Guy Bedos

Biography

Guy Bedos (né Guy René Bédos; 15 June 1934 – 28 May 2020) was a French screenwriter, stand-up comedian and actor (mostly known for his part in the film Nous irons tous au paradis). He was a French man born in Algeria, a former French department. He is identified as a Pied-Noir, name given to the French people by the Algerians in assimilation with the French sailers who were navigating with steam boat. As they were walking barefoot on coal their feet were black. At Music-Hall, he interpreted various sketches of authors like him. He developed a regularly updated political satire. This satire affected mostly right-wing politicians, his "friends" of the left also suffer from his cutting reflections. He was also known for his left-wing political affiliation, having supported politicians such as François Mitterrand. Bedos was born in Algiers, Algeria, the son of Alfred Bedos, a health visitor, and Hildeberte Verdier, daughter of the headmaster of the high school Bugeaud, where he was raised. His parents separated. He was tossed around, home to hotel, in Kouba, where there was a pension at age seven in Finouche, who served as a teacher, Souk Ahras and Constantine. He enrolled at the age of thirteen with a Catholic high school in Bone. According to his autobiography ‘Memories d’outre-mere’, his bad relationship with his mother and step-father made his life very difficult. His step-father beat his mother, who beat her son. He also tells us that his step-father was racist and antisemitic, but that his mother gave him his human political consciousness. He also revealed that during that period of time he had obsessive compulsive disorders. His uncle, Jacques Bedos, worked at Radio Algerias before entering the ORTF in Paris, where he vacationed as an artist. He arrived in Paris in June 1949 with his parents and his two twin half-sisters, left the family home of Rueil-Malmaison in February 1950, and sold books, going door to door. At seventeen, he entered the Rue Blanche school, learned classical theater, and signed his first production: Marivaux Arlequin poli par l’amour. He played in theaters, but also cabarets, as La Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons. He was engaged by François Billetdoux, when Jacques Prévert, who found him writing, encouraged him to write sketches. He performed his first sketch, signed by Jacques Chazot, La Galerie 55. In 1954, he made his first appearance in the cinema in Futures Vedettes by Marc Allégret. In order for him to fulfill his military service during the Algerian war, he went on a hunger strike and succeeded in being reformed for mental illness. Bedos died on 28 May 2020 at age 85; the death was confirmed by his son, Nicolas Bedos. He married 3 times: With Karen Blanguernon, they had a daughter, Leslie Bedos, born in 1957; With Sophie Daumier, they had a daughter, Melanie, born in 1977. She previously had a son, Phillipe, born in 1954, who died 11 December 2010 like her from the degenerative Huntington illness; With Joelle Bercot, they had 2 children, Nicolas, born in 1980, and Victoria, born in 1984. ... Source: Article "Guy Bedos" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Self (archive footage)

Belmondo, le magnifique

Rudy

Futures vedettes

Simon

Un éléphant ça trompe énormément

Jean

Survivre avec les loups

Simon Messina, doctor

Nous irons tous au paradis

The stuttering prisoner

Le Caporal épinglé

Gerard

Dragées au poivre

Self

Contre l’oubli

Jean Pierre

Ce soir ou jamais

Self

Droit de Réponse

Carambolages

Frank-David Boulanger

Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde

Martin

Les Copains

Germain, le pessimiste

Le Bal des casse-pieds

Jean Colin

Et si on vivait tous ensemble ?

Self

Drôles de familles

Sebastien

Il est génial papy !

Self

Guy Bedos - En piste !

Georges

Appelez-moi Mathilde

Thierry 'T.H.' Hubert

Réveillon chez Bob

Self

Guy Bedos à l'Olympia

Claude Langmann

Le Pistonné

Fred Campuche, le jockey

Courte-tête

Jerôme Fenouic

Aimez-vous les femmes ?

Sergeant Latouche

Sept Hommes et une garce

Self (archive footage)

L'Âge d'or de la pub

le père de Vincent

La Jungle

Self

Mosaïque

Maurice Garcia

Le Jardin qui bascule

Emile Magis

L'oeuf

Self

Bedos-Robin à l'Olympia

Self

Michel Sardou - Show Sardou

Hardouin

La Soupe aux poulets

Gaspard

L'empire de la nuit

Self (archive footage)

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

Self

Guy Bedos en toute liberté

Him

Pouce

Self

Guy Bedos - Rideau!

Mike, young man who was slapped

Sacrée jeunesse

Self

20 sketches, une vie

Edy Valter, Eva's husband

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

Carlos Vasquez

C'est la vie, camarade!

Self

La famille, ça me fait bien rire !

Edouard

L'Habit ne fait pas le moine

Self

Sardou, le film de sa vie

Tsoukolvsy, the psychologist

Sauve-toi, Lola

Self

Belmondo par Belmondo

Self (archive footage)

Les 60 ans du one-man-show

Self (archive footage)

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

Pierre Monceau

Sortie de scène

Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

Les Clefs de bagnole

Paul e cousin éconduit de Blanche

Ce soir les jupons volent...

Quand Le Soleil Dort

Self

Guy Bedos & Sophie Daumier - Ce n'est qu'un au revoir

Self (archive footage)

Mitterrand, président culturel

Self - humorist (archive footage)

D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle

Guy Bedos

Lorraine Coeur d'Acier, une radio dans la ville

Belmondo l'incorrigible