Bernard Blier
Acting Born Jan 11, 1916 Died Mar 29, 1989 Buenos Aires, Argentina 192 credits
Biography
Bernard Blier was a French character actor born on January 11, 1916, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, was posted at the time. His parents were Suzanne Bargy and Louis Blier. Known for his rotund features and premature baldness, Blier frequently played cuckolded husbands early in his career before establishing himself as one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing in both comedies and dramas. He also worked extensively in Italian films during the final decade of his life. He was the father of director Bertrand Blier and appeared in several of his son's films, including Buffet froid in 1979. Bernard Blier died on March 29, 1989.
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Career overview
Bernard Blier was a French character actor born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 11, 1916. He was the son of Suzanne Bargy and Louis Blier, whose father was a researcher posted at the Institut Pasteur at the time. Blier passed away on March 29, 1989, at the age of 73. He was also the father of director Bertrand Blier, with whom he collaborated on a number of films, most notably Buffet froid in 1979.
Characterized by his rotund features and premature baldness, Blier frequently portrayed cuckolded husbands during the early stages of his career. Over time, he established himself as one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably across both comedies and dramas. Throughout his career, he appeared in dozens of comedies and crime films, often supporting major stars, and frequently worked in Italian films during the final decade of his life.
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Career timeline
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Bernard Blier, façon puzzle
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Paganini
Migrations
The PossessedNailcruncherTaste of LifeAda in the Jungle
I picariUnder the Chinese Restaurant
Let's Hope It's a GirlTwist Again in MoscowI Hate Actors
My Friends Act IIIThe 2 Lives of Mattia PascalMadman at WarÇa n'arrive qu'à moi
Cuore
Passion of LovePétrole ! Pétrole !Il turno
Voltati Eugenio
Buffet FroidSerie NoireHypochondriacOn purge bébé
Feu la mère de Madame
Femmes FatalesThe Body of My EnemyGolden Night
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheMy FriendsThe Restroom RobberyThe PhoneyCher Victor
Spécial cinémaChinese In ParisBy the Blood of OthersKisses Till MondayQuick Trial
L'École des femmesI Don't Know Much, But I'll Say EverythingMoi y'en a vouloir des sous
Le Grand ÉchiquierThe Tall Blond Man with One Black ShoeKillerNights of BoccaccioShe No Longer Talks, She Shoots
JoHomo EroticusCatch Me a SpyLe Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonquesTroubleshooters
DistractedShe Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She TalksLe Mari, la femme et la mort
My Uncle BenjaminCall Me MathildeThe Fourth Wall
Dear CarolineCoplan Saves His SkinDon't Take God's Children for Wild GeeseWill Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
The StrangerThe Madman of Lab FourIdiot in ParisLoose in the TriggerTo Commit a Murder
The RestaurantA Matter of HonorAlmost Perfect CrimeRing Around the World
Casanova '70How to Keep the Red Lamp BurningWhen the Pheasants Pass
The Great Spy ChaseHigh InfidelityGreed in the SunThe Magnificent CuckoldMale Hunt
The Magnificent AdventurerCrooks in CloverYoung Girls of Good FamiliesThe OrganizerGerminal
The Seventh JurorHitch-HikeOperation Gold Ingot
Full Filmography
192 titles- L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Bernard Blier, façon puzzle (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- À la recherche de... Pierre Richard (2017) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Paganini (1990) as Pater Caffarelli
- Migrations (1989) as Opat Žoržel
- The Possessed (1988) as Governor
- Nailcruncher (1988) as Saltiel
- Taste of Life (1988) as Giuseppe Mondardini
- Ada in the Jungle (1988) as Major Collins
- I picari (1987) as The exploiter of prostitutes
- Under the Chinese Restaurant (1987) as Il professore
- Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) as Uncle Gugo
- Twist Again in Moscow (1986) as Alexei
- I Hate Actors (1986) as Jerome B. Cobb
- My Friends Act III (1985) as Sig. Lenzi
- The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) as Anselmo Paleari
- Madman at War (1985) as Belucci
- Ça n'arrive qu'à moi (1985) as Monsieur Guilledou
- Cuore (1984) as Ing. Bottini
- Passion of Love (1981) as Major
- Pétrole ! Pétrole ! (1981) as Emir Abdullah
- Il turno (1981) as Don Marcantonio
- Voltati Eugenio (1980) as Grandfather Eugenio
- Buffet Froid (1979) as Inspecteur Morvandieu
- Serie Noire (1979) as Staplin
- Hypochondriac (1979) as Dr. Purgone
- On purge bébé (1979) as M. Follavoine
- Feu la mère de Madame (1978) as Lucien
- Femmes Fatales (1976) as Father Émile
- The Body of My Enemy (1976) as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
- Golden Night (1976) as Commissaire Pidoux
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- My Friends (1975) as Righi Niccolò
- The Restroom Robbery (1975) as Phano
- The Phoney (1975) as Maxime
- Cher Victor (1975) as Anselme Maillard
- It's Tough for Everybody (1975) as Paul Tardel
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- Chinese In Paris (1974) as Le Président de la République
- By the Blood of Others (1974) as Mayor
- Kisses Till Monday (1974) as Frankie Strong
- Quick Trial (1974) as Il giudice
- Ante Up (1974) as Priest
- Bloody Murder (1974) as Le commissaire Moureu
- L'École des femmes (1973) as Arnolphe
- I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything (1973) as Gastié-le-Roy père
- Moi y'en a vouloir des sous (1973) as Adrien Colbard
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) as Colonel Bernard Milan
- Killer (1972) as François Tellier, director of the PJ
- Nights of Boccaccio (1972) as Dr. Mazzeo
- She No Longer Talks, She Shoots (1972) as Commissioner Camille Bistingo
- Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful (1972) as Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
- Jo (1971) as Inspecteur Ducros
- Homo Eroticus (1971) as Dr. Mezzini
- Catch Me a Spy (1971) as Webb
- Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971) as Monsieur K.
- Troubleshooters (1971) as Commissaire Caillaud
- Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... (1971) as Persicelli
- Distracted (1970) as Guiton
- She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks (1970) as Liethard
- Le Mari, la femme et la mort (1970) as Sébastien
- My Uncle Benjamin (1969) as Marquis de Cambyse
- Call Me Mathilde (1969) as Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband
- The Fourth Wall (1969) as Andrea Brusa
- Dear Caroline (1968) as Georges Berthier
- Coplan Saves His Skin (1968) as Marscar
- Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese (1968) as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '
- Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968) as Ubaldo Palmarini
- The Stranger (1967) as Defense Counsel
- The Madman of Lab Four (1967) as Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
- Idiot in Paris (1967) as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
- Loose in the Trigger (1967) as Nicolas Pappas
- To Commit a Murder (1967) as Le commandant Rhome
- If I Were a Spy (1967) as le Docteur Lefèvre
- The Restaurant (1966) as Le commissaire divisionnaire
- A Matter of Honor (1966) as Don Leandro Sanna
- Almost Perfect Crime (1966) as William Derek Robson
- Ring Around the World (1966) as Lord Richard Berry
- Casanova '70 (1965) as Il commissario (non accreditato)
- How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965) as Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
- When the Pheasants Pass (1965) as Hyacinthe Camus
- The Great Spy Chase (1964) as Eusebio Cafarelli
- High Infidelity (1964) as Sergio
- Greed in the Sun (1964) as Mitch-Mitch
- The Magnificent Cuckold (1964) as Mariotti
- Male Hunt (1964) as M. Heurtin
- Chance at Love (1964) as Camille (segment "Une chance explosive")
- How to Make a French Dish (1964) as Joseph
- Why Paris? (1964) as Building concierge
- The Magnificent Adventurer (1963) as Clemente VII
- Crooks in Clover (1963) as Raoul Volfoni
- Young Girls of Good Families (1963) as Ribois
- The Organizer (1963) as Martinetti
- Germinal (1963) as Hennebeau
- Mathias Sandorf (1963) as Toronthal
- The Seventh Juror (1962) as Grégoire Duval pharmacien
- Hitch-Hike (1962) as Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv
- Operation Gold Ingot (1962)
- The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) as Charles Lepicard
- Seduction Of The South (1961) as Colonelo Breviglieri
- Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961) as Sully
- The Black Monocle (1961) as Commissaire Tournemire
- The Fenouillard Family (1961) as A traveler (uncredited)
- The President (1961) as Philippe Chalamont
- Women and War (1961) as le docteur Leproux, maire du village
- Do or Die! (1960) as Lenzi
- ...And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960) as Commissario Polizia
- L'Ennemi dans l'ombre (1960) as le Patron
- The Hunchback (1960) as Feldwebel
- The Magnificent Tramp (1959) as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
- The Great War (1959) as Capitano Castelli
- Marie-Octobre (1959) as Julien Simoneau
- The Great Deception (1959) as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
- Eyes of Love (1959) as Dr. Andrieux
- Les Misérables (1958) as Javert father / Javert son
- Sans famille (1958) as Renato Garofoli
- The Gambler (1958) as General Zagoriensky
- The Possessors (1958) as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
- School for Coquettes (1958) as Labaume
- Secrets of a French Nurse (1958) as René Lecomte
- The Cat (1958) as Debrun
- A Legitimate Defense (1958) as Gustave Martinet
- The Man in the Raincoat (1957) as Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
- There's Always a Price Tag (1957) as Commissioner Plantavin
- When a Woman Meddles (1957) as Félix Seguin
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- Crime and Punishment (1956) as Antoine Monestier
- Revelation (1955) as Don Lorenzo
- Black Dossier (1955) as Le commissaire Noblet
- The Hussars (1955) as le brigadier Le Gouce
- Marriage Episodes (1954) as la mari d'Aglaé
- Before the Deluge (1954) as Marcel Noblet
- The Secrets of the Bed (1954) as Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")
- Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes (1953) as Narrator
- Follow That Man (1953) as Commissioner François Basquier
- La Joie de vivre (1952) as Self
- Matrimonial Agency (1952) as Noël Pailleret
- I Was It Three Times (1952) as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken
- Without Leaving an Address (1951) as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
- The Bonnadieu House (1951) as Félix Bonnadieu
- Lost Souvenirs (1950) as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")
- The Elders of Saint-Loup (1950) as Jean Laclaux, ruined banker
- Sorceror (1950) as Jean-Pierre Lesourd
- Tuesday's Guest (1950) as Charles Josse, agent d'assurance
- 1848 (1950) as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
- The Cheat (1949) as Robert
- Return to Life (1949) as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
- Truant School (1949) as Buffle Pascal, teacher
- Monsignor (1949) as Louis Mennechain
- Man to Men (1948) as Edmond Coquillot
- Dedee (1948) as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses
- The Spice of Life (1948) as L'importuné
- Jenny Lamour (1947) as Maurice Martineau
- Clockface Cafe (1947) as Julien Couturier
- Mr. Gregoire Runs Away (1946) as Alex Grégoire
- Messieurs Ludovic (1946) as Ludovic Seguin
- Alone in the Night (1945) as Inspector Pascal
- Farandole (1945) as Sylvestre
- The Little Ones of the Flower Platform (1944) as Doctor Bernard
- Carmen (1944) as Remendado
- I Am with You (1943) as Robert Nattier
- Marie-Martine (1943) as Maurice
- Domino (1943) as Crémone
- Fantastic Night (1942) as Lucien
- The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock (1942) as André Bertod
- La Symphonie fantastique (1942) as Antoine Charbonnel
- The Woman I Loved the Most (1942) as Funeral home employee
- The Marriage of Chiffon (1942) as Hotel boy
- Threesome Romance (1942) as Marcel
- Whims (1942) as Marcel
- The Pavilion Burns (1941) as Benezy
- Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941) as Officer from the Gendarmerie
- Night in December (1941) as Édouard
- Hell of Angels (1941) as Freddy, le patron du bistrot
- Premier bal (1941) as The maitre d'hotel
- Daybreak (1939) as Gaston
- Latin Quarter (1939) as (uncredited)
- Place de la Concorde (1939) as Brioche
- Hôtel du Nord (1938) as Prosper
- Grisou (1938) as le fils Mélée
- The Stream (1938) as Taxi driver (uncredited)
- The Curtain Rises (1938) as Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire
- Final Accord (1938) as Mérot
- Youth in Revolt (1938) as Benoît
- Heart of Paris (1937) as Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)
- The Green Dress (1937) as Le fils Pinchet
- The Messenger (1937) as Nick's chauffeur (uncredited)
- Double Crime in the Maginot Line (1937)
- Woman of Malacca (1937) as (uncredited)
- Trois... six... neuf (1937)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Bernard Blier best known for?
Bernard Blier is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Paganini (1990), The Possessed (1988), I picari (1987), My Friends Act III (1985).
When and where was Bernard Blier born?
Bernard Blier was born on January 11, 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They passed away on March 29, 1989.
How many credits does Bernard Blier have?
Bernard Blier has accumulated over 192 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1937 to 2023.
What is Bernard Blier's background in cinema and television?
Bernard Blier was a French character actor born on January 11, 1916, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, was posted at the time. His parents were Suzanne Bargy and Louis Blier. Known for his rotund features and premature baldness, Blier frequently played cuckolded husband...
Bernard Blier by the numbers
192credits
186films
6TV series
1937–2023active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self — aged about 58
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self — aged about 40
- My Friends (1975) as Righi Niccolò — aged about 59
- The Great War (1959) as Capitano Castelli — aged about 43
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self — aged about 56
- Crooks in Clover (1963) as Raoul Volfoni — aged about 47
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