Charles Boyer

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Nationality: French
Birthdate: 08/28/1899
Birthplace: Figeac, France
Death Date: 08/26/1978

biography

Romantic French lead whose second stay in Hollywood (the first was from 1929-31) established him as a major star and the personification of Gallic charm. Boyer played opposite some of Hollywood's greatest leading ladies and starred in three classics of unrequited love: "All This and Heaven Too" (1940, opposite Bette Davis), "Back Street" (1941, opposite Margaret Sullavan) and "Hold Back the Dawn" (1941, opposite Olivia de Havilland). He played masterfully against type to drive Ingrid Bergman to insanity in "Gaslight" (1944).

After the war, Boyer continued to appear on Broadway and TV, in French Continued

Credits

Baron Raoul
1974
LeGrand
1967
Victor Velasco
1967
DeSolnay
1966
Mon. Gasse
1956
Dr Douglas N Devanal
1955
Gregory Anton
1944
The High Lama
Andre Greenlaw
Dominique You
Monsieur Etienne Pimm
Michel Boullard
Cesar
Michael Gosselyn
Duke De Praslin
Count Muffat
Maxime
Prince Charles
General Andre de
Henri Delormel

milestones

Year
Milestone
1920 
Stage debut and film debut (in "L'homme du large")
 
Appeared in numerous stage productions from 1950s, including world tour of G.B. Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell"
1959 
Co-counded, with Thomas McDermott, David Niven and Dick Powell, production company Four Star Television
1964 
Co-starred with Niven in Four Star production "The Rogues"

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