Gérard Oury
Directing
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Acting Credits
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Directed
Biography
Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. He is best known for a number of comedies he directed and co-wrote between the 1960s and 1980s, most notably The Sucker (1965), Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966), The Brain (1969), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973), and Ace of Aces (1982). Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish origin, and French Je...
Known For
Filmography

Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017
as Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)

Sur la route de la grande vadrouille
2016
as Self (archive footage)

Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
as Self (archive footage)

La Folle Heure des grandis
2002
as Self

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self

Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Ciné regards
1978
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self

Apostrophes
1975
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self - Main Guest
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

À bout portant
1968
as Self

The Prize
1963
as Claude Marceau

The Menace
1961
as The Doctor

The Itchy Palm
1960
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

The Journey
1959
as Teklel Hafouli

The Four of Moana
1959
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Mirror Has Two Faces
1958
as docteur Bosc

Back to the Wall
1958
as Jacques Decrey

Seventh Heaven
1958
as Maurice Portal

The Marines
1957
as Récitant (voice)

Young Girls Beware
1957
as Marcel Palmer

House of Secrets
1956
as Julius Pindar

L'homme au parapluie
1956
as Grégory Black

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

The Best Part
1955
as Gérard Bailly

Heroes and Sinners
1955
as Villeterre

Father Brown
1954
as Inspector Dubois

Woman of the River
1954
as Enzo Cinti

They Who Dare
1954
as Captain George Two

Loves of Three Queens
1954
as Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine)

The Fate of Two Queens
1954
as Napoleon Bonaparte

The Heart of the Matter
1953
as Yusef

Sea Devils
1953
as Napoleon

The Sword and the Rose
1953
as Dauphin of France
Endless Horizons
1953
as (voice)

Le Costaud des Batignolles
1952
as Narrator (voice)

Mr. Peek-a-Boo
1951
as Maurice

The Night Is My Kingdom
1951
as Lionel Moreau

Without Leaving an Address
1951
as Un journaliste

Here Is the Beauty
1950
as Bruno

Sorceror
1950
as (uncredited)

Du Guesclin
1949
as Le Dauphin

The Secret of Mayerling
1949
as (uncredited)

Jo la Romance
1949
as Roland Grenier

Antoine & Antoinette
1947
as Le client galant

Little Nothings
1941
as Philinte