Charles Boyer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 28, 1899, Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France
- Died
- August 26, 1978
- Movies
- 96
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2019 | L'Enigme Charles Boyer | |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Reflections on 'Gaslight' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch | |
| 1990 | Death In Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1978 | The Louvre | Narrator |
| 1976 | A Matter of Time | Count Sanziani |
| 1974 | Stavisky... | Le baron Jean Raoul |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon | The High Lama |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1969 | Garbo, by Joan Crawford | Self (archive footage) |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | The Broker |
| 1969 | The April Fools | Andre Greenlaw |
| 1968 | The Day the Hot Line Got Hot | Vostov |
| 1967 | Barefoot in the Park | Victor Velasco |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Le Grand |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Doctor Monod |
| 1966 | How to Steal a Million | Bernard De Solnay |
| 1965 | A Very Special Favor | Michel Boullard |
| 1963 | Love is a Ball | M. Etienne Pimm |
| 1962 | Adorable Julia | Michael Grosselyn |
| 1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Marcelo Desnoyers |
| 1961 | Demons at Midnight | Pierre Guérande |
| 1961 | Fanny | Cesar |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer | Dominique You |
| 1958 | Maxime | Maxime Cherpray |
| 1957 | La Parisienne | Le prince Charles |
| 1956 | Paris, Palace Hôtel | Henri Delormel |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Monsieur Gasse |
| 1956 | What a Woman! | Count Gregorio Sennetti |
| 1955 | Nana | Comte Muffat |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Dr. Douglas N. Devanal |
| 1955 | The Wild Bunch | George |
| 1953 | The Earrings of Madame de... | Général André de... |
| 1952 | Thunder in the East | Primer Minister Singh |
| 1952 | The Happy Time | Jacques Bonnard |
| 1951 | The First Legion | Father Marc Arnoux |
| 1951 | The 13th Letter | Dr. Paul Laurent |
| 1950 | Riviera Dream | Charles Boyer |
| 1948 | A Woman's Vengeance | Henry Maurier |
| 1948 | Arch of Triumph | Dr. Ravic |
| 1946 | Cluny Brown | Adam Belinski |
| 1946 | The Battle of the Rails | Narrator (voice) |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent | Luis Denard |
| 1944 | Together Again | George Corday |
| 1944 | The Fighting Lady | Narrator (French version) |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Gregory Anton |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Paul Gaspar (segment 3) |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph | Lewis Dodd |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Paul Orman |
| 1942 | Little Isles of Freedom | Narrator (voice) |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love | Andre Cassil |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Georges Iscovescu |
| 1941 | Back Street | Walter Louis Saxel |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too | Duc de Praslin |
| 1939 | When Tomorrow Comes | Phillipe Andre Chagal |
| 1939 | Love Affair | Michel Marnet |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self |
| 1938 | Algiers | Pepe le Moko |
| 1938 | Orage | André Pascaud |
| 1937 | Tovarich | Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff |
| 1937 | Conquest | Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) |
| 1937 | History Is Made at Night | Paul Dumond |
| 1936 | The Garden of Allah | Boris Androvsky |
| 1936 | Mayerling | Archduke Rudolf |
| 1935 | Shanghai | Dimitri Koslov |
| 1935 | Break of Hearts | Franz Roberti |
| 1935 | Private Worlds | Dr. Charles Monet |
| 1934 | Caravan | Latzi |
| 1934 | Caravane | Lazi |
| 1934 | Le Bonheur | Philippe Lutcher |
| 1934 | Liliom | Liliom Zadowski |
| 1934 | The Battle | Captain Yorisaka |
| 1934 | La bataille | Le marquis Yorisaka |
| 1933 | The Hawk | Count Georges de Dasetta |
| 1933 | The Only Girl | André Robert Maxim, Duke of Pontignac |
| 1933 | Moi et l'impératrice | |
| 1932 | Red-Headed Woman | Albert |
| 1932 | The Man from Yesterday | Rene Gaudin |
| 1932 | Tumultes | Ralph Schwarz |
| 1931 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Le procureur |
| 1931 | The Magnificent Lie | Jacques |
| 1931 | The Big House | Fred Morgan |
| 1930 | The Barcarolle of Love | André Le Kerdec |
| 1929 | Captain Fracasse | The Duke |
| 1928 | La ronde infernale | |
| 1922 | Esclave | |
| 1922 | The Cricket on the Hearth | |
| 1921 | Chantelouve | |
| 1920 | The Man of the Sea | Guenn la Taupe |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1944 | Destiny | Producer |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Producer |
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