Gérard Oury
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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ActingBirthday
April 29, 1919Deathday
July 19, 2006Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
61Place of birth
Paris, FranceAlso known as
Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum, Gerard Oury, Жерар УриCast credits
The Prize
Claude MarceauDu Guesclin
Le DauphinMr. Peek-a-Boo
MauriceA Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'The Journey
Teklel HafouliThe Mirror Has Two Faces
docteur BoscThe Night Is My Kingdom
Lionel MoreauFather Brown
Inspector DuboisBack to the Wall
Jacques DecreyHouse of Secrets
Julius PindarThey Who Dare
Captain George TwoThe Heart of the Matter
YusefSeventh Heaven
Maurice PortalWoman of the River
Enzo CintiLes Marines
Récitant (voice)Sea Devils
NapoleonWithout Leaving an Address
Un journalisteYoung Girls Beware
Marcel PalmerLe Costaud des Batignolles
Narrator (voice)Antoine & Antoinette
Le client galantLoves of Three Queens
Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine)Crew credits
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Director, ScreenplayDon't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Director, ScreenplayThe Sucker
Director, ScreenplayThe Brain
Director, WriterDelusions of Grandeur
Director, WriterUmbrella Coup
Director, WriterOut of It
Director, WriterLe Schpountz
DirectorAce of Aces
Director, WriterThe Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
Director, WriterVanille fraise
Director, WriterCrime Does Not Pay
Director, Scenario WriterFantôme avec chauffeur
DirectorThe Thirst for Gold
Director, WriterCome Dance with Me!
WriterThe Menace
Director, ScreenplayThe Mirror Has Two Faces
WriterThe Mirror Has Two Faces
Original StoryLevy & Goliath
Director, ScreenplayThe Itchy Palm
Director, ScreenplayWitness in the City
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