Gérard Oury

Also known as Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum, Gerard Oury, Max-Gerard Houry Tannenbaum

French director and actor (1919–2006)

Film & TV

Paris, France

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…

Known for

Les Rois de la comédie — Self (archive footage)2023
Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard — Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)2017
Sur la route de la grande vadrouille — Self (archive footage)2016
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son — Self (archive footage)2013
La Folle Heure des grandis — Self2002
Vivement dimanche — Self1998
Nulle part ailleurs — Self1987
Matin Bonheur — Self1987
Sacrée soirée — Self1987

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: 16th arrondissement of Paris
Place of death: Saint-Tropez
Spouse: Michèle Morgan
Child: Danièle Thompson
Father: José Luis Sánchez Besa
Occupation: stage actor
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Image: Gérard Oury en 1984.jpg

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place of burial: Montparnasse Cemetery
Commons category: Gérard Oury
date of birth: 1919-04-29
name in native language: Gérard Oury
start of work period: 1942-00-00
date of death: 2006-07-19
related category: Category:Films directed by Gérard Oury
end of work period: 2003-00-00
relative: José Luis Sánchez Besa
member of: Académie des beaux-arts
birth name: Max Gérard Tenenbaum

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