
About
Gérard Oury
Overview
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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 |
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2023 | Les Rois de la comédie | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2017 | À la recherche de... Pierre Richard | Actor | Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2016 | Sur la route de la grande vadrouille | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2002 | La Folle Heure des grandis | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1986 | A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later | Actor | Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà' | 58 Average |
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 |
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1958 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Actor | docteur Bosc | 58 Average |
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 N/A |
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 Average |
1954 | Loves of Three Queens | Actor | Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine) | N/A N/A |
1954 | The Fate of Two Queens | Actor | Napoleon Bonaparte | N/A N/A |
1954 | Father Brown | Actor | Inspector Dubois | 58 Average |
1954 | They Who Dare | Actor | Captain George Two | 58 Average |
1953 | The Heart of the Matter | Actor | Yusef | 59 Average |
1953 | The Sword and the Rose | Actor | Dauphin of France | 58 Average |
1953 | Endless Horizons | Actor | (voice) | N/A N/A |
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 Average |
1950 | Here Is the Beauty | Actor | Bruno | N/A N/A |
1950 | Sorceror | Actor | (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
1949 | Du Guesclin | Actor | Le Dauphin | 59 Average |
1949 | The Secret of Mayerling | Actor | (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1949 | Jo la Romance | Actor | Roland Grenier | N/A N/A |
1947 | Antoine & Antoinette | Actor | Le client galant | 58 Average |
1942 | Little Nothings | Actor | Philinte | 58 Average |
Directing |
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1999 | Le Schpountz | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1996 | Ghost with Driver | Directing | Director | 57 Average |
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 |
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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 |