Bernard Blier

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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Known For

Paganini 1990 ★ 5.3
The Possessed 1988 ★ 5.6
My Friends Act III 1985 ★ 6.4
Passion of Love 1981 ★ 6.7
Buffet Froid 1979 ★ 7.1
Feu la mère de Madame 1978 ★ 7.0
Femmes Fatales 1976 ★ 6.1
My Friends 1975 ★ 8.1
By the Blood of Others 1974 ★ 5.2
Chinese In Paris 1974 ★ 6.2
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe 1972 ★ 7.0
Jo 1971 ★ 7.2
The Stranger 1967 ★ 6.8
The Restaurant 1966 ★ 6.8
The Great Spy Chase 1964 ★ 6.8
Crooks in Clover 1963 ★ 7.7
The Seventh Juror 1962 ★ 6.8
The Counterfeiters of Paris 1961 ★ 7.0
The Magnificent Tramp 1959 ★ 7.0
Marie-Octobre 1959 ★ 7.3
The Great War 1959 ★ 8.1
Les Misérables 1958 ★ 7.2
The Cheat 1949 ★ 7.0
Hôtel du Nord 1938 ★ 7.1