Charles Boyer
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.
Known For
Bernard De Solnay
How to Steal a Million
Self (archive footage)
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
Monsieur Gasse
Around the World in Eighty Days
Doctor Monod
Paris brûle-t-il?
Dominique You
The Buccaneer
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Conquest
Pepe le Moko
Algiers
Paul Dumond
History Is Made at Night
George Corday
Together Again
Legrand
Casino Royale
Général André de...
Madame de…
Paul Orman
Tales of Manhattan
Chantelouve
Le grillon du foyer
Esclave
La ronde infernale
Gregory Anton
Gaslight
Dr. Ravic
Arch of Triumph
Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff
Tovarich
Le baron Jean Raoul
Stavisky...
Duc de Praslin
All This, and Heaven Too
L'archiduc Rodolphe
Mayerling
Michel Marnet
Love Affair
Liliom Zadowski
Liliom
Narrator (voice)
La Bataille du rail
Victor Velasco
Barefoot in the Park
Dr. Paul Laurent
The 13th Letter
Le prince Charles
Une parisienne
Marcelo Desnoyers
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Georges Iscovescu
Hold Back the Dawn
The prosecutor
Le procès de Mary Dugan
Adam Belinski
Cluny Brown
Count Georges de Dasetta
L'Épervier
Andre Greenlaw
The April Fools
Cesar
Fanny
Dr. Douglas N. Devanal
The Cobweb
Lewis Dodd
The Constant Nymph
Count Sanziani
A Matter of Time
Narrator (French version)
The Fighting Lady
Albert
Red-Headed Woman
Henry Maurier
A Woman's Vengeance
The High Lama
Lost Horizon
Dr. Charles Monet
Private Worlds
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Walter Louis Saxel
Back Street
Comte Muffat
Nana
Maxime Cherpray
Maxime
Michel Boullard
A Very Special Favor
M. Etienne Pimm
Love Is a Ball
Boris Androvsky
The Garden of Allah
The Duke
Le Capitaine Fracasse
Franz Roberti
Break of Hearts
Paul Gaspar (segment 3)
Flesh and Fantasy
The Broker
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Dimitri Koslov
Shanghai
Vostov
Le rouble à deux faces
Luis Denard
Confidential Agent
Phillipe Andre Chagal
When Tomorrow Comes
Primer Minister Singh
Thunder in the East
Rene Gaudin
The Man from Yesterday
Jacques Bonnard
The Happy Time
Self
Boum sur Paris
Jacques
The Magnificent Lie
André Pascaud
Orage
Andre Cassil
Appointment for Love
Philippe Lutcher
Le Bonheur
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Father Marc Arnoux
The First Legion
Fred Morgan
Révolte dans la prison
Lazi
Caravane
Michael Grosselyn
Julia, Du bist zauberhaft
Narrator (voice)
Little Isles of Freedom
Latzi
Caravan
(archive footage)
The Trouble With Forgetting
Marquis Yorisaka
The Battle
Henri Delormel
Paris, Palace Hôtel
André Robert Maxim, Duke of Pontignac
The Only Girl
Ralph Schwarz
Tumultes
Charles Boyer
Riviera Dream
Guenn la Taupe
L'Homme du large
Self (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self
Hollywood Goes to Town
Pierre Guérande
Les Démons de minuit
Narrator
The Louvre
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
André Le Kerdec
Barcarolle d'amour
Count Gregorio Sennetti
La fortuna di essere donna
Self
Breakdowns of 1942
L'Enigme Charles Boyer
George
The Wild Bunch
Moi et l'impératrice
Self (archive footage)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
93
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-08-28
Place of Birth
Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Also Known As
Шарль Буайе