Yves Robert

Known For: Acting
Born: June 21, 1920
Place of Birth: Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died: May 10, 2002

Yves Robert

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 énormé…

Filmography

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

2020 · Self (archive footage)

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

2017 · Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

2005 · Self

Winged Migration

2001 · Associate Producer

Éclats de famille

1995 · Léon

Le Nez au vent

1995 · Raphaël

Montparnasse-Pondichéry

1994 · Léo, Director

The Crisis

1992 · M. Barelle

Le Bal des casse-pieds

1992 · Director, Writer

My Mother's Castle

1990 · Director, Screenplay

Les Nuls, l'émission

1990 · Self

Stars 90

1990 · Self

My Father's Glory

1990 · Director, Writer

Anthony's Crime

1989 · Pilou

Frequent Death

1988 · Producer

Infernal Symphony

1987 · Narrator (voice)

Sacrée soirée

1987 · Self

L'Été 36

1986 · Director, Writer

Little Magicians

Little Magicians

1986 · Director

Billy Ze Kick

1985 · Alcide

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985 · Original Film Writer

The Twin

1984 · l’homme dans l'ascenseur, Director, Writer

The Woman in Red

1984 · Original Film Writer

Waiter!

1983 · Simon, dance teacher

Vive la sociale !

1983 · Jojo, le père

Champs-Elysées

1982 · Self

Le rose et le blanc

1982 · Le barman des Caraïbes

The Prodigal Daughter

1981 · Producer

Un étrange voyage

1981 · Producer

A Bad Son

1980 · René Calgagni

Courage fuyons

1979 · Director, Screenplay

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

1979 · Workman

The Hussy

1979 · Producer

These Kids Are Grown-Ups

1979 · Le père de Louise

Martin and Lea

1979 · Producer

The Crying Woman

1979 · Producer

Trocadero Lemon Blue

1978 · Producer

The Little Wheedlers

1978 · Producer

We Will All Meet in Paradise

1977 · Director, Writer, Producer

Pardon Mon Affaire

1976 · Screenplay, Director, Producer

Little Marcel

1976 · Commissioner Mancini, Producer

The Judge and the Assassin

1976 · Professeur Degueldre

That Kid

1976 · Producer

Special Section

1975 · Émile Bastard

Let Joy Reign Supreme

1975 · Producer

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Self

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1974 · le chef d'orchestre, Director, Producer, Screenplay

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self

La Grande Paulette

1974 · The first gangster

Hail the Artist

1973 · le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited), Director, Writer

The Right of the Maddest

1973 · Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1972 · Conductor, Director, Screenplay, Producer

Repeated Absences

1972 · Le père de François, Producer

Dear Louise

1972 · Magnéto, cycle merchant

Money Money Money

1972 · Defense counsel

The Troubles of Alfred

1972 · Parisian television viewer, Writer

Midi trente

1972 · Self

The Annuity

1972 · Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)

Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Self

Le Cinema de Papa

1971 · Henri Roger Langmann

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

1971 · Commissioner

Samedi soir

1971 · Self

The Crook

1970 · Commissioner

The Man with Connections

1970 · The Father

Le Grand Amour

1969 · Producer

Clerambard

1969 · Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited), Director, Writer

The Most Beautiful Month

1968 · Le cheminot

Very Happy Alexander

1968 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Dialogue, Adaptation

Idiot in Paris

1967 · Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM

King of Hearts

1966 · General Baderna (uncredited)

Funny Money

1966 · Director

Public School

1965 · L'oncle Henri

The Buddies

1965 · Director, Writer

Bebert and the Train

1963 · Chaussin, Director

War of the Buttons

1962 · Director, Producer, Writer

Fiancés on the Bridge

1962 · Handkerchief Seller

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962 · The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film

Le Pèlerinage

1962

The Passion of Slow Fire

1961 · Bartender

The Fenouillard Family

1961 · 'Le Coq' (uncredited), Director, Writer

Love and the Frenchwoman

1960 · Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")

Signed, Arsène Lupin

1959 · La Ballu, Director

The Green Mare

1959 · Zèphe Maloret

Discorama

1959 · Self

The Little Professor

1958 · Dr Aubin

Women Are Talkative

1958 · Christian

Neither Seen Nor Recognized

1958 · Le photographe lors du mariage, Writer, Director

There Is the Brunette

1958 · Le mécanicien

The Terror with Women

1956 · Journalist Labarge

An Evening at the Music Hall

1956 · Jeff

Les Truands

1956 · Amédée Benoît / Son père

Hello Smile!

1956 · Adaptation

Cinépanorama

1956 · Self

The Grand Manoeuvre

1955 · Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons

Bad Liaisons

1955 · L'inspecteur Forbin

School for Love

1955 · Clément

Fernand cherche du boulot

1954 · Director

Men Think Only of That

1954 · Veteran / Walker, Director

Virgile

1953 · Esposito

Follow That Man

1953 · Inspector Paulhan

Les Bonnes Manières

1952 · , Director

Two Pennies Worth of Violets

1951 · Charlot, le voyou

Juliette, or Key of Dreams

1951 · Accordionist

Terreur en Oklahoma

Terreur en Oklahoma

1951 · Adaptation, Idea

The Red Rose

1951 · Yves Gérard

Bibi Fricotin

1951 · Antoine Gardon, détective "Passe Partout"

Paris Incident

1950 · Sergeant Gaston Chauvin

Le Tampon du capiston

1950 · Pastini

Les Dieux du dimanche

1949 · Guillot

La naissance du Grand Blond

— · Self ( archive footage )

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