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