Portrait of Charles Boyer

Acting

Charles Boyer

Career

Active from 1920 to 1978, busiest in 1934 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
70
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Charles Boyer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Romantic Drama 5
  • French Cinema 5
  • Classic Romance 4
  • Melodrama 4
  • Period Drama 4
  • Forbidden Love 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Love Triangle 3
  • Tragic Romance 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

as (archive footage)

1970s

4 titles · average score 50
The Louvre
The Louvre (1978)

as Narrator

A Matter of Time
A Matter of Time (1976)
GoodWatch score 46

as Count Sanziani

Stavisky...
Stavisky... (1974)
GoodWatch score 70

as Le baron Jean Raoul

Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1973)
GoodWatch score 32

as The High Lama

1960s

15 titles · average score 62
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
GoodWatch score 35

as The Broker

The April Fools
The April Fools (1969)
GoodWatch score 47

as Andre Greenlaw

The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot (1968)

as Vostov

Barefoot in the Park
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
GoodWatch score 69

as Victor Velasco

Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
GoodWatch score 72

as Doctor Monod

How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million (1966)
GoodWatch score 89

as Bernard De Solnay

A Very Special Favor
A Very Special Favor (1965)
GoodWatch score 54

as Michel Boullard

The Rogues
The Rogues (1964)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Marcel St. Clair

Love is a Ball
Love is a Ball (1963)
GoodWatch score 55

as M. Etienne Pimm

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
GoodWatch score 56

as Marcelo Desnoyers

Adorable Julia
Adorable Julia (1962)

as Michael Grosselyn

Fanny
Fanny (1961)
GoodWatch score 67

as Cesar

1950s

19 titles · average score 69
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer (1958)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dominique You

Maxime
Maxime (1958)

as Maxime Cherpray

La Parisienne
La Parisienne (1957)
GoodWatch score 59

as Le prince Charles

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

as Monsieur Gasse

What a Woman!
What a Woman! (1956)
GoodWatch score 63

as Count Gregorio Sennetti

The Cobweb
The Cobweb (1955)
GoodWatch score 61

as Dr. Douglas N. Devanal

Nana
Nana (1955)
GoodWatch score 62

as Comte Muffat

The Earrings of Madame de...
The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
GoodWatch score 89

as Général André de...

Thunder in the East
Thunder in the East (1952)
GoodWatch score 59

as Primer Minister Singh

The Happy Time
The Happy Time (1952)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jacques Bonnard

The First Legion
The First Legion (1951)
GoodWatch score 69

as Father Marc Arnoux

The 13th Letter
The 13th Letter (1951)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dr. Paul Laurent

1940s

17 titles · average score 69
Arch of Triumph
Arch of Triumph (1948)
GoodWatch score 58

as Dr. Ravic

A Woman's Vengeance
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
GoodWatch score 70

as Henry Maurier

Cluny Brown
Cluny Brown (1946)
GoodWatch score 84

as Adam Belinski

The Battle of the Rails
The Battle of the Rails (1946)
GoodWatch score 70

as Narrator (voice)

Confidential Agent
Confidential Agent (1945)
GoodWatch score 62

as Luis Denard

Gaslight
Gaslight (1944)
GoodWatch score 83

as Gregory Anton

Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
GoodWatch score 75

as Paul Gaspar (segment 3)

The Constant Nymph
The Constant Nymph (1943)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lewis Dodd

Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
GoodWatch score 70

as Paul Orman

Back Street
Back Street (1941)
GoodWatch score 68

as Walter Louis Saxel

Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
GoodWatch score 79

as Georges Iscovescu

All This, and Heaven Too
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
GoodWatch score 79

as Duc de Praslin

1930s

27 titles · average score 66
Love Affair
Love Affair (1939)
GoodWatch score 80

as Michel Marnet

When Tomorrow Comes
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
GoodWatch score 52

as Phillipe Andre Chagal

Algiers
Algiers (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

as Pepe le Moko

Orage
Orage (1938)

as André Pascaud

History Is Made at Night
History Is Made at Night (1937)
GoodWatch score 86

as Paul Dumond

Conquest
Conquest (1937)
GoodWatch score 81

as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Tovarich
Tovarich (1937)
GoodWatch score 57

as Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff

The Garden of Allah
The Garden of Allah (1936)
GoodWatch score 44

as Boris Androvsky

Mayerling
Mayerling (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

as Archduke Rudolf

Break of Hearts
Break of Hearts (1935)
GoodWatch score 48

as Franz Roberti

La bataille
La bataille (1934)

as Le marquis Yorisaka

Liliom
Liliom (1934)
GoodWatch score 84

as Liliom Zadowski

1920s

2 titles · average score 65
Captain Fracasse
Captain Fracasse (1929)
GoodWatch score 65

as The Duke

The Man of the Sea
The Man of the Sea (1920)
GoodWatch score 64

as Guenn la Taupe