- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 29, 1919
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- July 19, 2006
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. He is best known for a number of comedies he directed and co-wrote between the 1960s and 1980s, most notably The Sucker (1965), Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966), The Brain (1969), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973), and Ace of Aces (1982). Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish origin, and French Jewish Marcelle Houry, a journalist and art critic. Tannenbaum was absent from the life of Oury and he was raised in an unobservant house of his mother and maternal grandmother Berthe Goldner. Oury studied at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and then at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. He became a member of the Comédie-Française before World War II, but fled with all his family (mother, grandmot…
Filmography
movieLes Rois de la comédie
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieBelmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
movieÀ la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017 · Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
movieSur la route de la grande vadrouille
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieLouis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieLa Folle Heure des grandis
2002 · Self
movieLe Schpountz
1999 · Director
tvVivement dimanche
1998 · Self
movieThe Mirror Has Two Faces
1996 · Original Story
movieGhost with Driver
1996 · Director
movieThe Thirst for Gold
1993 · Director, Writer
movieVanille fraise
1989 · Director, Writer
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
tvNulle part ailleurs
1987 · Self
Matin Bonheur
tvMatin Bonheur
1987 · Self
movieLevy & Goliath
1987 · Screenplay, Director
movieA Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986 · Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
movieThe Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
1984 · Director, Writer
movieAce of Aces
1982 · Director, Writer
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieUmbrella Coup
1980 · Director, Writer
movieOut of It
1978 · Director, Writer
movieEt vive la liberté !
1978 · Idea
Système 2
tvSystème 2
1975 · Self
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieThe Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973 · Screenplay, Director
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self, Self - Main Guest
movieDelusions of Grandeur
1971 · Director, Writer
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieThe Brain
1969 · Director, Writer
tvÀ bout portant
1968 · Self
movieDon't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Sucker
1965 · Director, Screenplay
New Reports from France
tvNew Reports from France
1964 · Director
movieThe Prize
1963 · Claude Marceau
movieCrime Does Not Pay
1962 · Scenario Writer, Director
movieThe Menace
1961 · The Doctor, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Itchy Palm
1960 · Cameo Appearance (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
movieCome Dance with Me!
1959 · Writer
movieWitness in the City
1959 · Screenplay
movieThe Four of Moana
1959 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Journey
1959 · Teklel Hafouli
movieThe Mirror Has Two Faces
1958 · docteur Bosc, Writer
movieBack to the Wall
1958 · Jacques Decrey
movieSeventh Heaven
1958 · Maurice Portal
movieYoung Girls Beware
1957 · Marcel Palmer
movieThe Marines
1957 · Récitant (voice)
movieHouse of Secrets
1956 · Julius Pindar
movieL'homme au parapluie
1956 · Grégory Black
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieThe Best Part
1955 · Gérard Bailly
movieHeroes and Sinners
1955 · Villeterre
movieWoman of the River
1954 · Enzo Cinti
movieLoves of Three Queens
1954 · Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine)
movieThe Fate of Two Queens
1954 · Napoleon Bonaparte
movieFather Brown
1954 · Inspector Dubois
movieThey Who Dare
1954 · Captain George Two
movieThe Heart of the Matter
1953 · Yusef
movieThe Sword and the Rose
1953 · Dauphin of France
Endless Horizons
movieEndless Horizons
1953 · (voice)
movieSea Devils
1953 · Napoleon
movieLe Costaud des Batignolles
1952 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Night Is My Kingdom
1951 · Lionel Moreau
movieMr. Peek-a-Boo
1951 · Maurice
movieWithout Leaving an Address
1951 · Un journaliste
movieHere Is the Beauty
1950 · Bruno
movieSorceror
1950 · (uncredited)
movieDu Guesclin
1949 · Le Dauphin
movieThe Secret of Mayerling
1949 · (uncredited)
movieJo la Romance
1949 · Roland Grenier
movieAntoine & Antoinette
1947 · Le client galant
movieLittle Nothings
1941 · Philinte