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Charles Boyer (1899-1978) was a four-time Oscar® winning French actor. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his first real success in American films during the 1930s. His IMDb page shows 92 acting credits from 1920 to 1976. In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks 44 of his movies in 6 different sortable columns. Television roles, cameos, shorts and many of his French movies (no box office) were not included in the rankings on the table.
Charles Boyer Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1944
Gaslight (1944)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
1967
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
1940
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1943
The Constant Nymph (1943)
1942
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
1961
Fanny (1961)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
1941
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
AA Best Picture Nom
1937
Tovarich (1937)
1943
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
1966
How To Steal a Million (1966)
1958
The Buccaneer (1958)
1937
History Is Made At Night (1937)
1945
Confidential Agent (1945)
1939
Love Affair (1939)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Algiers (1938)
AA Best Actor Nom
1967
Casino Royale (1967)
1946
Cluny Brown (1946)
1939
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
1937
Conquest/Marie Walewska (1937)
AA Best Actor Nom
1941
Back Street (1941)
1932
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
1969
The April Fools (1969)
1955
The Cobweb (1955)
1936
The Garden of Allah (1936)
1952
Thunder in the East (1952)
1944
Together Again (1944)
1948
Arch of Triumph (1948)
1957
La Parisienne (1957)
1941
Appointment For Love (1941)
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
1951
The 13th Letter (1951)
1934
Caravan (1934)
1966
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
1936
Mayerling (1936)
1973
Lost Horizon (1973)
1952
The Happy Time (1952)
1965
A Very Special Favor (1965)
1948
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
1935
Shanghai (1935)
1935
Break of Hearts (1935)
1935
Private Worlds (1935)
1951
The First Legion (1951)
1963
Love Is a Ball (1963)
1974
Stavisky... (1974)
1976
A Matter of Time (1976)
1938
Orage/Storm (1938)
1968
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot (1968)
1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Gaslight (1944) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Ingrid Bergman & Angela Lansbury |
7.30 | 245.9 | 501.3 | 29 | 83 | 07 / 02 | 99.3 | |
| 3 | Barefoot in the Park (1967) | Robert Redford & Jane Fonda |
22.50 | 200.5 | 200.5 | 12 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 2 | All This, and Heaven Too (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Bette Davis & Jeffrey Lynn |
4.20 | 161.3 | 271.4 | 29 | 78 | 03 / 00 | 96.3 | |
| 4 | The Constant Nymph (1943) | Joan Fontaine & Peter Lorre |
5.40 | 195.1 | 361.3 | 50 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 4 | Tales of Manhattan (1942) | Charles Boyer & Rita Hayworth |
7.10 | 265.5 | 265.5 | 18 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 5 | Fanny (1961) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Leslie Caron | 12.10 | 176.8 | 280.8 | 15 | 69 | 05 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 7 | Hold Back the Dawn (1941) AA Best Picture Nom |
Olivia de Haviland & Paulette Goddard |
2.90 | 111.8 | 111.8 | 86 | 84 | 06 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 9 | Tovarich (1937) | Claudette Colbert | 4.10 | 168.2 | 168.2 | 40 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 92.1 | |
| 10 | Flesh and Fantasy (1943) | Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson |
5.10 | 184.8 | 184.8 | 55 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 11 | How To Steal a Million (1966) | Audrey Hepburn & Peter O'Toole |
11.00 | 107.8 | 107.8 | 26 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 13 | The Buccaneer (1958) | Charlton Heston & Directed by Anthony Quinn |
9.10 | 164.3 | 164.3 | 20 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 12 | History Is Made At Night (1937) | Jean Arthur & Walter Wanger |
3.10 | 130.5 | 229.4 | 68 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 14 | Confidential Agent (1945) | Lauren Bacall & Peter Lorre |
4.50 | 142.2 | 241.1 | 80 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 13 | Love Affair (1939) AA Best Picture Nom |
Irene Dunne | 2.20 | 82.8 | 82.8 | 110 | 77 | 06 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 15 | Algiers (1938) AA Best Actor Nom |
Gene Lockhart & Walter Wanger |
3.20 | 129.0 | 215.9 | 59 | 65 | 04 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 16 | Casino Royale (1967) | Woody Allen & David Niven |
22.40 | 199.9 | 369.2 | 13 | 42 | 01 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 16 | Cluny Brown (1946) | Jennifer Jones | 2.70 | 83.2 | 83.2 | 109 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 17 | When Tomorrow Comes (1939) | Irene Dunne | 3.20 | 123.2 | 123.2 | 67 | 62 | 01 / 01 | 85.2 | |
| 18 | Conquest/Marie Walewska (1937) AA Best Actor Nom |
Greta Garbo & Reginald Owen |
2.90 | 121.1 | 355.1 | 76 | 63 | 02 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 20 | Back Street (1941) | Margaret Sullavan | 2.90 | 113.3 | 113.3 | 84 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 21 | Red-Headed Woman (1932) | Jean Harlow & Lewis Stone |
1.80 | 89.9 | 106.5 | 45 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 23 | The April Fools (1969) | Jack Lemmon & Joel Hirschhorn |
14.30 | 108.5 | 108.5 | 23 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 22 | The Cobweb (1955) | Richard Widmark & Lauren Bacall |
4.30 | 88.8 | 124.0 | 80 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 25 | The Garden of Allah (1936) | Marlene Dietrich | 3.70 | 158.1 | 158.1 | 37 | 46 | 02 / 00 | 82.6 | |
| 24 | Thunder in the East (1952) | Alan Ladd & Deborah Kerr |
5.60 | 108.9 | 108.9 | 58 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 82.2 | |
| 26 | Together Again (1944) | Irene Dunne | 2.70 | 89.7 | 89.7 | 105 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 80.2 | |
| 27 | Arch of Triumph (1948) | Ingrid Bergman & Charles Laughton |
4.50 | 120.6 | 120.6 | 81 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 28 | La Parisienne (1957) | Charles Boyer & Henri Vidal |
3.50 | 67.5 | 67.5 | 70 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 30 | Appointment For Love (1941) | Margaret Sullavan | 2.00 | 77.4 | 77.4 | 117 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 72.7 | |
| 29 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) | Glenn Ford & Ingrid Thulin |
4.60 | 65.7 | 168.4 | 54 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 72.7 | |
| 31 | The 13th Letter (1951) | Linda Darnell | 2.10 | 46.2 | 46.2 | 150 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 33 | Caravan (1934) | Loretta Young | 1.20 | 56.4 | 56.4 | 96 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
| 32 | Is Paris Burning? (1966) | Jean-Paul Belmondo & Charles Boyer |
2.00 | 19.6 | 68.1 | 101 | 73 | 02 / 00 | 68.5 | |
| 32 | Mayerling (1936) | Danielle Darrieux | 0.80 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 165 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 36 | Lost Horizon (1973) | George Kennedy | 11.50 | 70.1 | 70.1 | 33 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 62.2 | |
| 34 | The Happy Time (1952) | Louis Jourdan | 0.90 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 207 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 61.8 | |
| 35 | A Very Special Favor (1965) | Rock Hudson & Leslie Caron |
4.50 | 47.1 | 47.1 | 60 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | |
| 37 | A Woman's Vengeance (1948) | Ann Blyth | 1.20 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 167 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 38 | Shanghai (1935) | Loretta Young & Walter Wanger |
0.90 | 40.7 | 65.6 | 145 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
| 39 | Break of Hearts (1935) | Katharine Hepburn | 1.20 | 56.1 | 89.2 | 108 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 54.8 | |
| 41 | Private Worlds (1935) | Claudette Colbert & Joel McCrea |
1.50 | 68.3 | 105.1 | 81 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 52.9 | |
| 40 | The First Legion (1951) | William Demarest & Leo G. Carroll |
0.50 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 223 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 49.4 | |
| 43 | Love Is a Ball (1963) | Glenn Ford & Hope Lange |
1.90 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 92 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 46.5 | |
| 43 | Stavisky... (1974) | Jean-Paul Belmondo & Gérard Depardieu |
0.20 | 0.9 | 15.8 | 151 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.8 | |
| 44 | A Matter of Time (1976) | Liza Minnelli & Ingrid Bergman |
6.10 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 77 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 35.9 | |
| 46 | Orage/Storm (1938) | Michèle Morgan | 0.20 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 204 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | |
| 46 | The Day the Hot Line Got Hot (1968) | Robert Taylor | 0.10 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 183 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 8.1 | |
| 47 | The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) | Katharine Hepburn & Charles Boyer |
1.90 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 102 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 6.4 |
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Hello,
The great French lover and he was the leading actor with Garbo, Dietrich , Bergman, Hepburn…
But there is a french film which is a great chef d œuvre and it is call
« Madame de… » from Max Ophuls with Danielle Darrieux, i saw it two weeks ago and I stay before the TV until the end because it is simply perfect…
Mayerling was a great succès in America with Darrieux and In your page I learn something , a film with LInda Darnell that I did not see.
It is a remake of a french film which is call « Le Corbeau »
Thank you Bruce for the page
Bye
Pierre
Hey Pierre…..good to hear from you. I figured a page on one of the great French actors would get a comment out of you….lol. Sadly…many of Boyer’s French movies did not make this page….sound like Madame de with Danielle Darrieux is worth checking out. Glad you were able to learn something from this page. Thanks for the feedback…hope all is well with you.
Doesn’t look like I was much of a Boyer fan, looking at the list I’ve only seen 3 of his films. Pitiful I know. Well in my defence he simply wasn’t appearing in films that appealed to me.
The three I saw are – Casino Royale, How to Steal a Million and The Buccaneer. I may have seen Barefoot in the Park decades ago, can’t remember. Gaslight is on my to-see list.
I’m more familiar with the quote “come wiz me to de Kazbaah!” than the actor who supposedly said it. According to Wikipedia he did say it in the trailer to Algiers.
bon travail Bruce. Vote Up!
HI STEVE More new information for me from you – I didn’t know that “Come wiz me” was in just the trailer. Thanks for sharing that.
Apparently Algiers made a profit of $150,000 back in 1937 which according to the Consumer Price Index of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics would be worth about $2.7 million today. Wouldn’t interest the likes of the Spielbergs and the Lucases who are seeking billions when they make a movie but in the early decades of Hollywood the structure was the mass production of movies at relatively low costs which would mostly make low to modest profits individually by today’s standards but collectively would generate fortunes for the studios.
Boyer was one of Hollywood’s great romantics – off screen as well as on it. Unusually for a movie star he was married only once, to Pat Patterson for 44 years from 1934 until her death from cancer in August 1978, upon which he committed suicide two days later from a broken heart. Tragically also the only child of Charles and Pat, Michael, had also taken his own life in 1965 aged just 22.
Because of our old friend “billing”. Ingrid Bergman almost didn’t get the plumb female lead in 1944’s Gaslight which won her an Oscar. Boyer’s contract guaranteed him 1st billing but Ingrid’s agent [taking account of the fact that she had just appeared (1942/43) in the two monster box office hits Casablanca and For Whom the Bell Tolls] was refusing to let her accept second billing and was proposing to turn down the role.
However she convinced him to change his mind by using arguments such as “What does it matter who comes first as long as both names are the same size and appear above the title together?” Fans of Spencer Tracy and Steve McQueen please take note!
Hey Bob…..good comment on Mr. Boyer. I especially liked the information on Charles and Pat Patterson……none of that information was known by me. Interesting about the billing and Boyer and Bergman. Regardless of billing…that movie belongs to Bergman….she is pretty much in every scene in the movie….and Boyer is almost pushed into a supporting role….at least how I remember it….but I acknowledge in has been many years since seeing that movie. Bergman won her first of 3 Oscars for Gaslight. Boyer got his 3rd of 4 nominations for Gaslight….so it worked out well for the both of them. Good stuff.
HI BRUCE Thanks for your response. I agree with you about Ingrid’s dominance though I think that Charles’ less screen time goes with the character he played. Too much screen exposure can lessen the menace that his character was supposed to generate.
When they came to renew their partnership in 1948’s Arch of Triumph though Ingrid must have been a bit more jealous of her billing because if you look at the poster on Wiki for example you will see they used the McQueen/Newman Towering Inferno compromise billing in that Charles got first billing and Ingrid was listed second but her name was raised above Boyer’s.
However the conventional observation of that arrangement is that whoever is billed first [i.e. on the left of the poster as you look at, which is Boyer on the posters for Arc of Triumph] has the better billing even if the co-star’s name is on a higher level. Maybe all those years ago Tracy realised that conventional wisdom might change and that is why he refused to agree to any of those kinds of compromises!
Hey Steve…..thanks for the visit, comment and tally on Mr. Charles Boyer. My tally is only slightly bigger than your 3….and both of us trail Flora by “a country mile”. I am really surprised that you have not seen Gaslight. I feel that is a movie that Hitchcock could have made…..lots of the same themes…..Bergman as the leading lady……you should check that one out. When I think of Boyer….Gaslight is the movie that comes into my mind. Angela Lansbury got her first Oscar nomination for that movie….only three quarters of a century ago….the kids were watching her last night in Mary Poppins Returns. Now…that…I…..feel is a cool stat.
Charles Boyer was not on the December 15, 2018 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. When they did the list again on December 29th he was 806.
These are the actors on the current top 1000’s he appeared with.
18 JOHN GIELGUD Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
18 JOHN GIELGUD Lost Horizon (1973)
24 GERALDINE CHAPLIN Casino Royale (1967)
28 TREVOR HOWARD Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
32 PETER O’TOOLE Casino Royale (1967)
32 PETER O’TOOLE How to Steal a Million (1966)
37 GERARD DEPARDIEU Stavisky… (1974)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
48 JOHN CARRADINE The Garden of Allah (1936)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY Lost Horizon (1973)
57 ORSON WELLES Casino Royale (1967)
57 ORSON WELLES Is Paris Burning? (1966)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
92 CHARLTON HESTON The Buccaneer (1958)
100 ELI WALLACH How to Steal a Million (1966)
101 BURT KWOUK Casino Royale (1967)
109 DAVID NIVEN Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
109 DAVID NIVEN Casino Royale (1967)
112 SHIRLEY MACLAINE Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
117 MICHAEL YORK Lost Horizon (1973)
120 JOHN MILLS Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS Together Again (1944)
140 LAUREN BACALL Confidential Agent (1945)
140 LAUREN BACALL The Cobweb (1955)
141 KIRK DOUGLAS Is Paris Burning? (1966)
144 FERNANDO REY A Matter of Time (1976)
155 ROBERT MORLEY Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
174 ANJELICA HUSTON Casino Royale (1967)
193 WILLIAM HOLDEN Casino Royale (1967)
208 TELLY SAVALAS Love Is a Ball (1963)
216 JEAN-PIERRE CASSEL Is Paris Burning? (1966)
222 MICHAEL LONSDALE Is Paris Burning? (1966)
222 MICHAEL LONSDALE Stavisky… (1974)
224 JACQUELINE BISSET Casino Royale (1967)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY Gaslight (1944)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
233 MARCELLO MASTROIANNI What a Woman! (1956)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF I Loved a Soldier (1936)
247 JOHN WOOD Love Is a Ball (1963)
248 WOODY ALLEN Casino Royale (1967)
273 CLAIRE BLOOM The Buccaneer (1958)
277 MICHEL PICCOLI Is Paris Burning? (1966)
297 HENRY FONDA Tales of Manhattan (1942)
305 JOSEPH COTTEN Gaslight (1944)
308 GLENN FORD Is Paris Burning? (1966)
308 GLENN FORD Love Is a Ball (1963)
308 GLENN FORD The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
309 ROBERT TAYLOR Le rouble à deux faces (1968)
321 GEORGE SANDERS Tales of Manhattan (1942)
334 ROBERT REDFORD Barefoot in the Park (1967)
339 SOPHIA LOREN What a Woman! (1956)
365 CATHERINE DENEUVE The April Fools (1969)
374 ANTHONY PERKINS Is Paris Burning? (1966)
408 GRAHAM STARK Casino Royale (1967)
410 WOODY STRODE The Buccaneer (1958)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK The Cobweb (1955)
430 GABRIELE FERZETTI A Matter of Time (1976)
435 ROBERT STACK Is Paris Burning? (1966)
452 JOHN HUSTON Casino Royale (1967)
467 PAUL FIX Conquest (1937)
475 HORST BUCHHOLZ Fanny (1961)
476 YUL BRYNNER The Buccaneer (1958)
476 YUL BRYNNER The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
487 MARCEL DALIO Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
487 MARCEL DALIO How to Steal a Million (1966)
487 MARCEL DALIO The Constant Nymph (1943)
487 MARCEL DALIO The Happy Time (1952)
502 JACK LEMMON The April Fools (1969)
512 KEYE LUKE Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
512 KEYE LUKE Shanghai (1935)
516 ALAIN DELON Is Paris Burning? (1966)
535 LESLIE CARON A Very Special Favor (1965)
535 LESLIE CARON Fanny (1961)
535 LESLIE CARON Is Paris Burning? (1966)
537 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Buccaneer (1958)
545 ISABELLA ROSSELLINI A Matter of Time (1976)
566 LILLI PALMER Julia, Du bist zauberhaft (1962)
600 JANE FONDA Barefoot in the Park (1967)
605 LIONEL STANDER I Loved a Soldier (1936)
616 SUSAN STRASBERG The Cobweb (1955)
619 JOHN LE MESURIER Casino Royale (1967)
631 GEORGE COULOURIS All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
631 GEORGE COULOURIS Confidential Agent (1945)
687 FRANK SINATRA Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN Lost Horizon (1973)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN The April Fools (1969)
782 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
782 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Tales of Manhattan (1942)
784 CESAR ROMERO Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
784 CESAR ROMERO Tales of Manhattan (1942)
801 BETTE DAVIS All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
805 CHARLES LANE Appointment for Love (1941)
805 CHARLES LANE Back Street (1941)
851 E.G. MARSHALL Is Paris Burning? (1966)
851 E.G. MARSHALL The Buccaneer (1958)
853 LOUIS JOURDAN The Happy Time (1952)
853 LOUIS JOURDAN Untel père et fils (1943)
858 GERT FROBE Is Paris Burning? (1966)
866 PERCY HERBERT Casino Royale (1967)
867 PETER LAWFORD Cluny Brown (1946)
867 PETER LAWFORD Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
867 PETER LAWFORD The April Fools (1969)
897 WOLFGANG PREISS Is Paris Burning? (1966)
949 DORIS ROBERTS BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (1967)
957 JEAN-LOUIS TRINTIGNANT Is Paris Burning? (1966)
990 PETER SELLERS Casino Royale (1967)
996 CLAUDE DAUPHIN Is Paris Burning? (1966)
996 CLAUDE DAUPHIN Paris, Palace Hôtel (1956)
996 CLAUDE DAUPHIN The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
HM (905) GEOFFREY BAYLDON CASINO ROYALE (1967)
HM (927) HUGH GRIFFITH How to Steal a Million (1966)
HM (932) LIONEL JEFFRIES FANNY (1961)
HM (933) JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO Casino Royale (1967)
HM (933) JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO Is Paris Burning? (1966)
HM (933) JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO Stavisky… (1974)
HM (937) GLYNIS JOHNS Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
HM (959) PETER FINCH Lost Horizon (1973)
Charles appeared with 39 Oscar winners.
ANJELICA HUSTON Casino Royale (1967)
AUDREY HEPBURN How to Steal a Million (1966)
BETTE DAVIS All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
CHARLES COBURN Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
CHARLES COBURN The Constant Nymph (1943)
CHARLES COBURN Together Again (1944)
CHARLES LAUGHTON Arch of Triumph (1948)
CHARLES LAUGHTON Tales of Manhattan (1942)
CHARLTON HESTON The Buccaneer (1958)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT Private Worlds (1935)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT The Man from Yesterday (1932)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT Tovarich (1937)
DAVID NIVEN Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
DAVID NIVEN Casino Royale (1967)
FRANK SINATRA Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
GEORGE KENNEDY Lost Horizon (1973)
GEORGE SANDERS Tales of Manhattan (1942)
GINGER ROGERS Tales of Manhattan (1942)
GLORIA GRAHAME The Cobweb (1955)
HENRY FONDA Tales of Manhattan (1942)
HUGH GRIFFITH How to Steal a Million (1966)
INGRID BERGMAN A Matter of Time (1976)
INGRID BERGMAN Arch of Triumph (1948)
INGRID BERGMAN Gaslight (1944)
JACK LEMMON The April Fools (1969)
JANE FONDA Barefoot in the Park (1967)
JENNIFER JONES Cluny Brown (1946)
JESSICA TANDY A Woman’s Vengeance (1948)
JOAN FONTAINE The Constant Nymph (1943)
JOHN GIELGUD Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
JOHN GIELGUD Lost Horizon (1973)
JOHN MILLS Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT THE GARDEN OF ALLAH (1936)
KATHARINE HEPBURN Break of Hearts (1935)
KATHARINE HEPBURN The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
LIZA MINNELLI A Matter of Time (1976)
LORETTA YOUNG Caravan (1934/I)
LORETTA YOUNG Shanghai (1935)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
PAUL LUKAS The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
PETER FINCH Lost Horizon (1973)
RONALD COLMAN Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
SHELLEY WINTERS Together Again (1944)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
SIMONE SIGNORET Is Paris Burning? (1966)
SOPHIA LOREN What a Woman! (1956)
THOMAS MITCHELL Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
THOMAS MITCHELL TALES OF MANHATTAN (1942)
VICTOR MCLAGLEN Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
WILLIAM HOLDEN Casino Royale (1967)
YUL BRYNNER The Buccaneer (1958)
YUL BRYNNER The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
I noticed on the oracle that it includes in the new version using Wikipedia over 400,000 actors. It used over 2 million when it was the IMDB.
Hey Dan
1. Thanks for the trivia lists on Charles Boyer.
2. Being number 806 is pretty impressive….especially since he only made a few movies after the 1960s…..so to be able to stay on the list after almost 60 years….IMPRESSIVE.
3. Lots of great stars on both lists…and some I am not aware of at all….MARCEL DALIO…comes to mind.
4. 39 Oscar winning co-stars is a good total…especially since many of his movies were made in France and did not play in theaters here.
5. I like the list that show 400,000 movies more than the one using 2,000,000.
Good stuff as always.
Charles Boyer never really said “Come with me to the Casbah”, any more than Ingrid Bergman said, “Play it again, Sam”. But the line typified him: exotic, romantic and exciting. Boyer was – and still is- the best continental lover the American screen ever had.”
Rating The Movie Stars 4 Star Charles Boyer Performances:
1927’s La Ronde Infernale
1929’s La Capitaine Fracasse
1929’s Le Proces du Mary Dugan
1935’s Private Worlds
1935’s Shanghai
1936’s Mayerling
1937’s History is Made At Night
1937’s Conquest
1937’s Tovarich
1938’s Algiers
1939’s Love Affair
1939’s When Tomorrow Comes
1940’s All This And Heaven Too
1941’s Hold Back The Dawn
1941’s Appointment For Love
1941’s Back Street
1942’s Tales of Manhattan
1943’s Flesh and Fantasy
1944’s Gaslight
1945’s Confidential Agent
1946’s Cluny Brown
1948’s A Woman’s Vengeance
1951’s The 13th Letter
1955’s The Cobweb
1967’s Barefoot In The Park
Always good to be able to include the thoughts of the two-time Oscar winning Mr. Joel Hirschhorn!
I have seen 18 Charles Boyer movies including 9 of the top 10. I wasn’t aware there were so many Boyer movie I have not seen.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Gaslight.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Toravich.
the LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Love is a Ball.
I’m surprised that Tales of Manhattan got 4th place as often anthology movies don’t do as well.
Favourite Charles Boyer Movies:
Gaslight
Love Affair
Algiers
All This and Heaven Too
Hold Back the Dawn
Barefoot in the Park
The Constant Nymph
How to Steal a Million
Confidential Agent
Red-Headed Woman
The Cobweb
Fanny
Other Charles Boyer Movies:
Tales of Manhattan
Cluny Brown
Conquest
Red-Headed Woman
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Is Paris Burning? (long time since I’ve seen this, I should watch this again)
Love is a Ball
You will note that both of the Glenn Ford movies are not listed among my favourites. Despite Glenn Ford’s presence, they are not favourites of mine.
Hey Flora. First of all….congrats on getting this comment in. With the problems of the website the last few days….this is truly an amazing accomplishment. 18 for you…..I am at a lowly 4 seen….so you almost have seen 5 times my amount. Tales of Manhattan was one of the many “ensemble” movies of the 1940s that did pretty well at the box office. The fact that it was his biggest hit, really helped it reach that number 4 ranking.
My 4 Boyer movies seen…are all in your favourites. I would say How To Steal A Million is my favorite Boyer movie…and his part is very small. My favorite “Boyer leading man” role would be Gaslight. He is very convincing in that role. I always felt that Gaslight was the movie Hitchcock wanted to make with Suspicion. Too bad the studio refused to let Cary Grant be the bad guy.
I saw that his Glenn Ford movies did not make your Top 10…..I guess that speaks volumes for those movies. Good stuff as always.