Charles Boyer
Acting
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.
Born: August 28, 1899
Place of Birth: Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Known For
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
I Love Lucy
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Gaslight
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
How to Steal a Million
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
The Earrings of Madame de...
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
All This, and Heaven Too
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
Is Paris Burning?
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
The Rogues
The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark. Although it won the 1964 Golden Globe award for Best Television Series, the show was cancelled after one season consisting of thirty episodes.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Count Sanziani
as Le baron Jean Raoul
as The High Lama
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as The Broker
as Andre Greenlaw
as Henri Jarnoux
as Vostov
as Victor Velasco
as Legrand
as Doctor Monod
as Bernard De Solnay
as Michel Boullard
as Marcel St. Clair
as M. Etienne Pimm
as Michael Grosselyn
as Marcelo Desnoyers
as Pierre Guérande
as Cesar
as Dominique You
as Maxime Cherpray
as Le prince Charles
as Dr. Jacques Roland
as Henri Delormel
as Monsieur Gasse
as Self
as Count Gregorio Sennetti
as self
as Comte Muffat
as Dr. Douglas N. Devanal
as George
as Général André de...
as Primer Minister Singh
as Jacques Bonnard
as Dr. Karoly Valkay
as Charles Boyer
as Father Marc Arnoux
as Dr. Paul Laurent
as Self
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Charles Boyer
as Self
as Henry Maurier
as Dr. Ravic
as Adam Belinski
as Narrator (voice)
as Luis Denard
as George Corday
as Narrator (French version)
as Gregory Anton
as Self - Presenter
as Paul Gaspar (segment 3)
as Lewis Dodd
as Self
as Paul Orman
as Narrator (voice)
as Andre Cassil
as Georges Iscovescu
as Walter Louis Saxel
as Duc de Praslin
as Phillipe Andre Chagal
as Michel Marnet
as Self
as Pepe le Moko
as André Pascaud
as Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff
as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
as Self (archive footage)
as Paul Dumond
as Boris Androvsky
as L'archiduc Rodolphe
as Dimitri Koslov
as Franz Roberti
as Dr. Charles Monet
as Latzi
as Lazi
as Philippe Lutcher
as Liliom Zadowski
as Marquis Yorisaka
as Count Georges de Dasetta
as André Robert Maxim, Duke of Pontignac
as Albert
as Rene Gaudin
as Ralph Schwarz
as The prosecutor
as Jacques
as Fred Morgan
as André Le Kerdec
as The Duke
as Guenn la Taupe