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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)....
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Filmography

American Lifestyles - ( / 1987 / Released / )
A Matter of Time - ( Count / 1976 / Released / AIP )
Stavisky - ( Baron Raoul / 1974 / Released / )
Lost Horizon - ( The High Lama / 1972 / Released / )
The April Fools - ( Andre Greenlaw / 1969 / Released / )
The Madwoman of Chaillot - ( The Broker / 1969 / Released / )
Barefoot in the Park - ( Victor Velasco / 1967 / Released / )
Casino Royale - ( LeGrand / 1967 / Released / )
How to Steal a Million - ( DeSolnay / 1966 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
Is Paris Burning? - ( Monod / 1966 / Released / )
A Very Special Favor - ( Michel Boullard / 1965 / Released / )
Adorable Julia - ( Michael Gosselyn / 1964 / Released / See-Art Films )
Love Is a Ball - ( Monsieur Etienne Pimm / 1963 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Maxime - ( Maxime / 1962 / Released / )
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - ( Marcelo Desnoyers / 1962 / Released / )
Fanny - ( Cesar / 1961 / Released / )
The Buccaneer - ( Dominique You / 1958 / Released / )
Nana - ( Count Muffat / 1957 / Released / )
Une Parisienne - ( Prince Charles / 1957 / Released / Lopert Films )
Around the World in 80 Days - ( Mon. Gasse / 1956 / Released / Brenno Rossi Video )
Paris Palace Hotel - ( Henri Delormel / 1956 / Released / )
The Cobweb - ( Dr Douglas N Devanal / 1955 / Released / )
The Earrings of Madame De... - ( General Andre de / 1954 / Released / Arlan Pictures )
The 13th Letter - ( / 1951 / Released / )
Cluny Brown - ( / 1946 / Released / 20th Century Fox Studios )
Gaslight - ( Gregory Anton / 1944 / Released / )
Back Street - ( / 1941 / Released / Universal )
Hold Back the Dawn - ( / 1941 / Released / )
All This, and Heaven Too - ( Duke De Praslin / 1940 / Released / )
Algiers - ( / 1938 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Conquest - ( / 1937 / Released / )
Break of Hearts - ( / 1935 / Released / )
Private Worlds - ( / 1935 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Love Affair - ( / / Released / RKO Pictures Distribution )
The Garden of Allah - ( / / Released / )
When Tomorrow Comes - ( / / Released / Universal )
TV Credits
George ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Turn of Fate ( 1957 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

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 films and on the London stage. His career lasted longer than that of any other romantic male of his era, earning him the title "the last of the cinema's great lovers." He was married from 1934 to British-born actress Pat Patterson; soon after she died, Boyer followed her by swallowing an overdose of barbiturates.


Profession(s):
Actor, TV producer, TV director
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
son:Michael Boyer (birn in 1944; committed suicide in 1965)
wife:Pat Paterson (married from 1934 until her death on August 24, 1978)

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Education
Sorbonne, University of Paris Paris, France philosophy
Paris Conservatoire Paris, France
Awards (Back to top)
Cannes Film Festival Special Tribute "Stavisky" 1974
New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor "Stavisky" 1974
Special Tony 1952
Honorary Oscar 1942
National Board of Review Award Best Acting "Conquest" 1937

Milestones (Back to top)
1964 - 1965 Co-starred with Niven in Four Star production "The Rogues"
1959 Co-counded, with Thomas McDermott, David Niven and Dick Powell, production company Four Star Television
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"

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