Bernard Blier
Acting1916Buenos Aires, Argentina
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.
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Acting History
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C'est pas Parce qu'on n'a Rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule...
as Stéphane, dit Phano
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Bernard Blier, façon puzzle
as Self (archive footage)
2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Paganini
as Pater Caffarelli
1989
Migrations
as Opat Žoržel
1988
Taste of Life
as Giuseppe Mondardini
Ada in the Jungle
as Major Collins
The Possessed
as Governor
Nailcruncher
as Saltiel
1987
I picari
as The exploiter of prostitutes
Under the Chinese Restaurant
as Il professore
1986
1985
My Friends Act III
as Sig. Lenzi
Madman at War
as Belucci
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
as Anselmo Paleari
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
as Monsieur Guilledou
1984
Cuore
TVas Ing. Bottini
1981
1980
Voltati Eugenio
as Grandfather Eugenio
Le Grand Échiquier
TVas Self• 2 eps
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self• 1 eps
1979
Serie Noire
as Staplin
Hypochondriac
as Dr. Purgone
Buffet Froid
as Inspecteur Morvandieu
On purge bébé
as M. Follavoine
1978
Feu la mère de Madame
as Lucien
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 2 eps
1976
Femmes Fatales
as Father Émile
Golden Night
as Commissaire Pidoux
The Body of My Enemy
as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
1975
My Friends
as Righi Niccolò
The Restroom Robbery
as Phano
It's Tough for Everybody
as Paul Tardel
Cher Victor
as Anselme Maillard
The Phoney
as Maxime
1974
Chinese In Paris
as Le Président de la République
Bloody Murder
as Le commissaire Moureu
Kisses Till Monday
as Frankie Strong
Ante Up
as Priest
Quick Trial
as Il giudice
By the Blood of Others
as Mayor
1973
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
as Gastié-le-Roy père
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
as Adrien Colbard
L'École des femmes
as Arnolphe
1972
Killer
as François Tellier, director of the PJ
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as Colonel Bernard Milan
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
as Commissioner Camille Bistingo
Nights of Boccaccio
as Dr. Mazzeo
1971
Joe: The Busybody
as Inspecteur Ducros
Catch Me a Spy
as Webb
Homo Eroticus
as Dr. Mezzini
Troubleshooters
as Commissaire Caillaud
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Monsieur K.
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
as Persicelli
1970
Distracted
as Guiton
Le Mari, la femme et la mort
as Sébastien
1969
My Uncle Benjamin
as Marquis de Cambyse
The Fourth Wall
as Andrea Brusa
Call Me Mathilde
as Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband
1968
Coplan Saves His Skin
as Marscar
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '
Dear Caroline
as Georges Berthier
1967
The Stranger
as Defense Counsel
To Commit a Murder
as Le commandant Rhome
If I Were a Spy
as le Docteur Lefèvre
Idiot in Paris
as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
Loose in the Trigger
as Nicolas Pappas
The Madman of Lab Four
as Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
1966
Almost Perfect Crime
as William Derek Robson
Ring Around the World
as Lord Richard Berry
The Restaurant
as Le commissaire divisionnaire
A Matter of Honor
as Don Leandro Sanna
1965
Casanova '70
as Il commissario (non accreditato
When the Pheasants Pass
as Hyacinthe Camus
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
1964
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Mariotti
High Infidelity
as Sergio
Male Hunt
as M. Heurtin
The Great Spy Chase
as Eusebio Cafarelli
How to Make a French Dish
as Joseph
Chance at Love
as Camille (segment "Une chance explosive")
Why Paris?
as Building concierge
Greed in the Sun
as Mitch-Mitch
1963
Crooks in Clover
as Raoul Volfoni
Germinal
as Hennebeau
The Organizer
as Martinetti
The Magnificent Adventurer
as Clemente VII
Mathias Sandorf
as Toronthal
Young Girls of Good Families
as Ribois
Cinépanorama
TVas Self• 1 eps
1962
The Seventh Juror
as Grégoire Duval, pharmacist
Hitch-Hike
as Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv
1961
The Counterfeiters of Paris
as Charles Lepicard
The President
as Philippe Chalamont
The Black Monocle
as Commissaire Tournemire
Women and War
as le docteur Leproux, maire du village
The Fenouillard Family
as A traveler (uncredited)
Seduction Of The South
as Colonelo Breviglieri
1960
The Hunchback
as Feldwebel
Do or Die!
as Lenzi
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
as Commissario Polizia
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
as le Patron
1959
The Great Deception
as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
The Great War
as Capitano Castelli
Marie-Octobre
as Julien Simoneau
The Magnificent Tramp
as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
Eyes of Love
as Dr. Andrieux
1958
School for Coquettes
as Labaume
Les Misérables
as Javert father / Javert son
The Possessors
as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
The Cat
as Debrun
Sans famille
as Renato Garofoli
The Gambler
as General Zagoriensky
A Legitimate Defense
as Gustave Martinet
Secrets of a French Nurse
as René Lecomte
1957
The Man in the Raincoat
as Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
When a Woman Meddles
as Félix Seguin
There's Always a Price Tag
as Commissioner Plantavin
1956
Crime and Punishment
as Antoine Monestier
1955
1954
Before the Deluge
as Marcel Noblet
Marriage Episodes
as la mari d'Aglaé
The Secrets of the Bed
as Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")
1953
Follow That Man
as Commissioner François Basquier
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes
as Narrator
1952
I Was It Three Times
as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken
Matrimonial Agency
as Noël Pailleret
1951
The Bonnadieu House
as Félix Bonnadieu
Without Leaving an Address
as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
1950
Lost Souvenirs
as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")
Sorceror
as Jean-Pierre Lesourd
Tuesday's Guest
as Charles Josse, agent d'assurance
The Elders of Saint-Loup
as Jean Laclaux, ruined banker
1848
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1949
Monsignor
as Louis Mennechain
Truant School
as Buffle Pascal, teacher
Return to Life
as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
The Cheat
as Robert
1948
Dedee
as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses
The Spice of Life
as L'importuné
Man to Men
as Edmond Coquillot
1947
Clockface Cafe
as Julien Couturier
Jenny Lamour
as Maurice Martineau
1946
Messieurs Ludovic
as Ludovic Seguin
Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
as Alex Grégoire
1945
Farandole
as Sylvestre
Alone in the Night
as Inspector Pascal
1944
Carmen
as Remendado
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as Doctor Bernard
1943
1942
Threesome Romance
as Marcel
Fantastic Night
as Lucien
La Symphonie fantastique
as Antoine Charbonnel
The Marriage of Chiffon
as Hotel boy
Whims
as Marcel
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
as André Bertod
The Woman I Loved the Most
as Funeral home employee
1941
Who Killed Santa Claus?
as Officer from the Gendarmerie
Hell of Angels
as Freddy, le patron du bistrot
Premier bal
as The maitre d'hotel
Night in December
as Édouard
The Pavilion Burns
as Benezy
1939
1938
Hôtel du Nord
as Prosper
The Curtain Rises
as Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire
Youth in Revolt
as Benoît
Grisou
as le fils Mélée
The Stream
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
Final Accord
as Mérot
1937
Woman of Malacca
as (uncredited)
Gribouille
as Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)
The Messenger
as Nick's chauffeur (uncredited)
The Green Dress
as Le fils Pinchet