Sans famille

as Renato Garofoli

1945

Farandole

as Sylvestre

1941

1973

1954

The Secrets of the Bed

as Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")

1963

1975

Cher Victor

as Anselme Maillard

1964

Chance at Love

as Camille (segment "Une chance explosive")

2020

Bernard Blier, façon puzzle

as Self (archive footage)

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