Yves Robert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 21, 1920
- Died
- May 10, 2002
- Birthplace
- 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. Source: Article "Yves Robert" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
La naissance du Grand Blond TBA
as Self ( archive footage )
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible 2020
as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard 2017
as Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre 2005
as Self
Winged Migration 2001
Associate Producer
Éclats de famille 1995
as Léon
Le Nez au vent 1995
as Raphaël
Montparnasse-Pondichéry 1994
as Léo, Director
The Crisis 1992
as M. Barelle
Le Bal des casse-pieds 1992
Director, Writer
My Mother's Castle 1990
Director, Screenplay
My Father's Glory 1990
Director, Writer
Anthony's Crime 1989
as Pilou
Frequent Death 1988
Producer
Infernal Symphony 1987
as Narrator (voice)
- L'Été 36
L'Été 36 1986
Director, Writer
- Little Magicians
Little Magicians 1986
Director
Billy Ze Kick 1985
as Alcide
The Man with One Red Shoe 1985
Original Film Writer
The Twin 1984
as l’homme dans l'ascenseur, Director, Writer
The Woman in Red 1984
Original Film Writer
Waiter! 1983
as Simon, dance teacher
Vive la sociale ! 1983
as Jojo, le père
Le rose et le blanc 1982
as Le barman des Caraïbes
The Prodigal Daughter 1981
Producer
Un étrange voyage 1981
Producer
A Bad Son 1980
as René Calgagni
Courage fuyons 1979
Director, Screenplay
Woman Between Wolf and Dog 1979
as Workman
The Hussy 1979
Producer
These Kids Are Grown-Ups 1979
as Le père de Louise
Martin and Lea 1979
Producer
The Crying Woman 1979
Producer
Trocadero Lemon Blue 1978
Producer
The Little Wheedlers 1978
Producer
We Will All Meet in Paradise 1977
Director, Writer, Producer
Pardon Mon Affaire 1976
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Fill 'er Up with Super 1976
Executive Producer
Little Marcel 1976
as Commissioner Mancini, Producer
The Judge and the Assassin 1976
as Professeur Degueldre
That Kid 1976
Producer
Special Section 1975
as Émile Bastard
Let Joy Reign Supreme 1975
Producer
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe 1974
as le chef d'orchestre, Director, Producer, Screenplay
La Grande Paulette 1974
as The first gangster
Hail the Artist 1973
as le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited), Director, Writer
The Right of the Maddest 1973
as Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe 1972
as Conductor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Repeated Absences 1972
as Le père de François, Producer
Dear Louise 1972
as Magnéto, cycle merchant
Money Money Money 1972
as Defense counsel
The Troubles of Alfred 1972
as Parisian television viewer, Writer
The Annuity 1972
as Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques 1971
as Commissioner
Le Cinema de Papa 1971
as Henri Roger Langmann
The Crook 1970
as Commissioner
The Man with Connections 1970
as The Father
Le Grand Amour 1969
Producer
Clerambard 1969
as Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited), Director, Writer
The Most Beautiful Month 1968
as Le cheminot
Very Happy Alexander 1968
Director, Screenplay, Story, Dialogue, Adaptation
Idiot in Paris 1967
as Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
King of Hearts 1966
as General Baderna (uncredited)
Funny Money 1966
Director
Public School 1965
as L'oncle Henri
The Buddies 1965
Director, Writer
Bebert and the Train 1963
as Chaussin, Director
War of the Buttons 1962
Director, Producer, Writer
Cléo from 5 to 7 1962
as The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
Fiancés on the Bridge 1962
as Handkerchief Seller
- Le Pèlerinage
Le Pèlerinage 1962
Actor
The Passion of Slow Fire 1961
as Bartender
The Fenouillard Family 1961
as 'Le Coq' (uncredited), Director, Writer
Love and the Frenchwoman 1960
as Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
Signed, Arsène Lupin 1959
as La Ballu, Director
The Green Mare 1959
as Zèphe Maloret
The Little Professor 1958
as Dr Aubin
Women Are Talkative 1958
as Christian
Neither Seen Nor Recognized 1958
as Le photographe lors du mariage, Writer, Director
There Is the Brunette 1958
as Le mécanicien
The Terror with Women 1956
as Journalist Labarge
An Evening at the Music Hall 1956
as Jeff
Les Truands 1956
as Amédée Benoît / Son père
Hello Smile! 1956
Adaptation
The Grand Manoeuvre 1955
as Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
Bad Liaisons 1955
as L'inspecteur Forbin
School for Love 1955
as Clément
Fernand cherche du boulot 1954
Director
Men Think Only of That 1954
as Veteran / Walker, Director
Virgile 1953
as Esposito
Follow That Man 1953
as Inspector Paulhan
Les Bonnes Manières 1952
Actor, Director
Two Pennies Worth of Violets 1951
as Charlot, le voyou
- Terreur en Oklahoma
Terreur en Oklahoma 1951
Adaptation, Idea
Juliette, or Key of Dreams 1951
as Accordionist
The Red Rose 1951
as Yves Gérard
Bibi Fricotin 1951
as Antoine Gardon, détective "Passe Partout"
Paris Incident 1950
as Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
Le Tampon du capiston 1950
as Pastini
Les Dieux du dimanche 1949
as Guillot
Credits from TMDB.