Gérard Oury

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1919-04-29

Deathday 2006-07-19 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum, Gerard Oury, Жерар Ури

Gérard Oury

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2023
Les rois de la comédie

as Self (archive footage))

2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

as Self - Acteur, réalisateur, producteur (archive footage)

1998
1987
1986
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'

1982
1975
Système 2

as Self

1975
Apostrophes

as Self

1974
1972
Le Grand Échiquier

as Self - Main Guest

1971
Samedi soir

as Self

1968
1963
The Prize

as Claude Marceau

1961
The Menace

as The Doctor

1959
The Journey

as Teklel Hafouli

1959
1958
The Mirror Has Two Faces

as docteur Bosc

1958
Back to the Wall

as Jacques Decrey

1958
Seventh Heaven

as Maurice Portal

1957
Young Girls Beware

as Marcel Palmer

1957
Les Marines

as Récitant (voice)

1956
House of Secrets

as Julius Pindar

1956
L'homme au parapluie

as Grégory Black

1956
1955
The Best Part

as Gérard Bailly

1955
Heroes and Sinners

as Villeterre

1954
Woman of the River

as Enzo Cinti

1954
Loves of Three Queens

as Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine)

1954
The Fate of Two Queens

as Napoleon Bonaparte

1954
Father Brown

as Inspector Dubois

1954
They Who Dare

as Captain George Two

1953
The Sword and the Rose

as Dauphin of France

1953
Endless Horizons

as (voice)

1953
Sea Devils

as Napoleon

1952
Le Costaud des Batignolles

as Narrator (voice)

1951
The Night Is My Kingdom

as Lionel Moreau

1951
Mr. Peek-a-Boo

as Maurice

1951
Without Leaving an Address

as Un journaliste

1950
1950
Sorceror

as (uncredited)

1949
Du Guesclin

as Le Dauphin

1949
The Secret of Mayerling

as (uncredited)

1949
Jo la Romance

as Roland Grenier

1947
Antoine & Antoinette

as Le client galant

1942
Little Nothings

as Philinte

Writer

1996
The Mirror Has Two Faces

as Original Story

1993
1989
Vanille fraise

as Writer

1987
Levy & Goliath

as Screenplay

1982
Ace of Aces

as Writer

1980
Umbrella Coup

as Writer

1978
Out of It

as Writer

1971
1969
The Brain

as Writer

1965
The Sucker

as Screenplay

1962
Crime Does Not Pay

as Scenario Writer

1961
The Menace

as Screenplay

1960
The Itchy Palm

as Screenplay

1959
1959
Witness in the City

as Screenplay

Director

1999
Le Schpountz

as Director

1996
Ghost with Driver

as Director

1993
1989
Vanille fraise

as Director

1987
Levy & Goliath

as Director

1982
Ace of Aces

as Director

1980
Umbrella Coup

as Director

1978
Out of It

as Director

1971
1969
The Brain

as Director

1965
The Sucker

as Director

1964
1962
Crime Does Not Pay

as Director

1961
The Menace

as Director

1960
The Itchy Palm

as Director