Yves Robert

Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002)[1] was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

Yves Robert
Yves Robert (1979)
Born(1920-06-19)19 June 1920
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died10 May 2002(2002-05-10) (aged 81)
Paris, France
Resting placeMontparnasse cemetery
NationalityFrench
OccupationActor, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1948–2001
Spouse(s)Danièle Delorme (m. 1956–2002)
RelativesXavier Gélin
(stepson, deceased)

Life and career

Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire. 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.[1] 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[2] 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.[3] 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,[4] and received rave reviews.[5][6] Over his career, he directed more than twenty feature-length motion pictures,[7] 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,[1] 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.[8] He died in Paris on 10 May 2002[7] from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery with the epitaph "A man of joy ...", where visitors leave buttons of many colors.He was survived by Danièle and two children, Anne and Jean-Denis Robert,[7] by first wife, actress Rosy Varte. That month's Cannes Film Festival paid homage to his contribution to French film.

Selected filmography

Director

Actor

  • Les dieux du dimanche (1949) - Guillot
  • Le tampon du capiston (1950) - Pastini
  • Three Telegrams (1950) - Sergent Gaston Chauvin
  • Bibi Fricotin (1951) - Antoine Gardon
  • The Red Rose (1951) - Yves Gérard
  • Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1953) - L'accordéoniste
  • Deux sous de violettes (1951) - Charlot
  • Follow That Man (1953) - Inspecteur Paulhan
  • Virgile (1953) - Esposito
  • Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954) - L'ancien combattant / Un marcheur
  • Escalier de service (1954) - Courbessac
  • School for Love (1955) - Clément
  • Bad Liaisons (1955) - L'inspecteur Forbin
  • The Grand Maneuver (1955) - Le lieutenant Félix Leroy
  • Folies-Bergère (1956) - Jeff
  • La terreur des dames (1956) - Le journaliste Labarge
  • Les Truands (1957) - Amédée Benoit / Son père
  • Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958) - Le photographe (uncredited)
  • Les femmes sont marrantes (1958) - Christian
  • Nina (1959) - Redon-Namur
  • Le petit prof (1959) - Docteur Aubin
  • The Green Mare (1959) - Zèphe Maloret
  • Signé Arsène Lupin (1959) - La Ballu
  • La Brune que voilà (1960) - Le mécanicien
  • Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) - Traveller (segment "Mariage, Le")
  • The Fenouillard Family (1961) - Le Coq (uncredited)
  • The End of Belle (1961) - Le barman / Bartender
  • Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) - Le vendeur de mouchoirs (uncredited)
  • Bébert et l'Omnibus (1963) - Chaussin - l'amant d'Henriette (uncredited)
  • La communale (1965) - L'oncle Henri
  • King of Hearts (1966) - Le général Baderna (uncredited)
  • An Idiot in Paris (1967) - Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM / Man by the Seine
  • The Most Beautiful Month (1968) - Le cheminot
  • Clérambard (1969) - Le dragon qui entre chez la Langouste (uncredited)
  • Le pistonné (1970) - Monsieur Langmann - le père
  • Le Voyou (1970) - Le commissaire
  • Distracted (1970) - Le locataire (uncredited)
  • Le cinéma de papa (1971) - Henri Roger Langmann
  • Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971) - Le commissaire
  • Le Viager (1972) - Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
  • Les malheurs d'Alfred (1972) - L'observateur parisien
  • L'aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972) - L'avocat de la défense
  • Dear Louise (1972) - Magnetto, le marchand de cycles
  • Repeated Absences (1972) - Le père de François
  • The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) - Le chef d'orchestre (uncredited)
  • La raison du plus fou (1973) - Le contrôleur des chemins de fer
  • Hail the Artist (1973) - Le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited)
  • La grande Paulette (1974) - Le voyageur
  • The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974) - Le chef d'orchestre (uncredited)
  • Section spéciale (1975) - Émile Bastard
  • Trop c'est trop (1975)
  • The Judge and the Assassin (1976) - Prof. Degueldre
  • Little Marcel (1976) - Le commissaire Mancini
  • Ils sont grands, ces petits (1979) - Le père de Louise
  • Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979) - Werkman
  • A Bad Son (1980) - René Calgagni
  • Le rose et le blanc (1982) - Le barman des Caraïbes
  • Vive la sociale! (1983) - Jojo, le père
  • Waiter! (1983) - Simon
  • The Twin (1984) - L'homme dans l'ascenseur (uncredited)
  • Billy Ze Kick (1985) - Alcide
  • Le Débutant (1986) - L'homme dans l'escalier (uncredited)
  • Fucking Fernand (1987) - Le récitant des actualités (voice)
  • Cher frangin (1989) - M. Durand, le patron d'Alain
  • Le crime d'Antoine (1989) - Pilou
  • Le bal des casse-pieds (1992) - (uncredited)
  • Les eaux dormantes (1992) - Le père (voice)
  • La Crise (1992) - M. Barelle
  • Montparnasse-Pondichéry (1994) - Léo
  • Le nez au vent (1995) - Paphaël
  • Sortez des rangs (1996) - Le marchand de marrons (uncredited)
  • Disparus (1998) - Blaise (âgé)

Producer

  • Les petits câlins (1978)
  • The Crying Woman (1979)

Reissues and remakes

His black and white adaptation of the book La Guerre des Boutons having sold nearly 10 million tickets at the French box office in 1962, was hugely popular, and planned for a nationwide reissue 12 October 2011.[10]

Some films were also re-made in Hollywood.[7] The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972), a spy spoof featuring the physical comedic skills of Pierre Richard, became The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) with Tom Hanks. Pardon Mon Affaire (1976), a sexy farce with Jean Rochefort, became The Woman in Red (1984).[1]

DVD releases
  • La Gloire de Mon Pere + Le Chateau de Ma Mere (Restored) 1990–1991[11] 2002, 2005[12] & 2012[13] Blu-ray[14]
  • The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe + The Return of the Tall Blond Man 1972, 1974[15]
  • Ni vu..., ni connu... (1958) 2009[12]
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References
  1. Bergan, Ronald (14 May 2002). "UK Guardian Obit". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. "Popular Comedies". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  3. "Berlinale 1973: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  4. Hartl, John (12 June 1991). "Seattle Festival Award". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  5. "Ebert reviews Pere-Mere Pagnol duo". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  6. "Film Reviews". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  7. "LA Times Obituary". Los Angeles Times. 11 May 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  8. Riding, Alan (11 May 2002). "NY Obit- children". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  9. "Les Copains 4 Songs 45RPM". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  10. "2011 Reissue 1962 War of Buttons". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  11. "DVD Pere + Mere". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  12. "Amazon DVDs Nu Vu Connu". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  13. "2012 Blu-ray".
  14. "Blu-ray Pere Mere". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  15. "DVD Tall Blonde Man x 2". Retrieved 30 April 2013.

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Bibliography
  • Yves Robert. Un homme de joie. Dialogue avec Jérôme Tonnerre, Paris, Flammarion, 1996, 394 p. (ISBN 2-08-067240-1)
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