Gérard Oury

Born

April 29, 1919

Died

July 19, 2006 (87 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Paris, France

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gérard Oury (29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.

The son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist, and Marcelle Houry, a journalist, Oury studied at Lycée Janson de Sailly and at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. He became a member of the Comédie-Française just one year before World War II, but fled to Switzerland to escape the anti-Jewish persecutions by the Vichy government.

After 1945 he restarted his career as an actor, performing in the theatre and in supporting roles in the cinema. Oury became a movie director in 1959 (The Itchy Palm (fr)) and gained his first success in 1961 with Crime Does Not Pay (Le crime ne paie pas).

Joining André Bourvil and Louis de Funès as a comic duo, he burst into commercial filmmaking with 1965's The Sucker (Le corniaud). The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] The following year, Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (La Grande Vadrouille) was even more successful, attracting the largest audiences ever in France (17.27 million admissions). This box-office record stood for decades, only surpassed in 1997 by Titanic from James Cameron.

Oury shot the 1969 comedy Le Cerveau (The Brain) in English, starring David Niven in the lead role as a criminal mastermind.

Living together with the French actress Michèle Morgan, he was the father of French writer Danièle Thompson and grandfather of actor/writer Christopher Thompson. He died aged 87 in Saint-Tropez on 20 July 2006.

Les Rois de la comédie

Les Rois de la comédie

Self (archive footage)

7.5

2023

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)

7.0

2017

Sur la route de la grande vadrouille

Sur la route de la grande vadrouille

Self

7.0

2016

La Folle Heure des grandis

La Folle Heure des grandis

Self

0.0

2002

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

Self · (2 episodes)

3.0

1998

Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée

Self · (4 episodes)

6.5

1987

Nulle part ailleurs

Nulle part ailleurs

Self · (1 episode)

5.6

1987

Matin Bonheur

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1987

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'

5.8

1986

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

Self · (1 episode)

6.3

1982

Système 2

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Self · (3 episodes)

6.0

1975

Apostrophes

Apostrophes

Self · (1 episode)

8.5

1975

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

Self · (7 episodes)

0.0

1974

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

Self · (2 episodes)

8.0

1972

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

Self - Main Guest · (1 episode)

8.0

1972

Samedi soir

Self · (1 episode)

6.0

1971

À bout portant

À bout portant

Self · (1 episode)

8.0

1968

The Prize

The Prize

Claude Marceau

6.8

1963

The Menace

The Menace

The Doctor

5.5

1961

The Itchy Palm

The Itchy Palm

Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

6.0

1960

The Journey

The Journey

Teklel Hafouli

6.4

1959

The Four of Moana

7.0

1959

The Mirror Has Two Faces

The Mirror Has Two Faces

docteur Bosc

6.4

1958

Back to the Wall

Back to the Wall

Jacques Decrey

6.5

1958

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven

Maurice Portal

5.5

1958

Young Girls Beware

Young Girls Beware

Marcel Palmer

5.3

1957

The Marines

The Marines

Récitant (voice)

4.9

1957

House of Secrets

House of Secrets

Julius Pindar

5.9

1956

L'homme au parapluie

L'homme au parapluie

Grégory Black

0.0

1956

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

Self · (2 episodes)

8.0

1956

The Best Part

The Best Part

Gérard Bailly

6.8

1955

Heroes and Sinners

Heroes and Sinners

Villeterre

8.3

1955

Woman of the River

Woman of the River

Enzo Cinti

5.8

1954

Loves of Three Queens

Loves of Three Queens

Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine)

0.0

1954

The Fate of Two Queens

The Fate of Two Queens

Napoleon Bonaparte

0.0

1954

Father Brown

Father Brown

Inspector Dubois

6.4

1954

They Who Dare

They Who Dare

Captain George Two

5.6

1954

The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter

Yusef

6.6

1953

The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose

Dauphin of France

6.3

1953

Endless Horizons

(voice)

0.0

1953

Sea Devils

Sea Devils

Napoleon

5.7

1953

Le Costaud des Batignolles

Le Costaud des Batignolles

Narrator (voice)

2.5

1952

The Night Is My Kingdom

The Night Is My Kingdom

Lionel Moreau

6.2

1951

Mr. Peek-a-Boo

Mr. Peek-a-Boo

Maurice

6.2

1951

Without Leaving an Address

Without Leaving an Address

Un journaliste

6.1

1951

Here Is the Beauty

Here Is the Beauty

Bruno

0.0

1950

Sorceror

Sorceror

(uncredited)

0.0

1950

Du Guesclin

Du Guesclin

Le Dauphin

5.1

1949

The Secret of Mayerling

The Secret of Mayerling

(uncredited)

7.0

1949

Jo la Romance

Jo la Romance

Roland Grenier

0.0

1949

Antoine & Antoinette

Antoine & Antoinette

Le client galant

6.3

1947

Little Nothings

Little Nothings

Philinte

7.0

1942