Yves Robert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 21, 1920
- Died
- May 10, 2002 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Biography
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. Source: Article "Yves Robert" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmography
La naissance du Grand Blond
Movie · as Self ( archive footage )
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Movie · as Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
Movie · as Self
Le Nez au vent
Movie · as Raphaël
Éclats de famille
Movie · as Léon
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
Movie · as Léo
The Crisis
Movie · as M. Barelle
Les Nuls, l'émission
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stars 90
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Anthony's Crime
Movie · as Pilou
Infernal Symphony
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Billy Ze Kick
Movie · as Alcide
The Twin
Movie · as l’homme dans l'ascenseur
Waiter!
Movie · as Simon, dance teacher
Vive la sociale !
Movie · as Jojo, le père
Le rose et le blanc
Movie · as Le barman des Caraïbes
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 3 eps
A Bad Son
Movie · as René Calgagni
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
Movie · as Le père de Louise
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Movie · as Workman
The Judge and the Assassin
Movie · as Professeur Degueldre
Little Marcel
Movie · as Commissioner Mancini
Special Section
Movie · as Émile Bastard
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Movie · as le chef d'orchestre
La Grande Paulette
Movie · as The first gangster
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hail the Artist
Movie · as le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited)
The Right of the Maddest
Movie · as Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Movie · as Conductor
The Troubles of Alfred
Movie · as Parisian television viewer
Dear Louise
Movie · as Magnéto, cycle merchant
Money Money Money
Movie · as Defense counsel
Repeated Absences
Movie · as Le père de François
The Annuity
Movie · as Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Le Cinema de Papa
Movie · as Henri Roger Langmann
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Movie · as Commissioner
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Man with Connections
Movie · as The Father
The Crook
Movie · as Commissioner
Clerambard
Movie · as Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited)
The Most Beautiful Month
Movie · as Le cheminot
Idiot in Paris
Movie · as Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
King of Hearts
Movie · as General Baderna (uncredited)
Public School
Movie · as L'oncle Henri
Bebert and the Train
Movie · as Chaussin
Fiancés on the Bridge
Movie · as Handkerchief Seller
Cléo from 5 to 7
Movie · as The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
Le Pèlerinage
Movie
The Passion of Slow Fire
Movie · as Bartender
The Fenouillard Family
Movie · as 'Le Coq' (uncredited)
Love and the Frenchwoman
Movie · as Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
The Green Mare
Movie · as Zèphe Maloret
Signed, Arsène Lupin
Movie · as La Ballu
Discorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Little Professor
Movie · as Dr Aubin
Women Are Talkative
Movie · as Christian
There Is the Brunette
Movie · as Le mécanicien
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Movie · as Le photographe lors du mariage
An Evening at the Music Hall
Movie · as Jeff
Les Truands
Movie · as Amédée Benoît / Son père
The Terror with Women
Movie · as Journalist Labarge
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bad Liaisons
Movie · as L'inspecteur Forbin
School for Love
Movie · as Clément
The Grand Manoeuvre
Movie · as Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
Men Think Only of That
Movie · as Veteran / Walker
Virgile
Movie · as Esposito
Follow That Man
Movie · as Inspector Paulhan
Les Bonnes Manières
Movie
The Red Rose
Movie · as Yves Gérard
Bibi Fricotin
Movie · as Antoine Gardon, détective "Passe Partout"
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
Movie · as Charlot, le voyou
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Movie · as Accordionist
Paris Incident
Movie · as Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
Le Tampon du capiston
Movie · as Pastini
Les Dieux du dimanche
Movie · as Guillot