Yves Robert

Acting · Born 1920-06-21 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as le chef d'orchestre
• The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Conductor
• A Bad Son as René Calgagni
• The Troubles of Alfred as Parisian television viewer
• Bad Liaisons as L'inspecteur Forbin
• An Evening at the Music Hall as Jeff
• Le Cinema de Papa as Henri Roger Langmann
• The Green Mare as Zèphe Maloret
• Fiancés on the Bridge as Handkerchief Seller
• Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques as Commissioner