Yves Robert
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Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1948–2001 |
Spouse | Danièle Delorme (m. 1956–2002) |
Relatives | Xavier Gélin (stepson, deceased) |
Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002)[1] was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Life and career
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.[1] 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
In 1990, Robert directed two dramatic films,
Robert played opposite
Selected filmography
Director
- Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954)
- Neither Seen Nor Recognized(1958)
- Signé Arsène Lupin (Signed, Arsene Lupin) (1959)
- The Fenouillard Family (1960)
- La Guerre des boutons(War of the Buttons) (1962)
- Bebert and the Train (1964)[1]
- Les Copains (1965) – 4 songs on 45 RPM vinyl[9]
- Monnaie de singe (Monkey Money) (1966)
- Alexandre le bienheureux (Very Happy Alexander) (1968)
- Clérambard(1969)
- Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire(The Tall Blonde Man with One Black Shoe) (1972)
- Salut l'artiste (Hail the Artist) (1973)
- Le Retour du Grand Blond (The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) (1974)
- Un éléphant ça trompe énormément (Pardon Mon Affaire) (1976)
- Nous irons tous au paradis (Pardon Mon Affaire, Too!) (1977)
- Courage - Let's Run (1979)[1]
- Le Jumeau (The Twin) (1984)
- La Gloire de mon Père (My Father's Glory) (1990)
- Le château de ma mère (My Mother's Castle) (1990)
- Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
- Montparnasse-Pondichéry (1994)
Actor
- Les dieux du dimanche (1949) - Guillot
- Le tampon du capiston (1950) - Pastini
- Three Telegrams (1950) - Sergent Gaston Chauvin
- Bibi Fricotin (1951) - Antoine Gardon
- The Red Rose (1951) - Yves Gérard
- Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1953) - L'accordéoniste
- Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951) - Charlot
- Follow That Man (1953) - Inspecteur Paulhan
- Virgile (1953) - Esposito
- Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954) - L'ancien combattant / Un marcheur
- Service Entrance (1954) - Courbessac
- School for Love (1955) - Clément
- Bad Liaisons(1955) - L'inspecteur Forbin
- The Grand Maneuver (1955) - Le lieutenant Félix Leroy
- The Terror with Women (1956) - Le journaliste Labarge
- Folies-Bergère (1957) - Jeff
- Les Truands (1957) - Amédée Benoit / Son père
- Neither Seen Nor Recognized(1958) - Le photographe (uncredited)
- Les femmes sont marrantes (1958) - Christian
- Nina (1959) - Redon-Namur
- Le petit prof (1959) - Docteur Aubin
- The Green Mare (1959) - Zèphe Maloret
- Signé Arsène Lupin (1959) - La Ballu
- La Brune que voilà (1960) - Le mécanicien
- Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) - Traveller (segment "Mariage, Le")
- The Fenouillard Family (1961) - Le Coq (uncredited)
- The End of Belle(1961) - Le barman / Bartender
- Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) - Le vendeur de mouchoirs (uncredited)
- Bébert et l'Omnibus (1963) - Chaussin - l'amant d'Henriette (uncredited)
- La communale (1965) - L'oncle Henri
- King of Hearts (1966) - Le général Baderna (uncredited)
- An Idiot in Paris (1967) - Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM / Man by the Seine
- The Most Beautiful Month (1968) - Le cheminot
- Clérambard (1969) - Le dragon qui entre chez la Langouste (uncredited)
- Le pistonné (1970) - Monsieur Langmann - le père
- Le Voyou (1970) - Le commissaire
- Distracted (1970) - Le locataire (uncredited)
- Le cinéma de papa (1971) - Henri Roger Langmann
- Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971) - Le commissaire
- Le Viager (1972) - Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
- Les malheurs d'Alfred (1972) - L'observateur parisien
- L'aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972) - L'avocat de la défense
- Dear Louise (1972) - Magnetto, le marchand de cycles
- Repeated Absences (1972) - Le père de François
- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) - Le chef d'orchestre (uncredited)
- La raison du plus fou (1973) - Le contrôleur des chemins de fer
- Hail the Artist (1973) - Le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited)
- La grande Paulette (1974) - Le voyageur
- The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974) - Le chef d'orchestre (uncredited)
- Section spéciale(1975) - Émile Bastard
- Trop c'est trop (1975)
- The Judge and the Assassin (1976) - Prof. Degueldre
- Little Marcel (1976) - Le commissaire Mancini
- Ils sont grands, ces petits (1979) - Le père de Louise
- Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979) - Werkman
- A Bad Son (1980) - René Calgagni
- Le rose et le blanc (1982) - Le barman des Caraïbes
- Vive la sociale! (1983) - Jojo, le père
- Waiter! (1983) - Simon
- The Twin (1984) - L'homme dans l'ascenseur (uncredited)
- Billy Ze Kick (1985) - Alcide
- Le Débutant (1986) - L'homme dans l'escalier (uncredited)
- Fucking Fernand (1987) - Le récitant des actualités (voice)
- Cher frangin (1989) - M. Durand, le patron d'Alain
- Le crime d'Antoine (1989) - Pilou
- Le bal des casse-pieds (1992) - (uncredited)
- Les eaux dormantes (1992) - Le père (voice)
- La Crise (1992) - M. Barelle
- Montparnasse-Pondichéry (1994) - Léo
- Le nez au vent (1995) - Paphaël
- Sortez des rangs (1996) - Le marchand de marrons (uncredited)
- Disparus (1998) - Blaise (âgé)
Producer
- Les petits câlins(1978)
- The Crying Woman(1979)
Reissues and remakes
His black and white adaptation of the book La Guerre des Boutons having sold nearly 10 million tickets at the French box office in 1962, was hugely popular, and planned for a nationwide reissue 12 October 2011.[10]
Some films were also re-made in Hollywood.[7] The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972), a spy spoof featuring the physical comedic skills of Pierre Richard, became The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) with Tom Hanks. Pardon Mon Affaire (1976), a sexy farce with Jean Rochefort, became The Woman in Red (1984).[1]
DVD releases
- La Gloire de Mon Pere + Le Chateau de Ma Mere (Restored) 1990–1991[11] 2002, 2005[12] & 2012[13] Blu-ray[14]
- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe + The Return of the Tall Blond Man 1972, 1974[15]
- Ni vu..., ni connu... (1958) 2009[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Bergan, Ronald (14 May 2002). "UK Guardian Obit". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Popular Comedies". Movieslist.in. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Berlinale 1973: Prize Winners". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ Hartl, John (12 June 1991). "Seattle Festival Award". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Ebert reviews Pere-Mere Pagnol duo". Rogerebert.com. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Film Reviews". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d "LA Times Obituary". Los Angeles Times. 11 May 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ Riding, Alan (11 May 2002). "NY Obit- children". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Les Copains 4 Songs 45RPM". Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "2011 Reissue 1962 War of Buttons". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "DVD Pere + Mere". Moviemail.com. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Amazon DVDs Nu Vu Connu". Amazon.com. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Two Yves Robert Films Heading to Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Blu-ray Pere Mere". Moviemail.com. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "DVD Tall Blonde Man x 2". Moviemail.com. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
External links
Media related to Yves Robert at Wikimedia Commons
- Yves Robert at IMDb
- Clips from La Gloire de mon Père (My Father's Glory) 1990
- Yves Robert in French Wiki
Bibliography
- Yves Robert. Un homme de joie. Dialogue avec Jérôme Tonnerre, Paris, Flammarion, 1996, 394 p. (ISBN 2-08-067240-1)