Bernard Blier

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

January 11, 1916

died

March 29, 1989

place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

total credits

50 movies

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

Filmography

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

Passion of Love
6.7

Passion of Love

1981as Major
My Friends Act III
6.4

My Friends Act III

1985as Sig. Lenzi
Les Misérables
7.2

Les Misérables

1958as Javert father / Javert son
My Friends
8.1

My Friends

1975as Righi Niccolò
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
7.0

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1972as Colonel Bernard Milan
Femmes Fatales
6.1

Femmes Fatales

1976as Father Émile
Paganini
5.3

Paganini

1990as Pater Caffarelli
Black Dossier
6.3

Black Dossier

1955as Le commissaire Noblet
The Body of My Enemy
6.4

The Body of My Enemy

1976as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
The Restaurant
6.8

The Restaurant

1966as Le commissaire divisionnaire
The Great War
8.1

The Great War

1959as Capitano Castelli
Crooks in Clover
7.7

Crooks in Clover

1963as Raoul Volfoni
Buffet Froid
7.1

Buffet Froid

1979as Inspecteur Morvandieu
Catch Me a Spy
5.0

Catch Me a Spy

1971as Webb
Jo
7.2

Jo

1971as Inspecteur Ducros
The Stranger
6.8

The Stranger

1967as Defense Counsel
The Magnificent Cuckold
6.6

The Magnificent Cuckold

1964as Mariotti
Jenny Lamour
7.5

Jenny Lamour

1947as Maurice Martineau
Greed in the Sun
7.1

Greed in the Sun

1964as Mitch-Mitch
Homo Eroticus
5.0

Homo Eroticus

1971as Dr. Mezzini
The Organizer
7.5

The Organizer

1963as Martinetti
Serie Noire
7.5

Serie Noire

1979as Staplin
Killer
5.1

Killer

1972as François Tellier, director of the PJ
Hôtel du Nord
7.2

Hôtel du Nord

1938as Prosper
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
6.8

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?

1968as Ubaldo Palmarini
Golden Night
5.2

Golden Night

1976as Commissaire Pidoux
Coplan Saves His Skin
5.2

Coplan Saves His Skin

1968as Marscar
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
5.2

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

1972as Commissioner Camille Bistingo
I picari
5.5

I picari

1987as The exploiter of prostitutes
How to Make a French Dish
4.9

How to Make a French Dish

1964as Joseph
Nights of Boccaccio
4.2

Nights of Boccaccio

1972as Dr. Mazzeo
The Possessed
5.4

The Possessed

1988as Governor
Return to Life
6.4

Return to Life

1949as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
The Seventh Juror
6.9

The Seventh Juror

1962as Grégoire Duval pharmacien
Taste of Life
5.6

Taste of Life

1988as Giuseppe Mondardini
Daybreak
7.6

Daybreak

1939as Gaston
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
6.1

She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks

1970as Liethard
A Matter of Honor
6.3

A Matter of Honor

1966as Don Leandro Sanna
High Infidelity
5.3

High Infidelity

1964as Sergio
The Great Spy Chase
6.9

The Great Spy Chase

1964as Eusebio Cafarelli
L'Âge d'or de la pub
6.5

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023as Self (archive footage)
The Cheat
7.0

The Cheat

1949as Robert
Idiot in Paris
6.6

Idiot in Paris

1967as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
6.5

...And Suddenly It's Murder!

1960as Commissario Polizia
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
5.6

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

1965as Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
Male Hunt
6.5

Male Hunt

1964as M. Heurtin
My Uncle Benjamin
6.1

My Uncle Benjamin

1969as Marquis de Cambyse
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
5.9

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

1971as Monsieur K.
Distracted
6.1

Distracted

1970as Guiton
When a Woman Meddles
5.8

When a Woman Meddles

1957as Félix Seguin