
Yves Robert
Acting
🎂 1920-06-21
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.
Cast credits(80)

Self
1982

Self
1972

Self
1956

Self
1959

Self
1974

Self
1987

Self
1975
Self
1972
Self
1971

Self
1990

Self
1990

Le dragueur Ă moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
1960

The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
1962

Simon, dance teacher
1983

Zèphe Maloret
1959

M. Barelle
1992

Conductor
1972

Professeur Degueldre
1976

Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
1967

Le photographe lors du mariage
1958

Clément
1955

le chef d'orchestre
1974

René Calgagni
1980

General Baderna (uncredited)
1966

Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
1955

Émile Bastard
1975

Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
1972

le téléspectateur parisien
1972

Handkerchief Seller
1961

l’homme dans l'ascenseur
1984

Magnéto, cycle merchant
1972

Self (archive footage)
2020

Accordionist
1951

Defense counsel
1972

Pastini
1950

Léo
1994

Commissioner
1970

Jeff
1956

Amédée Benoît / Son père
1956

Guillot
1949

Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited)
1969

Chaussin
1963

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

'Le Coq' (uncredited)
1961

Workman
1979

La Ballu
1959

Antoine Gardon, detective and surveillance "Passe Partout"
1951

Esposito
1953

L'inspecteur Forbin
1955

Commissioner
1971

Inspector Paulhan
1953

Le père de Louise
1979

Le contrĂ´leur des Chemin de Fer
1973

Bartender
1961

The Father
1970

le metteur en scène de théâtre (non crédité)
1973

Le père de François
1972

Henri Roger Langmann
1971

Dr Aubin
1958

Commissioner Mancini
1976

Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
1950

Alcide
1985

Christian
1958

Journalist Labarge
1956

Charlot, le voyou
1951

L'oncle Henri
1965

Veteran / Walker
1954

Jojo, le père
1983
1962

Yves Gérard
1951

Pilou
1989

Self
2005

Le cheminot
1968

Narrator (voice)
1987

1974

1952

Léon
1995

Le barman des CaraĂŻbes
1982

Le mécanicien
1958

Raphaël
1995
Writing (25)

Original Film Writer
1984

Screenplay
1990

Writer
1962

Screenplay
1976

Original Film Writer
1985

Screenplay
1972

Writer
1977

Writer
1990

Writer
1958

Adaptation
1968

Story
1968

Screenplay
1968

Dialogue
1968

Screenplay
1974

Writer
1972

Writer
1984

Adaptation
1956

Writer
1969

Screenplay
1979

Writer
1961

Writer
1992

Writer
1973

Writer
1965
Idea
1951
Adaptation
1951
Directing (25)

Director
1990

Director
1962

Director
1976

Director
1972

Director
1977

Director
1990

Director
1958

Director
1968

Director
1974

Director
1984

Director
1994

Director
1969

Director
1979

Director
1963

Director
1961

Director
1992

Director
1959

Director
1973

Director
1965

Director
1966
Director
1986

Director
1954

Director
1954

Director
1952
Director
1986