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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2020 | Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible as Self (archive footage) |
2017 | À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Comédien, réalisateur, producteur (archive footage) |
2005 | Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre as Self |
1995 | Éclats de famille as Léon |
1995 | Le nez au vent as Raphaël |
1994 | Montparnasse-Pondichéry as Léo |
1992 | La Crise as M. Barelle |
1989 | Le crime d'Antoine as Pilou |
1987 | Scherzo Infernal as Narrator (voice) |
1984 | Le Jumeau as l’homme dans l'ascenseur |
1983 | Garçon ! as Simon, ancien du Music Hall, professeur de danse |
1983 | Vive la sociale ! as Jojo, le père |
1980 | Un mauvais fils as René Calgagni |
1979 | Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf |
1979 | Ils sont grands, ces petits as Le père de Louise |
1976 | Le Petit Marcel as Commissioner Mancini |
1976 | Le Juge et l'Assassin as Professeur Degueldre |
1975 | Section spéciale as Émile Bastard |
1974 | Le Retour du Grand Blond as le chef d'orchestre |
1974 | La grande Paulette |
1973 | Salut l'artiste as le metteur en scène de théâtre (non crédité) |
1972 | Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire as Leader of the orchestra |
1972 | Absences répétées as Le père de François |
1972 | Chère Louise |
1972 | L'Aventure c'est l'aventure as Defense counsel |
1972 | Les malheurs d'Alfred as le téléspectateur parisien |
1972 | Le Viager as Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier) |
1971 | Le Cinéma de papa as Henri Roger Langmann |
1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques |
1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques as le commissaire |
1970 | Le Voyou as Commissioner |
1970 | Le Pistonné as The Father |
1969 | Clérambard |
1968 | Le mois le plus beau as Le cheminot |
1967 | Un idiot à Paris as Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM |
1966 | Le Roi de cœur as Le général Baderna (uncredited) |
1965 | La Communale as L'oncle Henri |
1963 | Bébert et l'omnibus as Chaussin |
1962 | Beşten Yediye Cléo as The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film |
1962 | Le Pèlerinage |
1961 | La Mort de Belle as The Bartender |
1961 | La Famille Fenouillard as 'Le Coq' (uncredited) |
1961 | Les fiancés du pont Mac Donald ou (Méfiez-vous des lunettes noires) as Handkerchief Seller |
1960 | La Française et l'Amour as Le dragueur à moustache (Le Mariage) |
1959 | Signé Arsène Lupin as La Ballue |
1959 | La Jument verte as Zèphe Maloret |
1958 | Le Petit Prof as Dr Aubin |
1958 | Les femmes sont marrantes... as Christian |
1958 | Ni vu… Ni connu… as Le photographe lors du mariage |
1958 | La Brune que voilà as Le mécanicien |
1956 | La terreur des dames as Le journaliste Labarge |
1956 | Folies-Bergère as Jeff |
1956 | Les Truands as Amédée Benoît / Son père |
1955 | Les Grandes Manœuvres as Félix Leroy, un lieutenant des Dragons |
1955 | Les Mauvaises Rencontres as L'inspecteur Forbin |
1955 | Futures vedettes as Clément |
1954 | Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça... |
1953 | Virgile as Esposito |
1953 | Suivez cet homme as L'inspecteur Paulhan |
1952 | Les bonnes manières |
1951 | Deux sous de violettes as Charlot, le voyou |
1951 | Juliette ou La clef des songes as L'accordéoniste |
1951 | Bibi Fricotin as Antoine Gardon, détective et filatures "Passe Partout" |
1951 | La Rose rouge as Yves Gérard |
1950 | Trois télégrammes as Sergeant Gaston Chauvin |
1950 | Le tampon du capiston as Pastini |
1949 | Les Dieux du dimanche as Guillot |
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