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Robert was born inSaumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. From ages 12–20 he set type as a typographer, then studied mime in his early 20s.[1] In 1948 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film,Les Dieux du dimanche. Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and producing.
In 1990, Robert directed two dramatic films,My Mother's Castle andMy Father's Glory. Based on autobiographical novels byMarcel Pagnol, they were jointly voted "Best Film" at the 1991Seattle International Film Festival,[4] and received rave reviews.[5][6] Over his career, he directed more than twenty feature-length motion pictures,[7] wrote an equal number of scripts, and acted in more than seventy-five films. Although his last major role was perhaps in 1980,A Bad Son byClaude Sautet, as the working-class father of a drug-dealer,[1] he continued acting past 1997.[citation needed]
His black and white adaptation of the bookLa Guerre des Boutons having sold nearly 10 million tickets at the French box office in 1962, was hugely popular, and planned for a nationwide reissue 12 October 2011.[9]
Some films were also re-made in Hollywood.[7]The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972), a spy spoof featuring the physical comedic skills of Pierre Richard, becameThe Man with One Red Shoe (1985) with Tom Hanks.Pardon Mon Affaire (1976), a sexy farce with Jean Rochefort, becameThe Woman in Red (1984).[1]
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