Yves Robert

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1920-06-21

Deathday 2002-05-10 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

Yves Robert

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2020
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

as Self (archive footage)

2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

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

1995
1995
Le nez au vent

as Raphaël

1992
The Crisis

as M. Barelle

1990
Stars 90

as Self

1989
1987
Infernal Symphony

as Narrator (voice)

1985
Billy Ze Kick

as Alcide

1984
The Twin

as l’homme dans l'ascenseur

1983
Waiter!

as Simon, dance teacher

1983
Vive la sociale !

as Jojo, le père

1982
1980
A Bad Son

as René Calgagni

1979
These Kids Are Grown-Ups

as Le père de Louise

1976
Little Marcel

as Commissioner Mancini

1976
The Judge and the Assassin

as Professeur Degueldre

1975
Special Section

as Émile Bastard

1974
1973
Hail the Artist

as le metteur en scène de théâtre (non crédité)

1973
The Right of the Maddest

as Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer

1972
Repeated Absences

as Le père de François

1972
Money Money Money

as Defense counsel

1972
The Troubles of Alfred

as le téléspectateur parisien

1972
The Annuity

as Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)

1972
Midi trente

as Self

1971
Le Cinema de Papa

as Henri Roger Langmann

1971
Samedi soir

as Self

1970
The Crook

as Commissioner

1970
1968
1967
Idiot in Paris

as Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM

1966
King of Hearts

as General Baderna (uncredited)

1965
Public School

as L'oncle Henri

1963
1962
Cléo from 5 to 7

as The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film

1961
1961
The Fenouillard Family

as 'Le Coq' (uncredited)

1961
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge

as Handkerchief Seller

1960
Love and the Frenchwoman

as Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")

1959
1959
The Green Mare

as Zèphe Maloret

1959
Discorama

as Self

1958
1958
Women Are Talkative

as Christian

1958
Neither Seen Nor Recognized

as Le photographe lors du mariage

1958
There Is the Brunette

as Le mécanicien

1956
The Terror with Women

as Journalist Labarge

1956
Les Truands

as Amédée Benoît / Son père

1956
1955
The Grand Manoeuvre

as Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons

1955
Bad Liaisons

as L'inspecteur Forbin

1955
School for Love

as Clément

1953
Virgile

as Esposito

1953
Follow That Man

as Inspector Paulhan

1951
Two Pennies Worth of Violets

as Charlot, le voyou

1951
Juliette, or Key of Dreams

as L'accordéoniste

1951
Bibi Fricotin

as Antoine Gardon, détective et filatures "Passe Partout"

1951
The Red Rose

as Yves Gérard

1950
Paris Incident

as Sergeant Gaston Chauvin

1950
1949

Director

1994
1992
1990
My Father's Glory

as Director

1990
My Mother's Castle

as Director

1986
L'été 36

as Director

1986
Little Magicians

as Director

1984
The Twin

as Director

1979
Courage fuyons

as Director

1976
Pardon Mon Affaire

as Director

1973
Hail the Artist

as Director

1969
Clerambard

as Director

1968
1966
Funny Money

as Director

1965
The Buddies

as Director

1963
1962
War of the Buttons

as Director

1961
1959
1954
1952

Writer

1990
My Mother's Castle

as Screenplay

1990
1985
The Man with One Red Shoe

as Original Film Writer

1984
The Woman in Red

as Original Film Writer

1984
The Twin

as Writer

1979
Courage fuyons

as Screenplay

1976
Pardon Mon Affaire

as Screenplay

1973
Hail the Artist

as Writer

1969
Clerambard

as Writer

1968
Very Happy Alexander

as Screenplay

1968
Very Happy Alexander

as Adaptation

1968
1965
The Buddies

as Writer

1962
1956
Hello Smile!

as Adaptation

1951
Terreur en Oklahoma

as Adaptation

Producer

2001
Winged Migration

as Associate Producer

1981
1981
Un étrange voyage

as Producer

1979
Martin and Lea

as Producer

1979
The Crying Woman

as Producer

1979
The Hussy

as Producer

1978
1976
That Kid

as Producer

1976
Little Marcel

as Producer

1976
Pardon Mon Affaire

as Producer

1975
1972
Repeated Absences

as Producer

1969
Le Grand Amour

as Producer

1962
War of the Buttons

as Producer