24 Interesting Facts About Charles Boyer

1. #001

   Two days after his wife's death, and two days before what would have been his seventy-ninth birthday, Charles Boyer took a lethal dose of barbiturates.

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2. #002

   Chuck Jones used Charles Boyer's French voice and mannerisms when creating the famous cartoon skunk Pépé Le Pew.

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3. #003

   In his twenties, Charles Boyer was half bald and wore a toupee only for film roles. He never wore one in public.

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4. #004

   Charles Boyer earned a philosophy degree from the Sorbonne.

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5. #005

   In addition to English and French, Charles Boyer also spoke German, Italian and Spanish.

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6. #006

   Charles Boyer became a United States citizen in 1942.

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7. #010

   In 1941, Charles Boyer founded the French Research Foundation, a French research library used in pre-production work for films. During World War II he moved his library to West Hollywood and used it to research costumes, buildings and furniture of French history for his film Arch of Triumph (1946).

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8. #013

   In 1928, Charles Boyer signed a deal with Ufa in Berlin to make French-language versions of German films.

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9. #014

   Charles Boyer studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and drama at the Paris Conservatory.

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10. #015

    Charles Boyer reportedly turned down offers to appear in If I Were King (1938), The Great Waltz (1938) and Wuthering Heights (1939).

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11. #017

    Charles Boyer's surname is pronounced "Boy-yay." He often wrote the pronunciation in parentheses, and eventually became famous enough that most people pronounced it correctly.

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12. #018

    Anatole Litvak considered Charles Boyer the best actor he had ever worked with.

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13. #020

    After his death, Charles Boyer was buried alongside his wife Pat Paterson at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

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14. #021

    Director Leo McCarey wrote the Michael part in Love Affair with Charles Boyer in mind, and Charles listed it as his favorite of his films; it led to a lifelong friendship with his co-star Irene Dunne, and they made two more films together — Tomorrow Never Comes and Together Again.

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15. #023

    He also appeared as himself on the CBS sitcom I Love Lucy.

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16. #025

    In 1933 he scored a great success on the Paris stage in "Le Bonheur". It would be his last appearance on the Paris stage.

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17. #026

    In November 1939 Boyer was discharged from the army and returned to Hollywood because the French government thought he would be more useful in film production.

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18. #027

    Boyer's last performance was in A Matter of Time (1976), directed by Vincente Minnelli, in which he appeared with Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman.

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19. #028

    Charles Boyer returned from the United States to France to make Le corsaire (1939) for Marc Allégret. He was shooting the film in Nice when France declared war on Germany in September 1939. Production was halted upon the declaration of war. Boyer joined the French army. The film was never completed, though some of its footage was later released.

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20. #029

    His later work included the musical remake of Lost Horizon (1973) and the French film Stavisky (1974), in which the lead was played by Jean-Paul Belmondo; it won him the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor[3] and also a Special Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

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21. #030

    Boyer was a shy small-town boy who discovered cinema and theater at the age of eleven.

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22. #031

    He appeared with Annabella in "La bataille" (1933). The film was also shot in an English-language version titled "The Battle", in which Merle Oberon replaced Annabella and Boyer reprised his role.

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23. #033

    Boyer was first brought to Hollywood by MGM, which wanted him to play Chester Morris's role in the French-language version of The Big House (1930), Révolte dans la prison (1931).

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24. #036

    Boyer became a United States citizen in Los Angeles on 15 June 1942.

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