Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. From ages 12–20 he set type as a typographer, then studied mime in his early 20s. In 1948 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film, Les Dieux du dimanche. Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and producing.
Yves Robert's directorial efforts included several successful comedies for which he had written the screenplay. His 1962 film, La Guerre des boutons won France's Prix Jean Vigo. His 1972 film Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. In 1976, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, starring his wife, earned him international acclaim. Robert's 1973 devastating comedy Salut l'artiste is considered by many performers to be the ultimate film about the humiliations of the actor's life. In 1977, he directed another comedy, Nous irons tous au paradis, which was nominated for a César Award for Best Film.
In 1990, Robert directed two dramatic films, My Mother's Castle (Le château de ma mère) and My Father's Glory (La Gloire de mon Père). Based on autobiographical novels by Marcel Pagnol, they were jointly voted "Best Film" at the 1991 Seattle International Film Festival, and received rave reviews. Over his career, he directed more than twenty feature-length motion pictures, wrote an equal number of scripts, and acted in more than seventy-five films. Although his last major role was perhaps in 1980, A Bad Son by Claude Sautet, as the working-class father of a drug-dealer, he continued acting past 1997.
Robert played opposite Danièle Delorme in the 1951 play Colombe (Dove) by Jean Anouilh. They married in 1956, and jointly formed the film production company La Guéville in 1961. La Guéville also released several films by Monty Python and Terry Gilliam, which was very influential into establishing the comedy troupe to French audiences. He died in Paris on 10 May 2002 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery with the epitaph "A man of joy ...", where visitors leave buttons of many colors.[citation needed]He was survived by Danièle and two children, Anne and Jean-Denis Robert, by first wife, actress Rosy Varte. That month's Cannes Film Festival paid homage to his contribution to French film.
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Filmography (Movies)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/11/2020
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Character:Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2017
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2005
Éclats de famille
Character:Léon
Release Date:02/09/1995
Le nez au vent
Character:Raphaël
Release Date:15/06/1995
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
Character:Léo
Release Date:12/01/1994
The Crisis
Character:M. Barelle
Release Date:02/12/1992
Anthony's Crime
Character:Pilou
Release Date:28/06/1989
Infernal Symphony
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:16/09/1987
Billy Ze Kick
Character:Alcide
Release Date:18/12/1985
The Twin
Character:l’homme dans l'ascenseur
Release Date:10/10/1984
Waiter!
Character:Simon, dance teacher
Release Date:09/11/1983
Vive la sociale !
Character:Jojo, le père
Release Date:05/10/1983
Le rose et le blanc
Character:Le barman des Caraïbes
Release Date:06/01/1982
A Bad Son
Character:René Calgagni
Release Date:14/10/1980
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Character:Workman
Release Date:04/06/1979
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
Character:Le père de Louise
Release Date:14/03/1979
Little Marcel
Character:Commissioner Mancini
Release Date:06/04/1976
The Judge and the Assassin
Character:Professeur Degueldre
Release Date:10/03/1976
Special Section
Character:Émile Bastard
Release Date:23/04/1975
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character:le chef d'orchestre
Release Date:12/11/1974
La grande Paulette
Character:The first gangster
Release Date:24/04/1974
Hail the Artist
Character:le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited)
Release Date:06/12/1973
The Right of the Maddest
Character:Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer
Release Date:27/03/1973
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character:Conductor
Release Date:06/12/1972
Repeated Absences
Character:Le père de François
Release Date:01/11/1972
Dear Louise
Character:Magnéto, cycle merchant
Release Date:06/09/1972
Money Money Money
Character:Defense counsel
Release Date:04/05/1972
The Troubles of Alfred
Character:Parisian television viewer
Release Date:08/03/1972
The Annuity
Character:Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
Release Date:19/01/1972
Le Cinema de Papa
Character:Henri Roger Langmann
Release Date:10/02/1971
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Character:Commissioner
Release Date:10/02/1971
The Crook
Character:Commissioner
Release Date:20/11/1970
The Man with Connections
Character:The Father
Release Date:15/04/1970
Clerambard
Character:Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited)
Release Date:17/02/1969
The Most Beautiful Month
Character:Le cheminot
Release Date:26/06/1968
Idiot in Paris
Character:Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
Release Date:22/03/1967
King of Hearts
Character:General Baderna (uncredited)
Release Date:21/12/1966
Public School
Character:L'oncle Henri
Release Date:07/10/1965
Bebert and the Train
Character:Chaussin
Release Date:03/12/1963
Fiancés on the Bridge
Character:Handkerchief Seller
Release Date:11/04/1962
Cléo from 5 to 7
Character:The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
Release Date:11/04/1962
Le Pèlerinage
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1962
The Passion of Slow Fire
Character:Bartender
Release Date:02/03/1961
The Fenouillard Family
Character:'Le Coq' (uncredited)
Release Date:04/01/1961
Love and the Frenchwoman
Character:Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
Release Date:16/09/1960
Signed, Arsène Lupin
Character:La Ballu
Release Date:11/11/1959
The Green Mare
Character:Zèphe Maloret
Release Date:29/10/1959
The Little Professor
Character:Dr Aubin
Release Date:26/09/1958
Women Are Talkative
Character:Christian
Release Date:04/06/1958
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Character:Le photographe lors du mariage
Release Date:23/04/1958
There Is the Brunette
Character:Le mécanicien
Release Date:01/01/1958
The Terror with Women
Character:Journalist Labarge
Release Date:23/11/1956
An Evening at the Music Hall
Character:Jeff
Release Date:19/11/1956
Les Truands
Character:Amédée Benoît / Son père
Release Date:27/04/1956
The Grand Manoeuvre
Character:Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
Release Date:26/10/1955
Bad Liaisons
Character:L'inspecteur Forbin
Release Date:25/10/1955
School for Love
Character:Clément
Release Date:15/06/1955
Men Think Only of That
Character:Veteran / Walker
Release Date:13/06/1954
Virgile
Character:Esposito
Release Date:18/11/1953
Follow That Man
Character:Inspector Paulhan
Release Date:27/02/1953
Les Bonnes Manières
Character:
Release Date:11/06/1952
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
Character:Charlot, le voyou
Release Date:31/10/1951
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Character:Accordionist
Release Date:18/05/1951
The Red Rose
Character:Yves Gérard
Release Date:06/02/1951
Bibi Fricotin
Character:Antoine Gardon, détective "Passe Partout"
Release Date:03/01/1951
Paris Incident
Character:Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
Release Date:02/11/1950
Le Tampon du capiston
Character:Pastini
Release Date:03/08/1950
Les Dieux du dimanche
Character:Guillot
Release Date:09/02/1949
Television Appearances
Les Nuls, l'émission
Character:Self
Stars 90
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Midi trente
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Samedi soir
Character:Self
Discorama
Character:Self
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
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