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