Cast & creator
Yves Robert
Best known for Sacrée soirée, Champs-Elysées, Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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.
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television credits
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1949–2020 · acting roles
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Filmography (152)
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Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Midi trente
Self
1972Samedi soir
Self
1971
Discorama
Self
1959
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self
1990
Stars 90
Self
1990
Cléo from 5 to 7
The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
1962
The Woman in Red
Original Film Writer
1984
The Man with One Red Shoe
Original Film Writer
1985
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Conductor
1972The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Director
1972The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Screenplay
1972The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Producer
1972
Winged Migration
Associate Producer
2001
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
Self
2005
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Le photographe lors du mariage
1958Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Director
1958Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Writer
1958
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
le chef d'orchestre
1974The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Director
1974The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Screenplay
1974The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Producer
1974
The Crook
Commissioner
1970
Pardon Mon Affaire
Director
1976Pardon Mon Affaire
Screenplay
1976Pardon Mon Affaire
Producer
1976
My Mother's Castle
Director
1990My Mother's Castle
Screenplay
1990
My Father's Glory
Director
1990My Father's Glory
Writer
1990
King of Hearts
General Baderna (uncredited)
1966
The Troubles of Alfred
Parisian television viewer
1972The Troubles of Alfred
Writer
1972
School for Love
Clément
1955
War of the Buttons
Director
1962War of the Buttons
Producer
1962War of the Buttons
Writer
1962
The Hussy
Producer
1979
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Producer
1975
The Judge and the Assassin
Professeur Degueldre
1976
The Annuity
Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
1972
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Director
1977We Will All Meet in Paradise
Writer
1977We Will All Meet in Paradise
Producer
1977
Money Money Money
Defense counsel
1972
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Director
1992Le Bal des casse-pieds
Writer
1992
Signed, Arsène Lupin
La Ballu
1959Signed, Arsène Lupin
Director
1959
Love and the Frenchwoman
Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
1960
Le Grand Amour
Producer
1969
The Twin
l’homme dans l'ascenseur
1984The Twin
Director
1984The Twin
Writer
1984
Very Happy Alexander
Director
1968Very Happy Alexander
Story
1968Very Happy Alexander
Screenplay
1968Very Happy Alexander
Adaptation
1968Very Happy Alexander
Dialogue
1968
Bebert and the Train
Chaussin
1963Bebert and the Train
Director
1963
Hail the Artist
le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited)
1973Hail the Artist
Director
1973Hail the Artist
Writer
1973
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Commissioner
1971
Repeated Absences
Le père de François
1972Repeated Absences
Producer
1972
Infernal Symphony
Narrator (voice)
1987
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Workman
1979
The Passion of Slow Fire
Bartender
1961
La naissance du Grand Blond
Self ( archive footage )
Frequent Death
Producer
1988
The Prodigal Daughter
Producer
1981
Waiter!
Simon, dance teacher
1983
The Right of the Maddest
Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer
1973
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Accordionist
1951
Le Cinema de Papa
Henri Roger Langmann
1971
The Grand Manoeuvre
Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
1955
Fill 'er Up with Super
Executive Producer
1976
Fiancés on the Bridge
Handkerchief Seller
1962
The Crisis
M. Barelle
1992
A Bad Son
René Calgagni
1980
The Buddies
Director
1965The Buddies
Writer
1965
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
2017
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
Charlot, le voyou
1951
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Self (archive footage)
2020
Public School
L'oncle Henri
1965
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
Le père de Louise
1979
Idiot in Paris
Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
1967
Special Section
Émile Bastard
1975
Virgile
Esposito
1953
Courage fuyons
Director
1979Courage fuyons
Screenplay
1979
The Little Wheedlers
Producer
1978
Women Are Talkative
Christian
1958
Le rose et le blanc
Le barman des Caraïbes
1982
The Terror with Women
Journalist Labarge
1956
Anthony's Crime
Pilou
1989
Bad Liaisons
L'inspecteur Forbin
1955
Les Dieux du dimanche
Guillot
1949
The Most Beautiful Month
Le cheminot
1968
The Green Mare
Zèphe Maloret
1959
That Kid
Producer
1976
There Is the Brunette
Le mécanicien
1958
Un étrange voyage
Producer
1981
The Crying Woman
Producer
1979
Le Tampon du capiston
Pastini
1950
The Fenouillard Family
'Le Coq' (uncredited)
1961The Fenouillard Family
Director
1961The Fenouillard Family
Writer
1961
Men Think Only of That
Veteran / Walker
1954Men Think Only of That
Director
1954
The Little Professor
Dr Aubin
1958
Follow That Man
Inspector Paulhan
1953
La Grande Paulette
The first gangster
1974
Hello Smile!
Adaptation
1956
Billy Ze Kick
Alcide
1985
Clerambard
Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited)
1969Clerambard
Director
1969Clerambard
Writer
1969
Little Marcel
Commissioner Mancini
1976Little Marcel
Producer
1976
Funny Money
Director
1966
Martin and Lea
Producer
1979
Trocadero Lemon Blue
Producer
1978
The Man with Connections
The Father
1970
Vive la sociale !
Jojo, le père
1983L'Été 36
Director
1986L'Été 36
Writer
1986
An Evening at the Music Hall
Jeff
1956
Fernand cherche du boulot
Director
1954
Dear Louise
Magnéto, cycle merchant
1972
Le Nez au vent
Raphaël
1995
Bibi Fricotin
Antoine Gardon, détective "Passe Partout"
1951
Les Truands
Amédée Benoît / Son père
1956
The Red Rose
Yves Gérard
1951
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
Léo
1994Montparnasse-Pondichéry
Director
1994Little Magicians
Director
1986
Paris Incident
Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
1950
Les Bonnes Manières
1952Les Bonnes Manières
Director
1952
Éclats de famille
Léon
1995Le Pèlerinage
1962Terreur en Oklahoma
Adaptation
1951Terreur en Oklahoma
Idea
1951