Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/29/1919
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum Gerard OuryЖерар Ури
Gérard Oury
Biography
Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. He is best known for a number of comedies he directed and co-wrote between the 1960s and 1980s, most notably The Sucker (1965), Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966), The Brain (1969), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973), and Ace of Aces (1982).
Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish origin, and French Jewish Marcelle Houry, a journalist and art critic. Tannenbaum was absent from the life of Oury and he...
Known For
The Prize
as Claude Marceau
The Journey
as Teklel Hafouli
Father Brown
as Inspector Dubois
Sea Devils
as Napoleon
Heroes and Sinners
as Villeterre
Back to the Wall
as Jacques Decrey
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
Woman of the River
as Enzo Cinti
Without Leaving an Address
as Un journaliste
The Sword and the Rose
as Dauphin of France
Loves of Three Queens
as Napoleon Bonaparte (segment: Napoleon and Josephine)
Young Girls Beware
as Marcel Palmer
The Best Part
as Gérard Bailly
The Itchy Palm
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
The Secret of Mayerling
as (uncredited)
House of Secrets
as Julius Pindar
Antoine & Antoinette
as Le client galant
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as docteur Bosc
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
The Heart of the Matter
as Yusef