Bernard Blier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1916, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Died
- March 29, 1989
- Movies
- 186
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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Bernard Blier, façon puzzle | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | À la recherche de... Pierre Richard | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Paganini | Pater Caffarelli |
| 1989 | Migrations | Opat Žoržel |
| 1988 | Taste of Life | Giuseppe Mondardini |
| 1988 | Ada in the Jungle | Major Collins |
| 1988 | Nailcruncher | Saltiel |
| 1988 | The Possessed | Governor |
| 1987 | I picari | The exploiter of prostitutes |
| 1987 | Under the Chinese Restaurant | Il professore |
| 1986 | Twist Again in Moscow | Alexei |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors | Jerome B. Cobb |
| 1986 | Let's Hope It's a Girl | Uncle Gugo |
| 1985 | The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal | Anselmo Paleari |
| 1985 | My Friends Act III | Sig. Lenzi |
| 1985 | Madman at War | Belucci |
| 1985 | Ça n'arrive qu'à moi | Monsieur Guilledou |
| 1981 | Il turno | Don Marcantonio |
| 1981 | Passion of Love | Major |
| 1981 | Pétrole ! Pétrole ! | Emir Abdullah |
| 1980 | Voltati Eugenio | Grandfather Eugenio |
| 1979 | Hypochondriac | Dr. Purgone |
| 1979 | Buffet Froid | Inspecteur Morvandieu |
| 1979 | Serie Noire | Staplin |
| 1979 | On purge bébé | M. Follavoine |
| 1978 | Feu la mère de Madame | Lucien |
| 1976 | The Body of My Enemy | Jean-Baptiste Liégeard |
| 1976 | Golden Night | Commissaire Pidoux |
| 1976 | Femmes Fatales | Father Émile |
| 1975 | My Friends | Righi Niccolò |
| 1975 | The Phoney | Maxime |
| 1975 | It's Tough for Everybody | Paul Tardel |
| 1975 | Cher Victor | Anselme Maillard |
| 1975 | The Restroom Robbery | Phano |
| 1974 | Kisses Till Monday | Frankie Strong |
| 1974 | Ante Up | Priest |
| 1974 | Quick Trial | Il giudice |
| 1974 | By the Blood of Others | Mayor |
| 1974 | Bloody Murder | Le commissaire Moureu |
| 1974 | Chinese In Paris | Le Président de la République |
| 1973 | I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything | Gastié-le-Roy père |
| 1973 | L'École des femmes | Arnolphe |
| 1973 | Moi y'en a vouloir des sous | Adrien Colbard |
| 1972 | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Colonel Bernard Milan |
| 1972 | She No Longer Talks, She Shoots | Commissioner Camille Bistingo |
| 1972 | Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful | Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle |
| 1972 | Nights of Boccaccio | Dr. Mazzeo |
| 1972 | Killer | François Tellier, director of the PJ |
| 1971 | Homo Eroticus | Dr. Mezzini |
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy | Webb |
| 1971 | Jo | Inspecteur Ducros |
| 1971 | Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... | Persicelli |
| 1971 | Troubleshooters | Commissaire Caillaud |
| 1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques | Monsieur K. |
| 1970 | Distracted | Guiton |
| 1970 | Le Mari, la femme et la mort | Sébastien |
| 1970 | She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks | Liethard |
| 1969 | Call Me Mathilde | Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband |
| 1969 | My Uncle Benjamin | Marquis de Cambyse |
| 1969 | The Fourth Wall | Andrea Brusa |
| 1968 | Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? | Ubaldo Palmarini |
| 1968 | Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese | Charles aka 'Le Téméraire ' |
| 1968 | Coplan Saves His Skin | Marscar |
| 1968 | Dear Caroline | Georges Berthier |
| 1967 | The Madman of Lab Four | Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang |
| 1967 | The Stranger | Defense Counsel |
| 1967 | If I Were a Spy | le Docteur Lefèvre |
| 1967 | Loose in the Trigger | Nicolas Pappas |
| 1967 | To Commit a Murder | Le commandant Rhome |
| 1967 | Idiot in Paris | Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance |
| 1966 | Ring Around the World | Lord Richard Berry |
| 1966 | The Restaurant | Le commissaire divisionnaire |
| 1966 | Almost Perfect Crime | William Derek Robson |
| 1966 | A Matter of Honor | Don Leandro Sanna |
| 1965 | How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning | Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”) |
| 1965 | When the Pheasants Pass | Hyacinthe Camus |
| 1965 | Casanova '70 | Il commissario (non accreditato) |
| 1964 | The Great Spy Chase | Eusebio Cafarelli |
| 1964 | Chance at Love | Camille (segment "Une chance explosive") |
| 1964 | The Magnificent Cuckold | Mariotti |
| 1964 | Male Hunt | M. Heurtin |
| 1964 | Why Paris? | Building concierge |
| 1964 | Greed in the Sun | Mitch-Mitch |
| 1964 | How to Make a French Dish | Joseph |
| 1964 | High Infidelity | Sergio |
| 1963 | Crooks in Clover | Raoul Volfoni |
| 1963 | The Organizer | Martinetti |
| 1963 | Germinal | Hennebeau |
| 1963 | The Magnificent Adventurer | Clemente VII |
| 1963 | Young Girls of Good Families | Ribois |
| 1963 | Mathias Sandorf | Toronthal |
| 1962 | The Seventh Juror | Grégoire Duval pharmacien |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike | Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv |
| 1962 | Operation Gold Ingot | |
| 1961 | Seduction Of The South | Colonelo Breviglieri |
| 1961 | The Counterfeiters of Paris | Charles Lepicard |
| 1961 | The Black Monocle | Commissaire Tournemire |
| 1961 | Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! | Sully |
| 1961 | The President | Philippe Chalamont |
| 1961 | Women and War | le docteur Leproux, maire du village |
| 1961 | The Fenouillard Family | A traveler (uncredited) |
| 1960 | ...And Suddenly It's Murder! | Commissario Polizia |
| 1960 | The Hunchback | Feldwebel |
| 1960 | L'Ennemi dans l'ombre | le Patron |
| 1960 | Do or Die! | Lenzi |
| 1959 | Eyes of Love | Dr. Andrieux |
| 1959 | The Great War | Capitano Castelli |
| 1959 | The Great Deception | le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens |
| 1959 | Marie-Octobre | Julien Simoneau |
| 1959 | The Magnificent Tramp | M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café |
| 1958 | The Possessors | Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël |
| 1958 | The Gambler | General Zagoriensky |
| 1958 | A Legitimate Defense | Gustave Martinet |
| 1958 | School for Coquettes | Labaume |
| 1958 | The Cat | Debrun |
| 1958 | Les Misérables | Javert father / Javert son |
| 1958 | Secrets of a French Nurse | René Lecomte |
| 1958 | Sans famille | Renato Garofoli |
| 1957 | When a Woman Meddles | Félix Seguin |
| 1957 | There's Always a Price Tag | Commissioner Plantavin |
| 1957 | The Man in the Raincoat | Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur |
| 1956 | Crime and Punishment | Antoine Monestier |
| 1955 | Revelation | Don Lorenzo |
| 1955 | The Hussars | le brigadier Le Gouce |
| 1955 | Black Dossier | Le commissaire Noblet |
| 1954 | Marriage Episodes | la mari d'Aglaé |
| 1954 | The Secrets of the Bed | Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le") |
| 1954 | Before the Deluge | Marcel Noblet |
| 1953 | Follow That Man | Commissioner François Basquier |
| 1953 | Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes | Narrator |
| 1952 | I Was It Three Times | Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken |
| 1952 | Matrimonial Agency | Noël Pailleret |
| 1951 | The Bonnadieu House | Félix Bonnadieu |
| 1951 | Without Leaving an Address | Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat |
| 1950 | Lost Souvenirs | Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon") |
| 1950 | The Elders of Saint-Loup | Jean Laclaux, ruined banker |
| 1950 | Tuesday's Guest | Charles Josse, agent d'assurance |
| 1950 | 1848 | Récitant / Narrator (voice) |
| 1950 | Sorceror | Jean-Pierre Lesourd |
| 1949 | Monsignor | Louis Mennechain |
| 1949 | Return to Life | Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma") |
| 1949 | The Cheat | Robert |
| 1949 | Truant School | Buffle Pascal, teacher |
| 1948 | The Spice of Life | L'importuné |
| 1948 | Dedee | "Monsieur" |
| 1948 | Man to Men | Edmond Coquillot |
| 1947 | Jenny Lamour | Maurice Martineau |
| 1947 | Clockface Cafe | Julien Couturier |
| 1946 | Mr. Gregoire Runs Away | Alex Grégoire |
| 1946 | Messieurs Ludovic | Ludovic Seguin |
| 1945 | Alone in the Night | Inspector Pascal |
| 1945 | Farandole | Sylvestre |
| 1944 | Carmen | Remendado |
| 1944 | The Little Ones of the Flower Platform | Doctor Bernard |
| 1943 | I Am with You | Robert Nattier |
| 1943 | Domino | Crémone |
| 1943 | Marie-Martine | Maurice |
| 1942 | The Marriage of Chiffon | Hotel boy |
| 1942 | Fantastic Night | Lucien |
| 1942 | Threesome Romance | Marcel |
| 1942 | The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock | André Bertod |
| 1942 | La Symphonie fantastique | Antoine Charbonnel |
| 1942 | The Woman I Loved the Most | Funeral home employee |
| 1942 | Whims | Marcel |
| 1941 | The Pavilion Burns | Benezy |
| 1941 | Who Killed Santa Claus? | Officer from the Gendarmerie |
| 1941 | Premier bal | The maitre d'hotel |
| 1941 | Night in December | Édouard |
| 1941 | Hell of Angels | Freddy, le patron du bistrot |
| 1939 | Latin Quarter | (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Daybreak | Gaston |
| 1939 | Place de la Concorde | Brioche |
| 1938 | Final Accord | Mérot |
| 1938 | Hôtel du Nord | Prosper |
| 1938 | The Stream | Taxi driver (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Curtain Rises | Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire |
| 1938 | Youth in Revolt | Benoît |
| 1938 | Grisou | le fils Mélée |
| 1937 | The Green Dress | Le fils Pinchet |
| 1937 | Woman of Malacca | (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Double Crime in the Maginot Line | |
| 1937 | Heart of Paris | Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Messenger | Nick's chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Trois... six... neuf |
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