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 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
(le chef d'orchestre)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Conductor)
A Bad Son
(René Calgagni)
The Troubles of Alfred
(le téléspectateur parisien)
Bad Liaisons
(L'inspecteur Forbin)
An Evening at the Music Hall
(Jeff)
Le Cinema de Papa
(Henri Roger Langmann)
The Green Mare
(Zèphe Maloret)
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge
(Handkerchief Seller)
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
(Commissioner)
The Crisis
(M. Barelle)
Waiter!
(Simon, dance teacher)
Les Dieux du dimanche
(Guillot)
Paris Incident
(Sergeant Gaston Chauvin)
Love and the Frenchwoman
(Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage"))
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
(Self)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
(Self (archive footage))
Vive la sociale !
(Jojo, le père)
The Man with Connections
(The Father)
Public School
(L'oncle Henri)
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
(Le père de Louise)
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
(Léo)
School for Love
(Clément)
Dear Louise
Signed, Arsène Lupin
(La Ballue)
Les bonnes manières
The Crook
(Commissioner)
Hail the Artist
(le metteur en scène de théâtre (non crédité))
Money Money Money
(Defense counsel)
Les Truands
(Amédée Benoît / Son père)
Repeated Absences
(Le père de François)
Bebert and the Train
(Chaussin)
The Annuity
(Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier))
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
(Self - Comédien, réalisateur, producteur (archive footage))
Infernal Symphony
(Narrator (voice))
Virgile
(Esposito)
The Little Professor
(Dr Aubin)
Men Think Only of That
The Judge and the Assassin
(Professeur Degueldre)
La grande Paulette
Anthony's Crime
(Pilou)
Clerambard
Le nez au vent
(Raphaël)
Follow That Man
(Inspector Paulhan)
Women Are Talkative
(Christian)
Idiot in Paris
(Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM)
The Passion of Slow Fire
(Bartender)
The Grand Manoeuvre
(Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons)
The Twin
(l’homme dans l'ascenseur)
The Red Rose
(Yves Gérard)
Bibi Fricotin
(Antoine Gardon, détective et filatures "Passe Partout")
Little Marcel
(Commissioner Mancini)
Le Tampon du capiston
(Pastini)
Special Section
(Émile Bastard)
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
(Charlot, le voyou)
There Is the Brunette
(Le mécanicien)
The Fenouillard Family
('Le Coq' (uncredited))
Cléo from 5 to 7
(The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film)
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
(Le photographe lors du mariage)
King of Hearts
(General Baderna (uncredited))
Le Pèlerinage
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
The Terror with Women
(Journalist Labarge)
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
(L'accordéoniste)
The Most Beautiful Month
(Le cheminot)
Éclats de famille
(Léon)
Billy Ze Kick
(Alcide)
The Right of the Maddest
(Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
Samedi soir
(Self)
Midi trente
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Cinépanorama
(Self)
Les Nuls, l'émission
(Self)
Discorama
(Self)
Stars 90
(Self)
Pardon Mon Affaire
(Director)
Pardon Mon Affaire
(Screenplay)
War of the Buttons
(Director)
War of the Buttons
(Producer)
Martin and Lea
(Producer)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Director)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Screenplay)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Producer)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Director)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Screenplay)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Producer)
My Father's Glory
(Director)
My Mother's Castle
(Director)
My Mother's Castle
(Screenplay)
We Will All Meet in Paradise
(Director)
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
(Director)
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
(Writer)
The Crying Woman
(Producer)
Bebert and the Train
(Director)
The Twin
(Director)
Very Happy Alexander
(Director)
Let Joy Reign Supreme
(Producer)
The Buddies
(Director)
Le bal des Casse-pieds
(Director)
My Father's Glory
(Writer)
Signed, Arsène Lupin
(Director)
Clerambard
(Director)
War of the Buttons
(Writer)
Hail the Artist
(Director)
Funny Money
(Director)
Les bonnes manières
(Director)
The Man with One Red Shoe
(Original Film Writer)
Le bal des Casse-pieds
(Writer)
Courage fuyons
(Director)
Terreur en Oklahoma
(Adaptation)
Terreur en Oklahoma
(Idea)
Courage fuyons
(Screenplay)
Hail the Artist
(Writer)
Trocadero Lemon Blue
(Producer)
The Troubles of Alfred
(Writer)
We Will All Meet in Paradise
(Writer)
We Will All Meet in Paradise
(Producer)
Fernand cherche du boulot
(Director)
Men Think Only of That
(Director)
The Fenouillard Family
(Director)
The Woman in Red
(Original Film Writer)
Le Grand Amour
(Producer)
The Buddies
(Writer)
That Kid
(Producer)
L'été 36
(Director)
Little Marcel
(Producer)
The Prodigal Daughter
(Producer)
Winged Migration
(Associate Producer)
The Twin
(Writer)
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
(Director)
Repeated Absences
(Producer)
Clerambard
(Writer)
The Fenouillard Family
(Writer)
The Hussy
(Producer)
Very Happy Alexander
(Story)
Very Happy Alexander
(Screenplay)
Very Happy Alexander
(Adaptation)
Very Happy Alexander
(Dialogue)
Pardon Mon Affaire
(Producer)
Little Magicians
(Director)
Hello Smile!
(Adaptation)
Un étrange voyage
(Producer)