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