Gérard Oury
Date of birth: 1919-04-29
Place of birth: Paris, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum, Gerard Oury, Жерар Ури
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gérard Oury (29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum. The son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist, and Marcelle Houry, a journalist, Oury studied at Lycée Janson de Sailly and at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. He became a member of the Comédie-Française just one year before World War II, but fled to Switzerland to escape the anti-Jewish persecutions by the Vichy government. After 1945 he restarted his career as an actor, performing in the theatre and in supporting roles in the cinema. Oury became a movie director in 1959 (The Itchy Palm (fr)) and gained his first success in 1961 with Crime Does Not Pay (Le crime ne paie pas). Joining André Bourvil and Louis de Funès as a comic duo, he burst into commercial filmmaking with 1965's The Sucker (Le corniaud). The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] The following year, Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (La Grande Vadrouille) was even more successful, attracting the largest audiences ever in France (17.27 million admissions). This box-office record stood for decades, only surpassed in 1997 by Titanic from James Cameron. Oury shot the 1969 comedy Le Cerveau (The Brain) in English, starring David Niven in the lead role as a criminal mastermind. Living together with the French actress Michèle Morgan, he was the father of French writer Danièle Thompson and grandfather of actor/writer Christopher Thompson. He died aged 87 in Saint-Tropez on 20 July 2006.
Movie Credits
The Prize
1963-12-25
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American nove
Les Rois de la comédie
2023-01-01
At the end of the 1950s, four humor specialists simultaneously experienced recognition. Fernandel wi
La Folle Heure des grandis
2002-01-01
Du Guesclin
1949-06-03
A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th centur
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
1951-04-06
Léon, a humble civil servant, has the unusual ability to walk through walls, however thick they are.
Little Nothings
1941-04-11
Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the tit
The Menace
1961-03-01
Josepha is on the verge eighteen living with her drunken washed up actor uncle. She longs for the c
The Journey
1959-02-11
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986-05-13
Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating
Here Is the Beauty
1950-04-21
Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted.She has some success as a
The Secret of Mayerling
1949-05-07
On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetser
Sorceror
1950-01-27
A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothin
The Night Is My Kingdom
1951-08-09
After an accident, Raymond has gone blind. His family treats him like a child, but fortunately a nun
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1958-10-15
A teacher runs an ad in the newspaper to find a wife. Afraid of beautiful ladies, he weds an ugly wo
Father Brown
1954-06-08
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two
Back to the Wall
1958-03-07
Rich industrialist Jacques Decret learns his wife Gloria is having an affair with a young actor. For
Sur la route de la grande vadrouille
2016-11-22
House of Secrets
1956-10-23
Police in Paris recruit an English ship's officer (Michael Craig) to help trap counterfeiters by joi
The Heart of the Matter
1953-11-03
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when h
Woman of the River
1954-12-29
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police off
Seventh Heaven
1958-03-05
"Le septième ciel" became Raymond Bernard's last film; a black comedy about a female brewery owner w
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017-09-01
Follow in the footsteps of burlesque actor Pierre Richard, a key figure in French cinema in the 1970
The Marines
1957-01-01
François Reichenbach follows a group of young men from the day they enlist in the US Marine Corps, a
The Itchy Palm
1960-02-03
A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a catter
The Four of Moana
1959-01-01
Documentary focused on underwater shootings and hawaiian dances.
They Who Dare
1954-02-02
In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with ord
Sea Devils
1953-04-12
Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman
Without Leaving an Address
1951-01-17
A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left h
Le Costaud des Batignolles
1952-04-30
Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice
Young Girls Beware
1957-07-04
Raven, a mobster just released from prison, settles the score by murdering Mendetta and her partner,
Antoine & Antoinette
1947-09-27
1947, in France, Antoine and Antoinette, a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence
Loves of Three Queens
1954-12-24
At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But
The Best Part
1955-12-30
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in
The Sword and the Rose
1953-07-23
Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons,
Endless Horizons
1953-04-26
The life story of famed French aviatrix Helene Boucher is detailed in Horizons sans fin (Endless Hor
The Fate of Two Queens
1954-12-24
Anthology film in which Hedy Lamarr plays 2 queens during 2 different time periods. Ulmer directed t
Heroes and Sinners
1955-09-12
A good cast smooths over the rough spots of Les Heros sont Fatigues. The scene is the African republ
Jo la Romance
1949-03-04
For love, the singer Georges Hyverlin gives up his profession to work with his father-in-law in his
L'homme au parapluie
1956-03-10
A heart stops beating and two others no longer dare to face each other. While an old lady is found p
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013-01-01