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Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer

Born: 1899-08-28 • Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France

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
L'Enigme Charles Boyer poster
L'Enigme Charles Boyer
2019
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year poster
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 • Self (archive footage)
Reflections on 'Gaslight' poster
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
2003 • Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered poster
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996 • Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s poster
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 • (archive footage)
The Louvre poster
The Louvre
1978 • Narrator
A Matter of Time poster
A Matter of Time
1976 • Count Sanziani
Stavisky... poster
Stavisky...
1974 • Le baron Jean Raoul
Lost Horizon poster
Lost Horizon
1973 • The High Lama
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • Self (archive footage)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford poster
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969 • Self (archive footage)
The Madwoman of Chaillot poster
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969 • The Broker
The April Fools poster
The April Fools
1969 • Andre Greenlaw
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot poster
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
1968 • Vostov
Barefoot in the Park poster
Barefoot in the Park
1967 • Victor Velasco
Casino Royale poster
Casino Royale
1967 • Legrand
Is Paris Burning? poster
Is Paris Burning?
1966 • Doctor Monod
How to Steal a Million poster
How to Steal a Million
1966 • Bernard De Solnay
A Very Special Favor poster
A Very Special Favor
1965 • Michel Boullard
Love Is a Ball poster
Love Is a Ball
1963 • M. Etienne Pimm
Adorable Julia poster
Adorable Julia
1962 • Michael Grosselyn
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse poster
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962 • Marcelo Desnoyers
Demons at Midnight poster
Demons at Midnight
1961 • Pierre Guérande
Fanny poster
Fanny
1961 • Cesar
The Buccaneer poster
The Buccaneer
1958 • Dominique You
Maxime poster
Maxime
1958 • Maxime Cherpray
La Parisienne poster
La Parisienne
1957 • Le prince Charles
Paris, Palace Hôtel poster
Paris, Palace Hôtel
1956 • Henri Delormel
Around the World in 80 Days poster
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • Monsieur Gasse
What a Woman! poster
What a Woman!
1956 • Count Gregorio Sennetti
Nana poster
Nana
1955 • Comte Muffat
The Cobweb poster
The Cobweb
1955 • Dr. Douglas N. Devanal
The Wild Bunch poster
The Wild Bunch
1955 • George
The Earrings of Madame de... poster
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953 • Général André de...
Thunder in the East poster
Thunder in the East
1952 • Primer Minister Singh
The Happy Time poster
The Happy Time
1952 • Jacques Bonnard
The First Legion poster
The First Legion
1951 • Father Marc Arnoux
The 13th Letter poster
The 13th Letter
1951 • Dr. Paul Laurent
Riviera Dream poster
Riviera Dream
1950 • Charles Boyer
A Woman's Vengeance poster
A Woman's Vengeance
1948 • Henry Maurier
Arch of Triumph poster
Arch of Triumph
1948 • Dr. Ravic
Cluny Brown poster
Cluny Brown
1946 • Adam Belinski
The Battle of the Rails poster
The Battle of the Rails
1946 • Narrator (voice)
Confidential Agent poster
Confidential Agent
1945 • Luis Denard
Together Again poster
Together Again
1944 • George Corday
The Fighting Lady poster
The Fighting Lady
1944 • Narrator (French version)
Gaslight poster
Gaslight
1944 • Gregory Anton
Flesh and Fantasy poster
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 • Paul Gaspar (segment 3)
The Constant Nymph poster
The Constant Nymph
1943 • Lewis Dodd
Breakdowns of 1942 poster
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 • Self
Tales of Manhattan poster
Tales of Manhattan
1942 • Paul Orman
Little Isles of Freedom poster
Little Isles of Freedom
1942 • Narrator (voice)
Appointment for Love poster
Appointment for Love
1941 • Andre Cassil
Hold Back the Dawn poster
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 • Georges Iscovescu
Back Street poster
Back Street
1941 • Walter Louis Saxel
All This, and Heaven Too poster
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 • Duc de Praslin
When Tomorrow Comes poster
When Tomorrow Comes
1939 • Phillipe Andre Chagal
Love Affair poster
Love Affair
1939 • Michel Marnet
Hollywood Goes to Town poster
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 • Self
Algiers poster
Algiers
1938 • Pepe le Moko
Orage poster
Orage
1938 • André Pascaud
Tovarich poster
Tovarich
1937 • Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff
Conquest poster
Conquest
1937 • Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
The Romance of Celluloid poster
The Romance of Celluloid
1937 • Self (archive footage)
History Is Made at Night poster
History Is Made at Night
1937 • Paul Dumond
The Garden of Allah poster
The Garden of Allah
1936 • Boris Androvsky
Mayerling poster
Mayerling
1936 • L'archiduc Rodolphe
Shanghai poster
Shanghai
1935 • Dimitri Koslov
Break of Hearts poster
Break of Hearts
1935 • Franz Roberti
Private Worlds poster
Private Worlds
1935 • Dr. Charles Monet
Caravan poster
Caravan
1934 • Latzi
Caravane poster
Caravane
1934 • Lazi
Le Bonheur poster
Le Bonheur
1934 • Philippe Lutcher
Liliom poster
Liliom
1934 • Liliom Zadowski
The Battle poster
The Battle
1934 • Marquis Yorisaka
The Hawk poster
The Hawk
1933 • Count Georges de Dasetta
The Only Girl poster
The Only Girl
1933 • André Robert Maxim, Duke of Pontignac
Moi et l'impératrice poster
Moi et l'impératrice
1933
Red-Headed Woman poster
Red-Headed Woman
1932 • Albert
The Man from Yesterday poster
The Man from Yesterday
1932 • Rene Gaudin
Tumultes poster
Tumultes
1932 • Ralph Schwarz
The Trial of Mary Dugan poster
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1931 • The prosecutor
The Magnificent Lie poster
The Magnificent Lie
1931 • Jacques
The Big House poster
The Big House
1931 • Fred Morgan
The Barcarolle of Love poster
The Barcarolle of Love
1930 • André Le Kerdec
Captain Fracasse poster
Captain Fracasse
1929 • The Duke
No Image
La ronde infernale
1928
No Image
Esclave
1922
No Image
The Cricket on the Hearth
1922
Chantelouve poster
Chantelouve
1921
The Man of the Sea poster
The Man of the Sea
1920 • Guenn la Taupe