- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- The Latin Lover
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Charles Boyer studied philosophy before he went to the theater where he gave his debut in 1920. Although he had at first no intentions to pursue a career at the movies (his first movie was Man of the Sea (1920) by Marcel L'Herbier) he used his chance in Hollywood after several filming stations all over Europe. In the beginning of his career his beautiful voice was hidden by the silent movies but in Hollywood he became famous for his whispered declarations of love (like in movies with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich or Ingrid Bergman). In 1934 he married Pat Paterson, his first and (unusual for a star) only wife. He was so faithful to her that he decided to commit suicide two days after her death in 1978.
- IMDb mini biography by: Volker Boehm
- SpousePat Paterson(February 14, 1934 - August 24, 1978) (her death, 1 child)
- ChildrenMichael Charles Boyer
- Heavy French accent.
- Took a fatal dose of barbiturates two days after his wife's death, which was also two days before his own seventy-ninth birthday.
- Chuck Jones used his French voice and mannerisms when he created famed cartoon skunk Pépé Le Pew.
- Half bald by his twenties, he only wore a toupee for his movie roles. Out in public, he never wore it.
- Off-screen was a happily married bookworm, referred to by his friends as a "stick-in-the-mud".
- Received a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne.
- Mostly I've played other roles, but even when I've played other parts people see me differently. In America, when you have an accent, in the mind of the people they associate you with kissing hands and being gallant. I think that has harmed me, just as it has harmed me to be followed and plagued by a line I never said.
- That love at first sight should happen to me was Life's most delicious revenge on a self-opinionated fool.
- Arch of Triumph (1948) - $175,000
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