Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier ( born January 11, 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, † March 29, 1989 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts -de -Seine, France) was a French film actor. Blier turned 181 films and was one of the most prolific character actors in France.
Life and work
Bernard Blier was born in 1916 in Argentina, where his father, a biologist, was on a business trip. Already during his studies in philosophy, he took acting lessons. Blier debuted in 1936 as a film actor, and was then for many years, especially in smaller roles to see. His colleague Louis Jouvet advised him to persevere in his profession and to play any role you were to offer him.
Over the decades, Blier was six or seven films a year turned to the part, especially in France and Italy one of the most popular character actor. With his bald, rounded head of the powerfully built actor was profiled roles in films such as $ 100,000 in the Sun ( 1963), My Uncle Benjamin (1969 ) Camouflage - Hash me, I 'm the killer (1971) or The Body of My Enemy ( 1976). Blier covered thereby representing a broad spectrum of skills. As cunning intelligence chief in the successful crime comedy The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972 ) he played his most famous role.
Blier also acted in two DEFA feature film productions: in 1955 director Wolfgang Staudte in the unfinished film Mother Courage and Her Children, and 1958 in the international film production Les Misérables.
Bernard Blier was married twice and died in 1989 from cancer. His son Bertrand became a successful film director.