Gérard Oury
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…
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Filmography
Acting (53)
Movies (40)
Les Rois de la comédie
2023as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017as Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
Sur la route de la grande vadrouille
2016as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013as Self (archive footage)
La Folle Heure des grandis
2002as Self
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
The Prize
1963as Claude Marceau
The Menace
1961as The Doctor
The Itchy Palm
1960as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
The Journey
1959as Teklel Hafouli
The Four of Moana
1959as Self - Narrator (voice)
Back to the Wall
1958as Jacques Decrey
Seventh Heaven
1958as Maurice Portal
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1958as docteur Bosc
The Marines
1957as Récitant (voice)
Young Girls Beware
1957as Marcel Palmer
House of Secrets
1956as Julius Pindar
L'homme au parapluie
1956as Grégory Black
The Best Part
1955as Gérard Bailly
Heroes and Sinners
1955as Villeterre
Loves of Three Queens
1954as Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine)
Father Brown
1954as Inspector Dubois
Woman of the River
1954as Enzo Cinti
They Who Dare
1954as Captain George Two
The Fate of Two Queens
1954as Napoleon Bonaparte
The Sword and the Rose
1953as Dauphin of France
Endless Horizons
1953as (voice)
Sea Devils
1953as Napoleon
The Heart of the Matter
1953as Yusef
Le Costaud des Batignolles
1952as Narrator (voice)
Without Leaving an Address
1951as Un journaliste
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
1951as Maurice
The Night Is My Kingdom
1951as Lionel Moreau
Sorceror
1950as (uncredited)
Here Is the Beauty
1950as Bruno
Jo la Romance
1949as Roland Grenier
The Secret of Mayerling
1949as (uncredited)
Du Guesclin
1949as Le Dauphin
Antoine & Antoinette
1947as Le client galant
Little Nothings
1941as Philinte
Television (13)
Vivement dimanche
1998as Self
Sacrée Soirée
1987as Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987as Self
Matin Bonheur
1987as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982as Self
Apostrophes
1975as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975as Self
Système 2
1975as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972as Self
Samedi soir
1971as Self
À bout portant
1968as Self
Cinépanorama
1956as Self
Crew (38)
Movies (37)
Le Schpountz
1999Director
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996Original Story
Ghost with Driver
1996Director
The Thirst for Gold
1993Director
The Thirst for Gold
1993Writer
Vanille fraise
1989Director
Vanille fraise
1989Writer
Levy & Goliath
1987Director
Levy & Goliath
1987Screenplay
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
1984Director
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
1984Writer
Ace of Aces
1982Director
Ace of Aces
1982Writer
Umbrella Coup
1980Director
Umbrella Coup
1980Writer
Out of It
1978Director
Out of It
1978Writer
Et vive la liberté !
1978Idea
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973Director
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973Screenplay
Delusions of Grandeur
1971Director
Delusions of Grandeur
1971Writer
The Brain
1969Director
The Brain
1969Writer
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966Director
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966Screenplay
The Sucker
1965Director
The Sucker
1965Screenplay
Crime Does Not Pay
1962Director
Crime Does Not Pay
1962Scenario Writer
The Menace
1961Director
The Menace
1961Screenplay
The Itchy Palm
1960Director
The Itchy Palm
1960Screenplay
Witness in the City
1959Screenplay
Come Dance with Me!
1959Writer
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1958Writer
Television (1)
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