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
Hôtel du Nord
(1938)
Prosper
The Restaurant
(1966)
Le commissaire divisionnaire
Les Misérables
(1958)
Javert (père et fils)
Homo Eroticus
(1971)
Dr. Mezzini
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(1972)
Colonel Bernard Milan
Buffet Froid
(1979)
Inspecteur Morvandieu
Crooks in Clover
(1963)
Raoul Volfoni
The Counterfeiters of Paris
(1961)
Charles Lepicard
The Body of My Enemy
(1976)
Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
Serie Noire
(1979)
Staplin
The Stranger
(1967)
Defense Counsel
Jo
(1971)
Inspecteur Ducros
The Great War
(1959)
Capitano Castelli
My Friends
(1975)
Righi Niccolò
The Great Spy Chase
(1964)
Eusebio Cafarelli
My Friends Act III
(1985)
Sig. Lenzi
Full Filmography
Acting
The Messenger
(1937)
Double Crime in the Maginot Line
(1937)
Woman of Malacca
(1937)
(uncredited)
The Green Dress
(1937)
Le fils Pinchet
Gribouille
(1937)
Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited)
Trois... six... neuf
(1937)
Grisou
(1938)
le fils Mélée
Final Accord
(1938)
The Stream
(1938)
le chauffeur de taxi
Youth in Revolt
(1938)
Benoît
The Curtain Rises
(1938)
Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire
Hôtel du Nord
(1938)
Prosper
Place de la Concorde
(1939)
Daybreak
(1939)
Gaston
Latin Quarter
(1939)
L'Enfer des anges
(1941)
Freddy, le patron du bistrot
Premier bal
(1941)
The maitre d'hotel
Who Killed Santa Claus?
(1941)
Officer from the Gendarmerie
The Pavilion Burns
(1941)
Benezy
Night in December
(1941)
Édouard
Whims
(1942)
Fantastic Night
(1942)
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
(1942)
André Bertod
Threesome Romance
(1942)
Marcel
The Woman I Loved the Most
(1942)
Funeral home employee
La Symphonie fantastique
(1942)
Antoine Charbonnel
The Marriage of Chiffon
(1942)
Le garçon d'hôtel
I Am with You
(1943)
Robert Nattier
Marie-Martine
(1943)
Maurice
Domino
(1943)
Crémone
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
(1944)
Doctor Bernard
Carmen
(1944)
Remendado
Farandole
(1945)
Sylvestre
Alone in the Night
(1945)
Inspector Pascal
Messieurs Ludovic
(1946)
Ludovic Seguin
Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
(1946)
Alex Grégoire
Clockface Cafe
(1947)
Julien Couturier
Jenny Lamour
(1947)
Maurice Martineau
Man to Men
(1948)
Edmond Coquillot
The Spice of Life
(1948)
L'importuné
Dedee
(1948)
"Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses
Truant School
(1949)
M. Pascal, le nouvel instituteur
Monsignor
(1949)
Louis Mennechain
Return to Life
(1949)
Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
The Cheat
(1949)
Robert
1848
(1950)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Tuesday's Guest
(1950)
Charles Josse, agent d'assurance
The Elders of Saint-Loup
(1950)
Jean Laclaux, banquier ruiné
Lost Souvenirs
(1950)
L'agent de police Raoul
Sorceror
(1950)
Jean-Pierre Lesourd
Without Leaving an Address
(1951)
Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat
The Bonnadieu House
(1951)
Félix Bonnadieu
I Was It Three Times
(1952)
Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken
Matrimonial Agency
(1952)
Noël Pailleret
Follow That Man
(1953)
Le commissaire François Basquier
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes
(1953)
Narrator
Marriage Episodes
(1954)
la mari d'Aglaé
Before the Deluge
(1954)
Marcel Noblet
The Secrets of the Bed
(1954)
Bertrand Germain-Latour
Black Dossier
(1955)
Le commissaire Noblet
Revelation
(1955)
Don Lorenzo
The Hussars
(1955)
le brigadier Le Gouce
Crime and Punishment
(1956)
Antoine Monestier
When a Woman Meddles
(1957)
Félix Seguin
There's Always a Price Tag
(1957)
Le commissaire Plantavin
The Man in the Raincoat
(1957)
Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
A Legitimate Defense
(1958)
Gustave Martinet
Secrets of a French Nurse
(1958)
René Lecomte
Les Misérables
(1958)
Javert (père et fils)
School for Coquettes
(1958)
Labaume
The Cat
(1958)
Debrun
The Gambler
(1958)
Le Général Zagoriensky
Sans famille
(1958)
Renato Garofoli
The Possessors
(1958)
Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
Marie-Octobre
(1959)
Julien Simoneau
The Great Deception
(1959)
le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
The Magnificent Tramp
(1959)
M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café
The Great War
(1959)
Capitano Castelli
Eyes of Love
(1959)
Dr Andrieux
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
(1960)
le Patron
Do or Die!
(1960)
Lenzi
The Hunchback
(1960)
Feldwebel
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
(1960)
Commissario Polizia
The Counterfeiters of Paris
(1961)
Charles Lepicard
Women and War
(1961)
le docteur Leproux, maire du village
The Fenouillard Family
(1961)
A traveler (uncredited)
The President
(1961)
Philippe Chalamont
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
(1961)
Sully
Seduction Of The South
(1961)
Colonelo Breviglieri
The Black Monocle
(1961)
Commissaire Tournemire
Hitch-Hike
(1962)
Mr Rameau, le provincial en 2 cv
Operation Gold Ingot
(1962)
The Seventh Juror
(1962)
Grégoire Duval, pharmacien
The Magnificent Adventurer
(1963)
Clemente VII
Germinal
(1963)
Hennebeau
Young Girls of Good Families
(1963)
Ribois
The Organizer
(1963)
Martinetti
Crooks in Clover
(1963)
Raoul Volfoni
Mathias Sandorf
(1963)
Toronthal
Why Paris?
(1964)
Greed in the Sun
(1964)
Mitch-Mitch
How to Make a French Dish
(1964)
Joseph
Male Hunt
(1964)
M. Heurtin
The Great Spy Chase
(1964)
Eusebio Cafarelli
Chance at Love
(1964)
Camille
The Magnificent Cuckold
(1964)
Mariotti
High Infidelity
(1964)
Sergio
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
(1965)
M. Charles Labergerie, tenancier de maison close (La Fermeture)
When the Pheasants Pass
(1965)
Hyacinthe Camus
Casanova '70
(1965)
Il commissario (non accreditato
Ring Around the World
(1966)
Delitto quasi perfetto
(1966)
William Derek Robson
The Restaurant
(1966)
Le commissaire divisionnaire
A Matter of Honor
(1966)
Don Leandro Sanna
The Madman of Lab Four
(1967)
M. Beauchard, secrétaire de direction lié à un gang
To Commit a Murder
(1967)
Le commandant Rhome
Du mou dans la gâchette
(1967)
Nicolas Pappas
If I Were a Spy
(1967)
le Docteur Lefèvre
Idiot in Paris
(1967)
Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
The Stranger
(1967)
Defense Counsel
Dear Caroline
(1968)
Georges Berthier
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
(1968)
Charles aka 'Le Téméraire '
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
(1968)
Ubaldo Palmarini
Coplan Saves His Skin
(1968)
Marscar
The Fourth Wall
(1969)
Andrea Brusa
Call Me Mathilde
(1969)
Charles de Blanzac, l'époux de Mathilde
My Uncle Benjamin
(1969)
Marquis de Cambyse
Distracted
(1970)
Guiton
Le Mari, la femme et la mort
(1970)
Sébastien
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
(1970)
Liethard
Homo Eroticus
(1971)
Dr. Mezzini
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
(1971)
Monsieur K.
Troubleshooters
(1971)
Commissaire Caillaud
Jo
(1971)
Inspecteur Ducros
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
(1971)
Persicelli
Catch Me a Spy
(1971)
Webb
Nights of Boccaccio
(1972)
Dr. Mazzeo
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
(1972)
le commissaire Camille Bistingo
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
(1972)
Le président Louis-Marcel Thulle
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(1972)
Colonel Bernard Milan
Killer
(1972)
François Tellier
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
(1973)
Adrien Colbard
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
(1973)
Gastié-le-Roy père
L'école des femmes
(1973)
Arnolphe
Chinese In Paris
(1974)
Le Président de la République
Kisses Till Monday
(1974)
Frankie Strong
Bloody Murder
(1974)
Le commissaire Moureu
Par le sang des autres
(1974)
Le maire
Il piatto piange
(1974)
Priest
My Friends
(1975)
Righi Niccolò
Cher Victor
(1975)
Anselme Maillard
The Phoney
(1975)
Maxime (L'espion supposé Top Secret)
It's Tough for Everybody
(1975)
Paul Tardel
The Restroom Robbery
(1975)
Phano
Quick Trial
(1976)
Il giudice
The Body of My Enemy
(1976)
Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
Femmes Fatales
(1976)
Father Emile
Golden Night
(1976)
Commissaire Pidoux
Feu la mère de Madame
(1978)
Lucien
Hypochondriac
(1979)
Dr. Purgone
Buffet Froid
(1979)
Inspecteur Morvandieu
Serie Noire
(1979)
Staplin
On purge bébé
(1979)
M. Follavoine
Voltati Eugenio
(1980)
Grandfather Eugenio
Passion of Love
(1981)
Major
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
(1981)
Emir Abdullah
Il turno
(1981)
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
(1985)
Anselmo Paleari
Madman at War
(1985)
Belucci
My Friends Act III
(1985)
Sig. Lenzi
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
(1985)
Monsieur Guilledou
Let's Hope It's a Girl
(1986)
Uncle Gugo
I Hate Actors
(1986)
Jerome B. Cobb
Twist Again in Moscow
(1986)
Alexei
Under the Chinese Restaurant
(1987)
I picari
(1987)
The exploiter of prostitutes
Ada in the Jungle
(1988)
Major Collins
The Possessed
(1988)
Governor
Nailcruncher
(1988)
Saltiel
Taste of Life
(1988)
Giuseppe Mondardini
Migrations
(1989)
Opat Žoržel
Paganini
(1990)
Pater Caffarelli
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
(2017)
Self - Comédien (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
(2023)
Self (archive footage)