Charles Boyer

Acting • Born 1899-08-28 – Died 1978-08-26

Acting1Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Biography

Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas, Algiers (1938) and Love Affair (1939). Another famous role was in the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight. He received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.

Filmography

129 credits

How to Steal a Million

Movie • 1966

Bernard De Solnay

Reflections on 'Gaslight'

Movie • 2003

Self (archive footage)

Around the World in 80 Days

Movie • 1956

Monsieur Gasse

Is Paris Burning?

Movie • 1966

Doctor Monod

The Buccaneer

Movie • 1958

Dominique You

Conquest

Movie • 1937

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Algiers

Movie • 1938

Pepe le Moko

History Is Made at Night

Movie • 1937

Paul Dumond

Together Again

Movie • 1944

George Corday

Casino Royale

Movie • 1967

Legrand

The Earrings of Madame de...

Movie • 1953

Général André de...

Tales of Manhattan

Movie • 1942

Paul Orman

Esclave

Movie • 1922

The Cricket on the Hearth

Movie • 1922

La ronde infernale

Movie • 1928

Chantelouve

Movie • 1921

Gaslight

Movie • 1944

Gregory Anton

Arch of Triumph

Movie • 1948

Dr. Ravic

Tovarich

Movie • 1937

Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff

Stavisky...

Movie • 1974

Le baron Jean Raoul

All This, and Heaven Too

Movie • 1940

Duc de Praslin

Mayerling

Movie • 1936

L'archiduc Rodolphe

Love Affair

Movie • 1939

Michel Marnet

Liliom

Movie • 1934

Liliom Zadowski

The Battle of the Rails

Movie • 1946

Narrator (voice)

Barefoot in the Park

Movie • 1967

Victor Velasco

The 13th Letter

Movie • 1951

Dr. Paul Laurent

La Parisienne

Movie • 1957

Le prince Charles

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Movie • 1962

Marcelo Desnoyers

Hold Back the Dawn

Movie • 1941

Georges Iscovescu

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Movie • 1931

The prosecutor

Cluny Brown

Movie • 1946

Adam Belinski

The Hawk

Movie • 1933

Count Georges de Dasetta

The April Fools

Movie • 1969

Andre Greenlaw

Fanny

Movie • 1961

Cesar

The Cobweb

Movie • 1955

Dr. Douglas N. Devanal

The Constant Nymph

Movie • 1943

Lewis Dodd

A Matter of Time

Movie • 1976

Count Sanziani

The Fighting Lady

Movie • 1944

Narrator (French version)

Red-Headed Woman

Movie • 1932

Albert

A Woman's Vengeance

Movie • 1948

Henry Maurier

Lost Horizon

Movie • 1973

The High Lama

Private Worlds

Movie • 1935

Dr. Charles Monet

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Movie • 1972

Self (archive footage)

Back Street

Movie • 1941

Walter Louis Saxel

Nana

Movie • 1955

Comte Muffat

Maxime

Movie • 1958

Maxime Cherpray

A Very Special Favor

Movie • 1965

Michel Boullard

Love is a Ball

Movie • 1963

M. Etienne Pimm

The Garden of Allah

Movie • 1936

Boris Androvsky

Captain Fracasse

Movie • 1929

The Duke

Break of Hearts

Movie • 1935

Franz Roberti

Flesh and Fantasy

Movie • 1943

Paul Gaspar (segment 3)

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Movie • 1969

The Broker

Shanghai

Movie • 1935

Dimitri Koslov

The Day the Hot Line Got Hot

Movie • 1968

Vostov

Confidential Agent

Movie • 1945

Luis Denard

When Tomorrow Comes

Movie • 1939

Phillipe Andre Chagal

Thunder in the East

Movie • 1952

Primer Minister Singh

The Man from Yesterday

Movie • 1932

Rene Gaudin

The Happy Time

Movie • 1952

Jacques Bonnard

The Magnificent Lie

Movie • 1931

Jacques

Orage

Movie • 1938

André Pascaud

Appointment for Love

Movie • 1941

Andre Cassil

Le Bonheur

Movie • 1934

Philippe Lutcher

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Movie • 1984

(archive footage)

The First Legion

Movie • 1951

Father Marc Arnoux

The Big House

Movie • 1931

Fred Morgan

Caravane

Movie • 1934

Lazi

Adorable Julia

Movie • 1962

Michael Grosselyn

Little Isles of Freedom

Movie • 1942

Narrator (voice)

Caravan

Movie • 1934

Latzi

The Battle

Movie • 1934

Captain Yorisaka

Paris, Palace Hôtel

Movie • 1956

Henri Delormel

The Only Girl

Movie • 1933

André Robert Maxim, Duke of Pontignac

Tumultes

Movie • 1932

Ralph Schwarz

Riviera Dream

Movie • 1950

Charles Boyer

The Man of the Sea

Movie • 1920

Guenn la Taupe

The Romance of Celluloid

Movie • 1937

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Goes to Town

Movie • 1938

Self

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Movie • 1996

Self (archive footage)

Demons at Midnight

Movie • 1961

Pierre Guérande

The Louvre

Movie • 1978

Narrator

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Movie • 2009

Self (archive footage)

The Barcarolle of Love

Movie • 1930

André Le Kerdec

What a Woman!

Movie • 1956

Count Gregorio Sennetti

Breakdowns of 1942

Movie • 1942

Self

L'Enigme Charles Boyer

Movie • 2019

The Wild Bunch

Movie • 1955

George

Moi et l'impératrice

Movie • 1933

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

Movie • 1969

Self (archive footage)

Four Star Playhouse

TV • 1952

Paul

I Love Lucy

TV • 1951

Charles Boyer

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV • 1948

Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Dr. Karoly Valkay

Alcoa Theatre

TV • 1957

Dr. Jacques Roland

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV • 1956

Self

The Rogues

TV • 1964

TV • 1952

Dr. Severson

The Name of the Game

TV • 1968

Henri Jarnoux

What's My Line?

TV • 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Presenter

MGM Parade

TV • 1955

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