Yves Robert
Acting
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.
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as le chef d'orchestre
Age 54 (now 81)
The Troubles of Alfred
as Parisian television viewer
Age 51 (now 81)
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
Age 35 (now 81)
Cléo from 5 to 7
as The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
Age 41 (now 81)
The Judge and the Assassin
as Professeur Degueldre
Age 55 (now 81)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as Conductor
Age 52 (now 81)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
as Self (archive footage)
Age 100 (now 81)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
Age 97 (now 81)
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
as Self
Age 85 (now 81)
The Judge and the Assassin
as Professeur Degueldre
Age 55 (now 81)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Director
Age 54 (now 81) The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Screenplay
Age 54 (now 81) The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Producer
Age 54 (now 81) The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as le chef d'orchestre
Age 54 (now 81)
Hail the Artist
as le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited)
Age 53 (now 81)
The Right of the Maddest
as Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer
Age 52 (now 81) The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Producer
Age 52 (now 81) The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Director
Age 52 (now 81) The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Screenplay
Age 52 (now 81) The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as Conductor
Age 52 (now 81)
The Troubles of Alfred
as Parisian television viewer
Age 51 (now 81)
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Commissioner
Age 50 (now 81)
Cléo from 5 to 7
as The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
Age 41 (now 81)
Love and the Frenchwoman
as Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
Age 40 (now 81)
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
as Le photographe lors du mariage
Age 37 (now 81)
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
Age 35 (now 81)
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
as Charlot, le voyou
Age 31 (now 81)
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