Yves Robert
Born
June 21, 1920
Died
May 10, 2002 (81 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
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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Known For
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Self (archive footage)
2020
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Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
2017
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
Self
2005
Éclats de famille
Léon
1995
Le nez au vent
Raphaël
1995
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
Léo
1994
The Crisis
M. Barelle
1992
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self · (1 episode)
1990
Stars 90
Self · (1 episode)
1990
Anthony's Crime
Pilou
1989
Infernal Symphony
Narrator (voice)
1987
Sacrée soirée
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Billy Ze Kick
Alcide
1985
The Twin
l’homme dans l'ascenseur
1984
Waiter!
Simon, dance teacher
1983
Vive la sociale !
Jojo, le père
1983
Champs-Elysées
Self · (3 episodes)
1982
Le rose et le blanc
Le barman des Caraïbes
1982
A Bad Son
René Calgagni
1980
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Workman
1979
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
Le père de Louise
1979
Little Marcel
Commissioner Mancini
1976
The Judge and the Assassin
Professeur Degueldre
1976
Special Section
Émile Bastard
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (4 episodes)
1975
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
le chef d'orchestre
1974
Spécial cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
1974
La grande Paulette
1974
Hail the Artist
le metteur en scène de théâtre (non crédité)
1973
The Right of the Maddest
Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer
1973
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Conductor
1972
Repeated Absences
Le père de François
1972
Dear Louise
Magnéto, cycle merchant
1972
Money Money Money
Defense counsel
1972
Midi trente
Self · (2 episodes)
1972
The Troubles of Alfred
le téléspectateur parisien
1972
The Annuity
Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (4 episodes)
1972
Le Cinema de Papa
Henri Roger Langmann
1971
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Commissioner
1971
Samedi soir
Self · (2 episodes)
1971
The Crook
Commissioner
1970
The Man with Connections
The Father
1970
Clerambard
Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited)
1969
The Most Beautiful Month
Le cheminot
1968
Idiot in Paris
Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
1967
King of Hearts
General Baderna (uncredited)
1966
Public School
L'oncle Henri
1965
Bebert and the Train
Chaussin
1963
Cléo from 5 to 7
The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
1962
Le Pèlerinage
1962
The Passion of Slow Fire
Bartender
1961
The Fenouillard Family
'Le Coq' (uncredited)
1961
Fiancés on the Bridge
Handkerchief Seller
1961
Love and the Frenchwoman
Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
1960
Signed, Arsène Lupin
La Ballu
1959
The Green Mare
Zèphe Maloret
1959
Discorama
Self · (1 episode)
1959
The Little Professor
Dr Aubin
1958
Women Are Talkative
Christian
1958
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Le photographe lors du mariage
1958
There Is the Brunette
Le mécanicien
1958
The Terror with Women
Journalist Labarge
1956
An Evening at the Music Hall
Jeff
1956
Les Truands
Amédée Benoît / Son père
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (2 episodes)
1956
The Grand Manoeuvre
Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
1955
Bad Liaisons
L'inspecteur Forbin
1955
School for Love
Clément
1955
Men Think Only of That
Veteran / Walker
1954
Virgile
Esposito
1953
Follow That Man
Inspector Paulhan
1953
Les Bonnes Manières
1952
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
Charlot, le voyou
1951
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Accordionist
1951
The Red Rose
Yves Gérard
1951
Bibi Fricotin
Antoine Gardon, detective and surveillance "Passe Partout"
1951
Paris Incident
Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
1950
Le Tampon du capiston
Pastini
1950
Les Dieux du dimanche
Guillot
1949