Gérard Oury
Birthday
1919/04/29
Day of death
2006/07/19 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum, Gerard Oury, Жерар Ури
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...Read more
Acting
(1963) The Prize
as Claude Marceau
(2023) Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) La Folle Heure des grandis
as Self
(1949) Du Guesclin
as Le Dauphin
(1951) Mr. Peek-a-Boo
as Maurice
(1941) Little Nothings
as Philinte
(1961) The Menace
as The Doctor
(1959) The Journey
as Teklel Hafouli
(1986) A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
(1950) Here Is the Beauty
as Bruno
(1949) The Secret of Mayerling
as (uncredited)
(1950) Sorceror
as (uncredited)
(1951) The Night Is My Kingdom
as Lionel Moreau
(1958) The Mirror Has Two Faces
as docteur Bosc
(1954) Father Brown
as Inspector Dubois
(1958) Back to the Wall
as Jacques Decrey
(2016) Sur la route de la grande vadrouille
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) House of Secrets
as Julius Pindar
(1953) The Heart of the Matter
as Yusef
(1954) Woman of the River
as Enzo Cinti
(1958) Seventh Heaven
as Maurice Portal
(2017) À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
(1957) The Marines
as Récitant (voice)
(1960) The Itchy Palm
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
(1959) The Four of Moana
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1954) They Who Dare
as Captain George Two
(1953) Sea Devils
as Napoleon
(1951) Without Leaving an Address
as Un journaliste
(1952) Le Costaud des Batignolles
as Narrator (voice)
(1957) Young Girls Beware
as Marcel Palmer
(1947) Antoine & Antoinette
as Le client galant
(1954) Loves of Three Queens
as Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine)
(1955) The Best Part
as Gérard Bailly
(1953) The Sword and the Rose
as Dauphin of France
(1953) Endless Horizons
as (voice)
(1954) The Fate of Two Queens
as Napoleon Bonaparte
(1955) Heroes and Sinners
as Villeterre
(1949) Jo la Romance
as Roland Grenier
(1956) L'homme au parapluie
as Grégory Black
(2013) Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
as Self (archive footage)
(1987) Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
(1968) À bout portant
as Self
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main Guest
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1975) Système 2
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self
(1987) Matin Bonheur
as Self
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self
(1987) Sacrée Soirée
as Self