Charles Boyer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Boyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Casino Royale (1967)

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston  •  Joseph McGrath  •  Ken Hughes  •  Val Guest  •  Robert Parrish
CAST:  David Niven  •  Peter Sellers  •  Ursula Andress  •  Orson Welles

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston  •  Joseph McGrath  •  Ken Hughes  •  Val Guest  •  Robert Parrish
CAST:  David Niven  •  Peter Sellers  •  Ursula Andress  •  Orson Welles

Algiers (1938)

Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Sigrid Gurie  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Joseph Calleia

Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Sigrid Gurie  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Joseph Calleia

Arch of Triumph (1948)

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Charles Boyer  •  Charles Laughton  •  Louis Calhern

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Charles Boyer  •  Charles Laughton  •  Louis Calhern

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  David Niven  •  Finlay Currie  •  Robert Morley  •  Cantinflas

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  David Niven  •  Finlay Currie  •  Robert Morley  •  Cantinflas

Conquest (1937)

A polish countess dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to make Poland independent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  Greta Garbo  •  Charles Boyer  •  Reginald Owen  •  Alan Marshal

A polish countess dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to make Poland independent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  Greta Garbo  •  Charles Boyer  •  Reginald Owen  •  Alan Marshal

Fanny (1961)

Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Logan
CAST:  Leslie Caron  •  Maurice Chevalier  •  Charles Boyer  •  Horst Buchholz

Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Logan
CAST:  Leslie Caron  •  Maurice Chevalier  •  Charles Boyer  •  Horst Buchholz

Gaslight (1944)

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Joseph Cotten  •  May Whitty

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Joseph Cotten  •  May Whitty

How to Steal a Million (1966)

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A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn  •  Peter O'Toole  •  Eli Wallach  •  Hugh Griffith

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn  •  Peter O'Toole  •  Eli Wallach  •  Hugh Griffith

The Battle of the Rails (1946)

A 1946 war movie which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage Nazi reinforcement-troop trains.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Jean Clarieux  •  Jean Daurand  •  François Joux

A 1946 war movie which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage Nazi reinforcement-troop trains.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Jean Clarieux  •  Jean Daurand  •  François Joux

Love Affair (1939)

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  Charles Boyer  •  Maria Ouspenskaya  •  Lee Bowman

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  Charles Boyer  •  Maria Ouspenskaya  •  Lee Bowman

Tales of Manhattan (1942)

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Henry Fonda

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Henry Fonda

The 13th Letter (1951)

When Dr. Pearson comes to a quiet Quebec town to set up his medical practice, he attracts the notice of Cora, whose husband, Paul, is the town's other doctor, and Denise, eldest daughter of the family in whose house he lodges. When an unknown person begins writing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Linda Darnell  •  Charles Boyer  •  Michael Rennie  •  Constance Smith

When Dr. Pearson comes to a quiet Quebec town to set up his medical practice, he attracts the notice of Cora, whose husband, Paul, is the town's other doctor, and Denise, eldest daughter of the family in whose house he lodges. When an unknown person begins writing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Linda Darnell  •  Charles Boyer  •  Michael Rennie  •  Constance Smith

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Charles Boyer  •  Jeffrey Lynn  •  Barbara O'Neil

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Charles Boyer  •  Jeffrey Lynn  •  Barbara O'Neil

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Victor Francen

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Victor Francen

Private Worlds (1935)

At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard for women physicians. Jane and Charles clash on patient treatment, and Jane learns ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Charles Boyer  •  Joan Bennett  •  Helen Vinson

At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard for women physicians. Jane and Charles clash on patient treatment, and Jane learns ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Charles Boyer  •  Joan Bennett  •  Helen Vinson

Lost Horizon (1973)

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Peter Finch  •  Liv Ullmann  •  Sally Kellerman  •  George Kennedy

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Peter Finch  •  Liv Ullmann  •  Sally Kellerman  •  George Kennedy

Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Jean Harlow  •  Chester Morris  •  Lewis Stone  •  Leila Hyams

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Jean Harlow  •  Chester Morris  •  Lewis Stone  •  Leila Hyams

Break of Hearts (1935)

Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Moeller
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Charles Boyer  •  John Beal  •  Jean Hersholt

Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Moeller
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Charles Boyer  •  John Beal  •  Jean Hersholt

The Buccaneer (1958)

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Quinn
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Claire Bloom  •  Inger Stevens  •  Charlton Heston

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Quinn
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Claire Bloom  •  Inger Stevens  •  Charlton Heston

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marcelo and his children Julio and Chichi became Argentinean citizens but later returned to Paris. Karl became a general ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Glenn Ford  •  Charles Boyer  •  Lee J. Cobb

Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marcelo and his children Julio and Chichi became Argentinean citizens but later returned to Paris. Karl became a general ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Glenn Ford  •  Charles Boyer  •  Lee J. Cobb
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