Charles Boyer

At 78 years old, Charles Boyer has this physical status:

Life and career

The son of Augustine Louise Durand and Maurice Boyer, a merchant, was born in Figeac, France. In the Occitan language, the boyer (which means "cowherd") was a young boy who discovered the cinema and theatre at the age of 11.

When serving as a hospital orderly during World War I, a boyer made comedic sketches for soldiers. He began studying at the Sorbonne briefly and was hoping to study acting at the Paris Conservatory.

He went to the capital city to finish his education, but the bulk of his time was dedicated to acting, but not so much of his time was spent on stage. He had a chance to replace the leading man in a stage performance, Aux jardins de Murcie, in 1920. He was a hit. He appeared in a play La Bataille and Boyer and became a theatre actor overnight.

He not only appeared as a suave and sophisticated ladies' man on stage, but he also appeared in numerous silent films in the 1920s.

L'homme du large (1920), directed by Marcel L'Herbier, was Boyer's first film. He appeared in Chantelouve (1921), Le grillon du foyer (1922), and Esclave (1922).

He appeared on film only for the money at first, and discovered that supporting roles were unsatisfying. However, his deep voice made him a romantic celebrity, even as he came to sound.

For a number of years, Boyer concentrated on theatre work. He returned to film in Infernal Circle (1928), Captain Fracasse (1929), and La barcarolle d'amour (1930).

Boyer was first brought to Hollywood by MGM, who wanted him to appear in a French version of The Big House (1930) : Révolte in la prison (1931).

Boyer had an invite from In The Magnificent Lie (1931) directed by Berthold Viertel, he had a small part. It was his first time in English speaking.

He returned to MGM to make Le procès de Mary Dugan (1931), the French version of The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929). He made Tumultes (1931) for director Robert Siodmak.

Then he did the English-language The Man From Yesterday (1932), with Claudette Colbert at Paramount again directed by Viertel. At MGM, he had a small role in Jean Harlow's Red-Headed Woman (1932).

Boyer returned to France where he appeared in F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932), Moi et l'impératrice (1933) (The Sparrowhawk), and La bataille (1933) with Annabella. Merle Oberon replaced Annabella and Boyer in the last film in an English-language version called The Battle, with Merle Oberon replacing Annabella and Boyer reprising his role.

In Le Bonheur, he performed The Only Girl (1933) with Lilian Harvey and appeared on the Paris stage, which was another hit. It will be the last time he appeared on the Parisian stage.

Loretta Young at Fox joined Caravan (1934). He appeared in the French-language version Caravane once more with Annabella.

He appeared in Liliom (1934), directed by Fritz Lang, his first film in France.

Thunder in the East (1934) and The Only Girl (1934), respectively, starred Boyer in two English language films: The Thunder in the East (1934) and The Only Girl (1934).

He appeared in Le bonheur (1934), reprising his stage appearance for director Marcel L'Herbier in France.

Boyer co-starred with Claudette Colbert in Walter Wanger's psychiatric drama Private Worlds (1935). Wanger has been in a five-year contract.

Katharine Hepburn e romanced in Break of Hearts (1935) for RKO, and Loretta Young in Shanghai (1935) for Wanger.

Boyer played in Mayerling (1936), co-starring Danielle Darrieux and directed by Anatole Litvak. Rudolf, Austria's Crown Prince, appeared by the boyer.

He appeared in Hollywood with Marlene Dietrich in The Garden of Allah (1936) for David O. Selznick. He and Dietrich were reunited on I Loved a Soldier (1936) for director Henry Hathaway at Paramount, but the film was later cancelled.

In Conquest (1937) at MGM, a boyer was paired with Jean Arthur in History Is Made at Night (1937) for Wanger and Greta Garbo (1937) (where he played Napoleon Bonaparte). The former's fee was $150,000, but the former's was up $450,000 after all of the re-takes.

Boyer returned to France for a short time to make Orage (1938), opposite Michèle Morgan for director Marc Allégret.

In Tovarich (1937), directed by Litvak, he had the lead in Tovarich (1937).

He made his name as Pepe le Moko, the thief on the run in Algiers, an English-language version of the classic French film Pepe le Moko starring Jean Gabin in 1938. Despite the fact that Boyer never said anything about Hedy Lamarr "Come with me to the Casbah," this line was included in the movie trailer. Thanks to generations of impressionists and Looney Tunes parodies, the line will remain with him. Pepe Le Moko's role as Pepe Le Moko was already world-famous when animator Chuck Jones based Pepé Le Pew, the romantic skunk who appeared in 1945, on Boyer and his best-known appearance. On the Tom and Jerry cartoons, the boyer's vocal style was also parodied, most notably when Tom was trying to woo a female cat. (See The Zoot Cat).

Boyer produced two films with Irene Dunne (1939) at RKO and When Tomorrow Comes (1939) at Universal.

Marc Allégret's Le corsaire (1939) was sent back to France by him. In September 1939, he was filming in Nice when France declared war against Germany. On the declaration of war, industry halted. The French army has recruited a boy soldier. The film was never completed, although there was a video of it later released.

Boyer had been released from the army and back in Hollywood by November as the French government believed he would be of greater service making films.

Boyer appeared in three classic film love stories: All This, and Heaven Too (1940) with Bette Davis, director of Litvak at Warners; as the ruthless cad in Back Street (1941) with Margaret Sullavan; and Hold Back the Dawn (1941) with Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard at

Boyer began losing his hair early, had a pronounced paunch, and was noticeably shorter than leading ladies like Ingrid Bergman, despite his glamorous appearance. Bette Davis first saw him on the set of All This and Heaven Too, she didn't recognize him and tried to have him deleted.

Boyer started a three-year deal with Universal in January 1942 to act and produce. Nine films will be covered under the deal.

He made The Constant Nymph (1943) with Joan Fontaine before starting the project.

Boyer was reunited with Sullavan in Appointment for Love (1942) at Universal, and he was one of many actors in Tales of Manhattan (1942), directed by Julien Duvivier and Immortal France (1942). In 1942, he became a resident of the United States.

He was one of many characters in Flesh and Fantasy (1943), which he also produced with Julien Duvivier at Universal. He was an uncredited producer on Duvivier's Destiny (1944).

He was given an Honorary Oscar for his "provocative cultural achievement" in the establishment of the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a point of reference in 1943 (certificate).

With Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten, Boyer had one of his best hits with Gaslight (1944). He continued it with Together Again (1944), a short; and Confidential Agent (1945), a Warners.

Boyer began his war service with Cluny Brown (1946) with Jennifer Jones, who was directed by Ernst Lubitsch. In 1945, Warners highest paid actor at this stage, grossing $205,000 in 1945.

He was Capt. in 1947, he was the voice of Capt. In the Lux Radio Theater's performance of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Daniel Gregg appeared in the film by Rex Harrison. He was named a chevalier of the French Légion d'honneur in 1948. He did a thriller called A Woman's Vengeance (1948).

Boyer, the film he made with Bergman, Triumph (1948), failed at the box office, and the box office actress was no longer the box office celebrity he had been in. "No one wants you if you are in a big flop," he said later.

Boyer appeared in Red Gloves (1948–49), which was based on Jean-Paul Sartre's Dirty Hands, which attracted 113 performances.

In a dramatic reading of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman's third act, he appeared on Broadway in one of his most memorable roles, that of Don Juan. This is the act in Hell popularly known as Don Juan. Don Juan in Hell won Broadway's 1951 Special Tony Award for Don Juan in Hell. It was directed by actor Charles Laughton. Laughton co-starred as the Devil, with Cedric Hardwicke as the commander's statue and Dona Anna, the commander's daughter, one of Juan's former conquests. The performance was a critical success and Columbia Masterworks finished it off, making it one of the first complete recordings of a non-musical stage production ever made. However, as of 2006, it has never been released on CD, but in 2009 it became available as an MP3 download.

Boyer did not abandon cinema: he appeared in The 13th Letter (1951), The First Legion (1952), and The Happy Time (1952). In Thunder in the East (filmed 1951, 1953) an Alan Ladd film, he appeared as a character actor.

Boyer was one of the first producers and stars of the anthology film Four Star Playhouse (1952–56). Four Star Productions produced it, which would make Boyer and collaborators David Niven and Dick Powell wealthy.

Boyer descended on France to appear in The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) for Max Ophüls and Darrieux. Although he was one of many names in Boum sur Paris (1953), he was undoubtedly one of many.

He performed in Kind Sir (1953–54), directed by Joshua Logan, and returned to Broadway for 166 performances. (Cary Grant was cast in Boyer's role in the film version, Indiscreet (1958).

Boyer, who appeared in MGM's The Cobweb (1955), was back in Hollywood.

He went back to France and starred in Nana (1955) with Martine Carol and then moved to Italy for What a Woman. Sophia Loren, 1956, (1956)

Boyer, a 1957-1956 boyer, appeared on I Love Lucy as a guest star, and he appeared in Around the World in 80 Days (1956). He was the lead in the Palace Hotel in Paris (1956).

On the 10th episode of What's My Line, he appeared as the mystery guest.

Boyer appeared in a film version of Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play There Shall Be No Night on March 17, 1957. Katharine Cornell was the star of the performance and was broadcast on NBC as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame.

He appeared in Goodyear Theatre and Alcoa Theatre on television many times.

Boyer appeared in It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957), and in Maxime (1958), the latter directed by Henri Verneuil.

Dominique You, the real life privateer in Hollywood Boyer (1958), appeared alongside Yul Brynner's Jean LaFitte in The Buccaneer (1958).

Boyer appeared in the Broadway comedy The Marriage-Go-Round (1958–1960), but the writer said, "Keep the lady away from me." The show was a success and ran for 431 performances. In the film version, Boyer did not reprise his role. He was still doing Four Star jobs.

He appeared on film; Leslie Caron (1961), in France, was the leading figure; MGM's reimagining The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962); and Love Is a Ball (1963) starring Julia Palmer;

In the 1963 Broadway revival of Lord Pengo, he was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic).

On the London and New York stages later this year, Boyer appeared in Man and Boy. The Broadway revival only attracted 54 performances.

In The Rogues (1964–65), a television series starring Gig Young, Boyer was reunited with him. Niven, Boyer, and Young all grew with the episode's leading man, often appearing together, but most episodes ended up being helmed by Young, since both Niven and Boyer had flourishing film careers.

He had cameos in Is Paris Burning?

His film career lasted longer than that of other romantic actors, earning him the title "the last of the cinema's greatest lovers." In 1966, he released Where Does Love Go, a laid-back album. Boyer's distinctive deep voice and French accent made the album consisting of hit love songs sung (or rather spoken) on it. Elvis Presley's most popular album in the last 11 years of his life, according to the one he listened to the most.

The boy was featured in The April Fools (1969) and The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) and was a guest on The Name of the Game.

Boyer's uncle died in 1965 and Boyer was finding it difficult to live in Los Angeles, so in March 1970, he moved to Europe.

Boyer's last credits included the musical remake of Lost Horizon (1973) and the French film Stavisky (1974), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, the latter receiving the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the Special Tribute at Cannes Film Festival.

In A Matter of Time (1976) with Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman, directed by Vincente Minnelli, Boyer's last appearance was in A Matter of Time (1976).

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