Bernard Blier
Date of birth: 1916-01-11
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for: Acting
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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 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.
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My Uncle Benjamin
1969-11-28
Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of gi
Les Misérables
1958-03-12
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po
Killer
1972-03-01
Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break an
Male Hunt
1964-09-18
A few stories about marriage and its problems. Antoine is about to marry Gisèle. His friend Julien,
The Seventh Juror
1962-04-18
In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is
My Friends Act III
1985-06-06
This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless
The Great Spy Chase
1964-12-10
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies
The Stranger
1967-10-14
Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienati
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972-12-06
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret serv
Crooks in Clover
1963-11-27
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortu
The Magnificent Tramp
1959-04-08
Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.
Golden Night
1976-10-01
After his family tries to kill him and he has been pronounced dead, Michel returns from the dead and
Joe: The Busybody
1971-08-31
A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972-05-05
Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de
Greed in the Sun
1964-04-17
A truck driver ventures into the Moroccan desert to retrieve a stolen truck, facing danger, bad luck
The Possessors
1958-11-19
Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - rei
Crime and Punishment
1956-12-04
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. Whe
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973-09-11
Pierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing. Despite h
Femmes Fatales
1976-02-11
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond.
Return to Life
1949-09-14
In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war afte
Buffet Froid
1979-12-19
Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the
Serie Noire
1979-04-25
In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious
The Cat
1958-04-19
During the Occupation, Cora takes the place of her dead husband at the head of a Resistance network.
Coplan Saves His Skin
1968-07-13
Free-lance undercover agent Coplan receives a phone call from an old girlfriend in Turkey. The panic
Clockface Cafe
1947-06-27
Julien Couturier and his wife Louise, a young couple from Auvergne who have come to Paris to try the
Truant School
1949-04-08
1920, in a small village in Provence. Monsieur Pascal, a young schoolteacher, is faced with a lack o
Hôtel du Nord
1938-12-17
A young couple's suicide pact goes awry, leaving the woman to face her survival with a new admirer w
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
1968-12-19
A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in
Jenny Lamour
1947-10-04
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970-04-17
Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
Twist Again in Moscow
1986-10-22
Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a
The Restaurant
1966-09-09
A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of
The Organizer
1963-10-25
In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers lab
The Body of My Enemy
1976-10-13
A man accused of murder discovers a trail of corruption leading to the powerful family of his former
The Great Deception
1959-09-23
Burgundy 1728. Old count Antoine d'Eon is overjoyed. His daughter-in-law has finally given birth to
Troubleshooters
1971-04-07
The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse ass
Madman at War
1985-05-21
A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in the L
The Messenger
1937-09-02
Nick, a Parisian businessman, divorces his rich American wife, marries his new secretary Marie, but
Gribouille
1937-09-10
Camille Morestan serves as a jury member at a court in Paris. The attractive Natalie Roguin is accus
Woman of Malacca
1937-10-06
Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter,
Trois... six... neuf
1937-01-29
Pierre loves Agnès who prefers Clément, an aviator. Out of desperation, he will commit suicide. Agnè
Taste of Life
1988-12-22
Elvio Battistini works as a ticket taker in the local cinema of the small town where he lives. He ha
The Woman I Loved the Most
1942-03-20
Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the p
The Curtain Rises
1938-10-06
1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dr
Final Accord
1938-12-30
A famous violinist enlists in a music school in order to woo one of the students.
Place de la Concorde
1939-01-07
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
1942-05-21
The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the e
Threesome Romance
1942-06-17
From three successive marriages, Loys Erland had three very different boys: Charles, a convinced spo
Fantastic Night
1942-07-10
Denis, a poor student in philosophy, works as a night porter in the Paris market of Les Halles in or
The Marriage of Chiffon
1942-08-06
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called "Chiffon", who is struggling to comply with
La Symphonie fantastique
1942-04-01
The film is biographical, telling the story of the life and artistic struggles of the French compose
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968-09-06
Rita is a girl that lives on taking gangsters as lovers. But when the money stops coming, she swears
Latin Quarter
1939-08-30
A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a
The Pavilion Burns
1941-12-17
Denise, a young employee of the mine, is courted by the engineer Risay while she is engaged to Danie
The President
1961-03-01
At 73, a former President of the French Council reflects on his political career while writing his m
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971-02-10
Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the obje
Kisses Till Monday
1974-11-27
Three thieves, Henri-Pierre, Bob and Dimitri decide to take on Frankie Strong, a wealthy businessman
Whims
1942-02-16
Caprices tells the story of two young rich people. A famous actress poses as a poor florist, and a d
When the Pheasants Pass
1965-09-10
Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who i
I Was It Three Times
1952-10-31
A husband who had divorced twice because he had been betrayed by his former wives, takes his precaut
Germinal
1963-09-16
Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Vo
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981-01-01
Le PDG d'une importante société pétrolière voit ses manoeuvres illicites déjouées par un jeune concu
When a Woman Meddles
1957-11-15
French film favorite Edwige Feuillere plays a high-class gangster's moll named Maine. When Maine's f
Women and War
1961-02-01
In 1944, in a small village in Calvados, just as the Allies landed, a British plane was shot down. T
Marie-Octobre
1959-04-24
A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Hele
If I Were a Spy
1967-08-30
A medical doctor gets into trouble when one of his patients turns out have been involved in espionag
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
1960-08-24
The director of the French Ministry of the Interior summons Serge Cazals, an Interpol agent, to unma
The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961-09-27
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. H
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972-08-23
Rosemonde, hailed as "the Princess" reign over a slum in the Paris suburbs. Herbert, a reporter who
The Restroom Robbery
1975-01-22
Max and Riton, 2 thieves make plan to steal money in a train station office. They will operate throu
Lost Souvenirs
1950-11-11
Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette o
Sorceror
1950-01-27
A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothin
Loose in the Trigger
1967-08-30
Nicolas Pappas and Léon Dubois, two particularly calamitous killers, arrive in Paris, where a gangst
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965-10-28
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes
Hitch-Hike
1962-03-16
Agathe, 18, dreams of change. Gone are her vacations on the rainy beaches of Belgium! She decides to
Dedee
1948-09-03
Dedee is a prostitute, working in Monsieur Rene's night club on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is Mar
I picari
1987-12-18
The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.
Nailcruncher
1988-06-06
Adapation of the fanciful comic novel by Albert Cohen.
The Hussars
1955-12-14
Brigadier Le Gouce and Private Flicot lose their horses during a campaign in Italy. To avoid looking
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973-02-01
Dismissed following an unfortunate initiative, financial advisor Benoît Lepape decides to work for h
Le Mari, la femme et la mort
1970-05-16
It's Tough for Everybody
1975-06-18
After losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the crosshairs o
A Legitimate Defense
1958-06-11
Two friends from the last war, Pierrot, a bar owner, and Gustave, a police inspector, are in contact
Call Me Mathilde
1969-12-10
Mathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy indust
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes
1953-01-01
History, advice and demonstrations of mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif by the renowned guides
Secrets of a French Nurse
1958-02-19
A gangster is back in business after a while and tries to take it back the hard way, but things don'
Do or Die!
1960-04-14
Stefan Borba was a member of a spy ring during the war but after the end of the conflict he opted ou
Grisou
1938-05-11
Femme fatale Madeleine Robinson is married to Raymond Aimos, a coal miner with a face like a pickled
The Stream
1938-10-29
When Paul, an officer, discovers Denise, a young orphan escaped from her orphanage, he takes advanta
Young Girls of Good Families
1963-07-12
A young kleptomaniac girl befriends a rich heiress whom she admires and goes with her to Saint-Trope
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
1960-12-13
Three couples are involved in a murder at Montecarlo.
The Bonnadieu House
1951-11-27
Felix is a middle-aged bourgeois husband. Much to his discomfort, he learns that his wife Gabrielle
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964-10-19
Andrea Artusi is a successful businessman with a beautiful wife, Maria, and a happy marriage - until
Alone in the Night
1945-11-21
A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes
Marie-Martine
1943-05-11
The novelist Loïc Limousin knew the turbulent past of Marie-Martine and he extracted the material fo
The Hunchback
1960-11-30
Alvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo, during Rome's occupation by Nazis in
The Madman of Lab Four
1967-11-29
This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985-08-30
Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of
To Commit a Murder
1967-04-07
A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
Under the Chinese Restaurant
1987-04-14
A young man captures the fancy of an inventor's daughter when he passes through a basement door into
The Elders of Saint-Loup
1950-09-08
Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. I
The Phoney
1975-10-14
While the President of a West African Republic arrives in France to sell uranium to the State, spies
A Matter of Honor
1966-02-24
Efisio Mulas is a meek laborer who lives with occasional work, especially in Don Leandro Sanna's sal
Passion of Love
1981-09-16
In the 1860's, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier is sent to a remote post, far away from
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961-04-04
Henri IV falls in love with the young Charlotte de Montmorency, 40 years his junior. The king decide
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023-06-02
55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television
Homo Eroticus
1971-09-14
Michele is a three-testicle, sexually insatiable man who goes around bedding all women in town (rega
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
There's Always a Price Tag
1957-09-18
A wealthy businessman's wife tries to cover up his suicide to cash in his life insurance policy.
Almost Perfect Crime
1966-04-27
The Great War
1959-10-28
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve t
Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
1946-05-03
Alex Grégoire is a timid insurance company clerk who shares his uneventful life between his wife Ang
Quick Trial
1974-06-09
After a terrorist attack against a train, the police arrest the young laborer Stefano Baldini, membe
Hell of Angels
1941-02-13
Abandoned children, left to their own devices and a life of danger, are adopted by a kind man.
Daybreak
1939-06-09
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led h
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
Dear Caroline
1968-01-18
Against the backdrop of the French revolution, young Caroline tries to reunite with her first love,
The Cheat
1949-07-26
The life of a weak-willed man is thrust into a downward spiral by the scheming of his manipulative g
Let's Hope It's a Girl
1986-02-06
A multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who
Black Dossier
1955-05-10
In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential no
Hypochondriac
1979-12-20
During the year 1673, Rome was besieged by poverty and violence. The rich Mr. Argante has two servan
My Friends
1975-10-24
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of
Distracted
1970-12-09
A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem
Seduction Of The South
1961-12-16
Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944-05-26
A brave bookseller raises his four daughters alone, all of whom he employs in his shop. They are esp
Premier bal
1941-09-16
Two country sisters are rivals for the love of the doctor. He marries one, but regrets it and is res
Idiot in Paris
1967-03-22
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris.
Operation Gold Ingot
1962-03-13
The owner of a high-tech heating mechanism is being forced by gangsters to help them in a plot to st
The Black Monocle
1961-08-29
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the Third Rei
Why Paris?
1964-06-24
Monique, a Belgian girl, comes to Paris to learn painting and become an artist. She took courses at
Domino
1943-07-28
Domino has only a wooden statuette, a typical piece of African art, to show for his trip. Arriving i
Migrations
1989-05-21
Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-H
Ring Around the World
1966-11-12
Investigator Fred Lester uncovers a killer using an air pistol firing chemical bullets in the swingi
Nights of Boccaccio
1972-03-28
Boccaccio (also known as The Nights of Boccaccio) is a 1972 Italian comedy film written and directed
Matrimonial Agency
1952-05-21
Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to
School for Coquettes
1958-05-21
A young Parisian woman attends a school for coquettes in order to rise in society.
The Green Dress
1937-10-27
Count Hubert de Latour Latour is the lover of the Duchess de Maulévrier. The day he is surprised by
Follow That Man
1953-02-27
While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases.
Monsignor
1949-12-16
Louis Mennechain is a modest locksmith. So imagine his amazement when Professor Piétrefond approache
Eyes of Love
1959-11-25
During the German occupation, Jeanne Moncatel, pretty but complexed, has to put up with her mother,
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
1985-01-29
A particularly unlucky man meets a beautiful young woman, daughter of a rich businessman. This one,
Before the Deluge
1954-02-26
The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis
Il turno
1981-09-18
The Fenouillard Family
1961-01-04
The Fenouillards (Sophie Desmarets and Jean Richard are the parents, Annie Sinigalia and Marie-José
Ante Up
1974-11-11
In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bou
The Possessed
1988-02-24
Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime thr
Paganini
1990-05-25
Legendary "devil violinist" Niccolo Paganini sets all of 19th century Europe into frenzy.
By the Blood of Others
1974-03-07
In a little French town everything goes on as usual and people seem friendly and good-natured, until
Catch Me a Spy
1971-09-06
While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, sh
Bloody Murder
1974-03-06
Hélène, an antique dealer and her husband Georges, a respected doctor, live in a beautiful property
Man to Men
1948-08-29
The story of the Swiss soldier, Henri Dunant, who was responsible for the founding of the Red Cross,
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
1971-07-09
Libero Sbardelloni, newly married, cannot find work in Rome, so he moves to Naples, where Baron Gaet
The Spice of Life
1948-11-26
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leadin
Messieurs Ludovic
1946-05-03
Anne-Marie meets three men bearing the first name of Ludovic. Each of them has a very different char
I Am with You
1943-12-22
A young woman has doubts about her husband's fidelity. She pretends a trip, but settles in a hotel w
1848
1950-03-23
Using contemporary engravings and cartoons by artists such as Honoré Daumier, this short documentary
Marriage Episodes
1954-08-16
Three old friends meet again. They compare their marriages and tell each other stories which illustr
Casanova '70
1965-06-15
The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful
Carmen
1944-08-08
Carmen is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Roman
The Fourth Wall
1969-05-01
Marco Baroni spent four years in an English school. When he returns to Rome, the behavior of his fam
Revelation
1955-12-30
A young communist discovers the power of faith.
Mathias Sandorf
1963-02-13
1868. Revolutionary Mathias Sandorf is determined to oust the dictatorship oppressing his country. T
Feu la mère de Madame
1978-04-05
Tuesday's Guest
1950-06-21
When Charles learns that his wife and her lover want to poison him, he thinks of killing both of the
Voltati Eugenio
1980-09-05
The film begins when Eugenio, a 14 year old child, is conduced from his grandparents home outside Ro
Ada in the Jungle
1988-09-28
A dying man Lord Gordon asks his niece Ada to find his son in Africa whom he left many years ago.
High Infidelity
1964-01-22
Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemm
How to Make a French Dish
1964-01-29
In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is t
On purge bébé
1979-03-02
I Hate Actors
1986-09-10
A Hollywood studio is producing another spectacular when the top billed male stars suddenly show up
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941-10-16
A village in the French Alps is rocked by a series of crimes, including the theft of a sacred ring a
Youth in Revolt
1938-07-21
"Altitude 3.200" asks the question and provides the premise of what would happen if a group of young
The Man in the Raincoat
1957-02-22
In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrive
The Gambler
1958-10-26
In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital
Double Crime in the Maginot Line
1937-09-24
Commander d'Espinac is found murdered. Having argued the day before the murder with Captain Bruchot,
Chinese In Paris
1974-02-27
Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese pe
Sans famille
1958-01-01
The Remi abandoned by his foster father sold to the troubadour Vasalis, in his living through the ru
Farandole
1945-02-10
A ruined banker is abandoned by his mistress. He commits suicide after entrusting a prostitute with
Night in December
1941-02-27
In 1919, Pierre Darmont, a handsome, much-loved piano virtuoso, falls in love with Anne Morris, a yo
L'École des femmes
1973-05-23
Arnolphe plans to marry Agnès, his ward, a naive and submissive young girl, whom he keeps recluse in
The Secrets of the Bed
1954-05-19
Four-episode Franco-Italian omnibus film. Four men from different national and cultural background t
The Magnificent Adventurer
1963-08-02
Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart
Cher Victor
1975-06-06
A pair of elderly men, friends for 40 years, find their relationship stressed when they set up house
Chance at Love
1964-10-30
Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.
Bernard Blier, façon puzzle
2020-12-23
In a career spanning more than half a century, Bernard Blier has shot more than 180 films. He alone
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002-09-01
A documentary about writer Michel Audiard (1920-1985). Contemporary interviews are interwoven with a
C'est pas Parce qu'on n'a Rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule...
Max and Riton, 2 thieves make plan to steal money in a train station office. They will operate throu