Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Directed Movies
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Marcel Jullian,
Cast: Bernard Haller, Catherine Jacob, Christian Clavier, Jean-Pierre Clami, Marine Delterme, Michel Such, Pascal Greggory, Patrick Le Luherne, Philippe Khorsand, Tsilla Chelton,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Danièle Thompson,
Cast: Benno Sterzenbach, Florent Pagny, Frank Hoffmann, Günter Meisner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache, Sonja Tuchmann, Stéphane Ferrara, Yves Pignot,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Gérard Oury,
Cast: Axelle Abbadie, Christine Murillo, Dominique Lavanant, Gérard Jugnot, Gert Fröbe, Gordon Mitchell, Maurice Risch, Pierre Richard, Roger Carel, Valérie Mairesse,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Roberto De Leonardis,
Cast: André Falcon, Claude Giraud, Henri Guybet, Janet Brandt, Louis de Funès, Marcel Dalio, Popeck, Renzo Montagnani, Suzy Delair, Xavier Gélin,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Marcel Jullian,
Cast: Alberto de Mendoza, Alice Sapritch, Antonio Pica, Eduardo Fajardo, Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Joaquín Solís, Karin Schubert, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini, Yves Montand,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Gérard Oury,
Cast: Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach, Fernand Guiot, Jacques Balutin, Jacques Ciron, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Patrick Préjean, Raymond Gérôme, Silvia Monti,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Jean-Charles Tacchella,
Cast: Andréa Parisy, Bourvil, Claudio Brook, Colette Brosset, Louis de Funès, Marie Dubois, Mary Marquet, Mike Marshall, Pierre Bertin, Terry-Thomas,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Gérard Oury,
Cast: Alida Chelli, Beba Lon?ar, Bourvil, Henri Génès, Henri Virlogeux, Jacques Eyser, Jean Meyer, Lando Buzzanca, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini,
Acted Movies
Director: Mark Robson
Writers: Ernest Lehman,
Cast: Diane Baker, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Gérard Oury, Kevin McCarthy, Leo G. Carroll, Micheline Presle, Paul Newman, Sacha Pitoëff, Sergio Fantoni,
Written Movies
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Gérard Oury,
Cast: Axelle Abbadie, Christine Murillo, Dominique Lavanant, Gérard Jugnot, Gert Fröbe, Gordon Mitchell, Maurice Risch, Pierre Richard, Roger Carel, Valérie Mairesse,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Gérard Oury,
Cast: Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach, Fernand Guiot, Jacques Balutin, Jacques Ciron, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Patrick Préjean, Raymond Gérôme, Silvia Monti,
Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Gérard Oury,
Cast: Alida Chelli, Beba Lon?ar, Bourvil, Henri Génès, Henri Virlogeux, Jacques Eyser, Jean Meyer, Lando Buzzanca, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini,