Charles Boyer

Birthday: 28 August 1899, Figeac, Lot, France

Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m) 

Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976.^[1] After receiving an education in drama, Boyer became a star of 1920s French theater, but he found his greatest success in American movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised in romantic dramas such as Conquest (1937) with Greta Garbo; Algiers (1938) with Hedy Lamarr; and Love Affair (1939) with Irene Dunne. Another famous role was in the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight opposite Ingrid Bergman. He received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.

Filmography

Features

L'Homme du large (1920) Chantelouve (1921) Le Grillon du foyer (1922) Esclave (1922) Infernal Circle (1928) La Barcarolle d'amour (1929) Captain Fracasse (1929) Le Procès de Mary Dugan (1930) Revolt in the Prison (1931) The Magnificent Lie (1931) Tumultes (1932) The Man from Yesterday (1932) Red-Headed Woman (1932) La Bataille (1933) L'Épervier (1933) The Empress and I (1933, voice) F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1933) Moi et l'impératrice (1933) Liliom (1934) The Battle (1934) The Only Girl (1934) Caravan (1934) Caravane (1934) Le Bonheur (1934) Private Worlds (1935) Break of Hearts (1935) Shanghai (1935) I Loved a Soldier (1936, Unfinished film) Mayerling (1936) The Garden of Allah (1936) History Is Made at Night (1937) Conquest (1937) Tovarich (1937) Orage (1938) Algiers (1938) Le Corsaire (1939) Love Affair (1939) When Tomorrow Comes (1939) All This, and Heaven Too (1940) Back Street (1941) Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Appointment for Love (1941) Tales of Manhattan (1942)

The Heart of a Nation (1943, US version only) The Constant Nymph (1943) Flesh and Fantasy (1943, third segment) Gaslight (1944) Together Again (1944) The Fighting Lady (1944, French version only) Narrator Confidential Agent (1945) The Battle of the Rails (1946, uncredited) Narrator Cluny Brown (1946) A Woman's Vengeance (1948) Arch of Triumph (1948) The 13th Letter (1951) The First Legion (1951) The Happy Time (1952) Thunder in the East (1952) The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) Boum sur Paris (1953) The Cobweb (1955) Nana (1955) Lucky to Be a Woman (1956) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Paris, Palace Hotel (1956) It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957, uncredited) La Parisienne (1957) Maxime (1958) The Buccaneer (1958) Fanny (1961) Midnight Folly (1961) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) Adorable Julia (1962) Love Is a Ball (1963) A Very Special Favor (1965) How to Steal a Million (1966) Is Paris Burning? (1966) Casino Royale (1967) Barefoot in the Park (1967) Hot Line (1968) The April Fools (1969) The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) Lost Horizon (1973) Stavisky (1974) A Matter of Time (1976)