Gérard Blain

{{Infobox person

| image = Delfini-Gerard Blain.png

| caption = Blain in Silver Spoon Set (1960)

| name = Gérard Blain

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|10|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|12|17|1930|10|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| occupation = Actor, film director

| yearsactive = 1944–2000

| spouse = {{plainlist|

Estella Blain (1953–1956) (divorced)
Bernadette Lafont (1957–1959) (divorced)
Monique Sobieski (1960–2000) (his death)

}}

Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director.{{cite web|url=http://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/45309/gerard-blain|title=Gérad Blain|publisher=unifrance.org|access-date=20 July 2013}}{{Cite news |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |date=2000-12-19 |title=Gérard Blain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/dec/19/guardianobituaries.filmnews |access-date=2024-03-30 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Biography

Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.newwavefilm.com/french-new-wave-encyclopedia/gerard-blain.shtml|title=Gérard Blain|publisher=newwvefilm.com|access-date=20 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1379660/Gerard-Blain.html|title=Gérard Blain|publisher=telegraph.co.uk|date=29 September 2000|access-date=20 July 2013}} In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/Festival/History/Winners-of-the-Golden-Leopard/lang/en |title=Winners of the Golden Leopard |access-date=19 August 2012 |work=Locarno |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719031720/http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/Festival/History/Winners-of-the-Golden-Leopard/lang/en |archive-date=19 July 2009 |url-status=dead }} Blain married three times, including briefly to Bernadette Lafont.

Filmography

=Actor=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! Notes
rowspan=2\|1944 \|Le bal des passants \| \|Guillaume Radot \|
Le carrefour des enfants perdus \| \|Léo Joannon \|
1945 \|{{Lang\|fr\|Les enfants du paradis}} \| \|Marcel Carné \|Uncredited
1946 \|Fils de France \| \|Pierre Blondy \|
rowspan=3\|1954 \|Wild Fruit \| \|Hervé Bromberger \|
Before the Deluge \|Un lycéen \|André Cayatte \|Uncredited
Service Entrance \|Le photographe - copain de Léo \|Carlo Rim \|Uncredited
rowspan=2\|1956 \|Voici le temps des assassins \|Gérard Delacroix \|Julien Duvivier \|
Crime and Punishment \|Jean Fargeot \|Georges Lampin \|
rowspan=2\|1957 \|Le désir mène les hommes \|Olivier Jourdans \|Émile Roussel \|
Les Mistons \|Gérard \|François Truffaut \|Short
rowspan=2\|1958 \|Young Husbands \|Marcello \|Mauro Bolognini \|
Le Beau Serge \|Serge \|Claude Chabrol \|
rowspan=2\|1959 \|Les Cousins \|Charles \|Claude Chabrol \|
Match contre la mort \|Jacques Lourmel \|Claude Bernard-Aubert \|
rowspan=4\|1960 \|Silver Spoon Set \|Anselmo Foresi \|Francesco Maselli \|
Run with the Devil \|Stefano Solera \|Mario Camerini \|
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend \|Charlotte's new boyfriend \|Jean-Luc Godard \|Short
The Hunchback of Rome \|Alvara aka "Hunchback" \|Carlo Lizzani \|
rowspan=2\|1961 \|La peau et les os \|Mazur \|Jean-Paul Sassy \|
Gold of Rome \|Davide \|Carlo Lizzani \|
rowspan=2\|1962 \|Hatari! \|Charles "Chips" Maurey \|Howard Hawks \|
Lo sgarro \|Paolo \|Silvio Siano \|
rowspan=3\|1963 \|The Eye of the Needle \|Toto Cacace \|Marcello Andrei \|
Les Vierges \|Xavier de Brétevielle \|Jean-Pierre Mocky \|
La soupe aux poulets \|Claudio \|Philippe Agostini \|
rowspan=3\|1964 \|La Bonne Soupe \|Le peintre \|Robert Thomas \|
Via Veneto \| \|Giuseppe Lipartiti \|
Amori pericolosi \|L'attendente \|Giulio Questi \|(segment "Il generale")
1965 \|Un amore \|Marcello \|Gianni Vernuccio \|
1966 \|M.M.M. 83 \|Robert Gibson \|Sergio Bergonzelli \|
rowspan=2\|1967 \|La musica \| \|Marguerite Duras and Paul Seban \|
Shock Troops \|Thomas \|Constantin Costa-Gavras \|
1968 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Negresco (film)\|de\|3=Negresco**\|lt=Negresco}} \|Roger \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Klaus Lemke\|de}} \|
1969 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes\|fr}} \|Joë Caligula \|José Bénazéraf \|
1970 \|Caïn de nulle part \|Caïn \|Daniel Daërt \|
1971 \|Paolo e Francesca \|Giovanni Malatrasi \|Gianni Vernuccio \|
rowspan=2\|1977 \|The American Friend \|Raoul Minot \|Wim Wenders \|
The Machine Age \|Le journaliste \|Gilles Carle \|
1978 \|Utopia \|Gérard \|Iradj Azimi \|
1981 \|La Flambeuse \|Henri \|Rachel Weinberg \|
rowspan=2\|1983 \|Un dimanche de flic \|Emilio \|Michel Vianey \|
La derelitta \|Redza \|Jean-Pierre Igoux \|
1986 \|La Presqu'île \|Simon \|Georges Luneau \|
1987 \|Poussière d'ange \|Broz \|Edouard Niermans \|
1988 \|Natalia \|Claude Roitman \|Bernard Cohn \|
rowspan=2\|1989 \|Jour après jour \|Richard Lunet \|Alain Attal \|
L'enfant de l'hiver \|Stephane's father \|Olivier Assayas \|
1992 \|Chasse gardée \|Pierre Bufières \|Jean-Claude Biette \|
1999 \|Cinématon \|Himself \|Gérard Courant \|
2001 \|Bandits d'amour \|The priest \|Pierre Le Bret \|

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Director

! Notes

rowspan=2|1944

|Le bal des passants

|Guillaume Radot

Le carrefour des enfants perdus

|Léo Joannon

1945

|{{Lang|fr|Les enfants du paradis}}

|Marcel Carné

|Uncredited

1946

|Fils de France

|Pierre Blondy

rowspan=3|1954

|Wild Fruit

|Hervé Bromberger

Before the Deluge

|Un lycéen

|André Cayatte

|Uncredited

Service Entrance

|Le photographe - copain de Léo

|Carlo Rim

|Uncredited

rowspan=2|1956

|Voici le temps des assassins

|Gérard Delacroix

|Julien Duvivier

Crime and Punishment

|Jean Fargeot

|Georges Lampin

rowspan=2|1957

|Le désir mène les hommes

|Olivier Jourdans

|Émile Roussel

Les Mistons

|Gérard

|François Truffaut

|Short

rowspan=2|1958

|Young Husbands

|Marcello

|Mauro Bolognini

Le Beau Serge

|Serge

|Claude Chabrol

rowspan=2|1959

|Les Cousins

|Charles

|Claude Chabrol

Match contre la mort

|Jacques Lourmel

|Claude Bernard-Aubert

rowspan=4|1960

|Silver Spoon Set

|Anselmo Foresi

|Francesco Maselli

Run with the Devil

|Stefano Solera

|Mario Camerini

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

|Charlotte's new boyfriend

|Jean-Luc Godard

|Short

The Hunchback of Rome

|Alvara aka "Hunchback"

|Carlo Lizzani

rowspan=2|1961

|La peau et les os

|Mazur

|Jean-Paul Sassy

Gold of Rome

|Davide

|Carlo Lizzani

rowspan=2|1962

|Hatari!

|Charles "Chips" Maurey

|Howard Hawks

Lo sgarro

|Paolo

|Silvio Siano

rowspan=3|1963

|The Eye of the Needle

|Toto Cacace

|Marcello Andrei

Les Vierges

|Xavier de Brétevielle

|Jean-Pierre Mocky

La soupe aux poulets

|Claudio

|Philippe Agostini

rowspan=3|1964

|La Bonne Soupe

|Le peintre

|Robert Thomas

Via Veneto

|Giuseppe Lipartiti

Amori pericolosi

|L'attendente

|Giulio Questi

|(segment "Il generale")

1965

|Un amore

|Marcello

|Gianni Vernuccio

1966

|M.M.M. 83

|Robert Gibson

|Sergio Bergonzelli

rowspan=2|1967

|La musica

|Marguerite Duras and Paul Seban

Shock Troops

|Thomas

|Constantin Costa-Gavras

1968

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Negresco (film)|de|3=Negresco****|lt=Negresco}}

|Roger

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Klaus Lemke|de}}

1969

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes|fr}}

|Joë Caligula

|José Bénazéraf

1970

|Caïn de nulle part

|Caïn

|Daniel Daërt

1971

|Paolo e Francesca

|Giovanni Malatrasi

|Gianni Vernuccio

rowspan=2|1977

|The American Friend

|Raoul Minot

|Wim Wenders

The Machine Age

|Le journaliste

|Gilles Carle

1978

|Utopia

|Gérard

|Iradj Azimi

1981

|La Flambeuse

|Henri

|Rachel Weinberg

rowspan=2|1983

|Un dimanche de flic

|Emilio

|Michel Vianey

La derelitta

|Redza

|Jean-Pierre Igoux

1986

|La Presqu'île

|Simon

|Georges Luneau

1987

|Poussière d'ange

|Broz

|Edouard Niermans

1988

|Natalia

|Claude Roitman

|Bernard Cohn

rowspan=2|1989

|Jour après jour

|Richard Lunet

|Alain Attal

L'enfant de l'hiver

|Stephane's father

|Olivier Assayas

1992

|Chasse gardée

|Pierre Bufières

|Jean-Claude Biette

1999

|Cinématon

|Himself

|Gérard Courant

2001

|Bandits d'amour

|The priest

|Pierre Le Bret

=Director=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1971 \|The Friends \|Philippe March / Yann Favre \|Writer
1974 \|The Pelican \|Dominique Ravix / Daniel Sarky \|Writer
1976 \|A Child in the Crowd \|Jean François Cimino / César Chauveau \|Writer
1978 \|Second Wind \|Robert Stack / Anicée Alvina \|Writer
1980 \|The Rebel \|Patrick Norbert \|Writer
1987 \|Pierre and Djemila \|Abdelkader / Djedjigua Ait-Hamouda \|Writer
1993 \|La Fortune de Gaspard \|Vincent de Bouard \|TV movie Writer
\|1995 \|Jusqu'au bout de la nuit \|François \|Director / Writer
\|2000 \|{{ill\|Ainsi soit-il (film)\|lt=Ainsi soit-il\|fr}} \|Paul Blain \|Writer

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1971

|The Friends

|Philippe March / Yann Favre

|Writer

1974

|The Pelican

|Dominique Ravix / Daniel Sarky