Gérard Oury

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1919-04-29
  • event Death Date 2006-07-19
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 3
  • info Birth Place Paris, France
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6.8

The Prize

1963-12-25

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Les Rois de la comédie

2023-01-01

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La Folle Heure des grandis

2002-01-01

5.1

Du Guesclin

1949-06-03

6.2

Mr. Peek-a-Boo

1951-04-06

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Little Nothings

1942-12-16

5.5

The Menace

1961-03-01

6.4

The Journey

1959-02-11

5.6

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

1986-05-13

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Here Is the Beauty

1950-04-21

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The Secret of Mayerling

1949-05-07

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Sorceror

1950-01-27

6.2

The Night Is My Kingdom

1951-08-09

6.4

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1958-10-15

6.2

Father Brown

1954-06-08

6.5

Back to the Wall

1958-03-07

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Sur la route de la grande vadrouille

2016-11-22

5.9

House of Secrets

1956-10-23

6.6

The Heart of the Matter

1953-11-03

5.8

Woman of the River

1954-12-29

5.5

Seventh Heaven

1958-03-05

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À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

2017-09-01

5.2

Les Marines

1957-01-01

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The Itchy Palm

1960-02-03

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Moana

1959-01-01

5.5

They Who Dare

1954-02-02

5.8

Sea Devils

1953-04-12

6.1

Without Leaving an Address

1951-01-17

2.5

Le Costaud des Batignolles

1952-04-30

5.3

Young Girls Beware

1957-07-04

6.4

Antoine & Antoinette

1947-09-27

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Loves of Three Queens

1954-12-24

6.8

The Best Part

1955-12-30

6.4

The Sword and the Rose

1953-07-23

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Endless Horizons

1953-04-26

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The Fate of Two Queens

1954-12-24

8.3

Heroes and Sinners

1955-09-12

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Jo la Romance

1949-03-04

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L'homme au parapluie

1956-03-10

5.6

Nulle part ailleurs

1987-08-31

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À bout portant

1968-12-16

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Spécial cinéma

1974-09-25

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Le Grand Échiquier

1972-01-12

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Le Grand Échiquier

1972-01-12

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Samedi soir

1971-01-09

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975-01-12

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Système 2

1975-01-19

6.2

Champs-Elysées

1982-01-16

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Cinépanorama

1956-02-04

8.5

Apostrophes

1975-01-10

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Matin Bonheur

1987-04-14

3.2

Vivement dimanche

1998-09-20

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