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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Blier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

My Friends

as Righi Niccolò

Crooks in Clover

as Raoul Volfoni

The Restaurant

as Le commissaire divisionnaire

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

as Colonel Bernard Milan

The Great War

as Capitano Castelli

Joe: The Busybody

as Inspecteur Ducros

Buffet Froid

as Inspecteur Morvandieu

Daybreak

as Gaston

My Friends Act III

as Sig. Lenzi

Jenny Lamour

as Maurice Martineau