--- name: "Bernard Blier" canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernard-blier" fi1m_id: "bernard-blier" imdb_id: "nm0088396" tmdb_id: 24379 wikidata_id: "Q599249" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 January 1916" died: "29 March 1989" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T02:58:54.035900+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Bernard Blier ## Identity Bernard Blier - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernard-blier - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** bernard-blier - **IMDb ID:** nm0088396 - **TMDB ID:** 24379 - **Wikidata ID:** Q599249 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Blier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24379 Actor. Born 11 January 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Died 29 March 1989. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 January 1916, Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Died:** 29 March 1989 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Blier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24379 ## Biography Bernard Blier was a French character actor. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he trained at the Paris Conservatory and began appearing in films and on stage in the late 1930s. He is known for roles including Gaston in *Daybreak* (1939), Maurice Martineau in *Jenny Lamour* (1947), Colonel Bernard Milan in *The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe* (1972), and Inspecteur Morvandieu in *Buffet Froid* (1979). Blier appeared in films by his son, director Bertrand Blier, and received an Honorary César in 1989. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Daybreak* (1939), Fi1m 82, as Gaston — [page](https://film.one/film/daybreak.md) ## Complete filmography (183) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Paganini* (1990), as Pater Caffarelli - *Migrations* (1989), as Opat Žoržel - *Taste of Life* (1988), as Giuseppe Mondardini - *Ada in the Jungle* (1988), as Major Collins - *Nailcruncher* (1988), as Saltiel - *The Possessed* (1988), as Governor - *I picari* (1987), as The exploiter of prostitutes - *Under the Chinese Restaurant* (1987), as Il professore - *Twist Again in Moscow* (1986), as Alexei - *I Hate Actors* (1986), as Jerome B. Cobb - *Let's Hope It's a Girl* (1986), as Uncle Gugo - *The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal* (1985), as Anselmo Paleari - *My Friends Act III* (1985), as Sig. Lenzi - *Madman at War* (1985), as Belucci - *Ça n'arrive qu'à moi* (1985), as Monsieur Guilledou - *Cuore* (1984), series, as Ing. Bottini - *Il turno* (1981), as Don Marcantonio - *Passion of Love* (1981), as Major - *Pétrole ! Pétrole !* (1981), as Emir Abdullah - *Voltati Eugenio* (1980), as Grandfather Eugenio - *Hypochondriac* (1979), as Dr. Purgone - *Buffet Froid* (1979), as Inspecteur Morvandieu - *Serie Noire* (1979), as Staplin - *On purge bébé* (1979), as M. Follavoine - *Feu la mère de Madame* (1978), as Lucien - *The Body of My Enemy* (1976), as Jean-Baptiste Liégeard - *Golden Night* (1976), as Commissaire Pidoux - *Femmes Fatales* (1976), as Father Émile - *My Friends* (1975), as Righi Niccolò - *The Phoney* (1975), as Maxime - *It's Tough for Everybody* (1975), as Paul Tardel - *Cher Victor* (1975), as Anselme Maillard - *The Restroom Robbery* (1975), as Phano - *Kisses Till Monday* (1974), as Frankie Strong - *Ante Up* (1974), as Priest - *Quick Trial* (1974), as Il giudice - *By the Blood of Others* (1974), as Mayor - *Bloody Murder* (1974), as Le commissaire Moureu - *Chinese In Paris* (1974), as Le Président de la République - *I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything* (1973), as Gastié-le-Roy père - *L'École des femmes* (1973), as Arnolphe - *Moi y'en a vouloir des sous* (1973), as Adrien Colbard - *The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe* (1972), as Colonel Bernard Milan - *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 - *Nights of Boccaccio* (1972), as Dr. Mazzeo - *Killer* (1972), as François Tellier · director of the PJ - *Homo Eroticus* (1971), as Dr. Mezzini - *Catch Me a Spy* (1971), as Webb - *Jo* (1971), as Inspecteur Ducros - *Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...* (1971), as Persicelli - *Troubleshooters* (1971), as Commissaire Caillaud - *Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques* (1971), as Monsieur K. - *Distracted* (1970), as Guiton - *Le Mari, la femme et la mort* (1970), as Sébastien - *She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks* (1970), as Liethard - *Call Me Mathilde* (1969), as Charles de Blanzac, Mathilde's husband - *My Uncle Benjamin* (1969), as Marquis de Cambyse - *The Fourth Wall* (1969), as Andrea Brusa - *Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?* (1968), as Ubaldo Palmarini - *Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese* (1968), as Charles aka 'Le Téméraire ' - *Coplan Saves His Skin* (1968), as Marscar - *Dear Caroline* (1968), as Georges Berthier - *The Madman of Lab Four* (1967), as Mr. Beauchard · executive secretary linked to a gang - *The Stranger* (1967), as Defense Counsel - *Loose in the Trigger* (1967), as Nicolas Pappas - *If I Were a Spy* (1967), as le Docteur Lefèvre - *To Commit a Murder* (1967), as Le commandant Rhome - *Idiot in Paris* (1967), as Léon Dessertine, mandataire en viandes et ancien de l'assistance - *Ring Around the World* (1966), as Lord Richard Berry - *The Restaurant* (1966), as Le commissaire divisionnaire - *Almost Perfect Crime* (1966), as William Derek Robson - *A Matter of Honor* (1966), as Don Leandro Sanna - *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 - *Casanova '70* (1965), as Il commissario (non accreditato) - *The Great Spy Chase* (1964), as Eusebio Cafarelli - *Chance at Love* (1964), as Camille (segment "Une chance explosive") - *The Magnificent Cuckold* (1964), as Mariotti - *Male Hunt* (1964), as M. Heurtin - *Why Paris?* (1964), as Building concierge - *Greed in the Sun* (1964), as Mitch-Mitch - *How to Make a French Dish* (1964), as Joseph - *High Infidelity* (1964), as Sergio - *Crooks in Clover* (1963), as Raoul Volfoni - *The Organizer* (1963), as Martinetti - *Germinal* (1963), as Hennebeau - *The Magnificent Adventurer* (1963), as Clemente VII - *Young Girls of Good Families* (1963), as Ribois - *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), Actor - *Seduction Of The South* (1961), as Colonelo Breviglieri - *The Counterfeiters of Paris* (1961), as Charles Lepicard - *The Black Monocle* (1961), as Commissaire Tournemire - *Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!* (1961), as Sully - *The President* (1961), as Philippe Chalamont - *Women and War* (1961), as le docteur Leproux, maire du village - *The Fenouillard Family* (1961), as A traveler (uncredited) - *...And Suddenly It's Murder!* (1960), as Commissario Polizia - *The Hunchback* (1960), as Feldwebel - *L'Ennemi dans l'ombre* (1960), as le Patron - *Do or Die!* (1960), as Lenzi - *Eyes of Love* (1959), as Dr. Andrieux - *The Great War* (1959), as Capitano Castelli - *The Great Deception* (1959), as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens - *Marie-Octobre* (1959), as Julien Simoneau - *The Magnificent Tramp* (1959), as M. Pichon, nouveau patron du café - *The Possessors* (1958), as Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël - *The Gambler* (1958), as General Zagoriensky - *A Legitimate Defense* (1958), as Gustave Martinet - *School for Coquettes* (1958), as Labaume - *The Cat* (1958), as Debrun - *Les Misérables* (1958), as Javert father / Javert son - *Secrets of a French Nurse* (1958), as René Lecomte - *Sans famille* (1958), as Renato Garofoli - *When a Woman Meddles* (1957), as Félix Seguin - *There's Always a Price Tag* (1957), as Commissioner Plantavin - *The Man in the Raincoat* (1957), as Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur - *Crime and Punishment* (1956), as Antoine Monestier - *Revelation* (1955), as Don Lorenzo - *The Hussars* (1955), as le brigadier Le Gouce - *Black Dossier* (1955), as Le commissaire Noblet - *Marriage Episodes* (1954), as la mari d'Aglaé - *The Secrets of the Bed* (1954), as Emile Bergeret (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le") - *Before the Deluge* (1954), as Marcel Noblet - *Follow That Man* (1953), as Commissioner François Basquier - *Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes* (1953), as Narrator - *I Was It Three Times* (1952), as Henri Verdier / Hector van Broken - *Matrimonial Agency* (1952), as Noël Pailleret - *The Bonnadieu House* (1951), as Félix Bonnadieu - *Without Leaving an Address* (1951), as Émile Gauthier, chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat - *Lost Souvenirs* (1950), as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon") - *The Elders of Saint-Loup* (1950), as Jean Laclaux, ruined banker - *Tuesday's Guest* (1950), as Charles Josse, agent d'assurance - *1848* (1950), as Récitant / Narrator (voice) - *Sorceror* (1950), as Jean-Pierre Lesourd - *Monsignor* (1949), as Louis Mennechain - *Return to Life* (1949), as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma") - *The Cheat* (1949), as Robert - *Truant School* (1949), as Buffle Pascal, teacher - *The Spice of Life* (1948), as L'importuné - *Dedee* (1948), as "Monsieur", le patron du bar à entraîneuses - *Man to Men* (1948), as Edmond Coquillot - *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 - *Carmen* (1944), as Remendado - *The Little Ones of the Flower Platform* (1944), as Doctor Bernard - *I Am with You* (1943), as Robert Nattier - *Domino* (1943), as Crémone - *Marie-Martine* (1943), as Maurice - *The Marriage of Chiffon* (1942), as Hotel boy - *Fantastic Night* (1942), as Lucien - *Threesome Romance* (1942), as Marcel - *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 - *Whims* (1942), as Marcel - *The Pavilion Burns* (1941), as Benezy - *Who Killed Santa Claus?* (1941), as Officer from the Gendarmerie - *Premier bal* (1941), as The maitre d'hotel - *Night in December* (1941), as Édouard - *Hell of Angels* (1941), as Freddy, le patron du bistrot - *Latin Quarter* (1939), as (uncredited) - *Daybreak* (1939), as Gaston — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/daybreak.md) - *Place de la Concorde* (1939), as Brioche - *Final Accord* (1938), as Mérot - *Hôtel du Nord* (1938), as Prosper - *The Stream* (1938), as Taxi driver (uncredited) - *The Curtain Rises* (1938), as Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire - *Youth in Revolt* (1938), as Benoît - *Grisou* (1938), as le fils Mélée - *The Green Dress* (1937), as Le fils Pinchet - *Woman of Malacca* (1937), as (uncredited) - *Double Crime in the Maginot Line* (1937), Actor - *Heart of Paris* (1937), as Le jeune homme au tandem (uncredited) - *The Messenger* (1937), as Nick's chauffeur (uncredited) - *Trois... six... neuf* (1937), Actor ## Gallery - ![Bernard Blier in un scena del film italiano Prigionieri del male (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/3858333/gallery-a69213abff9c.png) Bernard Blier in un scena del film italiano Prigionieri del male (1955) — Mario Costa (director), Carlo Carlini (cinematographer), Athena Cinematografica, Hesperia Films (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Prigionieri_del_male_%281955%29_Bernard_Blier.png/1280px-Prigionieri_del_male_%281955%29_Bernard_Blier.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Bernard Blier](https://film.one/media/person/3858333/gallery-f0cde57c3dc7.jpg) Bernard Blier — Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Blier-1951-Harcourt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![scena dal film Amici miei (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/3858333/gallery-e1bcd0d9d1c6.png) scena dal film Amici miei (1975) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Luigi Kuveiller (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Amici_miei_33.png/1280px-Amici_miei_33.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Bernard Blier](https://film.one/media/person/3858333/gallery-6efb5d67da16.jpg) Bernard Blier — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Honorary César 1989: Honorary César (won) - David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor 1987: David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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