About

Known credits:
76
Birthday:
1919-04-29
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Gérard Oury

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gérard Oury (29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.

The son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist, and Marcelle Houry, a journalist, Oury studied at Lycée Janson de Sailly and at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. He became a member of the Comédie-Française just one year before World War II, but fled to Switzerland to escape the anti-Jewish persecutions by the Vichy government.

After 1945 he restarted his career as an actor, performing in the theatre and in supporting roles in the cinema. Oury became a movie director in 1959 (The Itchy Palm (fr)) and gained his first success in 1961 with Crime Does Not Pay (Le crime ne paie pas).

Joining André Bourvil and Louis de Funès as a comic duo, he burst into commercial filmmaking with 1965's The Sucker (Le corniaud). The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] The following year, Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (La Grande Vadrouille) was even more successful, attracting the largest audiences ever in France (17.27 million admissions). This box-office record stood for decades, only surpassed in 1997 by Titanic from James Cameron.

Oury shot the 1969 comedy Le Cerveau (The Brain) in English, starring David Niven in the lead role as a criminal mastermind.

Living together with the French actress Michèle Morgan, he was the father of French writer Danièle Thompson and grandfather of actor/writer Christopher Thompson. He died aged 87 in Saint-Tropez on 20 July 2006.

Known for

Acting

2023 Les Rois de la comédie Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2017 À la recherche de... Pierre Richard Actor Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage) 58
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2016 Sur la route de la grande vadrouille Actor Self 58
Average
2002 La Folle Heure des grandis Actor Self N/A
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1986 A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later Actor Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà' 58
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1963 The Prize Actor Claude Marceau 60
Fair
1961 The Menace Actor The Doctor 58
Average
1960 The Itchy Palm Actor Cameo Appearance (uncredited) 58
Average
1959 The Journey Actor Teklel Hafouli 58
Average
1959 The Four of Moana Actor 58
Average
1958 The Mirror Has Two Faces Actor docteur Bosc 58
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1958 Back to the Wall Actor Jacques Decrey 58
Average
1958 Seventh Heaven Actor Maurice Portal 58
Average
1957 Young Girls Beware Actor Marcel Palmer 58
Average
1957 The Marines Actor Récitant (voice) 58
Average
1956 House of Secrets Actor Julius Pindar 58
Average
1956 L'homme au parapluie Actor Grégory Black N/A
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1955 The Best Part Actor Gérard Bailly 59
Average
1955 Heroes and Sinners Actor Villeterre 58
Average
1954 Woman of the River Actor Enzo Cinti 58
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1954 Loves of Three Queens Actor Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine) N/A
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1954 The Fate of Two Queens Actor Napoleon Bonaparte N/A
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1954 Father Brown Actor Inspector Dubois 58
Average
1954 They Who Dare Actor Captain George Two 58
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1953 The Heart of the Matter Actor Yusef 59
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1953 The Sword and the Rose Actor Dauphin of France 58
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1953 Endless Horizons Actor (voice) N/A
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1953 Sea Devils Actor Napoleon 58
Average
1952 Le Costaud des Batignolles Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
1951 The Night Is My Kingdom Actor Lionel Moreau 58
Average
1951 Mr. Peek-a-Boo Actor Maurice 58
Average
1951 Without Leaving an Address Actor Un journaliste 58
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1950 Here Is the Beauty Actor Bruno N/A
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1950 Sorceror Actor (uncredited) N/A
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1949 Du Guesclin Actor Le Dauphin 59
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1949 The Secret of Mayerling Actor (uncredited) 58
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1949 Jo la Romance Actor Roland Grenier N/A
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1947 Antoine & Antoinette Actor Le client galant 58
Average
1942 Little Nothings Actor Philinte 58
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Directing

1999 Le Schpountz Directing Director 59
Average
1996 Ghost with Driver Directing Director 57
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1993 The Thirst for Gold Directing Director 57
Average
1989 Vanille fraise Directing Director 58
Average
1987 Levy & Goliath Directing Director 58
Average
1984 The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent Directing Director 57
Average
1982 Ace of Aces Directing Director 63
Fair
1980 Umbrella Coup Directing Director 61
Fair
1978 Out of It Directing Director 59
Average
1973 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Directing Director 68
Fair
1971 Delusions of Grandeur Directing Director 67
Fair
1969 The Brain Directing Director 63
Fair
1966 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! Directing Director 73
Good
1965 The Sucker Directing Director 67
Fair
1962 Crime Does Not Pay Directing Director 58
Average
1961 The Menace Directing Director 58
Average
1960 The Itchy Palm Directing Director 58
Average

Writing

1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces Writing Original Story 62
Fair
1993 The Thirst for Gold Writing Writer 57
Average
1989 Vanille fraise Writing Writer 58
Average
1987 Levy & Goliath Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1984 The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent Writing Writer 57
Average
1982 Ace of Aces Writing Writer 63
Fair
1980 Umbrella Coup Writing Writer 61
Fair
1978 Out of It Writing Writer 59
Average
1978 Et vive la liberté! Writing Idea 58
Average
1973 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1971 Delusions of Grandeur Writing Writer 67
Fair
1969 The Brain Writing Writer 63
Fair
1966 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! Writing Screenplay 73
Good
1965 The Sucker Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
1962 Crime Does Not Pay Writing Scenario Writer 58
Average
1961 The Menace Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1960 The Itchy Palm Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1959 Come Dance with Me! Writing Writer 58
Average
1959 Witness in the City Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1958 The Mirror Has Two Faces Writing Writer 58
Average