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Gérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer, known for his comedies with Bourvil and Louis de Funès. He also wrote and directed The Brain, a spy thriller with David Niven.
YearTitleRoleDirectorLes Petits RiensPhilinteRaymond Leboursiera customerJo la RomanceRoland GrenierGilles GrangierBernard DelatourGérard Oury (1919-2006) est un réalisateur, scénariste et acteur français, connu pour ses films à succès avec Louis de Funès. Découvrez sa vie, son œuvre, ses influences et ses distinctions sur Wikipédia.
Gérard Oury (1919-2006) was a French filmmaker who made comedy classics like The Sucker and The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob. He also acted in films like The Mirror Has Two Faces and A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later.
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Jul 20, 2006 · SAINT-TROPEZ, France — The French film director Gérard Oury, whose decades-old comedies are part of France's collective memory and remain hits today, has died, officials said Thursday. He was 87.
Jul 21, 2006 · PARIS, July 20 (Agence France-Presse) — Gérard Oury, the director who made “La Grande Vadrouille,” one of the most popular of all French films, died Thursday at his home in St. Tropez.
Oury, a Jew, shot the film at an ominous period, just a year before the Olympic Games massacre in Munich, shortly before a petrol crisis and the Yom Kippur conflict. The film ends with a Parisian...
Jul 19, 2006 · Gérard Oury (29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum. The son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist, and Marcelle Houry, a journalist, Oury studied at Lycée Janson de Sailly and at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art.