
Gérard Oury
Directing
Biography
Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. He is best known for a number of comedies he directed and co-wrote between the 1960s and 1980s, most notably The Sucker (1965), Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966), The Brain (1969), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973), and Ace of Aces (1982). Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish origin, and French Je…
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The Prize
1963
Claude Marceau

Mr. Peek-a-Boo
1951
Maurice

Antoine & Antoinette
1947
Le client galant

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986
Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'

Back to the Wall
1958
Jacques Decrey

Father Brown
1954
Inspector Dubois

Sea Devils
1953
Napoleon

The Journey
1959
Teklel Hafouli

The Mirror Has Two Faces
1958
docteur Bosc

They Who Dare
1954
Captain George Two

The Sword and the Rose
1953
Dauphin of France

Without Leaving an Address
1951
Un journaliste

The Night Is My Kingdom
1951
Lionel Moreau

Seventh Heaven
1958
Maurice Portal

Woman of the River
1954
Enzo Cinti

The Heart of the Matter
1953
Yusef

Du Guesclin
1949
Le Dauphin

Young Girls Beware
1957
Marcel Palmer

The Menace
1961
The Doctor

House of Secrets
1956
Julius Pindar
